churchless faith Archives - Brian Harris https://brianharrisauthor.com/tag/churchless-faith/ Tue, 05 Aug 2025 02:18:28 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://i0.wp.com/brianharrisauthor.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/cropped-brianharrisauthor-favicon-1.png?fit=32%2C32&ssl=1 churchless faith Archives - Brian Harris https://brianharrisauthor.com/tag/churchless-faith/ 32 32 93416650 Refresh: Churched, Un-Churched and De-Churched https://brianharrisauthor.com/refresh-churched-un-churched-and-de-churched/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/refresh-churched-un-churched-and-de-churched/#respond Tue, 29 Apr 2025 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=5550 This was a relatively early post on this blog – dating all the way back to Nov 2015 – but continues to be one of the most frequently downloaded. If anything, the topic is even more pertinent a decade later. Churched, Un-Churched and De- Churched If you’re up with the discussions on the future of […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/refresh-churched-un-churched-and-de-churched/feed/ 0 5550 Connectedness or Autonomy? From Should to Could https://brianharrisauthor.com/autonomy-or-connectedness-from-should-to-could/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/autonomy-or-connectedness-from-should-to-could/#respond Sat, 08 Mar 2025 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=5424 The right of each individual to be astonishing, amazing, independent and – well, individual – has never been more firmly asserted than now. You see it in the shift in our vocabulary. It wasn’t that long ago when people would seriously ask what they “should” do. There was a reasonable community consensus of what constituted […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/autonomy-or-connectedness-from-should-to-could/feed/ 0 5424 Missing You: Gaps that aren’t Filled when People Leave… https://brianharrisauthor.com/missing-you-gaps-that-arent-filled-when-people-leave/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/missing-you-gaps-that-arent-filled-when-people-leave/#comments Sat, 02 Nov 2024 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=5098 I came across a beautiful poem by Irish poet Dennis O’Driscoll entitled simply, Missing God. It’s about the societal drift away from God and all the things we lose in that journey. One verse reflects on how different civil marriage ceremonies feel as they avoid words like “everlasting” and “divine”: Miss Him during the civil […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/missing-you-gaps-that-arent-filled-when-people-leave/feed/ 4 5098 Is church working for you? https://brianharrisauthor.com/is-church-working-for-you/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/is-church-working-for-you/#comments Sat, 19 Aug 2023 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=4427 He is a very committed Christian but recently said to me, “This church thing, it’s just not working for me. The kids are bored, I’m bored, a lot of what happens is silly, and I experience God a lot more when I’m out in nature than when I’m forced to sit still and listen to […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/is-church-working-for-you/feed/ 2 4427 Church-Lite https://brianharrisauthor.com/church-lite/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/church-lite/#comments Sat, 04 Feb 2023 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=4140 Let’s face it. If you say the word “church” a less than enthusiastic response is likely to follow. True, there are some glorious exceptions, but by and large those who have never been part of a church tend to express views that have been shaped by the press coverage the church has been receiving (almost […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/church-lite/feed/ 18 4140 Blending Amish and 21st Century… https://brianharrisauthor.com/blending-amish-and-21st-century/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/blending-amish-and-21st-century/#comments Sat, 22 Jan 2022 22:00:00 +0000 https://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=3568 OK, so I accept some will think this is one of my sillier blog posts, but I recently wondered if it might be possible to navigate life part Amish, part 21st century. Of course a whole lot of qualifiers need to be thrown in, and I realise the thesis would never stand up to serious […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/blending-amish-and-21st-century/feed/ 6 3568 A second and third Reformation… https://brianharrisauthor.com/a-second-and-third-reformation/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/a-second-and-third-reformation/#comments Mon, 30 May 2016 22:00:18 +0000 http://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=1870 Just over a decade ago Rick Warren called for a second Reformation. Making a stirring plea at both the Baptist World Alliance Conference and the Willowcreek Leadership Summit, he suggested that whereas the first Reformation was of doctrine, the second needs to be a Reformation of deeds. It was challenging stuff, and a decade later we can see its […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/a-second-and-third-reformation/feed/ 4 1870 What does a healthy church look like? https://brianharrisauthor.com/what-does-a-healthy-church-look-like/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/what-does-a-healthy-church-look-like/#comments Mon, 02 May 2016 22:00:49 +0000 http://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=1771 We’ve had a few posts on churchless faith and the journey towards becoming de-churched. Underneath has been the assumption that the church has in some way disappointed and failed to be what she should be. And in most cases if you ask those who have given up on the church ‘why?’ they would cite a […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/what-does-a-healthy-church-look-like/feed/ 6 1771 I’m part of a church because… https://brianharrisauthor.com/im-part-of-church-because/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/im-part-of-church-because/#comments Thu, 28 Jan 2016 22:00:56 +0000 http://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=1457 We started this short series on the church by looking at the growing phenomena of churchless faith, where people who still hold to the Christian faith choose to continue in the faith whilst not being actively involved in any Christian church. In spite of the growth of churchless faith, overall church attendances are not faring […]

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]]> https://brianharrisauthor.com/im-part-of-church-because/feed/ 2 1457 Church: A messy, risky but still powerful ideal (Part 2 of So what is church?) https://brianharrisauthor.com/church-a-messy-risky-but-still-powerful-ideal/ https://brianharrisauthor.com/church-a-messy-risky-but-still-powerful-ideal/#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2016 22:00:07 +0000 http://brianharrisauthor.com/?p=1441 Part 1 of this post set about answering the question, ‘So what is church?’ suggesting that church is a simple, but powerful idea. It did so in response to the earlier post on churchless faith – a growing phenomena that often sees people, in spite of their faith commitment, simply shrug and say, ‘Church – […]

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