December 26, 2012 | 1 Comment

cristal Originally uploaded by joaquinportela. In past ten years I have been a part of multiple church plants. In the church planters world, we have a vocabulary for this kind of thing, we don’t just start churches, but “we give … Continue reading →
Posted in Calling, equipping church, Faith, Jesus, Leadership, Missional church, practicing church, redemptive agents, sacred text, theology, walk with God |
Tagged Birthing Churches, Missio Dei
March 20, 2012 | 11 Comments

As one who has just written a book entitled, Creating a Missional Culture, I think it is important for us to understand an overview of the history of what is called the “Missional Church.” And Craig Van Gelder in his … Continue reading →
Posted in Books, Cities, Current Affairs, Faith, Featured, Jesus, Leadership, Missional church, practicing church, redemptive agents, theology, walk with God |
Tagged Church Dogmatics, Craig Van Gelder, Creating a Missional Culture, Darrell Guder, David Bosch, JR Woodward, Jürgen Moltmann, Karl Barth, Kingdom of God, Lesslie Newbigin, Missio Dei, Missional church, Missional Church in Perspective, N.T. Wright, Third Quest, Trinitarian Missiology
August 16, 2010 | 4 Comments
In an attempt to describe a missional ecclesiology in brief, I am reminded of one of the most influential theologians of the last century, Karl Barth. He reintroduced the classic doctrine of missio Dei, this idea in scripture where you … Continue reading →
Posted in Calling, Community, Faith, Jesus, Leadership, Missional church, practicing church, redemptive agents, sacred text, theology, walk with God |
Tagged Jürgen Moltmann, Karl Barth, Missio Dei, Missional, Missional Ecclesiology, Sending
May 20, 2009 | 22 Comments
This entry is a part of an on-going blog series called The Good News, which is taking place throughout the Easter Season, from Easter to Pentecost. A full list of the contributors can be found here. Mark’s local newspaper is … Continue reading →
Posted in Calling, Cities, Faith, Jesus, Leadership, Missional church, practicing church, redemptive agents, sacred text, Social Justice, soul, theology, walk with God |
Tagged Anabaptist, City Pages, Common Root, Easter, Good News, Gospel, Jesus Manifesto, Mark Van Steenwyk, Minneapolis, Missio Dei, Sattler House, St. Paul, West Bank
February 20, 2009 | 4 Comments
imagination Originally uploaded by tervaja Here is the complete series of posts on the topic: Equippers as Environmentalists: Re-imagining Leadership in Today’s Western Church I have put it in outline form. You can basically click on any section that interests … Continue reading →
Posted in A Look Inside, Books, Calling, Community, Culture, Ecclesia, Environment, Faith, Jesus, Leadership, Missional church, practicing church, quotes, redemptive agents, sacred text, Social Justice, soul, Technology, theology, walk with God |
Tagged Alan Hirsch, Alan Kreider, Andrew Davey, Andy Crouch, Apostle Paul, Bilingual Theological Reflection, Built Environment, Callenging, Christendom, Christianity and History, Classic Scient, Culture Making, Digital Age, Dream Awakener, East Hollywood, Eddie Gibbs, Emotionally Healthy Church, environmentalists, Ephesians, equippers, Erivin Laszlo, Evangelist, Five Equippers, Fred Peatross, Fuller Theological Seminary, Good News, Gorringe, Heart Revealer, Henri Nouwen, Herbert Butterfield, Intuitive Leadership, James Smith, Jane Vella, Joseph Myers, JR Woodward, Justice, Kenneson, Kester Brewin, Leadership, Learning to Listen Learning to Teach, Lesslie Newbigin, Life on the Vine, Light Giver, Local Congregation, Los Angeles, Markus Barth, Marshall McLuhan, Master Programmers, media, Media Shift, Medium, Missio Dei, Missional Leadership, Modernity, New Systems Science, New Systems View of World, Oppression, Organic, Organic Community, Organizational Culture, Pastor, Peter Scazzero, Philip D. Kenneson, Philosophical Shift, Polycentric Leadership, Poor, Post-Christendom, Postmodernity, Postures, Practical, Prophet, Religious Shift, Rex Miller, Richard Bolles, Romanowski, Schein, Science Shift, Scripture, Shane Hipps, Signs of Emergence, Soul Healer, Spatiality Shift, Story Teller, Teacher, The Great Giveaway, theology, Tim Keel, Tools, Toulman, Urban, Urbanizatioin, Western Shift, What Color is My Parachute?
January 9, 2009 | 8 Comments
Canterbury Cathedral (215) Originally uploaded by Wayne Huzzey If you are just starting the series, you might find it helpful to read Part I, Part II, Part III, Part IV ,Part V, Part VI and Part VII first. Now let’s … Continue reading →
Posted in Books, Calling, Community, Culture, Faith, Leadership, Missional church, practicing church, quotes, redemptive agents, theology |
Tagged Alan Kreider, Christendom, Christianity and History, equippers, Fred Peatross, Herbert Butterfield, Leadership, Missio Dei, Post-Christendom, The Origins of Christendom in the West