April 2008

by Drew Goodmanson|30 April 200830 April 2008|Church, Culture

The three sessions from the Living at the Crossroads: Church & Mission conference are now up for download. At the sessions we received a packet of all the PowerPoints to go along with these, I'll ask Dr. Goheen if we...

Living at the Crossroads: An Introduction to Christian Worldview

by Drew Goodmanson|29 April 200829 April 2008|Church, Culture

For those of you interested in learning more about how living in the Western Story impacts your Christianity, I'd encourage you to pre-order Michael Goheen's book Living at the Crossroads: An Introduction to Christian Worldview. The sessions he did at...

The Western Story & Evangelism

by Drew Goodmanson|28 April 200828 April 2008|Church, Culture, Ministry Design

Thoughts from Living at the Crossroads: Church & Mission with Michael W. Goheen. "One of the reasons we have to create evangelism programs is that no one is asking us questions such as, "What is the reason for the hope...

Monk Development v2.0

by Drew Goodmanson|26 April 200826 April 2008|Church, Church Technology, Ekklesia, General Technology, Monk Dev

Monk Development's corporate site was starting to show it's age and I'm glad I can now show off the redesigned site! Designed by Designwise with rebuild help by our friend Kyle Sollenberger . About Monk Monk Development creates web-based Content...

Church Websites & CMS

by Drew Goodmanson|25 April 200825 April 2008|Church, Church Technology, Ekklesia, General Technology, Monk Dev

Monk Development is pleased to announce that our design partners continue to demonstrate excellence in their field. Here are a few of the recent church websites and the recognition they have received. City of Grace City of Grace is a...

Western Confession of Faith

by Drew Goodmanson|19 April 200819 April 2008|Church, Culture

A couple weeks ago, Kaleo hosted a conference Living at the Crossroads: Church & Mission. At this conference, Michael Goheen spent three days helping us understand the current cultural story we live in. The Western Story that we live in...

Total Church North America Conference

by Drew Goodmanson|08 April 200808 April 2008|Church, Church Planting, Ministry Design

Save the dates of August 12th-14th. I'd encourage you to attend the Total Church North America Conference in San Diego, hosted by Kaleo Church. This will not be your typical conference and will radically benefit those who attend so they...

Alcohol, Acts 29 & the Gospel

by Drew Goodmanson|03 April 200803 April 2008|Church, Culture

Recently, people visited this blog from the Alcohol, Acts 29 and the Missouri Baptist Convention “Straw Man”? article, which lists me by name. It is a detailed report showcasing the continual reference of alcohol at Acts 29 events. Alcohol continues...

Missional Communities and Contextualization

by Drew Goodmanson|01 April 200801 April 2008|Church, Church Planting, Ministry Design, Teaching

How do you contextualize in proclamation and demonstration as you launch missional communities/churches? (Contextualization is adapting the declaration and demonstration of the gospel in culturally adaptable forms, holding to the essence of the gospel at the same time.) Another document...