Questions Leaders are Asking: And my quick one-liner answers
My pal, Cam Roxburgh of Forge Canada, asked me to answer a few questions for their publication. He’s got a pulse on what questions church leaders are asking. So I thought my answers would be worth...
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Should We Gather? When Should We Gather?
I believe a public worship gathering is only a part of a church’s political presence in the neighborhood. (By ‘political’ I do not mean national politics. I mean the social presence of a way of life...
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The Table in the Neighborhood
One important pathway to mission in the neighborhood is “the meal.” This is what I have been learning these past many years. (This what Life on the Vine talked about this past Sunday at 9 a.m.). It all...
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Proclaiming Gospel: Preaching on Sunday as Practice for the Rest of the Week
(This is post No.3 on the practice of proclaiming the gospel. Please don’t read this post if you have not read post 1, and post 2) In the Great Giveaway I wrote a chapter entitled “The Myth of...
View ArticleLearning a “Way of Life” Is Step One in Planting a Missional Community
Recently, a leader from one of our “church plants” came to our gathering at Life on the Vine Christian Community to give us a report about what God is doing in this new place they’ve been inhabiting...
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The Groucho Marx Theory of Church
I have a suggestion for all pastors. The next time someone comes to you and says they are going to leave the church because they don’t agree with some thing in the church, tell them you believe in “the...
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On Going to the Sick (in the Neighborhood)
The Christian who goes to visit the sick, those in crisis, perhaps in a hospital room, perhaps next door or across the street, goes with three things in mind. We go to: 1.) Be “with” the person....
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Missional? Not Another Program At Your Local Church
On Fridays, I post information on conferences that I either value or I’m going to be at myself. I also post videos that I’m a part of where I’m talking about ideas I see as central to the task of...
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The Example of Lawndale Christian Community: Four Lessons to Learn for Every...
I spent last Wednesday at Lawndale Community Church in N. Lawndale Chicago. The Lawndale church is now famous for how it has impacted its community in ways the world cannot believe. People come...
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On Becoming Political Organizers for the Kingdom: The Missional Phobia of...
I have noticed a reticence in missional leaders “to gather.” I speak here of the “gathering” that takes place when we gather people who are mostly Christians into a community to become a witness to...
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