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The Post-Congregational Church

Posted in Church, Mission, Models on December 20, 2011 | 1 Comment »

Reggie McNeal has a new book out that I’d like to recommend called Missional Communities: The Rise of the Post-Congregational Church. McNeal’s purpose in this book is to describe from high altitude the growing phenomenon in North America he calls “missional communities,” an alternative expression of church in our time. The phrase “missional communities” suggests the [...]

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7 Questions Church Leaders Should Ask Themselves

Posted in Church, Leadership, Spiritual Formation on May 31, 2011 | 2 Comments »

What is the gospel? What is the mission of the church? What is a disciple? How are disciples made? How does our current approach to making disciples line up with #3 and #4? What changes need to be made to reflect better our understanding? How will we measure our effectiveness in disciple making? From Josh [...]

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House Church Gatherings

Posted in Church, House Churches, Models, Values on May 27, 2008 | 5 Comments »

Our house church gatherings are at the heart of who we are as a church. Church to us is less of an institution than it is a web of relationships formed around a common purpose. Church isn’t a place we go to; it’s a community to which we belong. The way of Jesus is a [...]

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Church Starter or Spiritual Guide?

Posted in Church, Conversation on April 16, 2008 | 19 Comments »

What do we lead with in spiritual conversations? To what or whom do we draw people? How do we describe ourselves to people? Do we lead with “church”—or do we lead with “God”? This question has emerged often in the weeks we’ve been in Uptown. People ask me what I do for a living. I’m [...]

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