Ministry Design

by Drew Goodmanson|05 June 200705 June 2007|Church, Leadership, Ministry Design

How can you structure leadership and decisions in a church to most effectively be on mission? This is critical because when power/control are centralized in a church, the mission suffers. Church leaders who micro-manage or want to be involved in...

Triperspectivalism, Multiperspectivalism & Other Large Words

by Drew Goodmanson|31 May 200731 May 2007|Church, Church Planting, Leadership, Ministry Design, Triperspectivalism

It's been well over a year since my first post on multiperspectivalism (or triperspectivalism), but more and more people & churches are seeing this as a framework to do effective ministry. In the Acts 29 forum, there appears to be...

Elders – Missional Movements, Plurality of Leadership & First Amongst Equals

by Drew Goodmanson|22 May 200722 May 2007|Church, Church Planting, Leadership, Ministry Design

A group of Acts 29 pastors gathered for our monthly lunch together. It was during this time we provide just-in-time coaching to those who would like to bring things to the table. At this meeting three different churches discussed how...

Missional Eldership – Leading a Transformational Community

by Drew Goodmanson|12 May 200712 May 2007|Church, Church Planting, Leadership, Ministry Design, Triperspectivalism

Traditional/Centralized forms of church government destroy a church's mission. At Kaleo Church we continue to re-think the form of our church and our church's ecclesiology for the sake of the gospel. As we do, we must also consider how we...

Leadership Development

by Drew Goodmanson|09 May 200709 May 2007|Leadership, Ministry Design

At the monthly pastors meeting here in San Diego we discussed leadership development. Dick Kaufmann noted that churches need both systemic and systematic leadership development. Systemic Leadership Development is using your entire organization (the church body) in the process of...

The Decline of the Western Church and the Call to renew your Church's Ecclesiology

by Drew Goodmanson|06 May 200706 May 2007|Church, Church Planting, Culture, Ministry Design, Triperspectivalism

The Western Church is in decline. Part of the challenge is the church is stuck in old models of ecclesiology based on Constantinian views of church. The church is seen as a power structure seeking to 'attract' people from the...

Triperspectival Ecclesiology – Being the Church as Corporate, Intimate & Group

by Drew Goodmanson|02 May 200702 May 2007|Church, Church Planting, Culture, Ministry Design, Triperspectivalism

There is a lot of conversation lately around missional ecclesiology. From The Shaping of Things to Come and the Forgotten Ways by Alan Hirsch to Dr. Michael Goheen's Missional Ecclesiology sessions at our church conference based on Lesslie Newbigin, who...

Using the Internet to Gather, Connect and as a place of Mission

by Drew Goodmanson|29 April 200729 April 2007|Church, Church Planting, Church Technology, Ekklesia, Ministry Design, Monk Dev

Breakout session 6 Thursday 845 to 945am Today is Internet Evangelism Day. More and more we need to see the internet as a mission field. As our culture moves increasingly online, this presentation discusses how churches can be missionaries to...

The Forgotten Ways

by Drew Goodmanson|27 April 200727 April 2007|Church, Church Planting, Culture, Ministry Design

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...

NNCC Reflections

by Drew Goodmanson|25 April 200725 April 2007|Church, Church Planting, Ministry Design

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...

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