The difficulty the church is experiencing today in relating to the current culture is in large part due to our Christendom heritage. Many in the church today still believe Christianity is in a place of influence and significance.
All in Paradigm Shifts
The Scandal of the Evangelical Gospel
If evangelicalism is to regain its credibility, it must expand its gospel beyond individual salvation. The gospel of the Kingdom is far more compelling, transformative, and biblical than the shrunk-down gospel of “pray this prayer and get to heaven.”
Overcoming the Greatest Covocational Challenge
The single greatest challenge for Covocational leaders is time. There never seem to be enough hours in the day to accomplish everything. When a church leader is working 30, 40, or even 50 hours a week in the marketplace, it is difficult to create and maintain proper rhythms between family, vocation, ministry, and health.
RETHINK: 12 Missiological Principles for Church Multiplication
To plant disciple-making, missional churches, we must change the way we think about God’s mission and the nature of the church. Rethink explores 12 missiological principles to help you rethink church multiplication.
Rethinking Culture
The net effect of Christendom over the centuries was that Christianity moved from being a dynamic, revolutionary social and spiritual movement to being a static religious institution with its corresponding structures, priesthood, and rituals.
The Missionary Nature of God & the Sentness of the Church
One way to recognize that God is a missionary God is to examine what is referred to as the “sending language” in Scripture.
Begin With Missionary Activity
In the North American, post-Christian context in which we now live, we can’t plant churches by simply starting a Sunday morning worship gathering. There may have been a day when we could build a cool website, rent a meeting space, send out flyers, put up banners and “launch” a church by starting a Sunday service. But those days are gone, at least in many North American contexts.
Moving The Church In A Missional Direction
When bringing about transformative change in the way people think and behave, I am convinced we must start with questions of “why” before considering the practical issues of “how.”