March 2008

Missional Community Leadership Assessment Interview

by Drew Goodmanson|20 March 200820 March 2008|Church, Leadership, Ministry Design

As we continue to form around around the gospel, mission and community one of the questions we are asking is who is qualified to lead a missional community? What are the characteristics, competencies and convictions of a MC leader? Soma...

Leading a Missional Community

by Drew Goodmanson|18 March 200818 March 2008|Church, Church Planting, Leadership, Ministry Design, Triperspectivalism

MISSIONAL COMMUNITIES DEFINED A Missional Community (MC) is a committed core of believers who live out the mission of God together in a specific area or to a particular people group by demonstrating the gospel in tangible forms and declaring...

Missional Communities as Extension of the Counseling Process

by Drew Goodmanson|17 March 200817 March 2008|Church, Church Planting, Ministry Design

At Kaleo church , we call our home groups “missional communities,” (MC’s). The title serves as an intentional reminder of why we exist here on this earth: to love God and neighbor. Not surprisingly, this is also one of the...

Multiplying Missional Communities

by Drew Goodmanson|15 March 200815 March 2008|Church, Leadership, Ministry Design

Here is Multiplying Missional Communities that expands on the Leadership Development in Community series focusing on the Missional Community Leader. (Eugene gets credit for the this one.) He writes regarding when/how to replicate: Expect the Spirit to work in and...

Stealing our Website: the greatest sign of flattery?

by Drew Goodmanson|15 March 200815 March 2008|Church Technology, Ekklesia, Monk Dev

Over the weekend a company in Turkey must have decided they liked the Ekklesia 360 website. Our site: Their site: [snip]REMOVED[/snip]. UPDATE: The owner of the site has taken it down. Thanks for your help!

Organic Movement – Reverse Church Planting

by Drew Goodmanson|04 March 200804 March 2008|Church, Church Planting, Ministry Design

Today, a lot of what is called church planting is really starting a new 1 hour service for people to attend. There's a belief that just by opening your doors and great preaching, you will start a revolution. We've seen...