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The author concludes that a clearly defined DNA provides a means for communicating the values and beliefs of the local church in its specific context. Bosch argues that the Church and mission are inseparable and that the Church has its very being because there is mission, and it is the Missio Dei which constitutes the church.
Lings — notes that use of the DNA of Church terminology addresses three distinct theological concerns:. Whilst he acknowledges the tensions that such language might create for theologians, attention is drawn to the significant capacity that such a language brings to the local church when attempting to communicate in meaningful contemporary terms with, what the MSC report , 25, 39 describes as, a post- denominational, unchurched, postmodern culture.
Whilst advocating the benefits of such a language he does caution that it must have the capacity to demonstrate continuity with the past Lings On the latter of the three points, Lings reflects on the significance of the DNA metaphor as a contributor to the narrative for church planting. Whilst DNA is central to the biochemical mechanism that enables living things to reproduce and evolve, he argues that such terminologies invite an exploration of how the church reproduces and evolves to enable new expressions of church to form.
Planting is a process, but unless and until the kingdom and the mission are in the DNA of the seed of the church, what is planted will prove to be sterile. In this context the MSC report recognised the use of the DNA metaphor as representing a core aspect of what it later refers to as the identity of church , and from this perspective the report proposed a broad range of different expressions of church.
However, it could be counter-argued that identity, values and beliefs should be consistent with the One True Church concept as outlined in the Nicene Creed rather than different expressions of church Church of England In particular, he raises concerns about how the focus on values that correspond to the use of the term DNA creates a tension that challenges the so-called health of the church.
Nonetheless, in spite of his anxieties on the notion of missional churches, he acknowledges that there is a place for an appropriate usage of the metaphor. Just as Griffiths noted in the s that it is through the DNA that cell transformation takes place to enable DNA to assume a variety of structural forms, Tidball examines the concept of unity in diversity — a perspective which may be referred to as many models one gospel Tidball The complementary nature of these models mean that they are not in competition nor is one model better than another, but each model is context specific.
This is very relevant when comparing biblical approaches to church mission and ministry, and is consistent with the biological metaphor of DNA structuring and sequencing. He proposes a more complex, living model for the structuring of the church and for understanding its mission. He examines Pauline assertions proposing that the body is not simply a simile for the church and neither is the church just like a body.
The church does not merely resemble a body in its diversity, unity and interdependence, but rather it is the body of Christ, who is its head. DNA is, as Watson and Crick announced in , a double helix.
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Snyder asks whether our churches have been operating with only half their DNA. Snyder proposes that the first strand of DNA tends towards the institutional and hierarchical, whilst diverse, gifted, contextualised and prophetic are good reminders of the organic body-like nature of the church, and are essential in order that the church might be equipped for mission. Perhaps the real challenge is to determine where to draw the line in terms of the usage of such metaphors. He advocates the usage of the language of DNA as a metaphor for what he describes as the level, kinds and processes of change that are involved in becoming a missional church.
However, is there a danger that such broad applications of DNA terminologies may lead to confusion amongst practitioners and contemporary theologians? And would a more boundaried usage of the metaphor be more appropriate? Roxburgh and Romanuk :XV agree that there has been confusion between the language of mission and that which refers to church growth, church health and church effectiveness.
Such shortcomings are observed by Stetzer who also raises concern over the language of mission.
So is it to this notion of being on mission that the usage of DNA terminology might best be applied? Alan Hirsh develops this thinking further in his proposal for a practical guide for developing missional churches , from which he explores the significance of developing and embedding what he refers to as missional DNA or mDNA Hirsch at every level of the organisation of the church. He argues that from AD to AD, when Constantine established the church in Rome, the number of Christians rose from as few as 25 to as many as 20 He theorises that it is reasonable to assume that this growth was the result of a massive missional investment, the likes of which he asserts is needed once again to counter the current decline in church attendance.
This article recognises that there is widespread adoption of the term DNA in contemporary church narratives, which provides evidence in support of its feasibility, whilst recognising that there are also shortcomings in some of the ways in which its use is interpreted. In the 20th century it was discovered that through DNA cell transformation takes place.
The discovery of the polymerase chain reaction enables the production of multiple copies of DNA, and since the publication of MSC, the use of DNA metaphors has been applied to multiple fresh expressions of church, endorsed by senior members of the Anglican Church and adopted by many church practitioners. It is therefore reasonable to conclude that whilst there are shortcomings in the use of DNA and other biological terms as metaphors for church behaviour, values, structure and attitudes which do not meet with universal acceptance, it is recognised that they have been adapted and adopted in a variety of forms by church practitioners, leaders and commentators, and they have provided a means by which the local church can orientate itself, more specifically around a missional agenda.
In this regard, it is feasible to conclude that the use of the term, as a metaphor, has provided support to the understanding of the relationship between the Church and mission. Thus, in practice, it would appear that such terminologies have become widely accepted as helpful contributors to a dialogue about the relationship between the contemporary church and mission.
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In this regard, such terms appear to have been well accepted for the generalisations they provide as a missiological metaphor in contemporary church narratives. However, there are shortcomings where the use of such terms, which have their origins in biological sciences, is subject to over-interpretation to justify specific actions or activities in church narratives. Excessive over-interpretation may bring such metaphors into sharper scrutiny for the confusing interpretations they might provide.
The widespread usage of the DNA metaphor provides further scope for explorations of its viability as a component of a contemporary narrative for the Church and mission studies. The author declares that he has no financial or personal relationships which may have inappropriately influenced him in writing this article.
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