Simple Church Planting Movements In The West
Ever wonder why simple churches multiply like crazy in places like China, the Middle East, and South America, but not here in the United States and Europe? So do I. This is a questions we must answer in our day in order to truly reach this nation and some of the harder nations of the Earth.
That’s why I was thrilled when Floyd McClung, veteran missionary and current leader of a church planting movement in South Africa, took some time to post his thoughts on the subject. Floyd is responding to a frustrated simple church-planter and gives some great advice to help us focus our efforts here in the West. You can check out his thoughts here.
The Nature of Jesus, The Knowledge of God, and The Call of the Church
Each of the phrases in the title of this blog could be a whole series of blogs that I continually blog about. However, tonight, it’s late and I just have one thing to say about all three subjects: They are all deeply related.
Having said that, this was the subject of a message I just shared with our house church here in Cedar Rapids. I believe we’re beginning to cross into some areas we’ve never been in before. I had something else on my heart to share, but the Lord wouldn’t let me share about it until I took the time to lay a foundation for a real culture of repentance in our church. I’m finding that one thing that is sorely missing in our churches is a true, non-religious culture of repentance.
All of that has to start with a thorough understanding of God, His nature, His thoughts about us as we live our lives as sinful human beings, and how all of those traits of God need to be reflected in the church. If I’ve piqued your interest (or you’re one of the three people that read this blog to keep tabs on our house church–yeah I know about you guys) you can check out some of the stuff we talked about by clicking here.
What does it mean?
I just found this on Alan Hirsch’s blog. My question for you is this: What does the information presented in this video mean for us? What does it mean for us as believers living at the end of the age? How does it change how we perceive and do mission at the end of the age? Can what’s happening all around us further the Jesus movement we’re called into and to extend? What does it mean? And how do you respond?
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Pursuing Glory 