Posts Tagged ‘ missional ’

I Don’t Like My Church Plant: The Need for Contextualization

I spent a year in Northern Virginia at New Life Christian Church.  The church planter, Brett Andrews, told me something that has always stuck in my memory.  He said, “I don’t like my church plant.”  This of course let to a befuddled reply of, “What do you mean, you don’t like your church plant.”  Brett [ READ MORE ]

The Outsourced Church

Outsourcing is a very popular business model that companies use to cut costs and streamline work flows.  But the idea of outsourcing isn’t new.  The church has been doing it for centuries.  Back in the late 1700′s and early 1800′s, there was a movement to form missionary societies.  For example, the Baptist Missionary Society was [ READ MORE ]

Tribal Church

I’ve been reading the Forgotten Ways by Alan Hirsch.  He does an excellent job of telling the history of the church and how the church evolved into an institution.  One of his points is that in a “Christian” culture, the institutional church is a natural evolution.  But the early church was not an institution.  It [ READ MORE ]

Missional Church Marries Attractional Church

What would happen if a missional church and an attractional church came together and started having kids (planting churches)[ READ MORE ]

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