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Reading the Whole Bible For Mission

December 2, 2011, by 2 comments

Here is a fabulous lecture by Christopher Wright discussing the need to understand a “missional basis of the Bible” rather than a “biblical basis of mission.”

9/11 Tribute – Where The Streets Have No Name

September 9, 2011, by 3 comments

This is by far my favorite video of all time. It is a portion of the half time show at the 2002 Super Bowl, four months after 9/11. Nearly ten years later it still brings a shiver up my spine and a lump to my throat.

Confronting Idols & Making Disciples

June 21, 2011, by 3 comments

Over 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:

“If the greatest possible blessing for humanity is to know the Living God (as creator and savior) then the greatest possible obstacle is to be worshiping false gods . . . . now it is one thing if people who do not now the Living God, other nations, are worshiping other gods . . . but what hurts God most is when His own people allow other gods, the gods of materialism, consumerism, pride, sex, whatever it is, to take over . . . that idolatry will not only prevent then from knowing the Living God but it will prevent them from being the vehicle through which God can reveal Himself to others.”

“Don’t start by training leaders, but by making disciples”

Conversation Between Hirsch & Stetzer

May 14, 2011, by 1 comment

Following is a good conversation between Alan Hirsch and Ed Stetzer. Topics include, among other things, the theological foundation of the missional conversation, the importance of recognizing the missionary nature of God, how missiology must inform our ecclesiology, and how existing congregations can begin to make a missional transition.

Life in a Missional Community

May 12, 2011, by 4 comments

Kansas City Sentralized Missional Conference

May 1, 2011, by 1 comment

The Church in a Broken World

April 20, 2011, by 1 comment

Check out these two challenging and inspiring talks by Micheal Frost from the recent Upstream Collective Vision Tour in Prague.

What Does Place Have to Say to “Missional”?

March 26, 2011, by 2 comments

The following video clip with Michael Frost speaks to the importance of recognizing and participating in the reign of God in our local context. It is a very brief, yet good reminder of the importance of place in the missional conversation.

I am very excited that Michael will be joining us here in Kansas City in September along with a long list of other missional thinkers and practitioners for the Sentralize conference. A website will be up soon to describe all the details, but for now be sure to mark your calendars for September 29th to October 1st!

What does place have to say to the word “missional”? from Parish Collective on Vimeo.

Church 3.0 Conference with Neil Cole

February 18, 2011, by 3 comments

We will be hosting Neil Cole for a one day conference in Kansas City on Wednesday, March 23rd from 9:00am to 3:30pm. The conference will take place at Westside Family Church. The cost will be $29, which will include lunch.

Neil is an experienced church planter and pastor. He is the founder of the Awakening Chapels, and founder and executive director of Church Multiplication Associates. He is the author of several books including Church 3.0, Organic Church, Search and Rescue, as well as Organic Leadership, and Cultivating a Life for God.

You can register online by going here. If you have questions about the day you can leave a comment or email me at brad.brisco@gmail.com

If you are not familiar with Neil, below is good video from the Verge conference last year where Neil is talking about the church as an organic system and the implications that has on discipleship and church planting.

Neil Cole: Church As A Living System [VERGE 2010 Main Session] from Verge Network on Vimeo.

Alan Hirsch on Cultural Distance & the American Missionary Problem

February 14, 2011, by 3 comments

Below are two very helpful videos presentations by Alan Hirsch from last year’s AND conference at Granger Community Church. The bulk of the first video is spent on the very important topic of cultural distance and the problem it creates for meaningful communication of the gospel. Building upon the cultural distance discussion, he then proceeds to examine the “missionary problem”, of having the majority of American churches attempting to reach the same population segment, that is 95% of churches in America are trying to reach the same 40% of the population.

This leads to what he refers to as the “strategic problem”, which recognizes that 60% of the population has no interest in identifying with the contemporary church that is represented by 95% of the churches. The last several minutes of the presentation is spent in a time of Q&A. When viewing the first video you may want to skip over the the opening song, as well as the goofy skit on the tension between missional and attractional that precedes Alan’s talk.

The second video deals with the five-fold ministry of Ephesians 4. Alan argues that we will never create or sustain a movement until the church recaptures the role of the Apostle, Prophet and Evangelist.

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