Alan Hirsch on Messio Dei at Exponential

Mission is to be the organizing factor of the church. Mission is not to be insider work – among believers. The problem is that the church organizes around ministry (programs) – not mission. This causes us to have to run a show, instead of running with people to need to know Jesus. Mission is to be outsider work – focusing on those outside of the church.

Alan Hirsch on The Missional Magnet at Exponential

Church planters … “if you are not pissing religious people off, there is something wrong with you.” – Alan Kirsch – to understand why Alan said this…read on.

Alan Hirsch on Missional Movement at Exponential

“Organization puts pressure on people to conform. Sometimes we need a kick in the … to break formation. The way we do church holds us back from an exponential movement of the church in North America.” – Alan Hirsch

Jim Putman on Alignment at Exponential Conference

Jim Putman is passionate about seeing disciples made – not growing the church or holding services where the stage is the field and the congregation are the fans. The pastor must be the coach – not the star player. Pastors are to release people to be on the field and play the game. The job of coach is to…

Andy Stanley on Apostalic Vision at Exponential Conference

Andy Stanley’s talk on Apostalic Vision at the National New Church Conference – Exponential – is the outline of his book “Making Vision Stick”. As Andy encouraged us, listen to this session (or in your case – read this blog post), save your money, and don’t buy the book. Here it is…

Walking off the map

Jesus is leading my family and I on an awesome adventure. So where exactly are we on the journey? Right here…  That’s right. Right off the map. Right where God wants us to be – in uncharted territory. As I see it, this is the only real way to live. This is true faith and [...]

A New Approach To Church Planting

We invite you to join us financially in this journey of starting a new church and community based organization that exist to restore people to right relationship with God and others by showing and sharing the love of Jesus. To support this vision financially you can either give online or send a check to: New Life [...]

How to study the Bible

This blog post is intended to provide another avenue in studying the Bible. It is called “Dwelling on the Word”. I will use one of my personal God moments with you from 1 Peter 5:1-11 to give an example of how this process works. When you are done reading, practice the discipline of “Dwelling on the Word”.

Joshua Tree Climb

It’s one thing to go to a national park and drive around “looking” at the sights. It’s another thing to go to a national park to “experience” the sights. The trill of yesterday was flashing a sport climb at Joshua Tree – an opportunity I may not have again for many years. Our trip was [...]

Church marketing “and” outreach?

I find it interesting that marketing and outreach are used in the same question as if they are synonymous. People should know who we are and God’s work among us (marketing) because of our revolutionary love for others as we live Jesus’ mission (outreach).

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