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Plugs and name dropping…

by Lon on September 26, 2008

Lots of great connections this past week, I don’t know how I’ve managed with my daughter tagging along full time the last while!

Excellent video skype chat with Jay Lee, church planter of Catalyst GTA of Every Nation ministry.  If you’re in the UT area, check’em out.

Had a great call from Marty Schmidt the coolest person I know in all of Iowa.  If you’re every in Iowa (flyover land I believe they call it, so I don’t know why you’d be there), check out his church plant – the bridge.

My fellow leader at Mosaic just opened up Kneadings Bread & Cafe this week.  If for some reason, you’re in newmarket you need to drop in (that means you JD).

Attended the starfish network gathering of ontario house churches.  If you’re interested you need to connect with Rad Zdero of housechurch.ca

Just got a note from friend Alex McManus to join the imn immersion (it’s been on my things to do for a few years now) but sadly won’t be able to participate this round.  If you’re able to make it to florida in february you need to be a part of fight4humanity.com

Attended Vision360 for Toronto Canada yesterday.  If you’re interested in city-engaging church planting in the GTA you need to get connected with these guys asap.  Let me know too, because I’m still looking for a team of people myself as well.  It was hilarious hearing leaders talk about advancing the kingdom and changing the world while Stellar scurried around with her stuffed monkey.

that’s all for now, tune in for more name dropping next week…

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The Starfish Manifesto

by Lon on December 30, 2007

starfish.jpgSince posting earlier on Wolfgang Simson’s Houses that change the world, I’ve began reading the follow-up, or big-brother, of that book titled the Starfish Manifesto.

A few interesting thoughts so far…

On the church entering Babylonian Captivity… the Holy Spirit is no longer the driving force of the Church, Mammon is. Part of this captivity is the current obsession with hyper-activist, high adrenalin programs and methods and approaches, celebrated as saviors for a run-down system.

The current average cost for Christian evangelism and missions is $330,000 for every newly baptized person.

We have stolen the church from God, and he wants it back from us thieves.

God wants a veil-less church without pulpits and clergy-laity distinctions. A pastor, no matter how godly he conducts himself, actually
stands more in the way of this than he is of help, because he has become a symbol of that very discrepancy.

* I had read the pre-release edition – The book will be available officially in June 2008.

Also you can find the audio downloads for the Wolfgang Simpson Conference 2005

* Posted at LeadNet Books as well.

** A 2009 reworked copy of starfish manifesto is now availabe here.

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