Most under the age of 40 have not walked into a church building. Is there an effective way to reach secular and unchurched people? This webinar with Milton Adams will introduce the Simple Church Network – a lay-led Adventist house church network, and will give you the practical steps to start. Time: Sunday, March 21,… Continue reading
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Leadership & Movements!
A movement can start with you – in under 3 minutes! Watch this guy!
Church Planting Summit – 26 Feb – 1 Mar
The Western Australia Church Planting Summit (Feb 26- Mar 1, 2010) will be @ Logue Brook Dam Camp, south of Perth – for those interested in how to plant and multiply groups. Each house church plant and current church planting team is encouraged to bring a new team of at least four – who will… Continue reading
Check this out!
Church planting movements are not a feature of the western church at the present time. Check out Steve Addison’s two interviews with Jeff Sundell – ‘learning from the east’! The first one focuses on his experience in Nepal, the second on how he has been applying CPM principles back home in the US.
Prayer Stories
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‘So you don’t want to go to church …’
Last Thursday I picked up Wayne Jacobsen and Dave Coleman’s, “So you don’t want to go to church anymore!’ It is a challenging read – but very helpful. The authors get at some critical issues – and, for me, some of their insights and narratives came ‘very close to home’! One of the great dangers… Continue reading
Don’t do church to plant one! by Rudy Dingjan
Dutch culture has changed since the seventies. For one thing, we changed from a semi-Christian society into a secular society. But not only that! The way we reason, think or adapt also changed dramatically. From a society in which logic, tracts and proofs made people alter their lives, we became an experiential society. We only… Continue reading
Don’t do church to plant one!
Reflecting on church planting in the secular Dutch society, Rudy Dingjan – church planter and planting coordinator for the Netherlands, says: ‘Don’t do church to plant one!’ He writes, ‘Secular people are not interested in denominations or church buildings. To reach them, we have to get out of our comfort zone and meet them where… Continue reading
Denominational Vision Gains Momentum!
It seems rare to find denominational leaders with a clear vision. There are so many challenges in keeping inherited systems operating – and, for some, maintaining structures is their mission. However, Glenn Townend, leader of the Adventists in Western Australia (and church planter) has fostered an environment for the growth of a movement. The vision… Continue reading
Discipleship – spiritual formation!
This week’s article by Rebecca Walker is on spiritual formation – and, among other models, references the Four Fields of Mark 4. Check out Spiritual Formation – also available as a PDF.