Six Major Shifts Affecting Church Decline in the US
The Christendom model as we know it, our dominant Western version of the faith, is disintegrating.
The First Stage in Planting Fresh Expressions of Church Is Listening
Once we have listened to God and our community, this moves us into the loving and serving stage of a fresh expression.
The Deepest Story in the World Is the Christian Story
Jesus is a blended ecology, the life of heaven and mud-stuff. The church is his blended ecology, a colony of heaven, in, with, for, and among a sin-marred valley.
The Apostle Paul and God’s Mission of Reconciliation
Paul recognizes that the gospel makes possible a reconciliation that heals the disastrous effects of the fall.
Sharing the Good News with All People
The gospel calls all of God’s people to engage in acts of witness to the surrounding world.
Five Ways to Future-fit Your Church
Futurefitting is about restructuring the local church to reflect the diverse singularity of the triune God for the purpose of local mission.
The Work of Local Churches: Cultivating, Seeding, and Grafting
The church is called to profusely and generatively cast the seeds of God’s love into the world.
Jesus Fulfills the Old Testament Story
The life, death, and resurrection of Jesus reenact and fulfill the Old Testament story.
A Holistic Gospel Results in Holistic Mission
We are to pray and work for the coming of the kingdom here and now, in every nook and niche of creation.
How to Have Conversations in a Secular Age
Talking to a secular about life, then about limitations, then about various spiritualities, all the while letting them be the ones to shift the conversation, is a very rewarding part of the dinner church experience.
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