Communities of practice around Jesus as lord not savior?

[Longfellow]

Are there any communities of practice that put Jesus as lord at the center of their teachings, and not Jesus as savior? I don't mean denying that He is our savior, just not putting that at the center of their teachings. Their teachings and practice revolve around recognizing and accepting Jesus as a person to serve and obey above all others, and learning to live the way He says to live, continually studying and practicing together, to learn to better understand and practice His teachings. If they do have teachings about salvation, those are not emphasized or highlighted any more than most other teachings.

(later) I put "community of practice" and "jesus as lord" into a search, and this came up:

(pdf) Lifelong Faith Journal 5.4

 

[Longfellow]

I found this:

(pdf) Finding faith in fresh expressions of church:
Implications for evangelism from a Methodist context

It reminded me that what I'm looking for will not be in a single community. It will be in small circles in every Christian denomination, and they won't describe what they're doing as revolving around Jesus as lord and not as savior. They might not even think of it that way.

That might be the end of that story for me.

 

[Cino]

The "Society of Friends" (like the Quakers) might have started out from such an ideal.

 

[wil]

Had a preacher who spoke of a homeless man who came to her church saying, "Sister, I came to be saved!" She told him he came to the wrong place because around here...you gotta save yourself.

We teach a Jesus as our elder brother and wayshower....you know...teaching to fish...we can do everything he did and more...for he has gone to the father...

 

[rocala]

Hi Longfellow, I think that the Iona Community may fit this description.