If Church is what happens when people encounter the Risen Jesus and commit themselves to sustaining and deepening that encounter in their encounter with each other, there is plenty of theological room for diversity of rhythm and style, so long as we have ways of identifying the same living Christ at the heart of every expression of Christian life in common.
From The Mission-Shaped Church by Rowan Cantuar, Church House Publishing, 2004
The link is to a PDF version of the full text. Rowan Cantuar is a formal name for the Archibishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams.
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