Is Online Community real Community? Questions about the Virtual Church

Lately this question seems to be popping up more and more so I thought I’d post some initial thoughts. For example, while at the Echo Media Conference I have met several ‘Internet Campus Pastors’. Including a church planter who has planted an online (only) church. In a question I used the term ‘virtual...

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Would Jesus be on Facebook? and other questions for Christian web leaders

Jul 28, 09 Would Jesus be on Facebook? and other questions for Christian web leaders

Posted by D. Goodmanson in Church Technology

I want to encourage those Christians in the tech space to attend the Christian Web Conference. Where most conferences on technology are geared toward ‘how’, ‘what’, and ‘who’ this conference will ask more ‘why’ questions. As the conference main site states, “The Christian Web...

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The Small Group Host Location is More Important than you Think

Often it may be tempting to pick where you will host a small group primarily on issues such as convenient location, size of house or willingness of the host to open their home. Avoid these temptations. If you agree with the necessity of mission for small groups the host is one of the most important elements to being missional. In...

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Kaleo Vision and Philosophy of Ministry

At the end of last year I posted a document on Kaleo’s Philosophy of Ministry created by Tim Cain as he worked to plant a new church site as part of Kaleo. As an updated now there is an added section on Vision to the document. This is the shortened version of a longer document but at 58 pages it has some weight to it. ...

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The Necessity of Mission for Small Groups

Jul 20, 09 The Necessity of Mission for Small Groups

Posted by D. Goodmanson in Church

Kaleo Church is still learning what it means to be a community of believers gathering throughout the week in homes across the county. We call these groups Missional Communities. Why? Our desire is that we would be gospel-centered communities on mission. As we’ve got a few years into this church plant there are a couple...

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Internet Presence Management

Monk Development has begun our shift from a Content Management provider to an Internet Presence Management company. What is the difference? Most Content Management Systems (CMS) focus on managing the content to publish to a client’s website. ‚ÄúIf no one visits your award-winning new website does it really exist?‚Äù may be...

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Cobblestone Community Network Goes Live

Cobblestone was created to help your community be the church. Cobblestone is designed to encourage behaviors that are important for the body of the local church. Learn how Cobblestone can assist you with objectives such as: Helping People find opportunities to Serve Connecting People into Community Creating effective and powerful...

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