The BERLIN WALL and the Unlikely Power of A Monday Church

  On November 9th, 1989 the Berlin Wall was breached, its first sections sundered by freedom-longing East Germans. With the rest of the world, I watched in rapt attention. Like many, I had prayed for this moment, that the people of Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union might live in freedom. But despite my prayers, [...]

Pope Francis: A Symbol of Hope

My husband was practically glued to the television, taking in as much of the media coverage as he could. As I flitted about the house preparing for an out-of-town trip, Chris reported to me the quips and facts surrounding the conclave. The last few days have definitely been historic. Even for those who aren’t Catholic, [...]

How God became King

Tom Wright  encourages us to broaden our understanding of the gospel. Listen to his message delivered at Calvin Institute in January 2012.

Tim Keller, Young Leaders, and the Mission of the Church

A vigorous conversation is happening today around the question, “What is the mission of the church?” A few weeks ago, Tim Keller addressed the topic in this blog post on the Redeemer City to City website. In the article Keller puts the conversation under the banner of two related topics: the mission of the church [...]

Contrasting Kingdom Leaders and Church Leaders

 There is presently a revolution taking place among those on the leading edge of change in the Evangelical Church. The result is a transition from a church mindset to a kingdom mindset in which the walls of church buildings are no longer able to contain the raw creative energy of Christ-followers who are committed to [...]

Pastors visit your people at work

During my past 4 years as a pastor in the Bay Area I quickly discovered that one of the most important things for me to do was to hang out with men in my church at their workplace. This helped the men. It showed them that I care about their callings, how they spend 50+ [...]

Evangelism is not working …. but it could be

Amongst all the huff and puff, wailings and gnashing of teeth about the state of the Church, one central fact has been overlooked… the bulk of church-generated initiatives have nothing to do with the way people spend the bulk of their waking hours. That’s why over 50% of evangelicals have never heard a sermon on [...]

Re-defining Church, Part 1.

It is time for us to review Biblical definitions of church so that we know who we are, how we ought to exist in this world system, what our mandate is and how we ought to operate. Many of us have gone to start churches or to be part of churches without due consideration of [...]

Mission of the church

Mission of the church begins with Jesus and is outlined in the gospels Jesus announces the coming of the Kingdom – Matt 4:1 The coming of the Kingdom isn’t a message it is an event “When Jesus spoke about the Kingdom he wasn’t talking about heaven for which he was preparing his followers but about [...]

Your Kingdom come

by Ric Benson The fundamental purpose of the Christian church, and therefore every local Christian congregation, is to work with God in the realization of His kingdom. It is the kingdom of God that powerfully and predominantly lies at the heart of the teaching, life and action of the Lord Jesus and it is this [...]

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