Tag: The Church
Social Networks and Community
January 3rd, 2008, 1 Comment
In thinking about social networking and social software that I often find myself running into ideas and concepts that I think are worth considering for the church – especially the emergent church. I don’t necessarily mean emergent in the sense of Emergent Village – though I like them – but more in the [...]
Seth Godin of Purple Cow Fame explains resistance to the Gospel
April 14th, 2007, 6 Comments
Well, not directly, but hang in there.
Seth Godin, a very insightful and quick-hitting writer on the topic of modern creative marketing, wrote an entry in his (fantastic) blog yesterday that hits close to home for those of us interested in demonstrating and telling the story of God in our time.
I’ll quote the whole blog entry [...]
Off to Servant Leadership School
March 14th, 2006, No Comments
I’m leaving tomorrow morning (6am flight, egads) for Servant Leadership School. I may be blogging a bit from there, or not. Hard to tell. See you when I get back.
Shopping Mall
February 22nd, 2006, 1 Comment
I found this quote today while googling around on church names. This was from the pastor of a church who changed their name from something that was admittedly a bit tired to something newer:
“We describe our church as a shopping mall of spiritual opportunities,” says (the pastor)[...]. “We’re offering ministry to everyone. We [...]
Post-Charismatic
February 13th, 2006, No Comments
Robbymac has finished his dissertation (or seemingly so, you should get graduate credit for this work, Rob!) on post-charismaticism here, linked from his blog. Rob has been a Vineyard grape for quite a long time now, and his experience and deep thinking should be a very helpful component in this imporant work. I’m [...]
Covenant Church’s Communion Prayer
February 7th, 2006, No Comments
This is a beautiful prayer of the Covenant church, written for the communion table:
“Come to this sacred table, not because you must, but because you may; come not to testify that you are righteous, but that you sincerely love the Lord Jesus Christ and desire to be his true disciples; come not because you are [...]
Working the Angles
February 7th, 2006, 1 Comment
“American pastors are abandoning their posts, left and right, and at an alarming rate. They are not leaving their churches and getting other jobs. Congregations still pay their salaries. Their names remain on the church stationery and they continue to appear in pulpits on Sundays. But they are abandoning their posts, their calling. They have [...]
Strategic Planning for Missional Churches :: Core Purpose
February 3rd, 2006, 1 Comment
This is part of the Strategic Planning for Missional Churches series. You can find the whole series by viewing this tag.
As I write this entry from a Starbucks in Issaquah, waiting for my wife to pick me up for a date, Super Bowl fever abounds in the city of rain and caffeine. This [...]
The Purpose of Missional Churches
January 27th, 2006, No Comments
“The purpose of missional communities is to be a source of radical hope, to witness to the new identity and vision, the new way of life that has become a social reality in Jesus Christ through the power of the Holy Spirit. As an alternative social reality, the church is called to teach people [...]
Membership Requirements
January 23rd, 2006, 3 Comments
“The refusal to grapple with the issue of entrance into the Christian Church is not tolerance; it is betrayal of the gospel which we preach. No one claims that seeking to ensure integrity of membership is not fraught with danger and difficulty, but the answer does not lie inn skirting the problem. The [...]
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