Liar! Liar! The current missiological debate on contextualization rages on…

There is a lot of communication happening on the “contextualization” front. For some years, some missionaries have been using ministry forms which are highly indigenous in nature and rely on sources from within other religious traditions to make their case.  Others have been highly critical of this approach.  This dialogue has a language all its [...]

Why Missional Churches are not Mission Minded

Last fall Ed Stetzer wrote about the fact that many missional churches are not that missionary oriented.  If you read that and think, “What are you talking about?” then you should click over to Ed’s article and see what he says.
I agree with much of Ed’s viewpoint on this, but I think the problem is [...]

Mega-Church Series Part 1

I have been getting some feedback about past posts regarding my thoughts on mega-churches. So it’s time to come clean and let you know where I am on this topic. I am going to post about mega-churches over a number of weeks.
To get the ball rolling I am going to give you a [...]

Sling Church

Over the past few months I have been spending a great deal of time thinking about the house church movement. I believe that the house church model is, after many years, gaining some traction in the United States. It’s very exciting to me, and I am looking forward to the House2House conference in [...]

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Chinese Church

Great article for your reading pleasure at the Chicago Tribune.
Check it out and let me know your thoughts: Jesus in China
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Who’s a better missionary?

The House Church
Touching Neighborhoods Globally
Which church planter do you think is better prepared to start a church planting movement in their new culture? Jim or Wendy?
Jim was an experienced church planter from the sunny Southwest states. He had been on teams that had started 2 churches sent out from Grace Community, a large [...]

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Pirates!

Matt Green sent me the above Youtube link that shows Ed Young, Jr., megachurch pastor from Fellowship Church in DFW, Texas, lamenting “Church Pirates.” According to pastor Ed, these Pirates join your staff and then have the audacity to go out and start their own churches after collecting a following within “his” church.
I am [...]

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Simple Steps for Eternal Consequences

This is a list of 12 things anybody can do to get started on building their heart for the world’s people. I have used this list at various speaking engagements when people say, “I am not ready to actually go, what can I do to get started?”
- Ted
1. Personally “adopt” a country or people group

• Be [...]

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Marketing Genius

I received a copy of the “Marketing Genius” book summary this week. I think it has an interesting little snippet about mapping the current environment. They look at the following:
Hot Spots – This is where demand converges and everybody wants to play (for example, all phone companies want to deliver multi-media capabilities).
Cool Places [...]

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Last Week at LeadNow

Do you know about the RightNow Campaign? Great group of people. Check out their website. I was at the LeadNow event they put on last week and took following note.
Here they are… raw and unedited from my Blackberry.
Dan Kimball
Does not see himself as a confrontive person, but sometimes it can happen.
Matthew 2:1-5. [...]

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