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Church in Mission

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  1. Step/Not, Hospitality and ‘Realism’ (What Would Jesus Deconstruct?)

    Carrying on from my last post I thought I’d point out a few more aspects to John (Jack) Caputo’s book I do like and then say something about what I don’t

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    GOOD Magazine | On Skid Row: Introduction

    [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oS6ar1aJIYM&rel=1&w=500&h=430] Good Magazine, a site I

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    Quater Six: Halfway Through My Coursework

    I can’t believe this is my sixth quarter of studies! I am almost exactly halfway done with my course work. I

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  4. Four Models of Emerging Churches

    I’ve had a lot of vested interest in the emerging church for a number of years now, partly because of my own previous experience in communities that reflected many of the qualities present

  5. Church in Mission: Five Practices For The Church in the World (pt. 5)

    Series contents | Introduction | Part Two | Part Three | Part Four | Part Five For this last post in my church in mission series I want to explain the five practices that John Howard Yoder offers the

  6. Church in Mission: Post-Christendom, Effectiveness and Reshaping Ethics Pt4

    Series contents | Introduction | Part Two | Part Three | Part Four | Part Five According to John Howard Yoder, one aspect that distinguishes this bi-cultural faith community we call the Christian church from the world is

  7. Church in Mission: Translation and The Bi-Lingual Community (Pt.3)

    This is the third part of the Church in Mission series where I am attempting to appropriate some of John Howard Yoder’s thinking in direct relationship to the mission of the church in

  8. An Emerging Profession: Sharing Power In A Flattened World

    Drew Ditzel asked me, along with a number of other bloggers (see below), to participate in a project he is doing for his class on emerging models of church at Columbia Seminary.  Drew wants

  9. Church in Mission: Culture and Jesus The Missionary Pt 2.

    This post is a part of a series where I am addressing the church’s mission as it pertains (or doesn’t) to relevancy within culture.  I am trying to build the majority of

  10. Church In Mission: The Problem With Being Relevant Pt.1

    Series contents | Introduction | Part Two | Part Three | Part Four | Part Five A big question concerning the church in Western culture is, “how do we make the church more relevant for today’s world?” We

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    On the City – Reflections on the Poor and Skid Row

    I must say that these conversations as of late have been very stimulating, all this talk about living and not living in

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    Fourth of July in Skid Row

    I found, at least for myself, one of the best places to spend a fourth of July Church service at – an African-

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    class journal #3

    Class Journal #3 June 30, 2004 Three topics arose today as we visited Skid Row, the interrelationships between Rich and poor, how

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    Class Journal #1 Fuller at Skid Row

    June 28 2004 Urban Mission Models Class Journal #1 I was struck the very beginning of the class by one small statement

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    Class Journal #2 Fuller Visit’s Skid Row

    June 29, 2004 Class Journal #2 We arrived in Skid Row, LA’s Homeless “Containment” district this morning at about 9:00

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