Reviews just don’t get better than this one that came in via a text message! Hi guys, mark is in fiji, I hve piles of ‘stuff’ todo n I just can’t put dis book down! Just 1 more chapter! No time to txt sorry Regards lina cav If you’d like to read a longer review [...]
Monthly Archives: July 2009
Bob Roberts: Multiplying Churches
30 July, 2009 – 1:09 AM
Bob Roberts will be in Melbourne for the Crossway Conference, Sept 21-23, 2009. On the morning of Sept 21 he’ll be running a seminar on Multiplying Churches that is open to the public. Download the brochure UPDATE I should have also mentioned that Dave Lawton and Bob Roberts will be running an elective on church [...]
Archbishop faces reality of Anglican divide
29 July, 2009 – 3:03 AM
The Times reports that Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury has acknowledged that the Anglican Church is in schism in all but name. In what is one of his most conservative arguments for upholding the traditional biblical stance on homosexuality, Dr Williams said that discrimination against gay people was “sinful” and “disgraceful” – but that [...]
Movements and organizational control
28 July, 2009 – 6:01 AM
Some good questions from a mate ministering in Eastern Europe on movements. To Steve Had a question about your book. You talked p88 onwards about Methodist/Baptist growth. You mention on p 91 that the Methodists were centrally controlled but the Baptists were autonomous. You then say that both actually planted self governing congregations because the [...]
Copies now available
22 July, 2009 – 2:41 PM
“A thoroughly readable description of the dynamics of missionary movements, as well as how to initiate, maintain, and extend them.” ALAN HIRSCH Forge and Shapevine Author of The Forgotten Ways Movements that change the world is now available for sale. Go to www.movements.net to order a copy. Amazon has it and there’s also a Kindle [...]
Ralph Moore coming to Sydney
22 July, 2009 – 8:31 AM
If you’ve never heard of Ralph Moore that’s because he doesn’t pastor a church of 10,000. All he has done is plant churches that have planted churches of all shapes and sizes around the world. 700 churches and 70,000 people in a growing network. Here are the details of his visit to Sydney, September 17-19, [...]
Amazon releases the electronic version
13 July, 2009 – 11:20 AM
The electronic version of the book is out for those who prefer to read via a Kindle, iPhone or iPod. Although the Kindle app for the iPhone and iPod isn’t available outside the US yet. The print version is still a week away. The new website is still under construction.
A quiet break
2 July, 2009 – 7:08 PM
The book goes to print next week in Australia and the following week in the US. So now it’s time for a winter’s break by the ocean. Back in the second week of July.
Jim Collins on the 5 stages of decline
1 July, 2009 – 6:33 AM
Here’s a Business Week interview with Jim Collins on his new book How the Mighty Fall. There’s also a good summary of the book.
