a peek into my mind
Church in the Making-Ben Arment tells a story of hungarian mission trip-no one was interested in the story or the metaphor they were portraying. People were more interested in the breakdancing going on near by. Was a spiritual let down or a sociological one? Sociological factors in the failure. John 16:21-God gives [...]
Kingdom In, Kingdom Out-Bob Roberts Is the seed of the gospel when planted in an individual is sufficient enough to radically transfom that person? That community? More megachurches in the United States today, but fewer people in attendance than ever before!! What are we making? What are we putting together? He keeps staring at me…..weird. [...]
Church Unique-Will Mancini Day 2 Blue Ocean Church Planting Thinkholes (What keeps us from discovering our Unique calling?) Ministry Treadmill-in the busyness of ministry you can not slow down enough to discover the unique calling. Competency Trap-your success can undo you when it comes to discovering your unique call. Never stop learning. Needs Based Slippery [...]
Spiritual Formation in a Missional World- Ed Stetzer the church and economy are counter-cyclical 4 essentials in spiritual formation in new churches elementary is a “danger” and not a goal. go on toward maturity. Hebrews 6:1 “Therefore let us leave the elementary teachings about Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again the foundation [...]
Told you I’d be back Reaching Men- Gary Lamb Ezekiel 22:30 ”I looked for a man among them who would build up the wall and stand before me in the gap on behalf of the land so I would not have to destroy it, but I found none. 65% attending church are women; 25% married attend [...]
Hey, Sorry about not blogging in a while, I have made family and church and work and school come first so I have had to put blogging on the backburner. So without further ado, I am back by request…..thanks Jonathan The first speaker at the churchplanters.com conference is Shawn Lovejoy and here is his notes: [...]
February 24, 2009
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