Month: March 2010
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Understanding Prevenience: the Key to New Testament Gatherings
I am (slowly) making my way through seven stages that people seem to move through in their journey into simple/organic church. I started this series here where I listed the stages as follows: Letting go of old paradigms of church life. Exploring New Testament gatherings. Re-boot to Jesus. A new missional heart and longing. Fresh…
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Simplifying Discipleship
At the heart of simple/organic church life is the lifestyle of discipleship (following Jesus) and discipling others. The difficulty is that we often make discipleship far too difficult. When we see discipleship as primarily about imparting knowledge from one to another, then we need an expert (knowledgeable) who also excels at communicating knowledge to another…
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Simple Church and the Nations: Explosive Potential
Could a small (but growing) movement of simple/organic church-lifers lead to a revolutionary impact upon world missions? There is something deep inside of me that says the answer to this question could be a resounding “YES.” The promise is still in place: that all the people on earth will be blessed… through us. (Gen. 12:3). …