Church Planting Errors – Stop Calling People Pagans

An Acts29 article was released chatting about the 5 things new church planters should know. There's some good tips in there, pretty straight forward, deal with people not books or web sites. However, there is a component that I've found over and over again in conversation and in writings regarding church planting.

Christians refer to regular, happy, fun, but non-Christian people as PAGANS. Do Christians have to step out of their way to use derogatory terms for everyone who's not like them? Why do we specifically target a people group and choose to use language that's probably not offensive, but certainly in bad taste? Continue reading

Keep One Non-Christian Around for Witnessing

http://stufffchristianslike.blogspot.com/2009/06/563-keeping-at-least-one-non-believer.html

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'. Continue reading

PomoTheo Podacst #4 – Missional v Attractional Church

The final installment of a five part series on the nature of the 'Missional Church v Attractional church'.

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.

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Canadian Pro-Life Supporters Take Note

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.

Podcast #3 – Missional Church – Edmonton Conference

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'.

Listen to this podcast now in your browser clicking on the Play Now button below. Download our itunes feed here: PomoTheo Podcast.

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