What did the Roman Catholics ever do for the Emerging Church? Nothing! The EC had to figure it all out by themselves. Over 2 decades of struggle and experimentation and getting laughed at and being misunderstood. Actually, thats not quite true. A few things come to mind. And since I promised last week to mention…
Read MoreWho’s Got the Skinny?
DJ Chaung has the skinny on the Deadly Viper controversy with his post called Asian Americans dont look or think alike. Also read Eugene Cho’s letter to Zondervan and the authors of the book that is now pulled off the shelves. Khayna blog has the skinny on at the ecclesiology of Father Daniel Syosyev, murdered…
Read MoreThe Michael Knight Trust: I want to worship
It occurred to me, after reading Bob’s account of the first thanksgiving, that hardship was the context in which the first thanksgiving celebration was birthed. This sheds some light on today’s launch of the Michael Knight Trust. Michael was 18 when he passed forward earlier this year. He was the son of my friends Mark…
Read MoreHappy Thanksgiving
The biggest Thanksgiving turkey we ever had was 33 pounds (15 kilos) which just squeezed into our double oven. We served 45 people that day, in our home in Portland, Oregon. I was the chef, of course, which means that I took all the credit for the entire meal which was, to be honest, composed…
Read MoreJoining the Redumptancy Club
eek! I wrote this post, published it and then WOPPP it was gone! Dang. Let me try to write something similar. This morning I received a letter from my employer, Church Mission Society. There have been some massive cut-backs recently due to the financial downturn, but I have managed successfully to avoid them – not…
Read MoreCatholics and the Emerging Church
The Catholic website New Advent sent me a tidal wave of traffic this week with a link to my post “How to estimate church attendance”. THANKS! And thats not all. The Catholics are making themselves felt all over the emerging church blogosphere right now: – Patrick Keenan is running a series called In Search of…
Read MoreMarko on the Sale of Youth Specialties
“I still think this whole thing is, potentially, a win for everyone.” writes Marko from his new downsized desk in the family room, on the acquisition of Youth Specialties by Youth Works. Bloggers are chiming in around the blogosphere, esp after the new announcement at the National Youth Workers Convention this week. For the skinny…
Read MoreA Slow and Kind Thanksgiving
We are walking over to a local farm today to pick up our turkey for tomorrow’s Thanksgiving day celebrations. Once again I am happy to report that our celebration will be slow and kind, as well as compassionate, local and free. And it will be a day of good friends and thanksgiving for all God…
Read MoreTall Skinny Widget
Special thanks to Bill Kinnon for creating the tall skinny widget on my right column to help us raise funds for our family and team. Yes, our team is now 9 people and your support will help us bring training and resources into 25 countries around Europe and North Africa over the next year. Bill…
Read MoreI had no idea he was a 5-point Calvinist!
Eddie Eddings comes up with his best Calvinst cartoon to date. Related: Why I am not a New Calvinist (by one guy who should be)
Read MoreMission Ship MV Doulos will stop sailing
The famous missionary ship MV Doulos will cease operations at the end of this year. This is a great pity but understandable given the age of the ship – its the world’s oldest ocean-going passenger ship. ““We recognise God’s faithfulness through these 32 years of wonderful service of the ‘servant’—Doulos — as an outstanding OM…
Read MoreHow to estimate church attendence
It’s a complex thing to measure church attendance but here are a few pointers on arriving at an accurate number based on the attendance figures they give you. – 50% if its a Pentecostal worship service because they count the legs and forget to divide by two. – 30% if its a Baptist church because…
Read MoreRockin’ Western Europe’s Poorest City
Only 2 weeks until our Rock on Christmas Festival happens down in Olhão , Portugal. They say it is the poorest city in Western Europe. Olhão has been a city based on the fishing industry. There was, until recently, 97 fishing businesses in Olhão, that sustained its economy. But that number has been reduced down…
Read More6 More Types of House Church
The last post on why you can no longer ignore the emerging house church movement generated a few comments regarding the actual size of the movement and how it is estimated. Thanks everyone for your thoughts. I realize the movement is difficult to see, as I have written about before. The article was written by…
Read MoreWhy you can no longer ignore the emerging house church movement
Don’t look for the elephant in the room. Look instead at the colonies of mice that have burrowed inside the furniture and are now taking over the house. “The latest research indicates that the number of house churches in Europe have already reached or surpassed 10,000, Australia could have up to 10,000, and New Zealand…
Read MoreGood morning everyone!
Good morning everyone. Its a beautiful day, just as David predicted and Bono confirmed. This is the day that the Lord has made. Good morning family of mine. Good morning sexy wife and good morning kids who had to explain the idea of ‘fertilizer’ in Farmville to me this morning. I must be getting old.…
Read MoreAntioch Papers
I told you about the Antioch Gathering a few weeks ago in Turkey. Guy Muse has compiled a number of papers and reports from the meeting. Happy reading.
Read MoreRed-Eye Shift at a 24-7 Prayer Room
Our family took the red-eye shift at the local 24-7 Prayer room on Saturday night. We tagged teamed all night until 6 in the morning. Our kids slept in their sleeping bags until they were tagged. They did well. And they loved it. A lot more colorful and interactive than the boring prayer meetings I…
Read Morethe people nobody wants
“Don’t go to start a church . . . go to serve a city. Serve them with love, and if you go after the people nobody wants, you’ll end up with the people everbody wants”. Steve Sjogren, VCC Cincinnati, from the book The Externally Focused Church [Posted with iBlogger from my iPod touch]
Read MoreAdvent Resources
Jonny Baker has details on this years crop ofAdvent Ideas from Proost [Posted with iBlogger from my iPod touch]
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