Church Planting
« Previous EntriesSeattle Bound
Thursday, February 21st, 2008Several leaders from The Point are joining me in flying to Seattle to attend a premiere conference on preaching and church planting. Mars Hill Church in Seattle, Washington will be hosting this Acts 29 Church Planting Network Boot Camp in connection with the National Resurgence Conference. The Acts 29 Boot Camp is considered by many to [...]
Acts 29 Chicago Bootcamp Notes part 2
Saturday, February 2nd, 2008I am finally home from a great Acts 29 Bootcamp and CoachNet training in Chicago. Though the trip home was hellacious, serisously. At about 1pm onThursday Dustin Neeley, Jonathan McIntosh and I drove south from Deerfield to Midway Airport. This trip might normally take 30-40 minutes in heavy traffic. Due to the snowstorm, low visibility and a [...]
The “Show Me” state shows no love for Acts 29
Sunday, December 23rd, 2007Being affiliated with both the SBC and Acts 29, I have delayed any comment on the recent controversy in Missouri concerning churches that are both Southern Baptist and Acts 29 affiliated. I have been hoping to see the MBC resolution withdrawn, but that’s not going to be the case. My brief comments are below and a Baptist [...]
Missional Church Planting In America
Monday, July 9th, 2007According to a report by Outreach Magazine and Leadership Network, Mars Hill and other ‘reformed’ churches lead the way in church planting in America. To me this is solid evidence that sound theology, strong doctrine and a centrist view of God trumps pragmatism as the key ingredients for successful church planting.
Quoting David Fairchild, pastor of Kaleo [...]
Montana Frontier Missions
Tuesday, June 26th, 2007As part of the Acts 29 Network, there is a forum website for pastors and church planters where they post questions, thoughts, prayer requests, etc. Through this network, I have been introduced to Montana Frontier Missions and Pastor Mike Raether of West Valley Chapel Church in St Regis Montana. Mike is also a Southern Baptist [...]
Saturday In Seattle
Saturday, March 24th, 2007Seattle is proving to live up to the rainy, damp and cloudy reputation. We are sitting in the worship center, enjoying WiFi and waiting for the last session of the Resurgence Conference to begin. It’s been really good stuff so far. The audio will be available soon.
Shane is posting some good photos of the church facility here and [...]
Acts 29 Bootcamp - Friday update
Friday, March 23rd, 2007Bootcamp audio is now available here. More sessions will be posted soon.
I will be writing about some interesting developments regarding Acts 29 and their relationship with the Southern Baptist Convention soon.
Today at 1:30pm (PST) I will be meeting with several of the Acts 29 leaders for a final assessment and Q&A. I will post observations from [...]
Bootcamp - Session 5
Thursday, March 22nd, 2007Developing Elders, Deacons and Members – Mark Driscoll
To plant and grow a healthy missional church requires a Biblically based leadership structure.
Jesus is the senior pastor of the church
The key to ecclesiology (the doctrine of the church) is proper theology. If the person and the ongoing work of Jesus is not exceptionally clear and practically integrated [...]
Bootcamp - session 4
Thursday, March 22nd, 2007LEADING THE MISSION
Key Assumptions:
We are called to the same corporate mission:
Matthew 28:18-20. This is our only motivation. This is not open to debate. People are not allowed to lead if they don’t get this.
John 20:21
We are called to similar personal mission: Jesus, Paul and John laid out their personal expressions of similar mission.
We are to [...]
Day two of the Acts 29 Bootcamp - session 3
Thursday, March 22nd, 2007Keep in mind that my notes are RAW. I will clean these up as I have time.
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“Biblical Missiology”
The medium is the message.
The expression of the church that we develop is a demonstration of our theology.
Our medium can only be the Gospel.
What we do when we gather should match what we do when we scatter. Our [...]