My answer to the blog question from part 1 is an absolute "yes."  The reason is simple.  Today’s expression of any given local church will pass away as the generation leading it passes away.  Whether or not the building (and legacy carpeting) is still there, the church is a different church.  If that applies to a local church, it also applies to a movement of churches.  I don’t know about you, but that thought helps me put my work into perspective. 

All around us things are dying and things are springing to life.  That realization doesn’t mean that the “older” things are to be looked upon with contempt or that the “newer” things are automatically better.  Furthermore, it’s not a statement about God’s eternal truth--that doesn't change.  It is a statement that might help us reprioritize our energies from trying to keep dead things alive (I heard Dave Ferguson share this point at the Multiplicity Conference last December) to nurturing that which is new.

So, one healthy way to think about our roles is spiritual birthrate.  Are we multiplying enough to produce a legacy generation?  What do you think?