Disclaimer: I like to goof on things; even things I do and am a part of.

I’ve often accused the church of using language at no one else understands. We have phrases, terminology, and inflections that convey meaning to a very small group of people.

Aware of that, we have tried to use different language to convey meaning while accidentally forming a new version of the thing we disapproved. There are words we have forsaken like for example, the word forsaken. Some because just hate using the old language. Others times the old language has a negative meaning for us.

So here is my list of words we intentionally have quit using, and the words we have replaced them with:

We no longer have church services. That sounds like work.
Now we have gatherings.

We used to be in a walk with God. Now we’re on a journey

We don’t go to church. We are the church and the church is everywhere. We do belong to Communities. Our communities like to serve but we’ll probably say that we are engaging something.

The world has been replaced by the culture. Gone are the days of staying away from this ol world. We now recognize that we have to engage the culture.

Sometimes we don’t have our own building and we meet wherever we can. There is no church house but that is okay, twe are into creating space for people. Not necessarily a physical place, but a space to communicate.

Since everyone with a bible and a bad haircut have claimed to be called, we like to say we are compelled to do something. I am compelled to start this new community so that we can gather to provide a space to engage the culture and help them in their journey.

Wow that last one was forced.