It’s officially summertime as the baby pool and water balloons have become a staple in the Gentrified backyard. A water fight usually results and Calvin so far has been completely unphased by his brother’s insistence on soaking him first. It’s a blast and we will be spending a ton of time at the neighborhood pool [...]
Entries from May 2009
May 12, 2009
Does mission lead naturally to community?
I’ve been wrestling with a statement by someone I respect immensely and who has influenced my missiology greatly. The statement is:
“When we are all working on mission, community happens naturally. When we’re working on community, mission gets lost somewhere.”
I think this statement challenges the status quo for 95% of churches in America. The reality is [...]
May 1, 2009
Lessons in Evangelism – Community Evangelism
In my last post in this series, I dealt more with a personal evangelism method (Questioning Evangelism) which is where most of us find ourselves when we seek to declare the gospel at work, in our neighborhood or apartment. It’s also how we’ve come to view and teach evangelism. It has become a personal responsibility that [...]
