Here is a great quote from The Missional Leader. Today, we give up on congregations that we declare are out of touch with the culture. We run to big, successful places with marquee-name leaders to find out how to be successful. In so doing we are going in exactly the opposite direction from everything we [...]
Archive for December, 2008
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This quote speaks to the need to cultivate a sacred rhythm in our lives. Godly discipline is different to the rules and regulations of bureaucratic organizations. The answer to legalism is not a vacuum, but clarity about our priorities. To live authentically means that I choose my lifestyle, I do not succumb to the lifestyle [...]
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Read this excellent story by Rick Reilly from ESPN titled There are some games where cheering for the other side feels better than winning. (ht)
The next missional network gathering will be Thursday, January 22nd from 12 noon to 3:00pm. (There will be free food for lunch!) For at least the first two meetings in 2009 we will be examining ReJesus: A Wild Messiah For A Missional Church, the new book by Michael Frost and Alan Hirsch. In addition to discussing the book [...]
Lesslie Newbigin and the GOCN
Posted: 17th December 2008 by Brad Brisco in Lesslie Newbigin, MissionalTags: GOCN, Lesslie Newbigin
In response to the last post on the history of the missional church conversation, Brian McLaughlin asked a great question regarding differences in the missional conversations that were taking place in the U.S. in the mid 1990s with those that were going on in the U.K. under the influence of Lesslie Newbigin. In other words, [...]
History of Missional Church Conversation
Posted: 12th December 2008 by Brad Brisco in Dmin Project, Missional, TrainingTags: Dmin Project, Missional
As part of my doctorate of ministry project I recently chronicled the history of the “missional church conversation.” In doing so I reviewed and summarized the influences of the International Missionary Council (IMC) conferences, Johannes Blauw, Lesslie Newbigin, the Gospel and Our Culture (GOC) program in the UK, and the eventual emergence of the Gospel [...]
20 Church Planter Questions
Posted: 10th December 2008 by Brad Brisco in Church PlantingTags: Church Planting
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Here is a very good article on characteristics of a church planter by Acts 29 Director, Scott Thomas. In addition to the summarized list of questions below, Scott elaborates on each point with a short, but helpful discussion. 1. Am I a Christian? 2. Am I passionately in love with Jesus? 3. Do I believe [...]
“Church planters under 30 whom I’m meeting don’t seem interested in planting churches that will become megachurches. Rather, they want reproducible small churches–which, incidentally, matches what’s happening in the business world. Leadership guru Warren Bennis’ The Future of Leadership speaks of elephants and fleas: The elephants get all the attention, but the new ideas mostly [...]
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In conjunction with World AIDS Day (December 1st), MSN celebrated the launch of (RED) WIRE, (RED)’s new digital music magazine designed to help eliminate AIDS in Africa. To learn more about (RED) WIRE go here. If you are a U2 fan then you must check out yesterday’s (RED) release of their cover of “I Believe in [...]