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Mike McKinley and the Wimps of Church Planting
You might have heard about Mike McKinley’s recent book on church planting: Church Planting Is for Wimps (Crossway, 2010). If you haven’t, it’s a great read. Mike is the senior pastor of Guilford Baptist Church in Sterling, Virginia. In God’s … Continue reading
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New England Ministry: An AP Report on Encouraging Developments and Discouraging Trends
From an Associated Press story linked on John Starke’s blog: Trinity College’s American Religious Identification Survey released this year showed New England overtaking the Pacific Northwest as the least religious region in the country. Twenty-two percent of respondents here said … Continue reading
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Why Do Multi-Site When You Can Plant?
Christianity Today posed this question to a number of leading ecclesiological thinkers and got a number of interesting answers (HT: 9Marks). I recommend you check the whole thing out (it’s just two pages). What I found most striking among the … Continue reading
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The Link 6.5.09: Teaching Writing, The Great Commission, and Church Planting
1. I cannot help but again recommend the Mat Kearney song “Closer to Love” to you. So you know, it is not me who is doing the recommending, it is the musical beast inside of me. 2. What makes good … Continue reading
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Mark Driscoll and the 900: Toughness and Manliness in Gospel Ministry
Those of you who want a high-viscosity challenge in the realm of Christian ministry should check out Mark Driscoll’s call for 900 men: “We are deadly serious about the great commission and loading all guns to storm hell with the … Continue reading
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