The Gospel of Matthew outlines the values and frames for Jesus’ movement building. In a series of dialogue sessions with St Andrews Adventist Church in Bundaberg, Queensland, we have been exploring these themes – • Radical Status Reversal: If God is like Jesus, what kind of God is He? • How is God impacted by… Continue reading
‘Why evangelicals should stop evangelizing!’
Check this out. read it carefully. Why evangelicals should stop evangelizing!
Catch the 10:2b Virus
Set your alarm in your phones for 10:02am every day (Luke 10:2b virus). When the alarm goes off pray that God will raise up more workers for the harvest in your community and throughout the world. ‘Also you can use the opportunity when the alarm goes off to pray with whoever is around at the… Continue reading
Church Plants Use TenSing
Restart, a church plant in Ostrava (Czech Republic), connects with many teenagers through TenSing – or Teenage Singing. This idea of teenagers getting together as ‘gospel choirs’ is fostered and supported by the resources of YMCA.
Znojmo Cafe Port
The combination of a very public place for their worship and community activities, in Cafe Port – close to the centre of historic Znojmo, a up-to-date website – with information and podcasts provided in an attractive and accessible form, and proactive networking and witness – is resulting in a growing witness to the gospel across… Continue reading
‘Crazy Woman’ & Disused Railway Wagon
One day Biala received a call saying that ‘some crazy woman wants to use this railway wagon’ and that the fire authorities had been directed to use heavy cranes to lift it to the grass-strip near the lines. Biala was that ‘crazy woman’! Biala has lived at the railway siding in the isolated village of… Continue reading
Discipling Groups of 3
A number of small groups of 3-4 meet regularly in the Bairnsdale (VIC Australia) area in cafes and homes. They are finding this is a great way to encourage discipleship practises such as daily Bible reading and prayer. One group of three share scriptural insights, thoughts and prayer requests on facebook and catch up once… Continue reading
Church Planting Family!
Four years ago Jan, Jarka and their family moved into Cedlcany – a small rural Czech town, to plant a new church. Jan provided soccer coaching for boys, guitar and singing lessons, and organized town social events and camps. Jarka taught various crafts – ceramics, pottery, art. When the numbers of children and teens participating… Continue reading
Denominational Administrator now Church Planting – & loving it!
Pawel Simek, former leader/administrator of Adventists in Czech and Slovakia, is planting a new church in Prague. Usually church planting teams start in homes or rented premises – but entrepreneur and property developer Radim Passer became a Christian in 1999 and built a worship centre as part of the huge commercial development, BB Centrum. ‘Two… Continue reading
Paul’s Church Planting
During the last 4 weeks Judy and I were in Greece. We have visited the places where Paul first planted churches in Europe – Philippi, Thessaloniki and Corinth. (Acts 16:6-18:18) When in Athens I took my early morning walks around the Acropolis, most mornings pausing to reflect and pray on Mars Hill – where the… Continue reading