Bill Einwechter’s Response to Andreas Kostenberger’s – Part 2

Here is part 2 of Bill Einwechter’s response to Andreas Kostenbereger: A Review of and a Response to Andreas Kostenberger’s Critique of the Family –Integrated Approach to Church Ministry: Part 2.  If you missed it here is Part 1.

Response to Andreas Kostenberger’s Critique of the FIC

For those that followed Justin Taylors blog and a post dealing with Andreas Kostenberger’s updated book God, Marriage and Family including his critique of the Family-Integrated Approach to Church Ministry Scott Brown has posted a response on the NCFIC blog: Blogger Responses to Dr. Andreas Kostenberger's Chapter on FIC.   Also, here is a link to another response to the critique done by Bill Einwechter:  A Review of and a Response to Andrea Kostenberger’s Critique of the Family -Integrated Approach to Church Ministry: Part 1

NCFIC Articles on the Church as a "Family of Families"

The NCFIC has added some articles on the often complained about saying that the church is a “Family of Families”:

Here is the series of posts to date on this subject:

The Church is a “Family of Families” A History -- Part 1
The Church is a “Family of Families” -- Part 2
Did the Puritans have a “Family of Families” Ecclesiology?
“Family of Families” in the News
The Church is a “Family of Families” -- Part 3
The Church is a “Family of Families” -- Part 4
The Church is a “Family of Families” -- Part 5

Is the Church a Family of Families? Dr. Baucham Comments

I am very thankful for Dr. Voddie Baucham and his writing. I have recently heard numerous complaints about the term regarding the FIC as it being a “Family of Families.” Usually many that have this complaint have other issues as well with the whole idea of the Family Integrated Church but this is one of the supposed theological angles they often latch onto. Voddie recently wrote a two part series on this and does a great job of explain this term: Is the Church a Family of Families? & Is the Church a Family of Families? 2

He makes the distinction, that many miss, that the term speaks to the “distinctive structure of the FIC” and not the nature of the church. As I have said and many others have said when the FIC looks at the nature of the church it is nothing but orthodox and thus the structure of the church is how we view the outworking of the nature of the church. I encourage you to read Dr. Baucham’s articles and see that the FIC is simply a move to find the most orthodox structure of the church by using scripture as the guide and not man’s ideas of how church should function. Scripture gives us all we need to function, it is sufficient, as a church and that is where we need to look first and foremost.