Over at the Missio Alliance, AJ Swoboda has some great thoughts on the absurd community Jesus created.

Jesus chose that truth would be passed down primarily through a community of paradox. In doing so, he did not pen books but he did author communities. Unlike other Messiah’s, these communities didn’t end when Jesus did. This set him apart as different from others who claimed to be Messiah. In John 21, what are the disciples doing after Jesus resurrects? They’re fishing together. Some people make that about going back to their former assignments, but I think its about the fact that they are still hanging out together.
Jesus created “divergent community.” A divergent community that was centered on the unity of a little that made room for diversity in the many.

Swoboda also asks three questions every Christ-follower, certainly every pastor and ministry leader, should be asking him or herself:

1) As a leader in the church, will people still be hang out after I leave? Will it fall apart if I do? Does the community transcend my presence?
2) Are people gathering around the cross or around agendas? Because we center it not on the cross but other little pithy things that we think community should be centered in. Do you have people who like Rob Bell and people who like Mark Driscoll worshipping together in the same place? Can people who speak in tongues find fellowship with those who don’t?
3) Is there room for my enemies at the cross? Can those whom I’ve had a battle with find Christ there too? Or is the cross only safe for my political and theological friends?

Maybe it's time to upgrade some of our communities to better reflect the absurd community created by Jesus.