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We—the followers of Jesus—live in an interesting neighborhood: The World. My friend Tom Thatcher (co-founder of The Elemental Group) texted me this picture recently in Cincinnati and said: “Positively, the target audience and value proposition are stated in...
The most important question any church planter can ask is “ Why am I planting a church?” I have had some conversations...
If a rediscovery of mission will bring new life to the church in the west; then consumerism may be it's death. The...
The church world “is often motivated by a culture of success. We recruit, fund, celebrate, propagate and evaluate...
Talking with a potential church planter recently I got a picture that is either from God or the 64 ounces of Diet Coke...
I recently took the online inventory commonly referred to as the APEST put together by Alan Hirsch and company. The...
I read a statement a while back in Dan Kimball’s book They Like Jesus but Not the Church that burned me with...
I’ve been deeply challenged by the tireless efforts of the men and women that advance the cause of the "new atheism"...
There are two great tasks for the Church in North America today. First, we must do everything we already know how to...
It’s difficult to determine the viability of a church plant from early on. In fact, sometimes it takes several years...
I heard an amazing talk recently by Dr. Brian Fikkert, author of When Helping Hurts and Community Development Director...
Much has been made lately of the phrase “living incarnationally.” The basic idea is to live as Jesus lived while he...