Wanna help? I am writing an article on missions and post-modernities, in particular the idea of transcoding mission in a world of new media communications. It will be published [unless they think it unworthy] close to the Edinburgh 2010 events. It would be a help to me if you could read an old blog post…
Read MoreIndia: Flood victims AND Christian martyrs
Phil J. reports on India that not only are people left homeless from the flood but also Christians are running for their lives from radical Hindus in Orissa and some Christians have been martyred. Read the story and the background. That first link has a document from the Evangelical Fellowship of India that you can…
Read MoreWikinomics and Mission
I said a few words at church yesterday about transparency and generosity and made a reference to a book called Wikinomics as well as the Bible. It was an open mike session rather than a single preacher and I followed James Stockan, Councillor and Vice Convenor of Orkney. Which was a tough act to follow…
Read MoreGAFCON: Not a Schism but . . .
Not a schism but there might be a “structure within a structure” says Peter Jensen at GAFCON, a meeting going on in Jerusalem with conservative Anglican bishops. Pete Father Jake has the latest and you can find video here. Check out Bishop Michael Nazir-Ali on Muslim relations. Technorati Tags: gafcon
Read MoreJeff Fountain at the Cell Church Euro Symposium
I popped over to London for the European Cell Church Symposium which was conveniently only 30 minutes from Luton airport. Highlight for me was hearing Jeff Fountain talk about Europe – its past and future connected to Asia. Jeff is a fellow kiwi (yeah . . . salt of the earth!) and currently heads up…
Read MoreCharismania and Emergent Snobbery
Just when the Christian blogosphere was quietening down, just when the EC critics were running out of things to say, just when EC promoters were rehashing and remashing old posts, just when the blog-dust was settling, all of a sudden . . . there came a man named John. Mike Morrell joins the gazillions of…
Read MoreEmerging Downunder
A book gets released next month in Melbourne by Brent Lyons Lee and Ray Simpson who is also one of my co-speakers at the Grassroots Festival. Looks like a wicked cool book. HT: Matt Stone who gives the blurb for the book: “Emerging Downunder: Creating Celtic New Monastic Villages of God” taps into the current…
Read MoreChurch Politics and Chess
From Dave Walker at The Cartoon Church Blog
Read MoreTim Keller on Newsweek
Tim Keller, New York reformed pastor at Redeemer Pres. and occasional commenter at TallSkinnyKiwi [the latter being a worthier qualification] finds himself in Newsweek. The headline reads “The Smart Shepherd: A New York pastor who says he thinks too much wants to bring his Christian message to the world.” Actually, being smart is mandatory in…
Read More5 Models of Emerging Church from 1999
DJ Chuang is collecting various models of emerging churches that are often quoted and referred to. That includes models given by Ed Stetzer, Scot McKnight, Justin Taylor, Mark Driscoll, and more recently from C. Wess Daniels and Darren Patrick and others. No one has ever quoted mine because no one has ever read it, at…
Read MoreEmergent Church India
Jan 13-18 – “The International Symposium on Dalit Theology in the 21st Century sets out to initiate a collaborative discourse among younger theologians committed to Dalit emancipation in the Indian church and society at large. It provides a platform for emerging voices and a showcase for the resources of Dalit theology as a theology of…
Read MoreChristmas Day
So its Christmas Day, the day we remember the birth of our Saviour Jesus Christ. This one is the biggie of the year for us. My wife is making raspberry turnovers and sausage souffle for breakfast as her family has done since she can remember. Last night we did a Polish tradition for Christmas Eve.…
Read MoreChristianity in Britain
I write this from London on Christmas Eve. The Christmas spirit of Dickens is strong here and there is no shortage of Christmas events. We attended a Christmas Carol service at Trafalgar Square (I would not have chosen ‘Shine Jesus Shine’ to kick off the singing) and we might attend St Paul’s Cathedral this evening.…
Read MoreNew Baptist Covenant, Atlanta
There is talk of 20,000 people coming to the New Baptist Covenant celebration [see BLOG] next January but i don’t know if that is hopeful dreaming or Baptist big talk. It has been suspected of having a strong political agenda but there are some fine upstanding Baptist groups who are supporting it for other reasons.…
Read MoreAdvent Conspiracy
“Advent Conspiracy is an international movement restoring the scandal of Christmas by worshipping Jesus through compassion, not consumption.” The conspirators behind this include my friends Chris Seay and Rick McKinley. Rick says “A lot of churches are participating in taking back Christmas by telling a better story with our Worship.” Check it out and get…
Read MoreSt Andrew’s Day
Today is St Andrews Day, a day to remember St Andrew, one of Jesus’ disciples. St Andrew’s feast has been celebrated with various kinds of food in Scotland over the years ranging from wild hare, singed sheep’ head, haggis, and fish because Andrew was a fisherman when Jesus called him to follow. Some say any…
Read MoreRavenna Document – RCC and Orthodox
I doubt that 950 years of separation will be healed this easy but it will be interesting to watch it unfold. It looks like if the current plans prevail, the Orthodox will come under the Pope but the Pope’s power will be diluted. Or in other words . . . the POPE gets more SCOPE…
Read MoreHappy Hour: Virtual Monastery, House Churches, Emerging Church UK and USA, and Emerging Church Bloggers/Christianity 2.0
My Happy Hour is this coming Monday, 12th November at 5pm GMT (London time) on Shapevine.com. That’s midday in New York. Come with questions for my very special guests who are turning up through video cam. They include: Bob Beltz, an author of numerous books and creator of the world’s first virtual monastery. He is…
Read MoreHarvest Festival
The Baptist church down the road from us is having a Harvest Festival which is popular among Protestants, although the timing is unsure. Harvest Festival usually at the end of the farming year and it is similar to the Jewish Feast of Ingathering. Its a time to bring in the food produced on our land…
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