I have to admit I was a skeptic with the multi-site church model at first. My first thoughts were negative due in part to what I had seen as a “celebrity model” demonstrated. A celebrity model multi-site approach is more of a way to promote a central figure and multiply mega churches, rather than reproducing [...]
Stetzer and Fitch: What is Missional?
If you have been around me much in the past 3-4 years you have probably heard me refer to the word “missional” or “missional church.” It is because I have been dreaming, eating, and sleeping the concept as a part of my paradigm for six years. Though, I must say, the concept was something I knew about before I even [...]
Hope in Action…is a statement of Hope from GPC
I went home Sunday afternoon exhausted, yet I didn’t speak in one of our gatherings Sunday morning. Why the fatigue? I believe it is from a number of sources. I had an emotional build up over the span of two days. Exciting work from the community service on Saturday, to the commissioning of our first [...]
To Change the World: The Irony, Tragedy, and Possibility of Christianity in the Late Modern World
Evangelism after Christendom: The Theology and Practice of Christian Witness
Untamed: Reactivating a Missional Form of Discipleship (Shapevine)
Tribes: We Need You to Lead Us