Jay: We have white-hot faith, commitment to a cause, contagious relationships and rapid mobilization. Your fifth one was adaptive methods; speak to that one a little bit.
Steve: The heart of the Christian faith never changes and movements are very rigorous in that conservative side of the faith of saying there are some things that will [...]
Jay: Let’s go on to your fourth characteristic — rapid mobilization.
Steve: This is a simple concept — everybody has a job to do. Movements don’t abolish the clergy, they abolish the laity. They ordain everyone for ministry.
You see it in Jesus’ ministry. Even before the woman at the well has come to a full understanding [...]
Jay: So we have white-hot faith, commitment to a cause and I think your third characteristic of dynamic movements is contagious relationships?
Steve: Contagious relationships reminds us that we are all half a dozen handshakes away from everyone on the planet.
We can see this in Jesus’ ministry; he is recruiting disciples who bring their friends or [...]
Jay: The first characteristic was white-hot faith. What’s next?
Steve: The second one is commitment to a cause. Movements aren’t just about my experience of God; they’re about changing the world.
Every movement has a unique gift that God has given them. In the Catholic religious orders refer to their founding charism. Each order has call that [...]
Jay: Let’s turn now to the common characteristics you have found in dynamic movements. I believe the first one is white-hot faith?
Steve: Yes, whenever you see a dynamic Christian movement I see white-hot faith — God’s presence and power equipping people for ministry, transforming their lives. Its not just the experiential side, there’s a deep [...]
Ed Stetzer wonders why so many “missional” churches are uninterested in doing global missions. Others have wondered why the emerging/missional church doesn’t do evangelism.
Dan Kimball agrees that something is wrong: “For the past few years, I have been observing, listening, and asking questions about the missional movement. I have a suspicion that the missional model [...]
Ever wondered how Santa gets around in the heat of the Australian summer?
HT: Andrew Bolt
It seems the global financial crisis has only encouraged the spread of the “prosperity gospel.”
I agree with Peter Berger,
It is certainly a distortion of the Christian message if it is primarily interpreted as a program for the material improvement of the human condition.
Berger applies the same argument all materialistic distortions of the Gospel.
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Jim Collins on how great organizations prevail in times of crisis is a must read.
A few gems that caught my eye. . .
What we’re experiencing now, get used to it! It’s life, and it’s the normal life.
In times of great duress, tumult, and uncertainty, you have to have moorings.
The great companies that made it through [...]
I flew into Asia during the SARS outbreak in 2003. So many people told me I was crazy. I just figured if our workers were in the field I shouldn’t be concerned about visiting them. I also had my suspicions about the level of anxiety over the epidemic.
On that trip I was in Thailand for [...]
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