Culture

The Hype of Social Networking and the Church
by Drew Goodmanson|04 August 2008|Church, Church Technology, Culture, Ekklesia, General Technology, Monk Dev
Lately I'm running across a number of companies that are building social networking sites targeted to the church market. A number that have set their sights at being the 'church Facebook'. Yet, most of what is called 'social networking' is...
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Total Church Schedule, Sessions & Breakouts
by Drew Goodmanson|30 July 2008|Church, Church Planting, Culture, Leadership, Ministry Design, Teaching
The conference is almost sold out. Here is the schedule for the Total Church Conference next month: Tuesday, August 12th Main Session #1: A Community-centered Gospel – Steve Timmis The gospel is about a King who died to rescue a...
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Shapevine Interview: Missional Communities, Total Church, Triperspectivalism & Renovo
by Drew Goodmanson|23 June 2008|Church, Church Planting, Culture, General Technology, Leadership, Sermon, Triperspectivalism
One last reminder prior to tomorrow for you to join us on Shapevine June 24 at 4 PM EST (1pm PST) for an interview on Missional Communities, Total Church, Triperspectivalism & the Renovo Network.  There will be a time to...
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Renovo Network
by Drew Goodmanson|19 June 2008|Church, Church Planting, Culture
Almost a year ago I posted an intro to the Renovo Network concept, entitled: Transforming Cities - The Church beyond the Spiritual Box.   Since this post we've incorporated the Renovo Group, the Tentmaker Group and Imagine City Group.  We continue...
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Do you mean no more Rocky Balboa sermon series?
by Drew Goodmanson|02 June 2008|Culture
A couple years ago, after the success of The Passion of the Christ, several film makers tried to tap into the Christian word-of-mouth marketing.  I cringed (see: Hollywood: Turning the Christian Faith into a Marketing Gimmick) when I saw Rocky's...
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Total Church Conference Registration Open
by Drew Goodmanson|31 May 2008|Church, Church Planting, Culture, Leadership, Ministry Design
I'd encourage all church planters to attend one of the most important church planting conferences to come. This one is a must attend for church planters who are thinking about planting missional churches to reach our culture. The Total Church...
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Dwell Conference | London
by Drew Goodmanson|30 May 2008|Church, Church Planting, Culture, Leadership, Teaching
If you have a chance I'd encourage you to attend the Dwell Conference in London.  Many of you already know Mark Driscoll & Scott Thomas, but maybe some of you haven't been exposed to Steve Timmis.  I've had the opportunity...
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Return from Seattle & Tacoma
by Drew Goodmanson|13 May 2008|Church, Culture, General Technology
I returned yesterday from the Seattle/Tacoma trip.  Here are a few of the highlights: Mars Hill Reunion  I spent Saturday night with Jamie Munson an elder and Lead Pastor (Mark Driscoll is preaching pastor) at Mars Hill in Seattle.  Mars...
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Life in Tacoma
by Drew Goodmanson|09 May 2008|Culture
Walking the streets of Tacoma, WA and ran into this nice little work of art:
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Understanding Our Western Story
by Drew Goodmanson|30 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...
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