Church planting

Be the church…

Our faith community has rebranded our no-church-sundays to Be-the-Church-Sunday, which is closer to the heart of our intentions. The Scriptures describe the church with living images – a body, a bride, a family, a living temple of living stones.  The church is not a building, nor is it simply a gathering within a building.  We [...]

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Pagan Christianity…

I finished Pagan Christianity by Frank Viola and George Barna about a month ago. I can see why people say it’s a controversial book, though I really wasn’t all that shocked by the content at all.  I’m not sure if that’s a good thing or a bad thing. Below are some quotes (I swiped from [...]

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The multiplying church

I just finished Bob roberts Jr.‘s The Multiplying Church. I hope it’s on the to-read list for every church leader in North America. It’s not quite as technical as Stetzer‘s Planting Missional Church’s, less dense and cerebral than Hirsch‘s Forgotten Ways, and a bit more strategic than Cole‘s Organic Church (All of which are excellent [...]

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Suburban inferiority…

I was at the new suburbia conference this past week. I’m not sure how true the conference was of its title, it was mostly about Christian community development in an urban setting, gentrification of city slums, and indigenous leadership empowerment. There was some good material in there. However, I felt some of us gathered had [...]

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The Tangible Kingdom

I posted some thoughts on The Tangible Kingdom a while back, a book by Hugh Halter and Matt Smay of Adullam. They’ve created a site dedicated for it as well with a teaser video and the first chapters available for download. Here’s one practical thought I really liked… What if every church was able to [...]

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Unorthodox…

There’s quite a bit of uncertainty with what I’ll be doing next in life.  I’ve got two more major projects to hammer out, and hope to figure out some next steps by May.  The possibilities seem endless. I’ve spent the past seven months helping out at a church plant that is now just entering its [...]

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Nova Experience part 2

I’ve got a bit too many notes from the conference, but here’s a few random thoughts. – Kudos to the Willow Creek Association for risking and attempting a new type of conference.  I’ve been avoiding conferences for quite a while, but I still do see an incredible need for leaders being continually equipped and inspired. [...]

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Obama & The Emerging Church

I’f you’ve been living solitude the last day, check out Barack Obama’s major speech on race recently delivered (2 million views on youtube in less than 2 days!). Much of it is in response to his former pastor Jeremiah Wright’s outright racist comments, but it’s so much more. I suspect it’s stuff Obama’s been thinking [...]

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