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Posts made in June, 2007
I returned last night from the annual Acts 29 pastors retreat where we spent most of the week in Sonoma. It was great to see friends and spend time with other church planters from across the country. A couple things came from the conference, which I may post on more:
1. Acts 29 re-organizing from a network to a movement. ...
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The cultural mandate calls us to be stewards of the world and cultivate it for God's glory. This includes our work. Yet, churches have largely left work to the domain of the 'secular world'. There are two reasons I believe this occurred, first Western Christians are shaped by an enlightenment, Platonic...
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Triperspectival Leadership Essentials (David Fairchild) – Examines three essential elements of leadership, character, competency and the often overlooked compatibility. Also check out his recent posts on Gospel Worldview Questions & Gospel Diagnostic Questions.
Rick McKinley's talk @ the Q Conference. Here is...
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A few days ago I posted an idea to help fund church planting and transitions into ministry. Since then I've been thinking a bit more about a 'tentmaker' organization that would create sustainable church planting movements. The concept comes from the apostle Paul who worked as a tentmaker in Thessalonica,...
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Do you have a structure of how to lead meetings at your church? In our monthy church planting meetings with Harbor, they patterned a structure of meeting we have adopted at Kaleo. It includes:
1. Grace Renewal Stories [Existential] – The meeting begins with people sharing how the gospel (grace) at work. In...
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David Fairchild and I spoke yesterday about a triperspectival hermeneutics. He has posted some great insight into how to use a triperspectival hermeneutic . Here is a snapshot, but I encourage you to read the whole post.
Our Triune God is omniperspectival and sees all perspectives simultaneously. This should humble us...
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When Kaleo Church first started, there were a number of things we wanted to do because other churches were doing it. One example is a Film & Theology night. We desperately wanted our people to see culture through the lens of the gospel, but it never really took off unless David or I were there. (Years later, a...
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How do you fund a church plant? For many planters money is the number one challenge to being able to pursue their calling. I've been thinking about creative ways to do this and wanted to post an idea: (This is at the idea stage, so things may change)
In order to (1) help church planters fund their ministry or...
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The gospel and triperspectivalism are essential for reformed people. Why? Because all too often we see a strong relationship between being 'reformed' and being contentious (see 1Tim3:3). The other day someone posted an 'ultra-reformed' reply on an old post. I went to his blog and found a numerous...
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How can you structure leadership and decisions in a church to most effectively be on mission? This is critical because when power/control are centralized in a church, the mission suffers. Church leaders who micro-manage or want to be involved in every decision will end up creating an institutional church. A...
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