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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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.
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'.
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Painful commentary on how evangelicals leave the church because they realise their faith is built without a firm foundation...
My sense is when Canadians literally grow a spine they'll start an exodus from boring evangelical church. I could be wrong.
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. Continue reading
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It's here, get it while it's hot! PomoTheo.com is branching out into the world of podcasting (which is a fancy word for 'record myself talking'.)
This edition we have the first part of a series on the missional church, inspired by a recent a Alan Hirsch conference in Edmonton, Alberta.
So sit back for some thoughts on the missional church and what we are to do about it in our Canadian context. An interesting series....
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A very rare production was aired on Canadian TV nationally. Global Television aired a documentary called, "Hip 2B Holy," a look at evangelicals in Canada. Of course, evangelicals in Canada are quite pleased with the attention, surely it points to the success of their ways?
Personally I'm a bit disappointed at the attempt to venture into Canadian religiosity. What would have piqued my interest far more would be a documentary on the collapse of evangelicalism (as we blogged about here). This concept would have garnered far more news time and attention (good and bad), and quite frankly is a more accurate picture of the religious climate in Canada. Had this been documentary been done 10 years ago it would have been cutting edge. Since it was released today it's a bit old for people literally on the bleeding edge of 'church'. Continue reading
Inefficient, disconnected leaders, blinders to the world around them, those are some of the words used to describe the upper echelon of leadership for GM and Chrysler, the one time American powerhouse corporations now all facing bankruptcy protection and embarrassment.
There was zeal, respect, attitude, leadership, prestige, vision, attributed with these companies, but their inability to innovate and recognize obvious cultural changes contributed to the demise of these once great companies. Continue reading
This is a summary of a recent Alan Hirsch conference held in Edmonton for the C&MA. The two day affair certainly left its mark on those who engaged the topic (and less so for the select gray haired folks sleeping or reading emails).
After one of the days I asked Alan a question, "how do you take a missional message to the most right-wing conservative attractional churches in the entire country, isn't it frustrating?"
He humbly replied part of it had to do with calling, I for one would get frustrated. Nonetheless, Hirsch provided a challenging summary to a group of evangelicals, some searching for answers, others still skeptical about this whole 'missional movement'.
For us there was little new, but for the rest, as Hirsch put it, "we already know the answers." Continue reading
As part of our commitment with theOoze viral bloggers here is out take on the latest book by Bart Ehrman. The promo materials have this to say:
...in Jesus, Interrupted: Revealing the Hidden Contradictions in the Bible (And Why We Don’t Know About Them), Bart Ehrman goes even further, suggesting not only that the Bible is riddled with inconsistencies and outright forgeries, but that many of Christianity’s fundamental stories and doctrines don’t actually exist within its pages-they were later inventions by people trying to make sense of a disconnected collection of texts. The Scriptures did not come down to us through the ages in one, harmonious, unbroken version. The story of Jesus was, in fact, interrupted.
Although the man will be crucified by the religious right his story his perhaps more interesting than his book. This review will do more to engage briefly with the major topics--the historicity of the NT--and less to do with a blow by blow account. Continue reading