Tag Archives: Emerging Church
concerning holy grails and church marketing
In the church world, there are trend setters and trend watchers, opinion leaders and early (and late) adapters, marketing gurus and viral media mavens. Love em or hate em, they are out there. From every denominational stripe or the lack thereof, … Continue reading
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an open letter to disenchanted evangelicals
It hurts when people walk away from fellowship with a local church (or house church, or circle of friends) without saying anything. Or worse, when they plant seeds of falsehood in the minds of a few so as to sow doubt based … Continue reading
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Is the Western Church Irrelevant to the Culture?
Has the western church become irrelevant to the culture? In one sense, when we consider God’s purpose for the church and the fact it was He who established it, we would have to say, “Of course not.” In another more … Continue reading
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Unique Approach to Children’s Ministry Leadership
Ken Bussell of Our Place Christian Church in Hillsboro, Oregon shares his thoughts on how his church is developing their children’s ministry. It is a different approach from what I have seen elsewhere. Apparently it is working well for them. … Continue reading
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Day 4, Evangelism and Discipleship in the Contemporary Context
Thursday 8 february 2007 These are the notes from my final day of class with Todd Hunter. I will write more in the next couple of days. ————– Main things I have learned today Evangelism is a process, usually taking … Continue reading
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Returning the Church to its Rightful Place
Many cultural observers maintain that there is a paradigm shift in process in large swaths of USAmerican culture. A worldview which has long been developing is finding new popularity within the margins of Christendom via the emerging church movement. Postmodernity … Continue reading
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Missional Restlessness, Take Two
For several years I have been asking why we do children’s ministry the way we do it. I am starting to recognize I should have been asking why we do church the way we do it. I know now that … Continue reading
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