TransFORM Missional Communities
About four months ago, some friend of mine got together to share the idea about starting a network around the idea of creating missional communities. It was the next logical step after cohorts. The original thought was, “What would it look like to create communities of practice, as a natural extension of the conversation.” The purpose of TransFORM is to …
Do We Need Contextualization?
My previous post on The History Of Belief really got me thinking about the churches dialog on contextualization, which essentially asks, “How do we contextualize the Gospel in order for people to understand and believe it. Armstrong tweaks that notion by shifting the focus back towards following in the Way in order to understand and reveal what we actually believe. …
Missional Small Communities
If you are a pastor I highly encourage you to watch this video. In the video, Ed Stetzer explores the value behind organizing around missional communities. He spends a lot of time sharing some great metaphors around the yo-yo, which I thought was very insightful and creative. He also explored the easy way of being the church and the hard …
Creating Missional Community
Popout Matt Carter // Missional Small Groups from Todd Rhoades on Vimeo. I so wish every pastor in the world would watch this video. Chips and dip, a living room and the Bible do not make a missional community. I really was amazed at Matt’s honesty about the process. And it is that honesty that I believe has transformed his …
What’s Wrong With Missional
Popout Josh Reich at Revolution put this together the short but funny video and it illustrates a unique problem. It’s possible to find our identity in what we do, even serving, in such a way that we miss why we do it. And in the process we miss love.
Missional/Attractional Debate
Recently a friend of mine, Tyler, wrote a post entitled My problems with the missional church. The title was intentional to stir dialog and debate. But it highlighted for me how we can tend to find ourselves in camps. And when we set up camp, defining our own boundaries, we involuntarily exclude someone, who then must set up camp to …
A Pastor Abandons His Church
Posted an interesting article that I posted over at Emergent Village. It’s called “Pastor Abandons His Church.” Love to get your thought on it over there.
The Goesintas & Goesoutas
I’m not really a science guy but I do love it when I see it show up in nature. Science has a way of making perfect sense, reminding me that it still knows what it is doing. And one that I find more and more intriguing is Newton’s 3rd law of motion. It states, “For every action there is an …
The Value of Being Missional
A friend of mine asked me why I was “missional”, with just a hint of sarcasm. I didn’t take the bait but it got me thinking about the value of being missional. “What do I get?” My journey into being missional has opened my world up to something beautiful. And the reality is that I “get to” connect to something …
The Mission of Restoration
Throughout the Old Testament there is an amazing amount of evidence to support that God is clearly bent on the restoration of His creation. And when Jesus announces his ministry, he quotes Isaiah 61, Luke 4:17-19 17The scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to him. Unrolling it, he found the place where it is written: 18“The Spirit of the …
