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		<title>The War on Christians</title>
		<link>http://www.esler.org/2011/10/26/the-war-on-christians/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 19:05:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This past year I read Philip Jenkins excellent book, &#8220;The Lost History of Christianity.&#8221; He describes the disappearance of large swaths of Christianity. In particular, the Nestorian and Jacobite churches were all but overrun within a few generations by Islamic conquerers. While Muslims are quick to describe the bloody and abhorrent behavior of the Crusaders, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Diaspora Ministry to Muslims</title>
		<link>http://www.esler.org/2011/02/10/diaspora-ministry-to-muslims/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Feb 2011 14:46:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; I am no expert on ministry to Muslims in the USA (a part of the &#8220;diaspora ministry movement&#8221;). &#160;However, I did stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night, so&#8230; I am watching how many US churches are waking up to the opportunity to reach out to the growing Islamic populations in their midst. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Anybody can Plant a Church</title>
		<link>http://www.esler.org/2011/01/24/anybody-can-plant-a-church/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Jan 2011 19:10:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks back I was listening to Kevin, from the New York City International Project, teach about church planting. &#160;He said something that really got me thinking. It got somebody else to do more than think! He said, &#34;Anybody can plant a church.&#34; Anybody? &#160;Did he really mean, anybody? &#160;Yes, he really means anybody. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Missions Conference at Your Church?</title>
		<link>http://www.esler.org/2010/09/24/missions-conference-at-your-church/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 12:10:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[After yesterday&#39;s blog post on Missions Conferences, I thought I would put up a little poll. If you go to church, any kind of a church, look to the right and vote! - Ted]]></description>
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		<title>You be the boss &#8211; The US Church</title>
		<link>http://www.esler.org/2010/09/15/you-be-the-boss-the-us-church/</link>
		<comments>http://www.esler.org/2010/09/15/you-be-the-boss-the-us-church/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2010 14:13:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I have been reading Wall&#39;s &#34;The Cross-Cultural Process in Christian History&#34; Walls analyzes Latourette&#8217;s definition of &#34;expansion.&#34;&#160; How do we know if a Christian movement is happening?&#160; He provides three different &#8220;tests&#8221; in looking at it: The Church Test: Is there a spreading of new congregations? The Kingdom Test: What is the strength and depth [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Christians Send</title>
		<link>http://www.esler.org/2010/09/03/why-send/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Sep 2010 14:47:57 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I took a small, rhetorical swipe at Mark Driscoll. I came across this clip, and I sure like it. Too bad he didn&#39;t take his challenge a bit further and say, &#34;We need people who will start a church in their house.&#34; In any case, thanks, Mark!]]></description>
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		<title>Wimpy Men</title>
		<link>http://www.esler.org/2010/08/27/wimpy-men/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Aug 2010 13:35:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Where are the men? This past week I have gotten a few emails about Mark Driscoll&#39;s article in The Washington Post about boys who essentially never grow up and turn into men.&#160; He writes: Rather than moving from boy to man by this succession of sociological transitions, we&#39;ve created something called adolescence. It&#39;s a third [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Deep or Wide</title>
		<link>http://www.esler.org/2010/07/02/deep-or-wide/</link>
		<comments>http://www.esler.org/2010/07/02/deep-or-wide/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 15:12:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is your church nurturing or is it a &#8220;weapon of mass induction&#8221; when it comes to the Kingdom of God? Most of us want to answer &#8220;both&#8221; but I don&#8217;t think this very often true.&#160; Churches are, for the most part, great at defense (teaching, pasturing, caring, and nurturing) and terrible at offense (going, evangelizing, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>House Church Aversion</title>
		<link>http://www.esler.org/2010/06/21/house-church-aversion/</link>
		<comments>http://www.esler.org/2010/06/21/house-church-aversion/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jun 2010 15:19:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The house church movement in the USA is weak and anemic compared to the same movement in other nations.&#160;Barna&#8217;s research on the size of the house church movement gives a huge range (anywhere from 4% to 33%) depending on the definition &#8220;house church.&#8221; I think the lower end numbers are much better guestimates. &#160; In [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Liar! Liar!  The current missiological debate on contextualization rages on&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.esler.org/2010/03/05/liar-liar-the-current-missiological-debate-on-contextualization-rages-on/</link>
		<comments>http://www.esler.org/2010/03/05/liar-liar-the-current-missiological-debate-on-contextualization-rages-on/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:06:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ted</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There is a lot of communication happening on the &#8220;contextualization&#8221; 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.&#160; Others have been highly critical of this approach.&#160; This dialogue has a language all its [...]]]></description>
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