Church Technology & Mission...
I presented a session, Technology & the Mission yesterday at a church planting bootcamp . Session Description: "There are numerous opportunities for churches to use technology to expand their reach, spread the gospel and gather people to your local church. Come learn practical ways to enhance...
Church Planting Bootcamp & Church C...
Today was the last day of sessions for the Church Planting Bootcamp & Church Conference. Overall, I was greatly blessed by the sessions. Tomorrow will be all-day assessments of potential church planters. Some of the sessions I will post more information about include:
Leading the...
Young, Restless, Reformed...
Christianity Today's September cover : Young, Restless, Reformed - Calvinism is making a comeback—and shaking up the church. There is a resurgence in theology, as I mention why I think this matters in Five Trends for the Future of Church Planting. (Liberal churches that chunk theology for relevance...
Five Trends for the Future of Church Pla...
1. A move from denominationalism is going to radically alter church planting. Local smaller churches will partner together to plant churches. Larger churches will follow in Redeemer's footsteps and be more concerned with planting gospel-centered churches, than churches of their...
Gospel & Our Culture Network...
The Gospel & Our Culture Network re-launched their site. It has a great new design. The GOCN is a "network of Christian leaders from a wide array of churches and organizations, who are working together on the frontier of the missionary encounter of the gospel with North American...
Discerning Reader...
The new Discerning Reader site is up for people looking for reviews "that bring glory to God and are consistent with a conservative, Protestant understanding of the Bible." It is under new ownership (for those of us who had, umm…challenges with the previous management) of Tim...
The Rock launches on Ekklesia 360...
Posted by D. Goodmanson in Church, Church Technology, Ekklesia, General Technology and Monk Dev on 08 23rd, 2006 | 1 Comment
Congrats to The Rock, Ames Iowa , a branch of Stonebrook Community Church launched on Ekklesia 360 Church CMS. Matt Heerema at Direct Steps developed the site, end-to-end, (planning, design, integration into the CMS) the logo is by Relevant Solutions and the CMS is Ekklesia.
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Puerto Vallarta Vacation...
Posted by D. Goodmanson in Family on 08 23rd, 2006 | No Comments
Today I returned from a week-long vacation to Puerto Vallarta (a few pictures from the trip ). Each year I take my wife on a one-week vacation (without the kids) to celebrate our anniversary. Last year we went to New York. This year all we wanted to do is sit on the beach, enjoy the...
A Partnership of Externally Focused Chur...
Posted by D. Goodmanson in Church on 08 11th, 2006 | 5 Comments
"Your church is not growing spiritually if its members are not serving," states The Externally Focused Church. I'd follow that up by saying, in as much as your church understands the gospel, the response will include a passionate desire to serve and engage in mercy ministries. ...
Blocking SPAM from Outlook & Outloo...
Posted by D. Goodmanson in Church Technology, Culture and General Technology on 08 11th, 2006 | No Comments
I know many people have moved to Gmail as their primary email client. I've stuck with Outlook because it integrates with other systems, my pda and such. Many people are not satisfied with Outlook because of the SPAM filtering. I've found one product very helpful, Cloudmark. ...
Church Interns...
Kaleo Church seeks three church interns. We are launching two new churches, a Sunday night service at San Diego State University (SDSU), another in El Cajon (just east of San Diego city) and we need an intern to manage/administrate the relationship of a network of churches throughout San Diego that...
Goodmanson.com - New Blog Design and upg...
Launched my new site design here at Goodmanson.com. Hopefully you all have a much more pleasant experience as you lurk click around the site. I added a new Church Planters Resources section to list some of the things I’m involved with to help church planters. You’ll probably see some changes...
Books and Books...
I’ve been tagged by Reformissionary…
1. One book that changed your life: Desiring God by John Piper
2. One book that you’ve read more than once: Trilogy (The Three Essential Books in One Volume) by Francis Schaeffer
3. One book you’d want on a desert island: The Bible
4. One book...
Church Planting Resources...
Posted by D. Goodmanson in Church, Church Planting and General Technology on 08 2nd, 2006 | 1 Comment
Church Planting Resources has been relaunched with a new design and backend system. It is now 83% SEXIER. Church Planting Resources is a site created for those who are involved in church planting and running churches. The goal is to provide a free exchange of information to help build the Kingdom and...
Drew Goodmanson serves as CEO of Monk Development and is co-founder/pastor at Kaleo Church. Monk is an Internet strategy and development company. Monk created Ekklesia 360 which is used by thousands of churches and ministries. Drew often speaks at conferences and has written for several national publications about how churches/ministries can use the Internet. Goodmanson.com is recognized as one of the Top Church Blogs. Kaleo Church is a missional community, multi-site church planting movement in San Diego, CA. More about Drew Goodmanson.
