Christian Accountability Sucks!

Mike Foster published a two part article for Conversant Life on why he doesn’t believe in Christian accountability.  You can read Part One & Part Two here.  What do you think about Mike’s thoughts?  Agree?  Disagree?

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  1. On July 10, 2009 at 10:23 AM chris allison Said:

    I would agree. I’ve never only had one accountability group that I thought was helpful, and even that one started to deteriorate. I think his point that there is a lack of “yes!” or focus on the mission is the main problem. It seems like accountability is one of the first things that Christians default to making a part of their regular schedule– it seems to me like serving in some capacity should fill this role instead.

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  2. On July 10, 2009 at 10:48 PM pbii Said:

    What have you found to be helpful with previous groups that you’ve been a part of?

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  3. On July 12, 2009 at 9:23 AM chris allison Said:

    encouragement and a knowledge that individuals in the group were thinking about me and praying for me outside of the group. the biggest killer for accountability in my mind is when people restrict it to only that time– it becomes a confession with everyone else in the group being the priest. “yes, yes, that’s difficult” then they pray for each other there and leave and don’t think about it till next week.

    The most uplifting small group experiences I’ve had have been really pursuing something someone in the group is dealing with on my own in the scripture or having someone come to me and say “hey i was thinking about you this week and found these verses that I thought would be encouraging for you to think about etc.”

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