The idea of ‘latter rain’ (or ‘late rain’) comes from Joel’s Old Testament prophecy – and God’s response to the challenge, “Where is their God?” (Joel 2:17) He declared: “Be glad, O people of Zion, rejoice in the LORD your God, for he has given you the autumn rains in righteousness. He sends abundant showers,… Continue reading
Date Archives → March 2007
NEWS 15 Mar 07
“We cannot go back!” Two or three times in the last week people have told me, “I could not go back to doing church like we did it before!” What do they mean? For many, church has become too complex. It is exhausting. It needs professionals to control it – and huge funding to sustain… Continue reading
Operation Global Rain
It does not involve keynote speakers – but just groups pleading for nothing else but an outpouring of the “latter rain” of the Holy Spirit. Check out Global Rain pages and ideas!
Dangerous Stories – Bainesy’s Report
I was challenged at this summit by the call of the presenters (such as Mike Frost, Mark Seyers and Wolfgang Simpson) to deny self, avoid consumerism and seek God-initiatives rather than our own. None of these things are new of course, yet summits such as this often remind us of what is most important in… Continue reading
What’s your Dangerous Story?
The Forge National Summit occurred last weekend (Melbourne, Australia) and saw hundreds of people on the emergent journey exposed to ‘dangerous stories’ from scripture, history, people’s lives and from churches seeking to engage with people in our culture in more faithful ways. "This was my first experience mixing with people from Forge and the emergent… Continue reading
Church Planters Go Door-knocking!
Determined to search out & know the spiritual experience of every person in their communities, an increasing number of planters are finding non-threatening ways to visit every home in their areas. In Berkley – a community of 6,000 ‘working class’ people in Wollongong (south of Sydney), a Church Army (Anglican) team has begun a… Continue reading
Next1000 churches – a Movement!
Confronted by the enormous needs & hopelessness of their communities, growing numbers of Christians believe it is time to become serious about their churches becoming a movement of church-planting-churches – “gatherings” that are life-changing. Last week over 50 leaders met (south of Sydney, Australia) for a Next1000 summit – to plan & pray for the planting… Continue reading