When considering what it will take for an existing congregation to move in a missional direction, I believe one of the key starting points is to begin with discipleship, or spiritual formation. Now having said that, I also believe we have to be careful not to think it is a purely linear process. In other [...]
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Start with Spiritual Formation
Posted: 29th January 2012 by Brad Brisco in Books, Missional, Spiritual Formation0
One Day Gathering with Mindy Caliguire
Posted: 28th October 2011 by Brad Brisco in Books, Missional, Spiritual Formation, TrainingJoin us for a one day seminar on the topic of spiritual formation and mission with Mindy Caliguire on Tuesday, December 6th. Mindy was a speaker at the recent Sentralized Conference here in Kansas City. She is the founder of Soul Care, a spiritual formation ministry, and Director of Transformation Ministry for the Willow Creek Association. Her [...]
Sentralized Missional Church Conference
Posted: 4th September 2011 by Brad Brisco in Alan Hirsch, Books, Church, Church Planting, Ecclesiology, Forge, Gospel, Hospitality, Incarnational, Justice, Kingdom of God, Michael Frost, Missiology, Missional, Networks, Spiritual Formation, Theology, TrainingThere is less than four two weeks 2 days until the kick off of the Sentralized conference on September 29th. It will begin with a book release party on Thursday night featuring both Michael Frost’s new book, “The Road to Missional” and Hugh Halter’s “Sacrilege.” You can now take a look at the rest of the conference schedule, as well [...]
Social Justice Handbook
Posted: 20th August 2011 by Brad Brisco in Books, Community Transformation, Incarnational, Justice, Missiology, Missional, Scripture, Spiritual FormationComments Off
If you are interested in effectively influencing others to take action on issues of social action, then I would highly recommend “Social Justice Handbook: Small Steps For A Better World” by Mae Elise Cannon. I am not familiar with any other resource of this kind. Cannon provides a comprehensive guide to the topic of social justice that is not [...]
Alan Hirsch on How the Gospel Changes Discipleship
Posted: 2nd August 2011 by Brad Brisco in Alan Hirsch, Gospel, Incarnational, Kingdom of God, Missional, Spiritual Formation, Theology, Way of JesusComments Off
Being “Sent” is Not First About Outward Actions
Posted: 8th July 2011 by Brad Brisco in Books, Church, Gospel, Incarnational, Missional, Spiritual FormationI absolutely love this excerpt from George Hunsberger taken from “The Church Between Gospel & Culture“: To state this point even more directly, being missionary and being a “sent” community – a “body of people sent on a mission” – is not first about the church’s outward-moving actions, whether actions to attempt to convert or [...]
Confronting Idols & Making Disciples
Posted: 21st June 2011 by Brad Brisco in Books, Gospel, Kingdom of God, Missional, Spiritual Formation, VideoOver the past few years I have really appreciated Christopher Wright’s work, especially The Mission of God and his more recent (2010) book The Mission of God’s People. For a taste of Wright’s insight watch this short video. I particularly like two statements, the first concerning idolatry and the second concerning making disciples rather than training leaders: [...]
Right Here Right Now
Posted: 19th June 2011 by Brad Brisco in Alan Hirsch, Books, Ecclesiology, Missiology, Missional, Prayer, Scripture, Spiritual FormationComments Off
Following are four great excerpts from Right Here Right Now: Everyday Mission For Everyday People by Alan Hirsch and Lance Ford. If we are truly committed to bringing Jesus as the center of our lives among others and to see the church renewed in the mission of God, we will lead it toward a greater [...]
Henri Nouwen on Waiting
Posted: 14th December 2010 by Brad Brisco in Books, Hospitality, Missional, Spiritual FormationA waiting person is a patient person. The word “patience” means the willingness to stay where we are and live the situation out to the full in the belief that something hidden there will manifest itself to us. Impatient people are always expecting the real thing to happen somewhere else and therefore want to go [...]
Hugh Halter & Incarnational Posture
Posted: 19th October 2010 by Brad Brisco in Gospel, Incarnational, Missional, Spiritual Formation, Video, Way of JesusFollowing is a video from a short session with Hugh Halter at the Verge conference from last year. It was one of the more impactful moments of the conference for me. Halter spoke on the power of an incarnational posture. He does an outstanding job of retelling the story of the woman caught in adultery [...]
Praying with Dallas Willard
Posted: 19th September 2010 by Brad Brisco in Missional, Prayer, Scripture, Spiritual FormationHere is Dallas Willard’s paraphrase of the Lord’s Prayer. He suggests that we paraphrase the prayer from time to time because its richness lends itself to much meditation. Dear Father always near us,may your name be treasured and loved,may your rule be completed in us-may your will be done here on earth injust the way [...]
Pat Keifert on the Missional Church
Posted: 27th August 2010 by Brad Brisco in Church, Ecclesiology, Gospel, Kingdom of God, Missiology, Missional, Spiritual Formation, Theology, VideoThe video below (produced/edited by Bill Kinnon) is an interesting conversation between Alan Roxbugh and Pat Keifert. They discuss a wide range of issues, including definitions/descriptions of missional church, common views of the contemporary church, and leadership in missional congregations. In the discussion on leadership I appreciate Keifert’s emphasis on leadership being more about time than [...]
Simon Carey Holt & God Next Door
Posted: 12th July 2010 by Brad Brisco in Books, Culture, Hospitality, Missiology, Missional, Spiritual Formation, Video, Way of JesusComments Off
The videos below include two segments of a conversation between Alan Roxburgh and Simon Carey Holt. The videos are a companion resource to an excellent workbook written by Roxburgh titled “Moving Back into the Neighborhood.” The MBiN workbook can be downloaded here. As mentioned before, I initially thought the $30 price tag for a 77 [...]
Subversive Spirituality & Transforming Mission
Posted: 30th June 2010 by Brad Brisco in Books, Missional, Prayer, Spiritual FormationI am in the process of reading an excellent book by L. Paul Jensen titled Subversive Spirituality: Transforming Mission through the Collapse of Space and Time. I hope to share more in the near future, but for now I want to take a moment and recommend Jensen’s work. Subversive Spirituality is not only a very [...]
Jesus Manifesto by Sweet and Viola
Posted: 31st May 2010 by Brad Brisco in Books, Gospel, Spiritual Formation, Theology, Way of JesusSeveral weeks ago I received a pre-release copy of a new book called Jesus Manifesto: Restoring the Supremacy and Sovereignty of Jesus Christ by Leonard Sweet and Frank Viola. I am only three chapters into the book, but I wanted to share a couple of excerpts that really spoke to me: “God is not so [...]