The Continued Rise of the Me Generation...
Great article from CNN Study: Vanity on the rise among college students
Today's college students are more narcissistic and self-centered than their predecessors, according to a comprehensive new study by five psychologists who worry that the trend could be harmful to personal relationships and American...
Ideas for Church Websites and using Tech...
Posted by D. Goodmanson in Church, Culture, Faith and General Technology on 02 27th, 2007 | 3 Comments
ChurchBIT (a group of people who are involved in and passionate about how to use technology for the church) Here are some suggestions from discussions about ways to enhance a church website.
(1) Use stories in your community. Eg. Watermark Testimonies
(2) Allow people to participate in 'journal-...
The Problem of Evil & the Fullness ...
The Problem of Evil & Suffering was the topic of this months Men's Group at Kaleo Church. I encourage you to visit David's site, as he put the study up and it an excellent work on the subject (philosophically, theologically & pastorally).
One observation: David quotes a professor...
Are you in sales? Sales Book Recommendat...
Posted by D. Goodmanson in Church, Church Technology, Ekklesia and Monk Dev on 02 23rd, 2007 | 2 Comments
Over the years I've done a lot of sales (staffing/recruiting, consulting, application development, websites, etc.). Of course, most 'traditionally trained' sales people would now say, "Everything is sales" or "Everyone is in sales" but I digress.
There are...
How Big is Yours? (Blogging for Righteou...
One of the inevitable conversation moments that occurs when pastors (particularly church planters) gather is the question of size. How big is your church? Certainly there are times when size helps determine context, but often it seems to establish a pecking order among who hopes to learn...
Poll Dancing Evangelism...
Lately, we've been gripped with the idea of what a city would look like as it's changed by the Gospel. Oddly, in several situations in prayer and conversation the love for strippers has come up. How would a church reach women and men in strip clubs? One woman (wisely, only women...
Church Planting and Survivability...
Ed Stetzer has been working an a number of church planting statistics that we've all been waiting for…well wait no more:
Statistics are a dangerous thing. Some use them well; some use them badly; but most evangelical leaders use them—and church planting is no exception.
One of the...
‘Secular’ Work as a Calling ...
Posted by D. Goodmanson in Church, Church Technology, Culture and Faith on 02 19th, 2007 | 2 Comments
People spend roughly sixty percent of their life in work or work-related tasks. Yet, according to a poll conducted by Career Impact Ministries, ninety percent of Christians had not heard a sermon, read a book, listened to a tape or been to a seminar that applied biblical principles to everyday...
Developing Leaders to lead...
Posted by D. Goodmanson in Church, Leadership, Ministry Design and Triperspectivalism on 02 18th, 2007 | 5 Comments
How do you develop leaders at your church? This is a common challenge for churches, who must utilize the volunteer pool to lead important ministries in their church. Harbor Presbyterian, Kaleo Church and a group of other church planters meet monthly to discuss these types of challenges. ...
Wedding Message - Redemptive/Gospel Cent...
Posted by D. Goodmanson in Sermon on 02 18th, 2007 | 6 Comments
I have new weddings scheduled this year. I moved to a diff't wedding message I received from Stephen Trout (who is starting the Kaleo Christian Counseling Center) that is a redemptive historical/gospel presentation. Feel free to download it. Gospel Wedding Message (Word Doc)
Church Web Technology Think Tank...
ChurchBIT is a Google group centered around what’s next in church web applications and internet technology. If this is something you are actively involved in and passionate about, apply to join ChurchBIT and join in the conversation.
Conducting a Church Missional Survey - P...
This is our second survey on the missional nature of our church (read the first one about Sunday service & individuals) and we wanted to examine how missional our small groups are and the people who attend. We sent out a request to people in our church to fill out a 10 question survey asking...
Kaleo 2007...
Posted by D. Goodmanson in Church, Church Planting, Leadership and Ministry Design on 02 15th, 2007 | 3 Comments
Once a year Kaleo preaches a 'state of the union' address of where our church is and where it is going. This was done in a dialogical format by David Fairchild and I last Sunday. In it we were able to cover:
An overview of Kaleo's brief history.
Purpose of the Church
Gospel...
Acts 29 Regional Church Conference...
Posted by D. Goodmanson in Church, Church Planting, Leadership and Sermon on 02 15th, 2007 | No Comments
The Gospel Gone Public: Worldview·Mission·Preaching Regional Event | San Diego March 31, 2007
There is nothing more beautiful than to see a city transformed by the Gospel. As a fellow laborer for seeing Gospel going forth in San Diego, you are invited to the next Acts 29 regional event...
Disneyland Trip w/ Fairchild’s...
During the busy seasons, it's often nice to get away for a break. We had a chance to head up to Disneyland yesterday. I've uploaded some pictures of our Disney trip . Pictures include:
Gideon's fight with the dark side
The Cars characters
Fairchild's & Goodmanson's
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.
