Several weeks ago I was asked what type of Christian I was by a new friend expecting to receive a response along the lines of methodist, baptist, et cetera. My new acquaintance instead got a 15 minute explanation of what type of Christian I am. At any rate, it got me thinking, what type of Christian am I–not that one needs a type? I grew up methodist, but apart from really liking much of Wesley’s teachings (I am not as well read any them as I would like), I’m really unsure what it means to be methodist. Most would consider me evangelical, but I fundamentally disagree with much of their practice. I’ve yet to grasp what emergent really means and to say I’m New Monastic is probably too specific.

I’ve arrived upon incarnational. I believe that we are to seek to incarnate the model of Christ’s obedience to the Father and that, in the model of Christ, we are to seek to love others with complete self-sacrifice, even to death. Of course it could be misinterpreted as simply another way of saying we should emulate the specific life of Christ (see my post “What Would Jesus Do? Really???” What I mean by it is that we are the body of Christ acting in the world and that Christ is incarnate in us through His Holy Spirit which dwells in us.

I’m not sure if incarnational is the best description (probably not), but it’s the best I’ve come up with so far. Any other ideas?