Monthly Archives: February 2012
Verge Day 1 Recap
The Verge Conference started today and it was amazing. I said it was the only conference that I feel like was worth attending for its theology and its practice. It did not disappoint at all. I really love the way … Continue reading
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Missional Community: Integrating Children
One of the many challenges that Community Groups face is how to handle children in the community. We have a key conviction that children should be included and seen as members of the Community Group. This means they are seen … Continue reading
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Missional Community: Rhythms over Events
At Apostles Church, we are defined by 3 core values, Gospel Enjoyment, Intentional Community, and Prayerful Mission and our Community Groups aim to contextualize these values in their neighborhood. They are often guided by 3 convictions that we believe assist … Continue reading
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Missional Community: Proximity over Affinity
At our church, we are defined by 3 core values, Gospel Enjoyment, Intentional Community, and Prayerful Mission and our Community Groups aim to contextualize these values in their neighborhood. They are often guided by 3 convictions that we believe assist … Continue reading
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Pursuing Prayerful Mission
How does a church become missional? This seems to be the question that many churches are asking, wondering how a church moves from inwardly focused to externally focused, moving from simply loving one another to extending the love of Christ … Continue reading
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Valuing Intentional Community
This past Sunday, we had our 2nd of 3 equipping classes focused on our core values of Gospel Enjoyment, Intentional Community & Prayerful Mission. We focused this past week on Intentional Community Our aim in this core value was to … Continue reading
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Cultivating Gospel Enjoyment in Communities
©iStockphoto.com/ Marcus Lindström Yesterday, I outlined our core values and the convictions that end up guiding them. Our communities start with Gospel Enjoyment to center our lives on the finished work of Christ and define our lives through its implications. … Continue reading
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A Vision for Gospel Communities on Mission
This past Saturday our church had a Covenant Membership class where we explain how the story of God and the gospel of Jesus Christ define our vision and mission as a church. It’s an opportunity to become a partner on … Continue reading
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Missional Community Fail: When Community Takes Center Stage
So I have told you that I used to hate missional communities and that a church community that puts mission at the center leads people to burnout, kills community, and puts the Great Commission over the greatest commandments. These are … Continue reading
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Missional Community Fail: When Mission takes Center Stage
Yesterday I remembered when I hated missional communities and how that changed over time. As I’ve watched a number of missional communities, I’ve seen two major ways they end up failing as a gospel-centered community on mission. These failures both … Continue reading
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