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"Creating a Missional Culture" is Now Available!

It has been a long time coming, but Creating a Missional Culture is now available for the kindle, and within a couple of weeks the print version will be in stock, though…

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Added by JR Woodward on July 20, 2012 at 6:11pm — No Comments

Five Reasons the Gospel Should Be Shared in Community Wherever Possible

Today, I saw this posted on Facebook:

Lindsey Flenniken posted to

Cyndi Moncada…

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Added by James Nored on October 31, 2011 at 8:30pm — 7 Comments

Individualism in America is at Mythic Proportions - Missional Thought of the Day

Why is every one today talking about community? Because it is so rare in American culture.

America has been built around the concept of the rugged, self-sufficient, pull yourselves up by your bootstraps, individual. Immigrants came over to the US, leaving family behind--and they didn't even have a pony! (That is for the Sienfeld fans) Americans threw off oppressive governments and oppressive church leaders (kings and bishops). The Bill of Rights was added to…

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Added by James Nored on December 17, 2010 at 12:30pm — 5 Comments

DEW - Disciple Makers, Equippers, and Witnesses. 5 QUESTIONS

DEW - Disciple Makers, Equippers, and Witnesses. 5…

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Added by Miguel Labrador on December 7, 2010 at 8:30am — 2 Comments

Passports for Missions - Just for Fun & Just in Case!

Have you considered traveling internationally, or taking a family mission trip?

When Hudson Taylor was only five years old he said, “When I’m a man,

I mean to be a missionary and go to China.” This mission call grew,

until as a young adult Hudson Taylor exclaimed, “I feel I cannot go… Continue

Added by Ann Dunagan on December 1, 2010 at 2:00pm — No Comments

Why Mormon teens are so devoted & what we can learn from this - Missional Thought of the Day

As I am reading through Almost Christian, What the Faith of Our Teenagers is Telling the American Church, I want to share with you some thoughts on the contents. In yesterday's post, I wrote how this book seeks to interpret the data from a massive study that was done of American teenagers and their faith.

What was discovered through this study was that most teens are learning from their parents and their churches that Christianity is simply about helping people become…

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Added by James Nored on November 30, 2010 at 9:03am — 13 Comments

Are we raising teens that are "Almost Christian"? - Missional Thought of the Day

Ministers, Christian authors, academics, and cultural observers have been noting for some time the nominal nature of Christianity in the US. Not only do far more people claim to be Christians than those who "attend church," but those who do attend often report little daily awareness of God and few spiritual practices outside of the official church times.

Few tithe. Few volunteer. Few regularly read their Bibles. Few regularly have family…

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Added by James Nored on November 29, 2010 at 5:25pm — 4 Comments

7 God-Directed Deviations in Disciple Making

Surpassing 4 Generations of Disciple Making Disciples in less than a year.

What does that mean? It means that disciples were made who made disciples who made other disciples who in turn made others and that all generations continue to make disciples. How did we pull it off? We didn’t,… Continue

Added by Miguel Labrador on November 28, 2010 at 8:00am — 6 Comments

Nurturing What God is Stirring in Your Kids

As I came in the living room, my young son was sitting there with his Bible, and crying hard. I'm like, “Josh, what is going on?” And he said, “Mom, I just realized that there are people who don't know Jesus . . .

The following testimony is an excerpt from my…

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Added by Ann Dunagan on November 29, 2010 at 11:00am — 11 Comments

A Missional Outreach Strategy

What is our mission? Our "missiology" is determined by our Christology. That is, our mission is based upon the life and ministry of Christ. In his own words, Jesus said that he came to seek and save the lost (Lk. 19:10), serve others (Mk. 10:45), and proclaim the good news (Mk. 1:38).

This mission also forms an excellent "missional outreach" strategy:

Seeking the lost
Serving the Community
Sharing the Good…

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Added by James Nored on May 19, 2010 at 7:30pm — 2 Comments

Churches Planting Churches

A friend in ministry, Dan Bouchelle, has just announced that he is leaving his pulpit to head up Missions Resource Network, a church-planting entity that sponsors churches and church-planters world-wide.

He is writing on his blog about his "why" and I resonate with much that he is saying. Here's an excerpt:

"What we really need in North America and throughout the West is new expressions of Christian community that were not designed in the

Christendom model. We need to… Continue

Added by Trey Finley on May 5, 2010 at 9:28am — 2 Comments

My interpretation for the Great Commission

My Interpretation is based on the following parsing of the the NT Greek in Matthew 28:

Πορευθέντες

πορεύομαι: to go

verb, aorist, passive, participle, plural, nominative, masculine

μαθητεύσατε

μαθητεύω: to make a disciple

verb, aorist, active, imperative, second person, plural

βαπτίζοντες

βαπτίζω: to baptize

verb, present, active, participle, plural, nominative, masculine

διδάσκοντες

διδάσκω: to teach

verb, present,… Continue

Added by Miguel Labrador on April 20, 2010 at 10:58pm — 1 Comment

Should we "Plant" Churches?

A friend of mine recently said, "Instead of going out with a view to plant churches we should plant ourselves in the mission of the Kingdom of God and wait for Christ to grow his church in our space."

I was immediately struck by the power of that statement and started to search the scriptures for a biblical warrant to "plant" churches. I found none.

Should "Planting" churches be part of a missional vocabulary or not? What say you?

Added by Miguel Labrador on November 19, 2009 at 3:27pm — 9 Comments

Why I Hate Sales

I posted on my other blog last month about my strong feelings towards sales in general. I've had to change my perspective on sales as I started a business, and I understand an approach to sales that isn't about "making the sale" as much as it is "giving value to others." Sales as I've seen it is often self-serving, self-centered, and self-aggrandizing. Hearing a theme there?…

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Added by Trey Finley on March 15, 2010 at 10:00am — 2 Comments

Is Texting Detrimental to Relationships?

Do you text? Do you tweet? Are you on Facebook or MySpace? Social networking has hit the floor running over the past few years. I have to admit, I, myself, have been sucked in to the social networking world. I have a Facebook account; I can be followed on …

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Added by Joshua Nichols on March 6, 2010 at 4:33pm — 2 Comments

If we are not discipling others, we fail to grow

T oday I had another Bible study with--I'll call him Paul Smith. Paul was baptized into Christ 4-5 months ago. Paul had been angry with God for years because he and his wife had suffered two miscarriages and had not been able to have children. Paul came to us because he and his wife at the time were headed towards divorce. This divorce is now finalized, despite his…

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Added by James Nored on March 5, 2010 at 12:30am — 5 Comments

Online Giving

After about 4 months of research and submitting paperwork and even being investigated by the financial entities involved, Genesis Alliance has online giving available. I am very impressed by the amount of detail and security involved in having this opportunity made available on our website. We long to see our friends help us evangelize the Latino communities across this great land. 45 million Latinos live in the United States and are among the most receptive cultures to the gospel in the world.… Continue

Added by Mike Eppinette on November 4, 2009 at 8:34am — No Comments

The Future of Social Media

In a post today, Wes Woodell, on his blog West Coast Witness, asked the question(s) "Is Social Media Just a Fad? Will Facebook Fade Like Vanilla Ice?" Included in that post was a YouTube video from Socialnomics (Watch Below). Both reaffirm the reality that social media has parked its massive rear… Continue

Added by Ryan Parsons on October 3, 2009 at 6:00am — 2 Comments

Week Four: Inside Out

Neighbors and hospitality were the topic of conversation this week...we discussed three categories of people where graciousness, kindness, and hospitality are required. Here's what we left with:

Strange: Find a neighbor and spend 10 good minutes getting to know them. Use the formula we talked about last week. Ask about family, work, and recreation. You might even (gasp) invite them to dinner.

Stranger: Do a little investigation into the challenges of… Continue

Added by Trey Finley on September 28, 2009 at 3:56pm — 1 Comment

Inspiring Story & Baptism from Closet Closet Ministry!

Many months ago a woman named Rhonda came in to our clothes closet who was desperate, fleeing a very bad situation. She needed professional clothes for interviews, and was able to get them through our clothes closet ministry. We helped her in some small ways as well at other times.

Rhonda had told me about a very kind older man named Pete deLackner who had helped her. She had talked with him about being baptized. And yesterday, she called me to tell me that he was ready to do this.… Continue

Added by James Nored on September 24, 2009 at 3:02pm — No Comments

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