Here’s a thought of the week:
Could we create a church of missionaries that sends out so many people it ceases to exist?
Sweet links for the week
- The entire Passion ’07 event is available for viewing till midnight tonight. Speakers include John Piper, Beth Moore, Francis Chan, and of course Louie Giglio.
- A very interesting and humble response from John Piper on some ‘inappropriate’ language he used during the event.
- Free pdf download of Piper’s book When the darkness will not lift.
- Audio of NT Wright speaking in Toronto for the empireremixed in ’06
- NT Wright article on Mere Mission.
- A Canadian social networking site for mom’s. I feel a bit excluded as all the pregnancy/parenting sites seem to be geared only towards mothers.
- The Evolving Church Conference featuring Jim Wallis, Ron Sider, and Shane Claiborne will be held march 24th.
- Church for men…?
- Off-Road Disciplines book FREE for bloggers thanks djchuang
- and Sweet and sour pork flavored stamps!
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Thanks for the links Lon!
I understand what you meant but I would suggest that’s when it BEGINS to exist…
nooc
So if I come to that conference you’ll pick me up from the airport and put me up in your house right?
just kidding… mostly…. I am interested in that conference though.
nooc
anytime Sam!
nooc… good point. if you don’t mind the screaming baby, you can crash here anytime!
Thanks for the links Lon. I have been turned on to some really helpful links that have expanded my world.
tom
lon! thanks for the link to the nt wright gig. that was refreshing. also, thanks too for the link in the earlier post in regards to tv shows. im a big fan of heroes. you ever check out battlestar gallactica, the new series? interesting themes going on there. thanks again
Tom and Bradley. Thanks for swinging by. Hope you stay tuned.
I haven’t yet checked out battlestar… i’ve heard some good things…
Enjoying your blog.
we are moving a team of planters to Austin Texas in the next few months. (half the team is already there.) We are in the name stage right now and loving the process. I love thinking about the kingdom and dreaming about contributing to it.
Love finding guys with the same passion.
But to answer the question. I suppose that the church with such a sending mentality might neglect the needs of the current location. And then I suppose we would need to talk about the purpose of the church. I mean living in community and practicing faith and relation to God is kinda the goal, right? So I would hope that the church would never cease to exist in a location. Unless of course people cease to exist in that location.
Hey Dallas, thanks for dropping in. thank you for the location comment. I tend to always want to disperse and decentralize things to move on the mission, but i absolutely agree with you on the location… that there needs to be a practicing community of faith.
checked out your blog as well, i like it! i’ll be subscribing. Feel free to continue dropping in here as well, i always love connecting with church planters.