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Continuing on the discussion of discipleship, I want to talk about what I call the “Jesus and dot dot dot” syndrome.  This means that we have often been discipled (and are thus discipling others) by learning to follow Jesus… and… something in addition.  We follow Jesus… and… the set of doctrines that our church teaches…

I have been enjoying this inspirational article on Hearing the Voice of God by Grantley Morris so I wanted to pass it along. Knowing, hearing, and following Jesus… the heart of being a disciple.

I am going to try to do better to inform you on conferences that might be of interest.  If y'all will keep me posted on these types of events, I will do my part to pass the word along.  Here are some that are coming up: "Living The Mission Conference: The Journey of Simple Organic…

I no longer try to start simple/house churches.  I think house churches are great.  They provide a place for people to experience participatory, everyone-matters church life.  They provide a way for people to really connect into authentic, one-another community.  They often provide a place for people to recover from some of the pains caused by…

I wrote a short article (and listed some resources) on Church Planting Movement Keys at our ministry blog. You can read it here if you are interested.

I love hearing the stories that come out of this creative journey into simple/organic church-without-walls (or whatever else one wants to call it).  One of the keys to what God is doing is that we are all unique and there is no cookie-cutter way to gather, grow, and reach out.  We will miss it if…

(I really need/want your creative input on this post so PLEASE comment as God inspires.) In the "ole days" of church life, Easter was an opportunity to invite family and friends to the Easter event or special service.  The numbers would swell on that Sunday morning causing all of us to feel good about the…

My wife and I will be in Africa for the next few weeks.  We surely appreciate your prayers.  We will be working with some leaders from the Congo in what we call "level one training" and some leaders in Kenya in what we call "level three training." For information on our strategies there, you can…

I have been reading (not yet finished) two books that I thought were worth mentioning: ReJesus: a Wild Messiah for a Missional Church by Frost & Hirsch "Following Jesus involves more than simply accepting him as your Savior via some prayer of commitment, no matter how sincere that prayer might be.  In order to follow…

Someone asked me for a direct way to share with others or post part of the Simple/House Church Revolution Book. So I prepared the following pdf download of chapter three that, in this form, can be downloaded, shared, emailed or posted anywhere: Download SCRevChapter3