Keep em coming! Dave Fitch and Gary Nelson filmed by the Kinnon's.
Nelson/Fitch - Theological Education in the 21st Century from Bill Kinnon.
Glimpses into the Canadian Missional Landscape Part 2 & 3
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Missional v. Conventional – Who’s in and Who’s Out?
**RETRO POST** Originally posted last January 2009 with updates.**
There's endless debate going on in the blogosphere about the missional church vs. the 'attractional' or conventional 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 questioning the effectiveness of missional churches to extend the gospel.
Here's the question: in today's North America who's right and who's wrong? Is one (missional) just a fad? Is the other (conventional) on the decline with the advent of post-Christendom thus forcing us to change our models?
Whether we like it or not, there IS one thing we can agree: the world outside the church is carrying on pleasantly without us and are in no need to wait for us to catch up. Continue reading
Preaching: An Impediment to the Missional Church?
Does a Post-Christendom World Care for 40 Minute Opinions Expositions?
Updated February 20th, 2010.
(**NOTE: For this post the terms preaching or sermon are distinctly referring to the act of one person talking at length about their perspective of a particular topic which is treated as the apex of the particular worship expression of a given church service.**)
If you're a serious churchgoer then perhaps you operate under an assumption that when it comes to preaching/sermon more is better.
Some evangelicals even think that the sign of a good church is the quality of the preaching. I'm not sure how this is measured between preacher to preacher, but I surmise it has a lot to do with individual relevance, captivation, and good feelings after the service. Continue reading
When You Don’t Know What You Know
Attractional Church Pastor Slams Missional Church
I was debating on whether to toss out a response to some questionable comments made by an attractional/mega church pastor in the States. I don't know much about him nor his church, and simply be blogging gives the issue more attention, but the comments forced me to offer something brief.
On the topic of discipleship Micheal writes:
Some of the most selfish Christians in the world are sitting in living rooms they call missional communities, while the world around them spirals out of control.
Sounds like he's hanging around some cranky missional minded people. Continue reading
How to Prevent the Emergence of Cranky Organic Church Leaders
Mark Galli wrote a piece in Christianity Today musing about the future of the organic church movement. Although he's on the outside looking in (would have been better coming from someone who's actually participated in the movement), he does raise some interesting questions about the viability of the movement. I noticed in particular his thoughts on the current leaders of the various organic churches (whom cover a wide spectrum of 'church'), and echo his sentiments on the potential of losing many unhappy people in the future.
Organic church. The term is fluid, but it contains at least three ingredients: Frustration with the-church-as-we-know-it, a focus on people (vs. programs) and mission (vs. institutional maintenance), and a vision to transform the world.