Month: April 2011
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Easter, House Church, and USA Today
USA Today had a nice "Easter" article on house churches in the U.S. This weekend, Jeanne O'Hair, her friends and family will raise their voices in Easter hymns "as the spirit leads us," she says, in her "house church" — O'Hair's living room in Brea, Calif. In a metal outbuilding at a shuttered horse track…
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Journeys to Significance by Neil Cole
Neil's new book, "Journeys to Significance: Charting a Leadership Course from the Life of Paul" provides a wonderful map for growth that makes leadership accessible to every believer willing to live the adventure: "On Leadership I believe that we need leaders who will live adventurous lives and grow in significance with each new journey. Simply…
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Ten Essential Principles of a Spontaneous Multiplication Movement
I just wanted to share some comments on Neil Cole’s Ten Essential Principles from his book, “Church 3.0: Upgrades For the Future of the Church." My notes in red. 1. It is decentralized; no central control center must approve all decisions. Everyone is empowered with the work so that the movement spreads to the outskirts…
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I Am Offering a 10-Day Personal Prayer Opportunity
While walking through a heavy personal challenge last month, I felt God lead me into a 10-day prayer process that clearly fueled several miracles that we saw take place including my son's physical recovery. At one point the doctors gave him less than a 25% chance of survival and today he has fully recovered. Note,…