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The Plague and the Missional Movement

February 21, 2012

There’s a (semi)famous play by Pushkin called Feast in the Time of Plague. It’s actually a fairly short play with a very simple plot. A group of intellectuals are having a sumptuous meal in the midst of a plague sweeping the city. The topic of conversation for the evening revolves around what they should do [...]

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For people like my parents…

February 14, 2012

Hopefully this little graphic explains everything.

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Do we really need attractional AND missional churches working together? Is it about a mixed economy?

February 11, 2012

DISCLAIMER: This really is meant to be a question that provokes discussion rather than an opinion masked as a leading question. Honestly looking for good discussion. I want to ask a question in this post, but to get there, let me lay some ground work. I have heard it stated by many people that in [...]

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How Rob Bell and Mark Driscoll are the same

January 27, 2012

I know what you’re thinking. These guys couldn’t be more different. And it doesn’t even matter which one you like/dislike. They differ theologically, in manner, personality, rhetorical style, etc. (And for the sake of this conversation, let’s assume Rob Bell was still leading Mars Hill in Grand Rapids). But what has been largely missed is how similar [...]

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Could we plant churches with a 90% success rate?

January 23, 2012

I want to throw out a hypothetical reality that I think would lead to church plants being successful 90% of the time. No. Seriously. I going to give it a stab! If you’re a regular reader of this blog, you’ll know I’ve written a lot on re-imagining church planter training. If you haven’t had a [...]

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How to start a Missional Community

January 6, 2012

Working at 3DM, it should come as no surprise that I am often asked the question, “How do you start a Missional Community?” As such, I thought sharing my own story in the past 6 months would be helpful. You see, after passing on our church plant and moving to Pawleys Island, SC to work [...]

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Things I need to learn

November 23, 2011

(FYI)–this picture has nothing to do with this post. Just liked the picture. I’m currently in a pretty intense season of learning as I’ve temporarily stepped out of leading a local church and am trying to learn as much as possible about leadership, discipleship, movements, mission, etc. You know. Simple stuff. I haven’t had as [...]

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The crisis in our seminaries

November 1, 2011

One of the really exciting things I get to do as the Content Director for 3DM is work with Mike on leading out initiatives on problems that many people see facing the Western church, start some discussion and actually do something about it. About a year ago, I met with a guy named JR Rozko, [...]

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“Evangelical” has been hijacked

October 26, 2011

Kurt Fredrickson, at Fuller: I am an evangelical. It defines the way I think (my orthodoxy), how I act (my orthopraxy), and how I relate to God, to others and my world (my orthopathy). This is a joyful and hopeful way of being a Christian. An evangelical loves God greatly, and seeks to serve others [...]

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What stories, symbols and language do we need for a Kingdom-oriented Gospel?

October 20, 2011

In my last post I wrote about how I feel like the Gospel of the western Church has been hi-jacked. Over time, we lost sight of the Gospel that Jesus preached, lived out and gave access to through his death and resurrection: That the Kingdom of God is available to everyone TODAY that then expands [...]

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