A few years ago, our church sent out a young family to plant churches in Glasgow, Scotland. Their departure left a void in the gatherings, but sending people out has been a natural part of who we are. Since then, they’ve kept up with emails, newsletters, and on our church’s online forum. Nevertheless, it can [...]
Archive | April, 2009
Apartment Life
In missiological terms, it’s called a “platform.” It’s how you enter into the community, what you do, how you present yourself, in order to make a connection. Many missionaries aren’t “missionaries” at all, but doctors, teachers, businessmen, artists, social activists. A good platform allows for natural interaction with the people to whom you’re ministering while [...]
Jet Set: Rome and Marsaille w/Ed Stetzer and Darrin Patrick
The trip has filled up- twenty of us will be heading to Rome in just a couple weeks. Besides the usual preparations, the group has begun to meet people online in advance of the trip. The idea is to meet up with our new cyber-friends as soon as we get into town. These personal connections [...]
Ideas (some are good ones.)
We’re tired of the church being relegated to “pray, give, or go” when it comes to participation in missions. For too long, missions has been reduced to either the family that moves to another country, a trip the youth take in the summer, or money sent to who-knows-where to do who-knows-what. We think there are [...]
Missions 2.0
How are you involved in international missions? In the past, mission agencies gave you three options: pray, give, or go. Hopefully, you’re doing at least one of these things. I’d like to invite you to a fourth way to participate in what God is doing around the world. You may not be aware of this, [...]
Video: Ed Stetzer and Alan Hirsch on Third Places
Video: Ed Stetzer and Alan Hirsch on Multi-site Church
Video: Ed Stetzer and Alan Hirsch on Church Planting Models
Enjoy this video from the recent dinner sponsored by The Upstream Collective and Christian Associates during the Exponential conference. The dinner event featured Ed Stetzer and Alan Hirsch, who address church planting in this particular segment.
Exponential Dinner
Last night we hosted a dinner featuring a long-form Q&A with Ed Stetzer and Alan Hirsch. For the sake of discussion, we asked them to consider what they would do if they were planting a church. We asked questions that had been submitted by the Upstream Collective churches and leaders. Of course, we only got [...]
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