Because Detrich Boenhoffer Just Doesn’t Twitter Well…
“…the restoration of the church will surely come only from a new type of monasticism which has nothing in common with the old but a complete lack of compromise in a life lived in accordance with the Sermon on the Mount in the discipleship of Christ. I think it is time to gather people together to do this…”
Extract of a letter written by Dietrich Bonhoeffer to his brother Karl-Friedrick on the 14th of January, 1935. (Source: John Skinner, Northumbria Community).
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.
Thursday Night Brain Dump
I haven’t posted in a week or so. The cruelty of blogging is that when you have the most stuff going on to write about you have the least time to blog about it. This Thursday night brain dump is for those who are slightly curious about what is going on in Travis’ world.
Sunday was both my birthday and an awesome day. I had an amazing divine connection with a guy who spends his days mobilizing reproducible churches to reach the lost in North America.
Christy and I wanted to be in Kansas City this last part of this week, but with no new car and an ailing older car, the trip was not possible. This is the first time we’ve missed Tribal Gathering in years and its kind of a bummer.
I’ve been up trying to read through a new book about to be published called “Come Rest.” I’ve been asked to write a little blurb as a recommendation and when I do, I will post it here to give the book some publicity.
Discipleship actually works. Especially when its real, intentional, and simple.
I still have a lot of stuff I’m hoping to post here, including “The Apostolic Nature of House Churches” and “An Appeal,” which is why I wrote about Todd Bentley and Lakeland in the first place. Watch for more coming soon.
Cluster Map
Pursuing Glory 