Structural Change

Kenny said he'd seen too much
Local carnage, fights and stuff,
When the local church has tried
Implementing gifts inside –

Of a local structured space;
For "outside" he made a case –
Gifts of Christ to "man" he gave,
Not to "Church" – that points the way.

There's three kinds of gifts (at least);
Read Paul close – you'll find release:
"Motivation" – Fortune's book –
Gives us one refreshing look.

Manifesting Spirit is,
Second type – it's not our biz;
Just don't interfere with Him,
Healing's out-flow then begins.

Gifts of Christ – equipping type –
Are of people (Paul's so right)
Who do functions – let them be,
(Others try, but can't succeed).

Kenny claims "Third type work best
(With no local church unrest),
With support from local folk –
Cash is how with them we yoke.

They should work the larger scene,
In which case your wish has been
Granted there, so long ago,
Just fulfill the task you know.

Pastors, teachers, come and go,
Some change fast, while others slow;
Sanford claims prophetic types
Best not local – squelches gripes.

Billy Graham got the pix,
Cruised around – evangelist;
Worked with locals every time;
Stayed outside – it worked out fine.

Problem is "Apostles" now;
Took a while to show me how
That applied to us these days.
Problem's change – world travel plays –

Such a part, now people mix,
Multi-culture is the pix;
No more groups of just one type,
Find the keys – the fruit is ripe.

"TCK" obscured my view,
Now I see what we must do;
Christ, not Paul, the model here,
"Make disciples" stated clear.

"Bruchko-task" writ small's the one;
It precedes "Thy kingdom come,
Here on Earth as up in heaven";
Doing that lets in the leaven.

Answer mine to Barker's quip:
"Openness to where I sit";
Forty years until I saw,
"Put Apostles first of all."

Catholics in Europe's stream,
Viewed "Apostles", it would seem,
As fulfilled in Bishop's role;
Christ in Pope (the way to show).

Fine for them, their culture's stream
Dominates what should have been
Multi-cultured body life;
Now, perhaps, the time is right.

I'm not from that culture's stream,
TCK is what I've been;
Not so bound by sacred ways
Europeans hold these days.

Creenglish gives me freedom here,
Part of it I still hold dear;
I've got issues they don't see;
Christ responds to me as me.

If the way that they define,
Apostolic task works fine,
That is great – I wish them well;
This, for me, I think it's swell:

"Send Apostles first" – Paul said,
As with Christ – Apostles "led",
"Keys of Kingdom" – Bruchko clue –
Opens doors now closed to you.

"Just because folks now are mixed,
Doesn't change essential pix;
You said once, "Each has a lock,
Find the key or you'll be stopped".

"Seeker", "music", "ageist-thing"
Is baloney – friction brings;
Apostolic task – do that –
Heated knife through butter-fat.

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