missional church

Is Missional Church a Fading Fad?

by Ben Sternke on November 18, 2010

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Is missional church just the latest church fad? Or is there something more theologically substantial at work here?

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Got Good News?

by Ben Sternke on July 19, 2010

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The good news of Jesus, at its heart, is a message to be proclaimed.

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Missional Shmissional

by Ben Sternke on February 24, 2010

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The problem with “missional” is that it can become a trendy word we use to baptize what we’re already doing.

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Reflections on the Ecclesia National Gathering

by Ben Sternke on February 22, 2010

A few preliminary reflections from the Ecclesia National Gathering February 2010.

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3rd Annual Missional Learning Commons

by Ben Sternke on November 18, 2009

The 3rd Annual Missional Learning Commons is taking place Jan 8-9, 2010 in Fort Wayne, the Missional Mecca of the Midwest! It’s free – no fees, no paid speakers, no big sponsors selling stuff. Just a day of conspiring, collaborating, discussing, praying, and encouraging.

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NYC Debrief: Circles of Discernment

by Ben Sternke on November 11, 2009

While in New York last month at a church planters’ round table I was challenged to think carefully about how we cultivate our church plant here in Fort Wayne. Our desire is to cultivate and multiply communities of worship, spiritual formation, and mission. I have become convinced that this cannot happen until we move beyond [...]

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NYC Debrief: Missional Careers in Fort Wayne?

by Ben Sternke on November 9, 2009

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I loved Jon Tyson’s principles of cultivating a missional career, but I am also trying to translate it into an environment that is much less career-oriented. Fort Wayne, Indiana is not where you move to climb the corporate ladder or become a famous actor.

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Cable News Thinking

by Ben Sternke on October 15, 2009

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Are you guilty of cable news thinking? According to Seth Godin, cable news thinking amplifies the worst elements of emotional reaction, and is frighteningly commonplace. And he’s almost always right.

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Mission and Community

by Ben Sternke on September 19, 2009

“We [the church] need to be communities of love. And we need to be seen to be communities of love. People need to encounter the church as a network of relationships rather than a meeting you attend or a place you enter. Mission must involve not only contact between unbelievers and individual Christians, but between [...]

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Centered on Gospel and Community

by Ben Sternke on September 17, 2009

Yesterday I wrote that I was looking forward to reading Deep Church when my copy arrives from Amazon. In the meantime, I started another ecclesiologically-flavored book called Total Church, by Steve Timmis and Tim Chester. I imagine that if we take all of the ideas from each book we’d end up with a totally deep [...]

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