Archive | April, 2009

The role of the Church in Missions

I am still thinking of some questions regarding Acts 13 and being “sent”. So this is a question blog. I am fortunate and grateful in that I come from a strong mission sending church. When I think about my own “sent ness” I sometimes wonder what role the church played in it?It seems the Church [...]

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Mondays are for …

Mondays are for a Bunch of STUFF. Everyone seems to have a once a week type deal on their blog so why not me? Here are some things that I am working on and I would love your input. New Blog Series I will soon be finishing the series entitled “LED”. I am working on [...]

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Led .. Acts 13

Among the prophets and teachers of the church at Antioch of Syria were Barnabas, Simeon (called “the black man”[a]), Lucius (from Cyrene), Manaen (the childhood companion of King Herod Antipas[b]), and Saul. 2 One day as these men were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Dedicate Barnabas and Saul for the special [...]

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Just what is missional?

I am sitting here at Exponential New Church conference. The buzz this year seems to be “missional”. There are some good conversations going on around this. One thing I believe is that we need to make sure “mission” is a part of missional. I think a lot of us are talking missional. We are working [...]

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Exponential Conference – Orlando

I am in Orlando this week for the Exponential Church Planting Conference. It is good to be here with all of these church planters. We (The Upstream Collective) hosted a dinner last night featuring Ed Stetzer and Alan Hirsch. We had a great time and just barely enough food. I kept having people wanting to [...]

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Led.. The Antioch Church

2 One day as these men were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, “Dedicate Barnabas and Saul for the special work to which I have called them.” 3 So after more fasting and prayer, the men laid their hands on them and sent them on their way. 4 So Barnabas and Saul [...]

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Led … The Story of Phillip

Perhaps one of the most concrete examples of being “led” comes from the Story of Phillip and the Ethiopian official. 26 As for Philip, an angel of the Lord said to him, “Go south[b] down the desert road that runs from Jerusalem to Gaza.” 27 So he started out, and he met the treasurer of [...]

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