The audio version of Mark Driscoll’s challenge to the Sydney Anglicans, and indirectly to all Australian evangelicals, is now available.
Monthly Archives: September 2008
Southern Baptist plateau? Maybe.
9 September, 2008 – 8:27 AM
Roger Finke raises three problems with the trend of Southern Baptist success measured by larger churches and professional clergy. Congregational size is inversely related to converting new members, activating the existing membership, and maintaining high membership standards. Small churches are more effective in generating commitment and conformity within a movement. Formal theological training is a [...]
Saving the world from itself
7 September, 2008 – 9:51 PM
The World is trying the experiment of attempting to form a civilized but non-Christian mentality. The experiment will fail; but we must be very patient in awaiting its collapse; meanwhile redeeming the time: so that the Faith may be preserved alive through the dark ages before us; to renew and rebuild civilization, and save the [...]
Hope for the city
6 September, 2008 – 4:21 AM
I stumbled on Hope for New York recently. I’m already a big fan of what Tim Keller and the people at Redeemer Presbyterian have been doing to mobilize the whole body of Christ to plant “gospel-centred” churches throughout New York. Looks like they’re also behind this initiative to mobilize people and resources to serve the [...]
Driscoll challenges the Sydney Anglicans
5 September, 2008 – 10:23 AM
In a Sydney cathedral packed with 800 clergy Mark Driscoll has served up some great advice to the Sydney evangelical Anglicans on evangelism, church planting and movements. Surprisingly Mark, who is normally quite meek and mild, doesn’t pull his punches as he lays out five ways the diocese has gone off track. Full credit to [...]
Southern Baptist success? Maybe.
3 September, 2008 – 4:27 PM
I keep bumping into church leaders of different persuasions whose goal it is to see their church plants grow to 500+. If you want a case study of how it’s done, try the Southern Baptists. I’ve just finished a 1994 article by Roger Finke that shows between 1920 and 1990 the average size of a [...]
Sydney burns plastic Jesus
2 September, 2008 – 12:16 PM
Just last week a friend confessed to me that he wondered if God had called him as an evangelistic preacher. He’s a cool guy and so was troubled by this. Surely the conventional wisdom is that the age of mass evangelism is over? I told him, once the pundits have all agreed, it’s time for [...]
Coffee, muffins and the love of God
1 September, 2008 – 9:51 AM
I was flat preparing for trip to Sydney. But I just knew I should drop in on Peter and Suzie and their inner city church plant. As I arrived the team were going out to visit local businesses with an offer of free coffee and muffins. Meanwhile I sat down with Peter to hear how [...]
