Communities of Grace

Tim Chester, communities of performance vs. communities of grace:

Communities of Performance	Communities of Grace
talk about grace, but communicate legalism	people can see grace in action
unbelievers can’t imagine themselves as Christians	unbelievers feel like they can belong
don’t attract broken people	attract broken people
the world is seen as threatening and ‘other’	people are loved as fellow-sinners in need of grace
conversion is superficial (people are called to respectable behaviour)	conversion is radical (people are called to transformed affections)
people are secretly hurting	people are open about their problems
people see faith and repentance as actions that took place at conversion	people see faith and repentance as daily activities
the gospel is for unbelievers	the gospel is for both unbelievers and believers