Last week I shared seven characteristics or distinctives of missional leaders as observed by Dr. Dan Morgan, Church Planting Professor at Southwestern Seminary in Fort Worth, TX. In coming weeks we are going to examine each of the characteristics in more detail. The first of these distinctives is: They grasp the importance of leading like [...]
Archive for February, 2007
What Do Missional Leaders Look Like? #1
Posted: 27th February 2007 by Brad Brisco in Leadership, Missional1
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“The Word became flesh and blood, and moved into the neighborhood.” – John 1:14, The Message
March Misisonal Network Gatherings
Posted: 24th February 2007 by Brad Brisco in Books, Missional, NetworksComments Off
Following are the dates and times for the next Missional Network gatherings. The next two times we meet we will be examining Alan Hirsch’s “The Forgotten Ways.” We plan to discuss the first five chapters in March and finish the book in April. In addition to discussing the book during our network times, beginning next [...]
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Dr. Ed Stetzer, Missiologist and Research Team Director at the North American Mission Board gave a presentation at the Baptist Identity Conference last week titled “Toward a Missional Convention.” Here is the pdf file of the paper that he presented and a link to the audio. Stetzer tells it like it is in Southern Baptist [...]
February Missional Network Gatherings
Posted: 19th February 2007 by Brad Brisco in Networks, Spiritual FormationHere again are the times for the next Missional Network gatherings. Remember this month Georges Boujakly will be leading us in a discussion on the concept of spiritual growth with a specific emphasis on understanding how spiritual growth occurs in the life of a believer. Georges has provided a discussion guide for us to consider [...]
What Do Missional Leaders Look Like?
Posted: 19th February 2007 by Brad Brisco in Leadership, MissionalA few weeks ago I participated in a church planting meeting where the focus of the time together was on raising up and sending out missional minded planters. One of the sessions was led by Dr. Dan Morgan, Church Planting Professor at Southwestern Seminary in Fort Worth. Dr. Morgan shared his heart regarding the need [...]
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“Grant us, Lord, we beseech you, your grace. Pity the poor, encourage those who are sick, enlighten those whose spirits are in darkness, heal the sick, guide the confused, feed the hungry, release those who are unjustly imprisoned, support the weak, comfort the faint-hearted. Let all the nations of the world know that you are [...]
The Crusades & The Kingdom of God
Posted: 15th February 2007 by Brad Brisco in Church, Gospel, Kingdom of God, Way of JesusOver the past several years I have had the wonderful opportunity to teach a course on the History of Christianity at a small college in Wichita. Just this last Saturday we dealt with “The Christian Middle Ages” which covers the time period from 590-1517. I was once again forced to struggle with the atrocities of this [...]
So far I have throughly enjoyed Alan Hirsch’s “The Forgotten Ways.” I find his insights on the nature of the church refreshing and challenging. I am just over half way through the book and most every word resonates deeply with me. There has been a good bit of dialogue over the book over at Jesus [...]
“Most merciful God, order my day so that I may know what you want me to do, and then help me do it. Let me not be elated by success or depressed by failure. I want only to take pleasure in what pleases you, and only to grieve at what displeases you. For the sake [...]
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The basic definition of the church is “the people of God who are called and sent to re-present the reign of God.” – George Hunsberger, The Gospel and Our Culture Network
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“The word missional has been in the dictionary for 100 years, defined in the 1907 Oxford English dictionary as something that is of, or pertaining to, missionaries. But those who use the word today have broader applications, focusing on the church’s role in the culture. It refers to a philosophy of ministry: that followers of [...]
Hirsch & Missional Church
Posted: 9th February 2007 by Brad Brisco in Books, Ecclesiology, MissionalComments Off
“A missional church is a church that defines itself, and organizes its life around, its real purpose as an agent of God’s mission to the world. In other words, the church’s true and authentic organizing principle is mission. When the church is in mission, it is the true church. The church itself is not only [...]
A statement that has had a significant impact on my thoughts and actions the past year comes from Eugene Peterson. “The way of Jesus is always local and ordinary” It is local in that we are to serve and love those who are local to us; in other words those who are right in [...]
Here are the dates for the next network times. This month Georges Boujakly will be leading us in a discussion on the concept of spiritual growth with a specific emphasis on understanding how spiritual growth occurs in the life of a believer. We will then discuss the implications of such a model of spiritual growth [...]