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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
In the quiet of the night, Rick McKinley (pastor @ Imago Dei, church planter & author ) launches a blog. Previously, he had resisted: So...I am officially entering the blogoshphere. I have always resisted it since most of them that...
There is nothing more beautiful than to see a city transformed by the Gospel. As a fellow laborer for seeing Gospel going forth, you are invited to the next Acts 29 regional event in San Diego, The Gospel Gone Public:...
There is a lot of talk among churches as being 'relevant'. I urge you to go beyond being 'relevant to our culture' to seeking to transform the city you live in. At Kaleo Church we see the gospel story as...
The 2007 Multi-Site Church Conference just wrapped up. The conference looked at why do multi-site, different models of multi-site and specifically the Redeemer NY (multi-site) and the Harbor Presbyterian (multi-congregational & multi-site) models. (No video venues) Here are some ideas...
Ed Stetzer's full 47-page 2007 Church Planting Survivability & Health Study (pdf) is now available. See previous post for summaries: Church Planting and Survivability, How Many Church Plants Really Survive—and Why?, 10 Factors for Higher Attendance in Church Plants Including...