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.”
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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
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: [...]
Conversation Between Hirsch & Stetzer
Posted: 14th May 2011 by Brad Brisco in Alan Hirsch, Books, Church, Ecclesiology, Gospel, Incarnational, Missiology, Missional, VideoFollowing 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.
Kansas City Sentralized Missional Conference
Posted: 1st May 2011 by Brad Brisco in Forge, Training, VideoThe Church in a Broken World
Posted: 20th April 2011 by Brad Brisco in Church, Forge, Gospel, Incarnational, Justice, Kingdom of God, Lesslie Newbigin, Michael Frost, Missiology, Missional, VideoCheck 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”?
Posted: 26th March 2011 by Brad Brisco in Forge, Michael Frost, Missiology, Missional, Theology, Training, VideoThe 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 [...]
Church 3.0 Conference with Neil Cole
Posted: 18th February 2011 by Brad Brisco in Books, Church, Church Planting, Ecclesiology, Missiology, Missional, Training, VideoWe 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 [...]
Alan Hirsch on Cultural Distance & the American Missionary Problem
Posted: 14th February 2011 by Brad Brisco in Alan Hirsch, Church, Church Planting, Culture, Ecclesiology, Forge, Gospel, Missiology, Missional, Theology, Training, Video, Way of JesusBelow 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 [...]
Alan Hirsch & the DNA of Gospel Movements
Posted: 27th October 2010 by Brad Brisco in Alan Hirsch, Church Planting, Gospel, Missional, VideoI love this video overview of the DNA of Gospel movements that Alan gave at the Verge conference last year. Not only is the brief description of each of the six elements helpful, but one of the first statements that Alan makes in the clip should be an enormous challenge to the church in the [...]
Tim Keller & Urban Mission
Posted: 25th October 2010 by Brad Brisco in Church, Church Planting, Community Transformation, Ecclesiology, Hospitality, Incarnational, Justice, Missiology, Missional, Networks, VideoThis is an excellent video of Tim Keller from the Cape Town 2010 Lausanne Congress. Keller contends there are two major ways to reach cities with the gospel; planting/renewing contextual churches and city-wide gospel movements. He does a great job in just 18 minutes to unpack each. You can also download a copy of the [...]
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 [...]
Missional: Does the Word Still Have Value?
Posted: 13th October 2010 by Brad Brisco in Books, Church, Culture, Ecclesiology, Gospel, Incarnational, Missiology, Missional, VideoComments Off
Below is another helpful video produced by Bill Kinnon that captures a discussion between David Fitch and Gary Nelson on the value of the word “missional.” I particularly like how Fitch highlights four themes that need to be maintained for the word to continue to be valuable. Those themes include: 1) Post Christendom as the [...]
mQuest Missional Training in Dallas
Posted: 27th September 2010 by Brad Brisco in Missional, Training, VideoComments Off
The next mQuest training event is coming up in Dallas on October 19th with Alan Hirsch. We will be meeting from 9:00am to 4:00pm at the Abilene Christian University Education Center in Irving. If you are not familiar with mQuest it involves a cohort based learning format where participants will join a small group of [...]