From "Mixed Economy" to "Mixed Ecology" of Church
Fourth in a series of reflections on Fresh Expressions in the Florida Conference and in The United Methodist Church, and especially in relation to the “Nones,” the “Dones” and the “Spiritual but Not Religious.”
In conversation with Martyn Atkins, then General Secretary of the British Methodist Church, he noted that the term “mixed economy” was transitioning to “mixed ecology.” While the common presence of the word “mixed” allows for diversity of ecclesial forms, an ecologi