Breaking Boundaries
In IMI Church, we like to share stories of faith. Our personal stories, but also the congregation's history of faith. By having a relationship with the congregation's faith history, we get help to understand why the congregation is the way it is today, and that the life we get to share in our community has not always been a matter of course. It has been a journey to get there, where many people have come together to contribute.
In 2022, we created the series Sprengkraft (Breaking Boundaries), which over 6 episodes tries to tell some important glimpses of the history of faith from 1979 until the creation of the series. Board minutes from 1979 tell us that this spring it was considered to end the business at Bedehuset in Brødregata. So they chose instead to hire a new, young city secretary. With that, an environment of young radicals entered the assembly, and a new era began.
Discussion questions for the house churches:
1. What important seasons or experiences do you have in your life with God?
2. What has the congregation and the community meant in your life?
3. Are there any beginnings in your life that you want to be aware of in the future?
Discussion questions for the house churches:
1. Are there any boundaries that you need to break in your life?
2. In what way can you contribute to bringing about renewal in the Norwegian church and society?
Discussion questions for the house churches:
1. What has God challenged you to that you have not yet accepted?
2. How have you experienced that faith in God has cost you?
3. On a scale of 1 to 10, how ready are you to live the radical life?
Discussion questions for the house churches:
1. What does it mean to you to live truly humanly?
2. What does it mean to you to live strongly spiritually?
3. How can we as a community create space for the core value "truly human - strongly spiritual"?
Discussion questions for the house churches:
1. What does it look like for you to "promote and pray for peace in the city" in your everyday life?
2. What opportunities do you have to communicate the value of the people around you?
3. What does generosity look like in your everyday life?
Discussion questions for the house churches:
1. What thoughts do you have about "counting your days" so that life has meaning?
2. What place does the community have in your life?
3. What do you dream of happening from IMI in the next few years?
See the English version of the series here