NYT: Shifting Emphasis for Evangelicals May 22, 2007
Posted by Steve in : Weblog , add a commentArticle today in the New York Times….what do you think about the purported shift? Leave a comment
New Church Conference - Bil Cornelius April 27, 2007
Posted by Steve in : Church, Methods & Strategies , add a commentI got a chance to listen to Bill Cornelius’ session and I got one great nugget from him: focus. Although they are into the thousands at Bay Area Fellowship, he said they are focused only on what they do well, and only provide Sunday services, childrens’ ministry and small groups. Focus on what you do best — don’t be all things to all people…….Good counsel from Bil.
Bob Lupton at Park on Sunday April 27, 2007
Posted by Steve in : The City, Chicago, Church, Urban Church, Methods & Strategies, Missional , add a comment
We are so excited to have Bob Lupton speaking at all three of Park’s church services this Sunday, April 29, 2007 on “Seeking Shalom in the City”, addressing the issue of our response to gentrification in the city, as we continue our series “Missional Living”.
As Park continues to expand, and looks at reaching more and more people as part of our goal to reach one percent of Chicago (30,000 people) in the years to come, we need to come to grips with gentrification and its impact on the well-being of the city of Chicago. Bob speaks from 34 years of experience as a Christian real estate developer and an active member of the CCDA.
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Bob Lupton is a Christian community developer and an entrepreneur who brings together communities of resource with communities of need, and has invested more than 34 years of his life in inner-city Atlanta. (more…)
Exponential Conference: Driscoll April 26, 2007
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Mark Driscoll gave a message via video to all the 1,800 church planters in attendance at the 2007 National New Church Conference. The video was done all outside, in a cemetery with hundreds of identical grave markers (looked like a WW1 graveyard — anyone know where?). The visual helped everyone see the uphill battle that a church planter faces as he begins to build a vision and a team. He was clear and concise (8 min), and focused on three main things needed for a successful church planter — the man, the mission and the message:
- The Church Planter Man, needs to be:
- Called to Plant
- Strong
- Competent
- Have a good theology
- Be able to articulate a clear message
- Have a clear God-given mission
- The Mission - to get the men
- Has to be able to gather the right team
- A clear role is to disciple men
- Given the 60/40 women/men ratio Barna speaks about, you have to get men to win in the long term
- Men who make the step to go to church want to know how to be a man
- The Message of the Gospel
- Planters will only succeed to the extent that they proclaim the Gospel message.
- The Gospel message is really what it is all about.
Here is his video (see my Hybels entry above about the content of this video, then watch it)
