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Church in Mission
60 posts
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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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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Church in Mission: Culture and Jesus The Missionary Pt 2.
This post is a part of a series where I am addressing the churchs mission as it pertains (or doesnt) to relevancy within culture. I am trying to build the majority of
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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, LAs Homeless Containment” district this morning at about 9:00
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