Archive for the ‘Missional’ Category

A 7 day church!

16, Dec 2009

7 is greater than 1 – Check this video out from Soul City Church (USA).
What if church was not just a 1 day a week occurrence? What if the church engaged in its local community 7 days a week?

HT Thanks: Rus Hardin for pointing out the vid

Michael Frost on the Missional Church

25, Oct 2009

Australian missiologist Michael Frost talks about what it means to be the missional church, addressing the 2007 Presbyterian Global Fellowship Conference in Houston, Texas. The video is about 50 minutes long. If you are interested in the concept of Missional then this is well worth a listen.

Missional Communities

16, Oct 2009

>Here is a quick clip of Scott McKnight talking about “Missional Communities”

Fresh Expressions of Church

14, Oct 2009

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Society in Britain and around the world has changed dramatically in the last 30 years, especially in terms of our understanding of community and how we relate to one another. One of the responses of the “Church“ (Church of England) has been to plant new churches and create fresh expressions of church; churches that relate [...]

What the Missional Church Looks like

13, Oct 2009

>I was going to tag this article on the end of my previous posting, but having read through it again, I believe it deserves its own “slot”. So often we measure the success of a certain program or idea by the number of people who attend. Having worked in a mission organisation for many years [...]

The Missional Church – What it is NOT!

13, Oct 2009

>Continuing our look at the “Missional Church”If you’ve missed the flow of discussion, take a look at my previous postings:1) A New Way of Doing Church 2) Missional – A Change in Thinking 3) Description of a Missional ChurchWhat the Missional Church is Not

The missional church is not a dispenser of religious goods and services or [...]

Description of A Missonal Church

12, Oct 2009

>If you follow this blog you will know I have posted a couple of articles on the “Missional” church. This is not to say I completely agree with everything it says, but I am exploring what it means to “be church” in today’s context. There is so much written about how church should look, whether [...]

Missional – A Change in Thinking

2, Oct 2009

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Being Missional – A Shift in Thinking
First a necessary word of caution for those who wish to explore and understand what it means to be the missional church or people. Alan Hirsch rightly states that “the word ‘missional’ over the years has tended to become very fluid and as it was quickly co-opted by those [...]

A new way of doing church?

1, Oct 2009

>I have been wondering lately what church should really be about. Ask various people and you’ll get different answers, usually dependent upon an individual’s own need. However, is that what church is all about? Meeting my own need? Or is there more to it?  Why do people go to church? Why do they pick one [...]


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