tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343163817426504212.post7773352198348177680..comments2023-08-15T14:13:25.881+01:00Comments on The Simple Pastor: Why I'm happy to lead a Newfrontiers ChurchPhil Whittallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02924050376023993196noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343163817426504212.post-77335874240302824822008-12-07T20:04:00.000+00:002008-12-07T20:04:00.000+00:00Thanks Marcus, fair point. It should have been a '...Thanks Marcus, fair point. It should have been a 'we', old journalist habit.Phil Whittallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02924050376023993196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343163817426504212.post-40564402980344636702008-12-06T23:44:00.000+00:002008-12-06T23:44:00.000+00:00It's always great Phil to hear someone thoroughly ...It's always great Phil to hear someone thoroughly enthusing about their church, while neither minimising it's weaknesses nor bigging ourselves up at at the cost of belittling others. Nice post. One more thing it would be great to see - you describing NF as "we" rather than "they" :-) And that is from a non NF-er (albeit a very close friend)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343163817426504212.post-66904472352753478922008-12-03T22:22:00.000+00:002008-12-03T22:22:00.000+00:00Thanks Dave and Peter, I knew that by focusing les...Thanks Dave and Peter, I knew that by focusing less on doctrine and more on attitudes that plenty of people could feel the same about their own church. I guess my question to you Peter is while true of your own local church I wonder how far you'd apply it to the Anglican church? Diocese? Communion?<BR/><BR/>And as for the lunatic fringe, well they help make life interesting don't they?!Phil Whittallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02924050376023993196noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343163817426504212.post-52134903393084437832008-12-03T17:48:00.000+00:002008-12-03T17:48:00.000+00:00Thanks, Phil. As one of the two Anglicans and four...Thanks, Phil. As one of the two Anglicans and four non-NF readers of this blog (according to the poll so far), I really appreciate this endorsement of NF and all the good things you are doing - despite my issues with the people I have in mind as your "lunatic fringe". I am happy to be able to say that I am a member of my own local Anglican church for much the same set of reasons - we are at least working seriously on all these areas. But we Anglicans have a bigger and better "lunatic fringe" than you do!Peter Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13395635409427347613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6343163817426504212.post-89852178328950049752008-12-03T11:21:00.000+00:002008-12-03T11:21:00.000+00:00Good post and I am pretty well in agreement.I woul...Good post and I am pretty well in agreement.<BR/><BR/>I would love to know who you consider our "lunatic fringe" to be!<BR/><BR/>I would also like a similar discussion which looks at the potential weaknesses of newfrontiers. I think we could learn from that too.Blue, with a hint of amberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17689914726284208496noreply@blogger.com