The Challenge of MIssion in the West – An Interview
Here is an interview I did for an organization called, The Aqueduct Project. I am answering questions about the challenges of mission work in western culture. There is a part 2 coming, but thought this first installment might prove helpful for many of you.
Marks of a Missional Community of Faith (Church)
What
does it mean to be a missional community of faith? There is much talk about what that is, what it looks like
and how it works. Newbigin (one of
the true forerunners of the current movement) identifies six characteristics of
a missional community:
3 Missional Reasons to be Kind to Others
Another insightful post by guest blogger, Julie Jones. Julie is a collegue of mine at Christian Associates. She and her husband, Darrin have ministered in Orange County, CA, France and Morroco and currently live in the Bay area. They both are remarkable people.
A New Kinda Church Planting – Bronzeville, Chicago
I was in the great city of Chicago this last week. While I got the chance to see a large swath of the city, I spenta good share of my time in a region called Bronzeville (southside of the city). When the Great Migration brought African Americans from the South to jobs in the North early in the last century, many found their way to this area of Chicago. It was the greenhouse for greats like Muddy Waters, Buddy Guy, Nat King Cole, Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong, Lou Rawls, Jesse Owens, Joe Louis and countless others. It is crazy how many cultural greats have emerged from this area. Today, at least in part, Bronzeville can be described by terms like high unemployment and poverty, urban violence, and population density.
For the Love of Art…and People in Madrid
The video below was produced by one of my colleagues in Madrid, Spain, Kelly Crull. Their project (called Decoupage) seeks to reach out and live out tangible gestures of love to the artistic community of that amazing city. Kelly shared the same story at our last event and I am so please to be able to push it out a bit. I really think you'll be amazed!
Hospitality = Mission
Capitalism and Christianity in the West
By Peter
Missional Middle Schoolers: Mission Impossible?
By Kenny
A New Light to the World
By Holly
A One Word Description of the Church
I started teaching my Missional Church class at Whitworth University again this week. This is the 4th year that I have taught the course. If I teach it again it will morph into a course entitled, "A Church for the World." One of my introductory exercises I use is asking them to give a one word description of the church and why. Here are their responses (some were duplicates – 19 in the class):
Transforming, Alive, Colorful