August 2006

by Drew Goodmanson|30 August 200630 August 2006|Church, Culture, General Technology

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....

Church Planting Bootcamp & Church Conference

by Drew Goodmanson|30 August 200630 August 2006|Church, Church Planting, Teaching

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...

Young, Restless, Reformed

by Drew Goodmanson|29 August 200629 August 2006|Church, Culture

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...

Five Trends for the Future of Church Planting

by Drew Goodmanson|26 August 200626 August 2006|Church, Church Planting

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

by Drew Goodmanson|25 August 200625 August 2006|Church, Culture

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...

Discerning Reader

by Drew Goodmanson|24 August 200624 August 2006|Church, Culture

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...

The Rock launches on Ekklesia 360

by Drew Goodmanson|23 August 200623 August 2006|Church, Church Technology, Ekklesia, General Technology, Monk Dev

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...

Puerto Vallarta Vacation

by Drew Goodmanson|23 August 200623 August 2006|Church

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...

A Partnership of Externally Focused Churches

by Drew Goodmanson|11 August 200611 August 2006|Church

"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...

Blocking SPAM from Outlook & Outlook Express

by Drew Goodmanson|11 August 200611 August 2006|Church Technology, Culture, General Technology

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...

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