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• Does Organizing Religion Defeat The Purpose?

  
  Grace Rules Weblog — Authority: 107
  “YOU CAN’T HANDLE THE TRUTH ORGANIZATION”Dan Kimball over at Vintage Faith is asking for people’s gut reaction to the phrase “organized religion”.Dan is writing a book and one of his chapters is about organized religion and why he believes churches need to be organized in a healthy way.  Dan realizes that ...
  4 hours ago

• Taking a Risk & Telling YOU My Dream

  
  Shaun In The City — Authority: 416
  Six years ago today on Black Friday my whole life changed . Real life is crazier than fiction and the painful miracle that I experienced is so crazy that if I made it up it would sound ridiculous!  Coming that close to death has caused me to not take a single day of life for granted and even though it hurt like ...
  3 days ago

• The Foolish Sins of Leadership

  
  Pure Church — Authority: 533
  Im reminded this morning that the foolish sins of leaders have devastating effects on the lives of Gods people. In 1 Chronicles 21, King David instructs Joab and the commanders of the army to take a census of Israel. For that decision, incited by Satan (v. 1) under the sovereign control and anger of God (2 Sam. 24:1), ...
  5 days ago

• Holy Trinity vision statement goes live

  
  Transforming Grace — Authority: 121
  We completed the process of discerning God’s will and purpose for Holy Trinity church last night at church council.  This process began in September and involved the PCC and congregation in thinking about the sentence: “Holy Trinity church exists to…” We had a vision setting day two weeks ago and the ...
  6 days ago

• Simple Church – putting a number on it…

  
  transforming life — Authority: 107
  Ever feel like you are the only one? Simple Church , Organic Church or House Church is no longer thought of as some fringe, obscure or illegitimate expression of the Church made up of hippies and those too strange to belong to traditional christian churches.  Let me take that back… some of us are ...
  1 week ago

• Simple Church video…

  
  transforming life — Authority: 107
  This is a great video about the Simple Church movement by House2House  featuring a number of leaders and Simple Church practitioners.  
  1 week ago

• Sorry So Many Pastors Talk Bad About You

  
  Shaun In The City — Authority: 416
  After a church service one Sunday recently, a man that was visiting said something to me that took me by surprise.  After telling me how much he enjoyed the message and believed in Courageous Church , he said, “I’m sorry so many pastors talk bad about you.” It took me a second to catch what we said.  I ...
  1 week ago

• How to Make Good Ministry Decisions

  
  the reluctant leader — Authority: 117
  Leaders make decisions. Lots of them. Some good. Some bad. The best decisions are value based.   The worst ministry decisions are based on:          - random open doors          - the latest get-big-quick scheme          - what worked for someone else          - how much it ...
  1 week ago

• How to Start Missional Communities

  
  Church Planting Novice — Authority: 126
  A lot of people are asking me for training on how to start Missional Communities, so I thought I would mention several resources. In the past couple of months I have done variations of the talk Missional Communities in Cities and Suburbs . (Note: I went more generic/urban than suburban in this one.) Also Leading ...
  1 week ago

• Civil religion: here is the problem

  
  Danno's Dangerous Mind — Authority: 423
  My wife Jane is taking a Sociology class and in the textbook for the class ( Sociology: A Brief Introduction, Alex Thio ) there is a chapter on Education and Religion. There is so much to look at, but on pp. 303-304 they talk about "Civil Religion." This, to me, is the crux of the problem in a large number of churches ...
  2 weeks ago

• Set the 2010 Agenda

  
  adammclane.com — Authority: 127
  In 6 weeks it will be 2010. And as many pastors climb into the pulpit on January 3rd, 2010 they will give the annual State of the church message, as well as a road map of the 2010 church agenda. Lots of churches do this. The first weekend in January is perfect for it as Christmas is in the rear view mirror, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Too Many Hoops to Jump Through: Pre-Marital Counseling, Ellen, and Gay Dudes

  
  Shaun In The City — Authority: 416
  (My thoughts below are a work in progress and I am hoping they will spark a warm, tough, loving conversation.) I love Courageous Church .  The people I pastor are a total mess . I mean that in a loving way :-) I need them.  They need me.  We need each other.  In so many ways this is just the church that I ...
  2 weeks ago

• Recap of Dirt Conference

  
  LEARN/SERVE/LEAD — Authority: 119
  NLC just attempted our first conference in our 8 1/2 year existence as a church called the Dirt Conference . It was aimed at people who work in creative arts at churches and how to use what you already have in your hand. Budget, resources, programs, volunteers,etc. The theme was “Something From Nothing.” ...
  2 weeks ago

• Dirt Conference; a recap

  
  M U R P H Y 24p — Authority: 118
  I’m sure that there are those who would lump all Christian conferences into the same category… I used to be one of them. After two days in Little Rock, Arkansas, I can’t say that anymore. This conference was an amazing gathering of people who are passionate about media, methods and the madness that sometimes ...
  2 weeks ago

• A Call for a Diversified Pastorate

  
  Parchment and Pen — Authority: 538
  People ask me all the time if I ever think about starting a church. My answer? No, not much. Only about twice per day. I have thought through quite a bit what an “ideal” church looks like. You know the old saying, “once you find the perfect church, you better leave since your presence makes it no longer ...
  2 weeks ago

• I’ll Ride a Motorbike :-) (YouTube Video)

  
  Shaun In The City — Authority: 416
  I referenced this HILARIOUS clip from The Cosby Show this past Sunday @ Courageous Church as we dive into what it takes to honor God with our money .  It is a classic scene from the very first episode with a great exchange between dad and son dealing with what it’s going to cost to make it in life.  (”I’ll ...
  2 weeks ago

• The Youth Ministry Gap

  
  adammclane.com — Authority: 127
  After 18 months of working at Youth Specialties and interacting with youth workers around the United States (and everywhere else) it’s finally sunken in: There are two different things called “ youth ministry ” with a major gap in the middle. Professional vocational youth ministry: When I talk about ...
  2 weeks ago

• Are We There Yet?

  
  the reluctant leader — Authority: 117
  Ive heard this quote a lot lately: “What got you here will not get you there. ” Its the title of a book by Marshall Goldsmith. I read the cover, but not the book.    If what got us here will not get us there , then we need to ask and answer the following 5 questions:   1. Where is here ? ...
  2 weeks ago

• Thinking Well About your City

  
  Church Planting Novice — Authority: 126
  Eric Swanson is speaking on cities this morning. Drawing from Kevin Lynch’s Image of the City , he avers that we should understand contours of our cities in order to renew it.  Five areas to fill in. Paths - streets, walkways, transport Edges - boundaries that shape the city landscape Districts - ...
  2 weeks ago

• Ministry: Its Not Supposed to be so Complicated

  
  the reluctant leader — Authority: 117
  Ministry canbe complicated. But its not supposed to be. So many books, podcasts, blogs, tweets, seminars andconferences telling us what we should be doing to grow our church, change theworld, serve the community, win the lost… Complicated.   I specializein making things simple.   Here’s ...
  2 weeks ago

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