This is one of the reasons I love blogging. Not only does it allow me to express my thoughts on all manner of things, I also get to hear the thoughts of people from all over the world on the topics I write about. A couple of weeks ago I posted something called “Church Planting: [...]
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Church Planting: Slums or Suburbs? WWJP? (Where Would Jesus Plant?)
I saw it again today – a brand new subdivision in a prospering town. And right there in the mix, a big new church building. It feels a bit wrong to say something negative about all the effort it must have taken to build that church. We do need more churches after all, and I [...]
Michael Frost – “A Call To Transform Neighborhoods” (Renov8 #rv8)
***This will be the last of the liveblog posts. I will probably follow up with some further thoughts later next week. Thanks for reading*** (All of my posts from Renov8 can be found here) The time has come to wrap up the conference, and who better to do that than the guy who got us [...]
Howard Lawrence & Karen Wilk – “Neighborhood Life” (Renov8 #rv8)
(All of my posts from Renov8 can be found here) The session started out with Howard explaining the following. I say “explaining” but really he proceeded under the assumption that we were all familiar with this, and all that was needed was a review… so I’m not entirely sure about the source of the ideas: [...]
Keith Shields – “Connections, Life House: House church Movement in Canada” (Renov8 #rv8)
***More session notes sent to me by a co-worker who was also at Renov8*** (All of my posts from Rnov8 can be found here) In 1998 Bow Valley Christian church felt led to plant a church, planted a church and 5 years later again felt led to plant another church. Keith felt called and wrote [...]
“We need a martyr to wake up the church. I am willing to be that martyr.” – Wagdi Iskander (Renov8 #rv8)
(All of my posts from Renov8 can be found here) The impact of Wagdi’s talk has been immense.. here are a few more details about his story, as told in the session yesterday: – Memorized entire Koran at 6-yrs-old. All by memorization, didn’t know how to read/write – He was told: Burn Christians before they [...]
Defining “Unchurched” and “Dechurched” (Renov8 #rv8)
(All of my posts from Renov8 can be found here) At Renov8 this week we’ve talked a number of times about the categories of “dechurched” and “unchurched”. Clarifying these terms will assist us in missional church planting. Here are basic definitions to start with: Unchurched / Neverchurched People who have never been affiliated with a [...]
Wagdi Iskander – “The Cost of Transforming Neighborhoods” (Renov8 #rv8)
(All of my posts from Renov8 can be found here) We just heard a devastating talk by Pastor Wagdi Iskander about his conversion from Islam to Christianity. You can read his story here. Being a convert, he was able to say things that, were any of us to say them, might bring accusations of intolerance [...]
Glenn Smith – “Key Indicators of a Transformed City” (Renov8 #rv8)
(All of my posts from Renov8 can be found here) Glenn Smith’s site is http://www.direction.ca/ First priority is always to discern where God is at work, then establish ways for people to follow Jesus in a way that makes sense to them Contextualization means weaving the good news together with the context of the community. [...]
Stuart Murray & Julie Kilpin – “The Church That Transforms Neighborhoods” (Renov8 #rv8)
(All of my posts from Renov8 can be found here) Stuart Murray & Julie Kilpin again. This session actually redeemed a lot of yesterday’s session. ***I missed a bit of this session since I was talking to a new friend, who is a very engaging fellow-writer*** When I arrive, Julie is being critical of people [...]
