Ministry Design

The Biggest Mistake I made launching Missional Communities
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It's been about 7-years since Kaleo Church transitioned to a 'missional-community' led model. Back in 2007 I began going public with this transition, posting blog posts such as: (Side Note: I've recently moved on from Kaleo when my family moved...
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The 5-Dysfunctions of Missional Community
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This weekend I was thinking about why missional community life often feels broken. More specifically, why do people resist or fight against the call to be missional in community? As I've thought about my own experience and gathering from some...
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Building a Church Movement of Gospel Centered Communities
I found the document posted below from years ago. It brought together a variety of resources and thoughts I and others have posted on leading Mission/Gospel Communities. It takes a lot of the writing/posts I did back in 2006-2008 on...
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Shared Missional Community Leadership based on Soma Identities
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As Kaleo continues to invest in the life of our local church one of the desires brought up is to more greatly share leadership. Could there be a shared leadership model based on our identities? In this, Zac Anderson and...
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Non-Profit Functional Board of Directors and Elders for Churches
How do you get the most out of your Board? How do you avoid the awkward Board Meetings where issues are presented and members address surface layers because they aren't involved in the challenges being discussed? How do you go...
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The Permanent Revolution: The Need
Alan Hirsch argues that the church is in need to return back to the state of a permanent revolution. Christianity has become a civil religion that has lost it's vibrancy (p 26) and moved from the apostolic people-movement Jesus created....
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GCM Conference Collective Experience
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Are you attending the 2011 GCM Conference? If so, join us for the pre-conference Collective Experience: Join other Missional Leaders from across the country to serve as a form of "advisory board" while at the conference. In this pre-conference you...
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An Exclusive Opportunity for Church Communicators
We’ve been silently working behind the scenes for the past few months at MonkDev, talking with some of the best and brightest in the church communications space. We’ve been planning our latest project, the Church Communicator Roundtable. It’s launching in...
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Gospel Communities on Mission Conference
Attend the annual Gospel Communities on Mission Conference in Huntsville, AL. September 14-16, 2011 The GCM Collective hosts our inaugural conference focused on the three vital components of effective ministry today: Gospel, Community and Mission. You will get to hear...
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Hawaiian Islands Ministries Honolulu 2011 Conference
Hawaiian Islands Ministry Honolulu March 24-26, 2011 | Hawaii Convention Center – Join me, I will be presenting 3 sessions: A Look into the Near and Distant Future of Online Ministry In this session leaders will learn how to develop...
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