Caught up with a church planter recently. He’s doing a great job. Growing in skill and character. Taking the church beyond the pioneering phase to health and viability. At this point too many church planters get the idea that it’s all about the growth of “their” church. But growth is a by-product of health. If [...]
Category Archives: Movement leadership
Mandela: His 8 Lessons of Leadership
20 July, 2008 – 8:11 AM
Time Magazine reports on Nelson Mandela’s 8 Leadership Lessions: Courage is not the absence of fear - it’s inspiring others to move beyond it Lead from the front - but don’t leave your base behind Lead from the back - and let others believe they are in front Know your enemy - and learn about his favorite sport Keep [...]
Schnabel on Paul (con’t)
3 May, 2007 – 11:05 AM
The next installment on Schnabel’s study of Paul’s self-understanding as a pioneer missionary. 6. Paul knows himself to be called by God to work as a pioneer missionary who “plants” who lays the foundation as an “expert master builder”–that is, one who establishes new communities of believers (1 Cor 3:6, 10; 9:10). The metaphors of [...]
Schnabel on Paul
2 May, 2007 – 7:32 AM
I continue to work my way through Schnabel’s excellent two volumes on Early Christian Mission. In the second volume he examines Paul’s writings for his self-understanding as a missionary-church planter. Here are Schnabel’s conclusions from just 1 Cor 3:5-9. Here are Schnabel’s conclusions from a wide range of passages on Paul’s understanding of his call. [...]
How Paul understood his call (con’t)
25 April, 2007 – 2:55 PM
Parthenon The second installment on Paul’s understanding of his calling as a pioneer church planter. By the grace God has given me, I laid a foundation as an expert builder, and someone else is building on it. But each one should be careful how he builds. For no one can lay any foundation other than [...]
How Paul understood his call
24 April, 2007 – 7:51 AM
Apostle Paul – Rembrandt I’ve grown weary of relying too heavily on business literature, the social sciences or even contemporary missional theology for my understanding of church planting movements. It’s back to the Book for me. I’ve been working through Schnabel’s Early Christian Mission: Paul and the Early Church. Detailed but valuable insights into the [...]
