July 3, 2009 at 12:27 pm - By: Ro
· Filed under Missional
What Missional Church Means for North America
There's seemingly endless chatter going on in the blogosphere talking about the missional church vis a vis the 'attractional' church. 'Missional' supporters bash modern attractional churches for their seeker sensitive 'sit, be served, and consume' approach to church. Conversely, attractional churches offer their rebuttal about the effectiveness of missional to achieve duplication.
In today's North America who's right and who's wrong? Frankly, if we support missional church, that we must contextualize our gospel message to our culture then we have to assume that there is room for both, albeit attractional should be on the decline regarding its capability to maintain relevance in a emerging post-Christendom culture.
Even within the missional movement you have a vast array of theological differences. Andy Rowell provided an interesting 'spectrum' ranking from high to low church, the major theologians of the missional conversation.
June 25, 2009 at 11:41 am - By: Ro
· Filed under QOD
Sticking with books, I've been working through NT Wright's - Simply Christian. It's touted as the contemporary version of CS Lewis' - Mere Christianity. It's a fantastic book, just hard to get through because every few pages you have to stop and think. These kinds of books take forever to read. Read the rest of this entry »
Yes, Stuff Christians Like is a wicked tongue in cheek summary of evangelical elitism in North America. I particularly enjoyed this post because it's so true. We're called by leaders, and leaders themselves act in this way, that we need to find at least one non-Christian and do stuff with--of course with the purpose of 'saving them'. Read the rest of this entry »
June 19, 2009 at 9:18 pm - By: Ro
· Filed under QOD
Divine Design for Life and the Church
As a viral blogger with TheOOZE they send me books and I read them. Nice setup if you can get it. This edition I am happy to read through 'So Beautiful' by Leonard Sweet. (As an aside i think it's pretty funny that a missional guy like Sweet is published by the David C. Cook who also put out books by Tim LaHaye.... :rollseyes:)
June 9, 2009 at 8:31 am - By: Pomo
· Filed under Podcast
The final installment of a five part series on the nature of the 'Missional Church v Attractional church'. We still have Damien Lee for most of the call, and then some closing remarks.
This five part series is an excellent resource for those trying to figure out and learn the language in the whole 'missional movement'. A unique perspective from Alberta on the emergence of the missional community.
June 2, 2009 at 4:50 pm - By: Pomo
· Filed under Church Life
Nothing wrong with pro-life support, everything wrong with extremism and murdering in the name of a right-wing fundamentalist lord. Under no circumstances is violence the answer to the abortion debate and anybody who publicly or privately applauds violence do Christians a favour: don't call yourself one.
For a more concise dialogue on the subject please visit Bene Diction.
June 2, 2009 at 6:32 am - By: Pomo
· Filed under Podcast
Get connected into the missional church dialogue with this interesting five part series on 'Missional Church from a Canadian perspective'.
This series stems from a recent Alan Hirsch conference in Edmonton. We trust it will be used as a resource for those trying to figure out and learn the language in the whole 'missional movement'. This episode we promised another voice so we're happy to introduce Damien Lee from Edmonton.
Listen to this podcast now in your browser clicking on the Play Now button below. Download our itunes feed here: PomoTheo Podcast.
May 29, 2009 at 9:58 am - By: Pomo
· Filed under Podcast
PomoTheo.com is branching out into the world of podcasting; we're happy to offer part 2 of 5 on the topic of 'Missional Church from a Canadian perspective'.
If you're looking to learn more about the missional movement and don't quite understand all the jargon, this discussion will help. This particular podcast includes a discussion on the three items necessary to begin the change to a missional movement in your local church. Also includes a brief discussion on the five elements of missional church.
You can also listen to is now in your browser clicking on the Play Now button below. Download our podcast feed here: Pomotheo Podcast
