In chapter one, titled “Relocation to Abandoned Places of Empire” Margaret McKenna discusses the need to create new expressions of relocation. She asks what forms could the classical desert take in the world of the twenty-first-century? Here is a bit of her description: The following desert-inspired ingredients seem to influence their development: God-seeking and prayer [...]
Archive for May, 2007
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Along with a couple of friends I have been reading “School(s) for Conversion: 12 Marks of a New Monasticism” edited by The Rutba House. Those involved in this writing project believe there is a radical grassroots movement within the North American church which they referred to as a “new monasticism.” While the movement is diverse [...]
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My friend Georges Boujakly – church planter, church planter mentor, spiritual director, and all around spiritual guru – is going to be writing a weekly post on spirituality in the life of the missional church and those who lead missional communities. Here is the first of Georges’ posts as he shares a few of his convictions concerning [...]
Missional Meanderings
Posted: 22nd May 2007 by Brad Brisco in Church, Ecclesiology, Leadership, Meanderings, MissionalComments Off
Here is an excellent article on the importance of teaching theology from a missional perspective by Dr. John Franke, Professor of Theology at Biblical Seminary. The article focuses on the implications of understanding Christian theology as a discipline that should assist the church in it’s missional vocation. Drew Goodmanson presents a couple of outstanding posts on developing a [...]
A few years ago our family moved to a new part of town to plant a church. We were convinced that God placed us in our new home, on our new street, in our new neighborhood, for the purpose of meeting and getting to know our new neighbors. But how do you begin to build [...]
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In light of yesterday’s post on the sending passages found in the Gospels, here is a sampling of the sending theme specifically from the Gospel of John: Sending and the Father “For God sent the Son into the world, not to condemn the world, but that the world might be saved through him” (3:17). “For he whom [...]
I mentioned a few weeks ago an excellent book by Dr. Francis DuBose titled ”God Who Sends: A Fresh Quest for Biblical Mission.” The book was published in 1983 when Dr. DuBose was professor and director of World Missions Center at Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary. In the preface of the book DuBose writes: “This work is a [...]
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How often do I nod, as if I were listening, to words I cannot hear, because I’m thinking about something else, because I’m planning what I intend to say. Yet there are those who are good listeners: a good conversationalist listens, a good counsellor or adviser listens, a good doctor listens, a good judge, a [...]
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Do we really need to plant new churches? Aren’t there enough churches already? Why don’t we focus on the existing churches that are struggling to survive? Here is reason number three: Reason 3: Church Planting is a Good Way to Reach Different Cultures and Sub-Cultures I believe that when we allow our Christology (the Person [...]
I have been reading Dan Kimball’s new book “They Like Jesus But Not The Church.” I have found several insights from the book to be helpful. One section I found funny (in a sad kind of way) is titled “The Transformation From Excited Missionary Into Citizen Of The Bubble.” In this section of the book Kimball shares [...]
Here are the dates and times for the Missional Network gatherings coming up later this month. We will continue our discussion of “The Forgotten Ways” by Alan Hirsch by examining chapters five and six. Also remember there is a short summary of each of these two chapters here and here. Feel free to invite anyone else who [...]
Mosaic and a Missional Ethos
Posted: 4th May 2007 by Brad Brisco in Church Planting, Gospel, MissionalI returned from Origins yesterday. I found the majority of the time to be profitable on several fronts. I definitely have a new found respect for McManus. While I had read three of McManus’ books in the past there were times I wonder just a bit about their philosophy of ministry. I have to admit [...]