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"Kid’s Action Night – is running in Tampere and it works well," reports Atte Helminen from Finland. "Some 80 community kids come regularly for this action and spiritually filled event." Established churches, church plants and home churches are using this ministry idea. Go to http://www.kidsactionnight.fi/index.php?sivu=english to get details on how it works. This is something you could use [...]

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It's More Important To Be Kind Than Right. It was with these words that Jim Henderson introduced this years Off The Map event called You Say You Want A Revolution. Jim says, "Many theologian types in the room breathed a sigh of relief when Brian McLaren got up and modified my intro with: 'I'm not sure [...]

"Last year we had a stall at the carnival in Grantham (England) and this year we did it again," says Fiona Selvage. This year the re:vive planting team painted jungle animals onto kid's faces for their next set of programs for re:vive kids is following this theme. “We now have about 18 children from the community coming [...]

George Barna has been persuaded by his own research to be a spiritual revolutionary! He sees that all are in a spiritual battle and that God will use “a remnant sold out to Him” to bring about radical spiritual transformation. Many have been reading George Barna’s research and books for years. But there is something different [...]

The 24-SEVEN church plant is about to launch a second campus – and Steve Leddy & Matthew Gamble (Adventist planters in Seattle, Washington) say the third will open soon. I was interested in the way they formed their core team for 24-SEVEN. They first figured out their vision, mission, values, etc. Then they met with [...]

“People deserve to be loved because they exist,” Ken Loyd told us. Ken & his wife Deborah identify with the poor of downtown Portland, Oregon – amongst whom they have planted The Bridge. They admit, “We are poor!” Ken is now moving on to plant another church among the street kids – while Deborah continues [...]

Church planter Bruce Logue makes Starbucks his office! When Bruce & Bev moved to Merced (central California) 14 months ago to plant a church to reach the predominantly young adult, educated population – Bruce set up his office in Starbucks. He works at his computer, reads, calls and visits – and interacts with people who [...]

At the Revolution Conference Helen Mildenhall – who hosts the Off the Map blogs Ebay Atheist and Conversation at the Edge – was invited to share her journey from committed Christian to being ‘almost an atheist.’ Helen explained that she didn’t decide God is not there, just that she had to consider, “What if he [...]

Neighborhood Groups are bringing growth to new plants. At the Revolution Conference last weekend, I sat next to Dave – planter of Living Water Church in Spokane, Washington. (The church plant I am part of in Melbourne, Australia is Living Waters!) Planted 4 years ago and with 280 attending their weekly worship service, there are [...]