Church
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Just Don’t Hate My Church
That was some of the greatest advice I had ever received. I’d like to let you in on a not-so-secret reality about the church. Churches, pastors, and church leaders make decisions that often bother, frustrate, or offend people within those churches. Some of these decisions are mistakes that offend people, others are right decisions that…
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What is a Missional Community?
This is the question that the Verge Network has been asking a number of leaders on their website, and this is the question that many churches around the country and world are asking, and this is the question I deal with on a daily basis as someone who oversees Community Groups, which we view as…
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Does mission lead naturally to community?
I’ve been wrestling with a statement by someone I respect immensely and who has influenced my missiology greatly. The statement is: “When we are all working on mission, community happens naturally. When we’re working on community, mission gets lost somewhere.” I think this statement challenges the status quo for 95% of churches in America. The…