Pursuing Glory: Facebook Edition
Really quickly I wanted to bring you up to date about a new direction on the blog.
Today, I’m introducing the Pursuing Glory Facebook Group. You can join by clicking the link and liking the page.
Now you may ask yourself, “Why should I join the Facebook Group when I follow the blog?”
That’s a great question. Here’s my take. Blogs are for discussion and interaction around a certain topic. Facebook is designed to build already existing relationships a little bit deeper. My hope is that those of you who come to the blog and really believe in what God is doing in the Earth in this generation would get to know each other a little bit better. Call it an apostolic christianity “green room” if you will.
My other hope is that we can use it as a place to gather like-minded bloggers and possibly coordinate blogging topics. So if you, like me, love writing about the kind of Christianity that embraces the lifestyle of the apostolic church this will be a place to gather and encourage each other.
I’ll leave you with a quote that sums up the reason behind the Facebook Group:
“Turns out that tribes, not money, not factories, can change our world, can change politics, can align large numbers of people.” -Seth Godin.
Come and join the tribe.
Also: Don’t forget, Monday I will post my review of Ross Rohde’s tremendously helpful book, Viral Jesus. Stay tuned.
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Viral Jesus Winner
I want to take a minute to thank everyone who participated in our giveaway for Viral Jesus. While I wanted to raise awareness for Ross’ book, I also hoped to generate some conversation about disciple-making movements and what it would take to see one started in the West.
While the participation in the contest wasn’t as large as I had hoped, I think the responses were great. This is a conversation that will be had over and over here in the West, particularly as Christianity becomes more and more marginalized in the United States.
So, in order of submission, here are the entrants in our Viral Jesus giveaway. Please visit the blogs and read them. They are both high quality posts that challenge where we are in order to release a viral Christianity in the West. Here are our entrants:
Viral Jesus Book Givewaway by Bryan Hamilton at Spiritual Slash
When Will We See Christian Growth by David Washburn at Searching God’s Heart
While it was hard for me to choose, our winner for the Viral Jesus giveaway is David Washburn. What I enjoyed about David’s post was how quickly he cut to the heart of the matter. If Viral Christianity is going to start in the West, it must start somewhere. The place it has to start is with us.
So, congratulations, David. Not only did you gain a great son-in-law (me), but you also have one a copy of Viral Jesus by Ross Rohde. We’ll send you out that copy shortly. Thanks again to everyone who participated in the giveaway both by submitting your thoughts and spreading the word.
Stay tuned. Friday I’m going to debut the new Pursuing Glory Facebook group. Next Monday I’m going to review Viral Jesus here on the blog. You won’t want to miss it.
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Viral Jesus Give-Away
I’m incredibly excited to be reading Viral Jesus by Ross Rohde. For those of you who don’t know Ross, he has been blogging for almost two years about initiating Jesus movements similar to what God has done in the New Testament and in China. He’s also an organic church planter who has experience starting multiple house churches in places that are resistant to the gospel. Needless to say, he’s the kind of guy we like here at Pursuing Glory.
So to help get the word out about Ross’ book and promote some more discussion about spawning Jesus movements in the West, I’ve decided to give away a free copy of Viral Jesus here on the blog. Now most blog giveaways I’ve seen require you to subscribe to an email list, follow someone on Twitter, or follow you on your Facebook group. And while you’re welcome to get involved at a deeper level with what we’re doing here, we’re going to do this a bit differently.
In order to win “Viral Jesus” I want you to answer the question that Ross asks with his book: “What will it take to see a rapidly reproducing movement of Jesus followers take root in the West?” Anyone who writes an answer and posts it online for others to see will be entered into our give away. You can post it on your blog, your Facebook Notes, your Tumblr account, or your Google+ account. Really anywhere people can see it will be great. Then email me, tweet me, message me on Facebook, or leave me a comment in comment field about how to find your response. I will read the responses and publish the best response here on the blog on March 5th, 2012, along with the links to the other responses. The winner will receive a free copy of “Viral Jesus.”
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