I am currently studying at Fuller Theological Seminary in an MA program that is formed around a cohort. We are focusing on three main areas, Missiology/missional theology, leadership, and spiritual formation. One of my good friends in the program is JR Woodward. JR is an avid blogger as well as a church planter in East … Continue reading
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Becoming Missional Part 2: Ecclesiology
As mentioned previously, the church is becoming increasingly marginal and finds itself no longer a central part of the local community or influencer of societal rule. This shift has uncovered certain assumptions within the church. These assumptions have answered important questions because they form the values and principles that shape our practice of church, our … Continue reading
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Becoming Missional Part 1: Translatability
The twenty-first century arrives with the laugh of a prankster. Subjectivity, individualism, and relativism deconstruct the objective reasoning and foundational principles of an “enlightened world”. The Western church, which so closely aligned with the principles and values of a modern scientific world to maintain status in society, finds itself increasingly marginalized by the new post-modern … Continue reading
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Choosing an Online Photo Album
Your church does ministry in your community and across the world, You bring together people from all walks of life and take God’s message of love, justice and forgiveness everywhere you go. Shouldn’t you document the work you’ve done in a way that is quick and easy to share, even across borders and oceans? Continue reading
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Living Your Faith
I have a friend who is a pastor, and the other day we were talking about this missional church thing. He said something that confirmed some thoughts that I have had for a while. He said that it used to be that the thing that unified a church was the worship service, and, in his … Continue reading