April 2006

Return from the National New Church Conference

by Drew Goodmanson|28 April 200628 April 2006|Church, Church Planting

I returned last night from the National New Church Conference in Orlando, Florida. It may take a bit but will unpack: - Conversations and dinners with Ed Stetzer (Stetzer don't just lurk, post a comment!), Bob Roberts Jr., Acts 29...

Raising Money for your Church Plant

by Drew Goodmanson|20 April 200620 April 2006|Church, Church Planting

Yesterday I met with 9 church planters here in San Diego. Admist the conversation, one guy told us how he raised $450,000 for the next five years. He got the idea from Funding Your Ministry: Whether You're Gifted or Not...

Biblical Theology, Systematic Theology & Perspectival Theology

by Drew Goodmanson|19 April 200619 April 2006|Church, Teaching, Triperspectivalism

I found this post by the JollyBlogger to be an extremely interesting discussion around the flaws of systematics and singular perspectives rather than reading the whole of the Bible with perspectival lenses: [read my previous post on triperspectivalism] Frame understands...

The Heart of a Servant Leader: Letters from Jack Miller

by Drew Goodmanson|17 April 200617 April 2006|Church

I've been reading a book given to me by Dick Kaufman at Harbor. I've really enjoyed it and recommend it to anyone in ministry: The Heart of a Servant Leader: Letters from Jack Miller Though he passed away in 1996,...

The Importance of Art When Engaging Non-believers

by Drew Goodmanson|17 April 200617 April 2006|Church, Culture, Teaching

My co-elder at Kaleo, David Fairchild writes an article, The Importance of Art When Engaging Non-believers. I believe that Dr. Francis Schaeffer was right when he said that the best way to understand the basic world view of a period...

Leadership Conflict Resolution: Prophet | Priest | King

by Drew Goodmanson|12 April 200612 April 2006|Church, Culture, Triperspectivalism

Each of us has an area of strength that most greatly influences how we make decisions. Earlier, we said these three modes are Prophet, Priest or King. [read How Mutliperspectivalism shapes Church Leadership and how you staff a church] When...

Marketing Resources

by Drew Goodmanson|10 April 200610 April 2006|Culture

Lately, I've been reading a bunch from Seth Godin. Some of this thoughts are a bit unconventional, but I've enjoyed the contrast between (old method) interruption marketing vs. permission based marketing. That and his emphasis on creating a story around...

Church Plant Media

by Drew Goodmanson|10 April 200610 April 2006|Church, General Technology

Church Plant Media signed up with Ekklesia 360 in the Fall last year. They now are landing 2 new clients a week for our combined companies. Pretty sweet. I'm going to fly to Orlando to the 2006 National New Church...

What type of churches NOT to plant

by Drew Goodmanson|06 April 200606 April 2006|Church, Church Planting, Triperspectivalism

To contrast what type of a church we should plant, here is the contrast of what not to plant....hmmm...more tri-perspectivalism. Most churches error toward one of the perspectives; Normative, Situation or Existential. Normative relates to authority and concern with 'right...

Not How or Why but WHAT type of church should you plant

by Drew Goodmanson|05 April 200605 April 2006|Church, Church Planting, Triperspectivalism

As I posted earlier, the influence of Keller/Harbor/Frame and tri-perspectivalism is far reaching. It should be the very worldview that we filter everything through, we looked at its influence in church leadership development and preaching. Now, here is a take...

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