A new study of the Christian movement from one of my favorite authors is due out this month. From the blurb: More than 40 percent of the people on earth today are Christians, and their number is growing more rapidly than that of any other major faith. In The Triumph of Christianity, acclaimed religious and [...]
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Movimentos que mudam o mundo
Movements just went on sale in Brazil in Portuguese. Worldwide, 240 million people speak Portuguese, so if you know anyone from, Brazil, Mozambique, Angola, Portugal, Guinea-Bissau, or East Timor, let them know.
Tank you Jesus!
Jeff Sundell just sent me this photo of a front yard baptism of a new believer. It’s driving me nuts because he didn’t tell me the story behind it. On the other hand if you look at the image long enough it will tell its own story. We spend far too much time talking about [...]
Church in the community
Andy Evans is one of the experts I consult from time to time. He hasn’t written any books. He isn’t invited to address conferences. He doesn’t lead a mega church or a cool church. Andy is an ordinary guy doing extraordinary things like connecting with people in his community, sharing the gospel, making disciples and [...]
Reachout 2011
I’m on the road for the next two weeks. I’ll be running a workshop on “Multiplying disciples and churches” at the Reachout missions conference, August 13-14. The location is Katoomba in the beautiful Blue Mountains outside Sydney.
Your next church planter might be a crack dealer
Most of us go looking for our next church planter among bright young youth pastors or seminary students. Neil Perry found his next church planter among drug dealers and prostitutes. It’s only five minutes but you will be amazed by what you hear. Download the mp3 or subscribe to the movements podcast. Neil was a [...]
121 Degrees planting conference: Perth, WA
This one slipped under my radar. I’ve just heard that the 121 Degrees church planting network in Perth, Australia is running a conference next weekend. Two great speakers: Al Stewart and Tim Scheuer.
T4T online
Training for Trainers (T4T) is a training model for multiplying disciples and churches. It’s popping up all over the world as a highly effective tool. T4T was first pioneered in China where they’ve seen 80,000 churches started and 2 million baptisms. T4T now has a website which provides resources and online training. I’ve interviewed Tim [...]
Two great commentaries on Acts
Still working on the next book about the movement Jesus founded. Here are the two commentaries on Acts I keep returning to. “The Acts of the Apostles (Pillar New Testament Commentary)” (David G. Peterson) “The Acts of the Apostles : A Socio-Rhetorical Commentary” (Ben Witherington) Anyone else have recommendations?
Why success always starts with failure
I’ve just listened to an interview on Counterpoint with Tim Harford, the author of Adapt. The book sounds very promising. “Adapt: Why Success Always Starts with Failure” (Tim Harford)
