Using the Internet to Gather, Connect and as a place of Mission

Breakout session 6   Thursday 845 to 945am Today is Internet Evangelism Day. More and more we need to see the internet as a mission field.  As our culture moves increasingly online, this presentation discusses how churches can be missionaries to unbelievers, gather the unchurched and connect with their...

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The Forgotten Ways

I had a chance to hear Alan Hirsch and ask him a few questions at a dinner at the NNCC.  On the plane ride back (with layovers) I'm reading through his book, The Forgotten Ways.  If you blog, I'm sure you have seen a lot of conversation about it.  I recommend you pick up a copy of the book, it is a very...

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The Arminianism Acts 29 Equivalent

During the National New Church Conference, I was able to be part of a 'bloggers round table' with Shawn Lovejoy, Ben Arment, Tadd Grandstaff and Mark Batterson.  It was clear when we met for the first time, that we didn't know much of each other (Derek Brown was the one guy I knew), but at the round table, these...

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NNCC Reflections

This week has been a whirlwind tour at the National New Church Conference.  I've had a great time seeing friends, sharing meals and listening to others I respect and learn from.  I could list a lot of others who I enjoyed seeing & hearing from, such as Ed Stetzer, Darrin Patrick, both of whom took people to the...

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Church Cloud

We've learned a lot about using technology to connect people to the local church.  With that said, we've launched Church Cloud.  Church Cloud is a FREE web-based tool for churches who want to do ministry online. Churches are able to upload mp3’s, post events, stream audio, podcast, and gather additional...

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Get the Word Out! What every church planter needs to know about communication

Apr 24, 07 Get the Word Out! What every church planter needs to know about communication

Posted by D. Goodmanson in Church, General Technology

Brad Abare and I did the session today at the National New Church Convention.  I've uploaded Get the Word out!  What every church planter needs to know about communication (pdf).  Brad covered a lot of principles of communication (influenced by Tipping Point – Gladwell, Purple Cow – Godin, Mind Your...

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2007 National New Church Conference

Who is going?  Post a comment and we can do a meet-up.  Or stop by one of the sessions I'm involved in: Get the Word Out! What every church planter needs to know about communication – Tuesday afternoon – Breakout Session 1 – from 3 to 4pm. Session will be co-led with The Center for Church...

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Acts 29 Regional Church Conference Audio Sessions

The audio for the sessions for the Acts 29 Regional Church Conference are up.  The sessions include:  For the Sake of the World: A Missional Ecclesiology (Newbigin’s Missional Logic) Speaker: Michael W. Goheen The people of God have always been chosen for the sake of the world. When they forget that they forget...

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Ministry Websites

One of the cool things working at Monk Development is we are able to do most of our work with churches and ministries.  I've posted a number of the churches we've done using Ekklesia 360 Church CMS, but here are a few ministries we are working with: Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals The Alliance of Confessing...

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Worse than Internet Porn?

Quote from Michael Goheen @ our Acts 29 Regional Event: The danger of the internet isn't necessarily the porn, but the continued wasting of time to find the next great thing. Ouch! 

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