Mark Driscoll in his book Confessions of a Reformission Rev. talks about the moment he stopped wasting time on people who were never going to be on board with the vision God laid on his heart and started investing in people who were interested in being missionaries to the city of Seattle. It was thenContinue reading “Experiences in Planting, Part 2: Creating a Core”
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Microsites, Multi-sites, and House Churches: Will Technology be Our Demise? (Part II)
Before we attempt to tackle the question of how technology has the potential to revolutionize the way we do church, we first must return to the question of what the church is. Typically when we think of church we think of the building we visit on Sunday mornings. But what does that mean for theContinue reading “Microsites, Multi-sites, and House Churches: Will Technology be Our Demise? (Part II)”
Planting as a Process
If you asked me what I spend the majority of my time thinking about (after Jesus, of course), mission would be somewhere near the top of the list. Few things excite me more than dreaming of ways to advance God’s kingdom here on earth while loving my neighbor in the process; and between innovations likeContinue reading “Planting as a Process”
Reflections of an Overseas Missionary
This past week I read Mark Driscoll’s Confessions of a Reformission Rev. in which he tells the story of how the church he started in one of the most unchurched cities in America grew to over 4,000 people in weekly attendance. Both humorous and honest, Driscoll shares nuggets of wisdom he’s learned in the church-plantingContinue reading “Reflections of an Overseas Missionary”