Alan Hirsch has been hanging out with Sam Metcalf. Check out Sam’s notes on Alan’s rambling thoughts on movements. Church Planting Movements
Monthly Archives: January 2006
Grief and Glory
31 January, 2006 – 4:26 PM
I received news a few days ago that my mother had taken a turn for the worst. She’s been battling cancer for over twelve months. Defying the odds. Sunday night dad and I were with her as she breathed her last. Farm-girl, pioneer missionary to Papua New Guinea, wife of 52 years, mother of four, [...]
The Life and Ministry of Brian
30 January, 2006 – 6:45 AM
I caught up with Brian Hogan via Skype the other day. The guy oozes with energy and enthusiasm for church planting movements. Back in the early 90s he and Louise helped pioneer a CPM in Outer Mongolia. Their Mongolian disciples are now training and sending out their own missionaries to other unreached people groups. He [...]
A Minnie movement
29 January, 2006 – 5:34 PM
Disney executive, Al Weiss, plans to raise $300 million to fuel a church planting movements across 50 US cities. Read all about it in Disney executive moonlights as director of church-planting effort. Check out the VisionUSA website. Church PlantingChurch Planting Movements
7 books with “implications” for church planting movements
29 January, 2006 – 3:33 PM
Seven books from the world of business and science with implications for church planting movements. “Corporate Lifecycles: How and Why Corporations Grow and Die and What to Do About It” (Ichak Adizes) “Built to Last : Successful Habits of Visionary Companies (Harper Business Essentials)” (Jim Collins, Jerry I. Porras) “Good to Great: Why Some Companies [...]
Friends who changed the world
28 January, 2006 – 5:11 AM
From OnMovements: The Clapham Sect—A Company of Friends An excellent post on the Clapham Sect, an evangelical movement led by William Wilberforce. One of the sources they reference is also available: William Wilberforce and His Circle of Friends by Richard L. Gathro. According to Gathro here’s what characterized this group of friends who changed the [...]
Sam is blogging
27 January, 2006 – 12:28 PM
Sam Metcalf has launched his blog: UnderTheIceberg. Beware, he’ll ruin you for the ordinary. Missions
Howard’s final draft
27 January, 2006 – 9:03 AM
Howard Snyder has published the final edition of his Major Trends 2006. But don’t stop there, download and read a copy of The Energies of Church Renewal. You’ll find a full list of his articles for download at Wineskins, new and old. ChurchTrends
Download: How the West was Won
25 January, 2006 – 6:23 PM
The latest addition to the WorldChanger’s Library: How the West was won: Methodists and Baptists on the American Frontier. Plenty of lessons for students of church planting movements. Happy Australia Day! Forecast: 40ºC (105ºF) in Melbourne. Australia v Sri Lanka in the cricket. Australian Open Tennis finals. I’ll be cranking up the aircon and staying [...]
How the (wild) west was won
24 January, 2006 – 6:15 AM
In 1771 there were just 300 Methodists in the American colonies led by four ministers. By the time of Francis Asbury’s death in 1816, Methodism could claim 2,000 ministers and over 200,000 members in a well-coordinated movement. This is the second in a series of case studies through the movement lifecycle. The first was on [...]
