June 18, 2012 | 4 Comments

Praxis is the new line of books that brings together theory and practice for the advancement of your ministry. Each book utilizes sound biblical and theological principles to create a venue for addressing the daily challenges of contemporary ministry. To … Continue reading →
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Tagged Church for the Fatherless, Community is Messy, Eddie Gibbs, Heather Zempel, Mark E. Strong, Protege, Steve Saccone, The Journey of Ministry
March 27, 2012 | 1 Comment
So this fall, IVP has a new line of books called Praxis, that brings together theory and practice for the advancement of your ministry. There are five books debuting on this line, including my own. Here is the line up, … Continue reading →
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Tagged Church for the Fatherless, Community is Messy, Creating a Missional Culture, Eddie Gibbs, Equipping Leaders for Ministry, Heather Zempel, IVP, JR Woodward, Mark E. Strong, Praxis, Protege, Steve Saccone, The Journey of Ministry
April 5, 2010 | 6 Comments
I’m excited to announce that ViralHope: Good News from the Urbs to the Burbs (and everything in between) is now available on Amazon. This week is the official launch week of ViralHope. We have already sold over 1,000 copies of … Continue reading →
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Tagged Alan Hirsch, Alan Roxburgh, Amazon, Andrew Jones, Eddie Gibbs, Eugene Cho, Good News from the Urbs to the Burbs, Jim Belcher, John Franke, Kelly Monroe Kullberg, Scot McKnight, Todd Hunter, ViralHope
November 10, 2009 | 1 Comment
My friend Eddie Gibbs just informed me that Graham Cray, who headed the well known Mission Shaped Church Report will be giving a 90-minute must see lecture at Fuller tomorrow (November 11th) afternoon from 3.00 to 4.30 in Payton Hall … Continue reading →
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Tagged Bishop, Cambridge, Eddie Gibbs, Fresh Expressions, Fuller, Graham Cray, Mission Shaped Church Report, Ridley Hall
February 25, 2009 | 11 Comments
During the next couple of weeks there are some great events happening from coast to coast. In my last entry I shared about the ArtCyle that is happening in East Hollywood this coming Saturday. Today I had a few other … Continue reading →
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Tagged Artcycle, City of Angels Film Festival, Darrell Guder, East Hollywood, Ecclesia Network, Eddie Gibbs, Hollywood, Hollywood Adventist Church, Jon Tyson, kairos hollywood, Mike Breen, N.T. Wright, National Conference, Peter Rollins, Ryan Bell, Sunset Blvd, Todd Hiestand
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 →
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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 13, 2009 | Leave a comment
ä»–å€‘æ“æœ‰å…¨ä¸–界 They have the whole world Originally uploaded by David Rokï¼ After an introduction – Part I, Part II, Part III, and looking at the five mega shifts happening in our Western Culture – Part IV ,Part V, Part VI … Continue reading →
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Tagged Apostle Paul, Eddie Gibbs, Ephesians, equippers, Leadership, Polycentric Leadership
November 5, 2008 | 123 Comments

With the buzz about the missional church, and a the desire to acquaint people in the congregations I serve on the topic, I decided to write a primer on today’s missional church. A primer is designed to introduce someone to … Continue reading →
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Tagged Adventures in Mercy, Alan Hirsch, Allelon, American Society of Missiology, Andrew Jones, Andrew Perriman, Anglican Church, Arthur Glasser, Athens 2005, Ben Myers, Bill Kinnon, Brad Brisco, Brother Maynard, C. Rene Padilla, Cathy Ross, Charles Van Engen, Christian Missioinary Alliance, Church Innovations, Church Mission Society, Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, Craig Van Gelder, Cynthia La Grou, Dan Sheffield, Darrell Guder, Dave DeVries, David Bosch, Decompressing Faith, Defining the Missional Church, Ecclesia Network, Ecumenical, Eddie Gibbs, Edinburgh, Emerse, Erika Haub, Erin Word, Eternal Echoes, Eugene Cho, European Leadership Forum, Evangelism, Forge Mission Training Network, Fred Romanuk, Fresh Expressions, Friend of Missional, Frost, Fulcrum, Gailyn Van Rheenen, Gavin, George R. Hunsberger, Gioja, Global Mapping International, Graham Tomlin, Inagrace T. Dietterich, Incarnation, International Association of Mission Studies, Jamie Aprin-Rici, Jason Clark, Johannes Nissen, John Chandler, John Drane, John Howard Yoder, John Santic, John Stackhouse Jr., Jonathan Dodson, Jordon Cooper, Joseph Myers, JR Briggs, JR Rozko, JR Woodward, Karl Barth, Kurt Fredrickson, Lamin Sanneh, Lausanne Movement, Len Hjalmarson, Lesslie Newbigin, Life As Mission, Lois Barrett, Mennonite Mission Network, Michael Frost, Michael Hanegan, Michael W. Goheen, Milleman, Missiological Societies, Missiologist, Mission-Shaped Church, Missional, Missional church, Missional Communities, Missional Hermenutic, Missional Imagination, Missional Journals, Missional Leadership, Missional Living, Missional Orders, Missional Outreach Network, Missional Theology, Molly, N.T. Wright, Open Source Theology, Pascale, Pastor, Paul G. Hiebert, Percept Group, Philip D. Kenneson, Richard Mouw, Rick Meigs, Ryan Bolger, Sally Coleman, Scot McKnight, Simon Carey Holt, Surfing the Edge of Chaos, T.V. Philips, Tall Skinny Kiwi, The Center for Parish Development, The Ekklesia Project, The Manila Manifesto, The Newbigin Triad, theology, Theology of the City, Tim Conder, Tim Keller, Todd Hiestand, tony stiff, Treasures in Jars of Clay, University of Oxford, W. David Phillips, Wess Daniels, Wilbert R. Shenk, World Council of Churches, Wycliffe Hall