The Community of the Meal

The early Jesus movements who gathered around a meal to support each other, offering mutual pastoral care and a sense of belonging.

Glynn Cardy
Glynn Cardy

In this short sermon Glynn talks about the early Jesus movements who gathered around a meal to support each other, offering mutual pastoral care and a sense of belonging.  One of the metaphors to describe their communal life was the body.  This metaphor though was connected with a radical egalitarian vision for the whole world, a vision that would lead them into conflict with the empire.

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