Using the Internet to Gather, Connect an...
Posted by D. Goodmanson in Church, Church Planting, Church Technology, Ekklesia, Ministry Design and Monk Dev on 04 29th, 2007 | 5 Comments
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...
The Forgotten Ways...
Posted by D. Goodmanson in Church, Church Planting, Culture, Faith and Ministry Design on 04 27th, 2007 | 4 Comments
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...
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),...
NNCC Reflections...
Posted by D. Goodmanson in Church, Church Planting and Ministry Design on 04 25th, 2007 | 2 Comments
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...
Church Cloud...
Posted by D. Goodmanson in Church, Church Technology, Ekklesia, General Technology and Monk Dev on 04 24th, 2007 | 1 Comment
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,...
Get the Word Out! What every church plan...
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...
2007 National New Church Conference...
Posted by D. Goodmanson in Church, Church Planting and Ministry Design on 04 17th, 2007 | 4 Comments
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...
Acts 29 Regional Church Conference Audio...
Posted by D. Goodmanson in Church, Church Planting, Culture, Faith and Ministry Design on 04 13th, 2007 | 2 Comments
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...
Ministry Websites...
Posted by D. Goodmanson in Church Technology, Ekklesia, Faith, Ministry Design and Monk Dev on 04 13th, 2007 | 2 Comments
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...
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!
Tithe Brokerage Firm...
Posted by D. Goodmanson in Faith on 04 11th, 2007 | 8 Comments
I'm sure this is something I will need to rethink (or repent of), but from a conversation an idea came up: creating a tithing brokerage firm. People could come and talk about their tithe portfolio. The client comes in and states:
I'd like to be 1/3 International missions, 1/4 in church...
Expository Preaching Series...
Here is a series some of you preachers may be interested in, Colin Adams (Unashamed Workman) started a series, "Ten Questions for Expositors" with his first interview with Tim Keller. [HT: Reformissionary]
Idols of Your Heart...
Dr. Richard Kaufmann, movement leader at Harbor Presbyterian led the session Preparing & Preaching a Gospel Centered Message @ the Acts 29 Regional Conference. In this session, he said (I believe he was quoting someone, but I don't recall who) that there are four idols that drive most people. ...
Western Idols that Shape US...
Dr. Michael Goheen (dual US/Canadian citizen) who lives in Canada spoke about Western Idols (I forgot who he was quoting). It made me think about (and reflect on his comments) regarding how this effects the church.
The 4 Western Ideological Idols and how do they effect the Church
1. Rationalism...
Twelve Priorities I Would Pursue If I Ch...
Dr. Michael Goheen led an excellent session that I wanted to post some of his comments and thoughts here. (The mp3 with the full session should be up in a week or so from the Acts 29 Regional Church Conference ).
1. Church with faithful and relevant worship.
a. Our worship ought to be missional (oriented...
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.
