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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The folks at Missional People have come up with a great list of 10 Missional Myths, meaning that all of the following statements (taken from their website) are false. Missional is a new trend that seminarians and pastors came up with in order to sell books. Missional means that you water down the gospel. Missional [...]
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We’ve finished a series of articles on our new church plant. If this vision resonates with you, we invite you to consider how you could partner with us. You might want to: Join this church plant (come to a vision night or contact me to talk). Become part of the core team (contact me to [...]
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We’re continuing to post on the vision and values of our church plant. So far: 1. “Why?” – 2. Our mission – 3. Skeptics and Dreamers – 4. Missionary communities – 5. Journey, Honesty, Community – 6. Participation, Oikos, Simplicity, Wonder – 7. Creativity, Roots, Justice, Truth – 8. 3D Church – 9. Gatherings Today: [...]
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We’re continuing to post on the vision and values of our church plant. So far: 1. “Why?” – 2. Our mission – 3. Skeptics and Dreamers – 4. Missionary communities – 5. Journey, Honesty, Community – 6. Participation, Oikos, Simplicity, Wonder – 7. Creativity, Roots, Justice, Truth – 8. 3D Church Today: the specific kinds [...]
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We’re continuing to post on the vision and values of our church plant. So far: 1. “Why?” – 2. Our mission – 3. Skeptics and Dreamers – 4. Missionary communities – 5. Journey, Honesty, Community – 6. Participation, Oikos, Simplicity, Wonder Today, four final values: Creativity, Roots, Justice, and Truth CREATIVITY We value creativity, not [...]
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We’re continuing to post on the vision and values of our church plant. So far: 1. “Why?” – 2. Our mission – 3. Skeptics and Dreamers – 4. Missionary communities – 5. Journey, Honesty, Community Today, four more values: Participation, Oikos, Simplicity, and Wonder PARTICIPATION As followers of Jesus, we believe that we are not [...]
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As you may have heard, some friends and I are planting a church. This post is part of a series I’m doing that outlines some of the vision God has given us. I’d love to interact with you about it. So far: 1. “Why?” – 2. Our mission – 3. Skeptics and Dreamers – 4. [...]
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As you may have heard, some friends and I are planting a church. This post is part of a series I’m doing that outlines some of the vision God has given us. I’d love to interact with you about it. 1. “Why?” – 2. Our mission – 3. Skeptics and Dreamers, and now Part 4 [...]
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As you may have heard, some friends and I are planting a church. This post is part of a series I’m doing that outlines some of the vision God has given us. I’d love to interact with you about it. We’ve answered the “Why” question and looked at our mission. Now it’s take to use [...]
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Hello. Some friends and I are planting a network of missional communities in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and this blog is where I reflect on the journey. Join the conversation!
