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 your ministry and become...
read moreToday 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 Mission by Daniel Montgomery,...
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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 will become social...
read more1. 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 own denomination. Already,...
read moreThe 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 assumptions, perspectives,...
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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 Challies....
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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. Features Valid XHTML 1.0 Strict, CSS 2 Custom...
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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 sea/sand and relax. We...
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"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. Scripture is clear on...
read moreI 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. It is unique because over...
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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.
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