Evangelism is not working….but it could be

May 2012 by Mark Greene “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 [...]

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 [...]

God plus ordinary people = impact

by Darrow Miller Over the years I have been struck by the fact that God inhabits the ordinary. The birth of a child is an everyday miracle. God often uses unknown people to change their community or world.Dallas Willard captures this concept in The Divine Conspiracy: “The obviously well kept secret of the ‘ordinary’ is [...]

Business as Mission

January 9 2012 Apply now for next BAM course Feb 23-29 We are presently taking applications for our next BAM course from Feb 23-29. There is opportunity to attend full time or part time for selected subjects. If you would like to receive an application form or find out more information you can send us [...]

Changing the market place

December 2011 Changing the Market Place Recently I heard Wendy Simpson speak at a Christian Business Network meeting in Brisbane. Wendy is high profile Christian business woman and she shared about how she walks out her faith in the marketplace and how she has a passion to see young Christian women and men make their [...]

Rethinking the gospel

Rethinking the gospel I have enjoyed reading recently Tom Wright’s book ‘Surprised by Hope’. The second section of this book is an excellent discussion on the mission of the church in the light of the centrality of the resurrection. In it Wright encourages us to rethink some of our basic truths like salvation and the [...]

The place of the church in the community

This month 2 church leaders – Ric Benson and Joseph Mattera – look at how a Kingdom perspective affects the way we view the role of the church in the community. Also we include some information on some key events around the nation during October. by Ric Benson Socrates is reported to have once said, [...]

From church planting success to genocide

by Mats Tunehag In just 100 years, this country went from ‘unreached’ to ‘churched’, with approximately 90 percent of the population attending church as members. It is the ultimate success story in the history of Christian mission – if the success criteria are church planting and church growth. In just over 100 days, nearly one [...]

Hybels talks to Bono about Christian responsibility

Interview with Bono on Christian responsibility Here is a link to an interesting discussion between Bill Hybels and Bono from U2. In this interview Bono challenges the church and Christians to reassess their involvement with the social issues that we face today. Bono says historically the church has often been late to the party when [...]

Small is the Kingdom Big

by Neil Cole Americans are obsessed with big things. If something is big, it must be better. It has strength. It has legitimacy. Yet, that’s an American value, not a biblical one. Jesus confused a lot of people when He showed up and announced that the kingdom of God had come near. Then, he confused [...]

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