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Tag Archives: church
Keeping score: 3. Sharing the gospel
3 February, 2012 – 9:29 PM
Keeping track of the right things can change your life. If you want to lose weight, don’t weigh yourself. That doesn’t change anything. Try keeping track of how many times each week you do 30 minutes of vigorous exercise or more. That’s something you can control. What should we be keeping track of if we [...]
Keeping score: 2. Connecting with people
30 January, 2012 – 5:17 PM
A chat with Dave Ferguson got me thinking about measuring the right things if we want to fuel church planting movemets. We’ve already looked at tracking how well we’re seeing the need. Here’s the full list. Seeing the need Connecting with people Sharing the gospel Training disciples Gathering communities Multiplying workers 2. Connecting with people. [...]
Keeping score: 1. Seeing the need
27 January, 2012 – 9:38 AM
I caught up with Dave Ferguson a few days ago via Skype. He wanted to talk about metrics—the importance of measuring the right things. Dave’s questions got me thinking. I’m not the measuring sort of guy, but I know it’s important to track the right things. From a church planting movements (CPM) perspective there are [...]
Movements in 60 minutes
22 November, 2011 – 3:11 AM
One of my workshop sessions from Exponential 2011.
Leading change
16 November, 2011 – 1:55 PM
A number of years ago I developed a program for denominational teams on fueling church planting movements. We met six times over two years for two to three days each time. Each time we met for two to three days and tackled a topic related to applying church planting movement principles: vision for church planting [...]
Moving beyond what we can do
11 November, 2011 – 7:40 PM
A few years ago I visited friends who had chosen to live and work in the slums of a major South American city. I was deeply impressed with their commitment to serve among the poor as a family, despite the high levels of crime and disease. They were a living witness to God’s presence in [...]
A time to speak. A time to let the scriptures speak.
4 November, 2011 – 6:11 PM
I was asked recently to speak at a church gathering of people recovering from drug and alcohol additions. The safe thing to do would have been to pull out one of my well worn messages. Instead I took a risk. I broke people into groups of three to five and told them to read the [...]
It’s not rocket science
7 October, 2011 – 7:02 AM
Forget all the books, blogs, podcasts, conferences, and higher learning. What did Jesus do? What does it look like today? Here’s a glimpse, and it’s not rocket science. Hi Glenn (denominational leader) I was visiting a friend yesterday afternoon. I pulled up in their drive way and their next door neighbour, an elderly lady about [...]
Missional failure is an option
4 October, 2011 – 10:29 PM
Mike Breen is right, the “missional movement” will fail unless it knows how to make disciples. Movements come and go throughout history. The missional movement will have its day and then there’ll be something else. The question is, what legacy will it leave behind? I’m still trawling through the book of Acts, working on my [...]
