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by Russell Kelly Greetings If you still think tithing is relevant for us today (or expected, or a minimum, or a starting point, or something...

1) Embracing the building – Regardless of the fact that the New Testament emphasizes a Church made “not by human hands” but composed of peop...

Twenty-Five Sort of Random Things I Do and Don’t Believe – by the Internet Monk 1. I don’t believe gay marriage is the biggest threat to the...

imonk I’m not a Prophet or a Prophet’s Son. I can’t see the future. I’m usually wrong. I’m known for over-reacting. I have no statistics. Yo...

The Kingdom and the Carlot Terry Somerville When I first came to “Rejoice Evermore”car lot, I was a brand new model. All the other cars thou...

The Advent Conspiracy from http://web.archive.org/web/20081017092335/http://www.pursuantgroup.com/leadnet/advance/oct08s1a.htm With planning...

Here is an imaginary trial transcript – the trial of Pastor Jones for teaching tithing. It’s well written & worth reading. The trial of Past...

by Roger Thurman Here is an interesting article by Roger Thurman (http://www.simplechurchjournal.com ) on re-thinking house church. He makes...

The Jesus Principle: small is beautiful By Paul Walker Last Summer we were having a Barbeque at my house, and one of the guests was a friend...

Here is a recent interview with Brian McLaren. Q. Let’s start with the title of your new book, “Everything Must Change.” Everything? Well, h...

by Wayne Jacobsen Dear Fellow-believer, I do appreciate your concern for me and your willingness to raise issues that have caused you concer...

by Jake Colsen The following is some excerpts from one of my Christmas-reading books … So You Don’t Want to Go To Church Anymore by Jake Col...

by Mike Clawson It’s not uncommon to hear Christians – especially Christians who are either fed up with the Religious Right or with the soci...

Here are two short articles to consider – Mission without Reformation …. is deluded, self-defeating and even DANGEROUS by Chris Wright – Wha...

by Roger Thoman House Church Basics — Part 1-B: What Is Church? 1. Church is a movement not an organization. 2. Expressions of church are fa...

I’m a consumer. Nothing wrong with that. I like nice things. Shiny things. Techie things. Tasty things. Dark beers with a rich foam head. Di...

Willow Creek Repents? Why the most influential church in America now says “We made a mistake.” Few would disagree that Willow Creek Communit...

by Roger Thoman What is Church? House Church Basics — Part 1-A: What Is Church? Our first challenge in grasping what God intends church to b...

THE NATURE OF THE CHURCH Introduction In my article on Church Planting and the Great Commission, I argued that despite conventional wisdom, ...

Here is some excerpts from an article by Gary Goodell. Church: Simple and Regional Compiled by Gary Goodell As early as the mid-1970s, we we...

Worship as Evangelism by Sally Morgenthaler Two years ago I taught my last seminar focused solely on worship. A year ago I disbanded my wors...

In early August I sent out an email with some questions / comments about “How Does Jesus Say We Are Saved?”. I received many great responses...

here are some thoughts on the church, from a blog at http://gospeldrivenchurch.blogspot.com/ 1. The greatest threat to the gospel specific t...

From The Times July 11, 2007 http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/faith/article2056515.ece If it isn’t Roman Catholic then it’s not a pr...

How Does Jesus Say We Are Saved? http://emergingpensees.blogspot.com/2007/08/how-does-jesus-say-we-are-saved.html Mike Clawson writes in his...

From Parousia Network, PRISM ePistle, & myself Continuing reflections regarding the poor, & the shape of the church, gathered under the cute...

The Church needs to rediscover itself as the people of God through whom the Holy Spirit works to impact the world, and ‘break in’ the kingdo...

By: John O’Keefe 1.  how do you define the postmodern movement? First, let me say that I have the “gift’ of disorientation as I travel.  I h...

by Larry Chouinard My article on preaching was published in the Baptist mag a month ago, & brought some strong response … 3 intelligent & gr...

The thing that keeps coming back to me, is what is Christianity, and indeed what is Christ for us today? The time when men could be told eve...

By Anna Dodridge, Bournemouth UK i have spent the last couple of days reading what the web has to say about emerging church (i would have us...

The article below is from www.house2house.net – it is a simple explanation of simple churches What do we mean by ‘simple church’? Some call ...

Introduction Some twenty-five years ago theologian and philosopher Dr. Francis A. Schaeffer wrote a book documenting “The Rise and Decline o...

Remember Me? by Carol Diehl Hi Lord, it’s me – the street child; remember me? I’m not sure you do I look for you daily, but you hide your fa...

This article is the transcript of a talk/sermon by Guss Rowe (ex YFC) at his church in Hamilton recently. Delivered recently at the centenar...

The True Meaning of “Church” Tithing has been the holy grail of fundraising and the focus is upon “giving to the house of God His tithe and ...

http://www.barna.org/FlexPage.aspx?Page=BarnaUpdateNarrowPreview&BarnaUpdateID=255 With the growth of house churches across the country, a n...

A tentative sketch, by Mark Laurent What is the picture, the visual imagery, that comes to your mind when you think of church? What do other...

By Dan Kimball http://www.the-next-wave-ezine.info/issue95/index.cfm?id=18&ref=COVERSTORY I just got back from speaking at an event in Kansa...

From an article by Inagrace and Paul Dietterich 1993 (adapted by D Allis 2006) http://missionalchurch.org/resources/printed/leadership-resou...

by Skye Jethani Is our insistence on choices leading us astray? I don’t drink coffee but that hasn’t stopped me from using the Starbucks acr...

by Wolfgang Simson Many people involved in various types of house church seem to have appreciated the insight from Wolfgang Simson (author o...

“Church buildings attest to five facts about the church today. First, church buildings are a witness to our immobility. What is more immovab...

by Mark Strom (This is an extended version of a paper delivered at a lunch meeting of church leaders in Auckland on August 2, 2006 sponsored...

By Eric Swanson  (From The International Coalition of Workplace Ministries at http://www.marketplaceleaders.org/icwm/) A small cloud is on t...

By Brother Maynard Seems there’s some misunderstanding about the journey we’re on. To some, it looks like the journey to leave the church we...

by Frank Viola This article exposes the traditional way that most Christians – Protestant, evangelical, post-evangelical, and charismatic – ...

By Dave Crampton (A NZer) Many people have decided that they don’t want to go to church any more. It’s got nothing to do with God or faith. ...

By Sheila Pritchard, Published in Reality magazine in 1994 A visitor to an Australian outback cattle ranch was intrigued by the seemingly en...

Summarised from an email by Maurice Smith Dear Friends, The letter speaks for itself. My thanks to Paul & Lori Byerly, Tony & Felicity Dale ...

Here is a new article by Thomas Hohstadt (www.futurechurch.org) … he says that “The church’s teaching on money threatens its very existence....

An Essay by Russell Earl Kelly, PH. D., March 05, 2006 http://www.tithing-russkelly.com/   Introduction: The following essay is a summary of...

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1167737-1,00.html Some Evangelicals are abandoning megachurches for minichurches–based in t...

by Mike Bishop, www.whatischurch.com Mary, Mary, quite contrary How does your garden grow? With silver bells and cockle shells And pretty ma...

by Mike Bishop and T Freeman http://www.next-wave.org/feb03/sundaycentric.htm Recently I (Mike) heard Todd Hunter reference a statistic that...

by Bob Hyatt In the early days of our church planting adventure I spent some time seeking out other church planters, hoping for some wisdom ...

By Cody Stauffer Take a look at these numbers: 3.4 million. 3.7 million. 11 million. 1.7 million. 6.4 million. 2.3 million. 5.6 million. 11....

by Bishop NT (Tom) Wright Christians Wrong About Heaven, Says Bishop Thursday, Feb. 07, 2008 By DAVID VAN BIEMA N.T. “Tom” Wright is one of ...

by Steve Holt Sr I’ve been thinking a bit about church buildings & how they reflect our priorities …. and came across this relevant blog by ...

Can an Evangelical be a Universalist? by Gregory MacDonald “Can an evangelical be a universalist?” In other words, could someone be an evang...

Church Planting and the Great Commission By Justin Kuek, Auckland New Zealand. August 2007 Church Planting is the best way to complete the G...

by Jared Wilson In October of 2006, at BCC is Broken, I posted 32 theses, a rambling rant of sorts reflecting my convictions on the brokenne...

By John Smulo https://web.archive.org/web/20070113015154/http://johnsmulo.com/ Words have meaning because we give them meaning. Sometimes pa...

By Spencer Burke 2006 (excerpts from his book) The philosopher Archibald MacLeish declared that ˜a world ends when its metaphor has died’, a...

Spiritual Authority Part 3. The Voice Of The Spirit May 30, 2007 From Ron and Karen Schwartz Revelation 2:26-29 KJV 26 And he that overcomet...

by Alan Hartung https://web.archive.org/web/20071013212733/http://theooze.com/articles/article.cfm?id=1619 Seated in a sanctuary with twelve...

Taken from a talk by Michael Frost ideas from the edge – Missional Church Practices – Missional Spaces/Zones (Target Communities) & Five Com...

by David Fitch Having planted a missional church from 10 people, and having gone through much pain and joy, I have wondered – what if you co...

By Wayne Kirkland Christians don’t have to talk long with each other to realise that what one person means by the words ‘mission’ and ‘evang...

by Brian McLaren, Leadership columnist Why efforts to renew the church are often misguided. I often hear someone say, “We’re exploring new w...

The following is from an email I received last week from Tom Lamb (beyondcamp@clear.net.nz ). It is some reflections on ‘church’ by a US Bap...

In recent months the conversation on Out of Ur has explored why increasing numbers of Christians are opting to pursue Christ apart from a lo...

by Ron Schwartz Ants are a curious example of the church.  The ants are not strong but their nest is. In an ant colony, there is the visible...

by Kerry M. Denten.   https://web.archive.org/web/20061030012404/http://forums.jesusradicals.com/viewtopic.php?t=2111 I was getting ready ye...

By Jordon Cooper Ahoy, If you are in denominational or church leadership, I am writing to you.  I am writing you from some of us who are a s...

by Barna Group June 19, 2006(Ventura, CA) – Americans are increasingly designing their lifestyles in ways that meet their needs more efficie...

Here is a short & light article – an interview with Dan Kimball, author of The Emerging Church: Vintage Christianity for New Generations”. H...

By Spencer Burke For years, I’ve tried to put my finger on it—the reasons why I left the professional pastorate. And you know, more than any...

(adapted from New Wine Skins) By Nate Krupp, Preparing The Way, Publishers, Salem, OR, USA Introduction A fresh breeze is blowing. In this h...

by Maurice Smith O.K. I confess. I love old movies. I’m one of those afficionados who genuinely believes that the best overall movie ever ma...

by Darryl M. Erkel Biblical and Practical Advantages for Meeting Within Homes Whenever we think of planting churches, we imagine the process...

By Next Wave From http://www.the-next-wave-ezine.info/issue83/index.cfm?id=6&ref=COVERSTORY Neil Cole is the Executive Director and a founde...

From https://web.archive.org/web/20090606214214/http://www.theooze.com/articles/article.cfm?id=1255 In 1988, I left the organized church nev...