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• 5 Game Changers that didnt make my video for The Nines September 2, 2010
  On Sep 9 you can watch my video and ridicule it via Twitter at the Nines Online Conference. I chose just a single "game changer" in my ministry to focus on . . which one I will not reveal just yet. But there were many other game changers, strategic moves, decisions, mid-way corrections, that didn't make the cut. Here are some of them:1. In 199 […]
• Substance or Just Good Management? September 2, 2010
  By Brent Rood The emerging church movement is not as new as it used to be. As with every movement, it has reached a point in its trajectory where as it matures, the ideals of the movement have given way to the reality of the movement. Theory birthed practice. The ideal was that good substance should replace good management. Gospel-centered preaching, authent […]
• Thursday Is for Thinkers: Jack Lumanog, Transformational Small Churches, & Bivo Ministry September 2, 2010
  Thanks to Dan Cruver for his post last week on Small Churches and Adoption. Next week, Artie Davis from Cornerstone Community Church (Orangeburg, SC) and the Comb Network. Today's post comes from Jack Lumanog, as a part of our series focusing on Transformational Small Churches. Jack is pastor of Christ the King Anglican Church in Lansing, MI. He serves […]
• Kevin Ezell Nominated as President of North American Mission Board: A Great Leader with a Heart for and Track Record in Church Planting September 1, 2010
  There has been some exciting news and discussion in my denomination, the Southern Baptist Convention. It was released yesterday that Kevin Ezell has been nominated as the next president of the North American Mission Board for the SBC. I usually post my SBC commentary at our SEBTS blog, Between the Times since I know that many of my readers are not SBC. But, […]
• A Disturbing Statistic September 1, 2010
  Here's a stat to choke down: There have been thousands of new churches started in the last 20 years, and a decent amount are growing rapidly. And yet ... the number of people going to church in America has decreased by about 8 million in that time.Riddle me this: How can that be?Answer: New churches tend (almost exclusively) to reach people who are alre […]
• 10 Campus Constants at West Ridge Church September 1, 2010
  We’re 11 days away from launching our second campus of West Ridge Church. Our desire to is start four more campuses over the next four years. With that in mind, we wanted to develop a framework to define the constants all of these campuses would share. Indirectly, that also helps clarify where each of the campuses also has freedom. That led our leadership te […]
• Wednesday Morning Run-Down September 1, 2010
  Just spent two days in Baltimore with Tally Wilgis and some incredible leaders planning a citywide initiative. Unprecedented collaboration among churches. If you didn't catch the Emmy Awards opener with Jimmy Fallon and the cast of Glee, it's worth a Google. He proved pretty much anyone can write a Glee episode. "Professional wrestling is the […]
• We are coming to USA: Need your help! August 31, 2010
  Big news! Our family is returning to USA for a coast to coast tour, starting late September in New York and going down, then westward through Texas, up to Oregon and down the West Coast.Why now? Well, it is kinda sudden, isn't it? One of the biggest reasons is because we were denied a visa extension in UK and our time on the European mainland is limited […]
• A Sacred Trust August 31, 2010
  Matt Adair is replanter of Christ Community Church in Athens, Georgia. He wrote earlier this month on Embracing Your Unique Gifting and Leveraging it for Jesus’ Mission. Here he looks at the power source for the church’s employment of their gifts. Entrepreneurial Aptitude - A Sacred Trust Church planters are gluttons for punishment. The spiritual soil of the […]
• Praying For a "Spirit of Generosity" to Move in Us and Through Our Churches August 31, 2010
  During the month of October we are going to be focusing on the theme of generosity.  In preparation I would like to share my thoughts on one of the nine prayers of missional leaders that will enlarge your heart for God's mission. "Father, pour out a generous spirit in my life and church."  You'll notice that the prayer was not, "Fath […]