Food For Thought: Getting Back In The Swing Edition
Every week here at Pursuing Glory I try to bring together the best posts I’ve found that will equip the end-times church to operate in her God-ordained destiny. These are the best blogs, articles, books and other resources related to our purpose here at this site. Feel free to visit, comment, and make use of the resources found at each site.
This week marks the return of me to blogging after letting that part of my life slide for a few weeks. I’ve had a chance to hang out with some of the coolest people who aren’t part of our house church recently. However that time spent has taken me away from writing, so I’m going to try and get back in the swing of things. This post represents the best posts from the last few weeks. Enjoy!
I think that Jesus is most frequently the part of community that we leave out when we begin to discect a Christian community. Alan writes about Jesus’ centrality in a way that makes his whole discussions on the elements of a church more palatable than most similar discussions.
Two Vital Needs of Every Disciple
One of the things that gets left out of most discussions about discipleship is the necessity of being able to make other disciples. Here Ray writes about the paradox of following Jesus and leading others into following Him.
Change the Atmosphere, Change the Culture
One of the shifts that I’ve seen help people move from a static church mindset into a movement mindset is discovering the spirit of multiplication that the apostles walked in. Here J.D. talks about how that happens with a group people who currently have no vision for reproducing churches.
One of the common misconceptions in the body of Christ is that house churches in the third world are effective because persecution happening around them fuels evangelism and discipleship. Actually persecution causes the church to return to her organic roots and when she does that, she spreads quickly and naturally.
With the house church movement in the United States as new as it is, little has been written about what mature house church networks look like. This post has an incredible visual that says volumes about how a network of house churches can function interdependently.
Photo Credit: Design Probes – Food for Thought by centralasian.
Food For Thought: Behind The Eight Ball Edition
Every week here at Pursuing Glory I try to bring together the best posts I’ve found that will equip the end-times church to operate in her God-ordained destiny. These are the best blogs, articles, books and other resources related to our purpose here at this site. Feel free to visit, comment, and make use of the resources found at each site.
The last few weeks have been incredibly busy. We’ve had a close friend get married along with a host of other priorities. This has kept us busy and me from blogging. I’m trying to get in the swing of things and hopefully I have enough posts to keep the blog rolling for a couple of weeks. And now for your links:
Church Planting Module at Northwood at Jewish Synagogue Bob Roberts blogs @ Glocalnet about a church planting course he’s hosting @ a Jewish Synagogue. Half way through, Bob describes the training he gives these guys & everyone involved in church planting should take his advice seriously.
Going Deeper The question everyone asks about true church planting movements is “Are the converts truly being discipled?” Steve argues in this post @ Movements that we must redefine what discipleship means.
4,000 Churches Planted In Ethiopia in 3 Years Roger Thoman @ Simple Church Journal distills a paper by Dave Hunt on church planting movements in Africa. The movement planted 4,000 churches in Ethiopia in 3 years.
A Cautionary Tale: Stay In One Place Felicity @ Simply Church continues discussing Luke 10 principles. So much of Luke 10 ministry revolves around a person of peace, and here Felicity warns about moving to other places besides their sphere.
Photo Credit: Design Probes – Food for Thought by centralasian.
A Quote From A Friend
A man that I deeply respect who was part of an underground church in another country was talking to a mutual friend lately. In the midst of that conversation, he stopped and said something that our mutual friend later relayed to me. There was just too much wisdom in this statement not to relay it to you:
“You know what the problem with the church in America is? You never know whether a Christian is strong or not. You can only tell in the midst of persecution.” Selah.
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