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The Missional Church: A short, simple video

I have been driven from my bloggy slumber by this awesome and short two minute video on the Missional Church.  If you already get the difference between a missional church and an institutional church,...

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Institutional v. Missional: 12 Marks of the Missional Church

click on logo for IVM page I found a great article from the Acts 29 church planting network on the Missional and Institutional church.  The article is written with an overview of terms and cultural...

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Crossing Cultures: Why Missional Identity Matters to a Church

I watched a video yesterday in which John Piper described “missions” as taking the Gospel across cultural lines. I’ll accept this definition readily and then reply by saying that the crossing of...

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Book Review: The Generous Soul

My friend, Marty Duren, has written his second book, The Generous Soul: An Introduction to Missional Giving. If you are not well versed in the thought processes that are huddled together under the...

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Tulsa’s Christmas… er… Holiday Parade

The city of Tulsa has had a “Christmas Parade” downtown for about 70 years, put on privately.  Originally it was moved to downtown to attract business, or so I’ve been told. Last year, the organizers...

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Making a difference among the impoverished

A few thoughts: This is not about immigration, but poverty.  Immigration is just an example of one thing we do poorly and say we are making a difference. World poverty will be eradicated when the...

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A reputation means… ?

When working last week in the DFW Metroplex with Mission Arlington, I had the unexpected opportunity to observe the reputation of MA among the larger Metroplex community. Before I tell the story of my...

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Fall Block Party 2011

“This is our gift to our community,” I said as our neighbors looked around at all that our church was offering.  The list of possibilities was long: Free food that included hot dogs, brats, grilled...

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The American Church Grieving the “Loss” of American Culture

I’ve been an engaged observer of the church in America and it’s interaction with the culture in which it is immersed for some years now.  Last week, I watched through news articles and social media as...

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The Cross and the Refugee

As followers of Christ, the cross, on which Jesus self sacrificially bore the wrath of God to set us free, must be the substance of how we are defined.  The cross is the fulcrum by which grace lifts...

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