WONDERFULLY ECCENTRIC CHURCHES
(Friday) For years I've been interested in new church development -- studied it, written about it, participated in it. One aspect of this particular interest are those new churches which are intentionally out of sync with the latest trends. It's not that they are unaware of what everyone else is doing -- they just feel called to be doing something else -- and are usually at odds with the general culture.

Epworth Chapel on the Green in Boise, Idaho, is one such congregation. I'm sure that God delights in the unusualness of this small vibrant church. They describe themselves as:
+ Anglican in worship
+ Wesleyan in theology
+ Orthodox in teaching
+ Evangelical in mission
+ Ecumenical in thought

Pay them a visit and hopefully they'll notice that their hidden site-meter is spinning.