By Steve Cordle
“We are committed to becoming a church of small groups.”
“Life-change happens best in small groups.”
“Everyone needs authentic community.”
These statements, and others like them, are heard often in churches around the country. Small groups have become a big deal.
Churches desiring to help members connect relationally and to grow in discipleship have turned to […]
We all know that churches grow when they create a flow of experience that draws seekers into a process that shapes disciples. The language to describe this is something like, “Welcome, Grow, Send”. I refer to the fives steps of “Change, Gift, Call, Equip, and Send”. The graphic you see on any given website […]
Online Conversation
It is very wise to deal cautiously and carefully with the Press since most of them bring some serious bias or prejudice to the interview and will usually print only what they want to out of an interview even if it is not important to the interview. The headline is about all most […]
Forum conversation
I have been preaching without a podium, pulpit, or manuscript for a year now. I essentially learn the flow of the message I have manuscripted earlier in the week, put a few post it notes in my Bible, depend occasionally on power point to jog my memory, and trust that something good will […]
From our forums
Our church will have a 24’x12’ room with the door along the 12’ wall that we want to designate as a prayer space/sacred space. I really don’t want to stuff it with pews. Anyone have any links to pictures of well designed prayer space. Three prayer groups of 5-9 people will share it weekly, I […]
An original Post from one of our online forums
We’ve been dealing with the issue of prayer the last couple of months in our Lead Team meetings. While prayer is a part of everything we do (more prayer at worship than announcements), one of my leaders in particular is really wrestling with the issue of […]
From our Advanced Leadership Forum
While studying sociology years ago, I remember studying the difference between power and authority. My shorthand distinction between the two would be that power is about having the ability to make others conform to you will even against their will. Authority emerges when one so consistently demonstrates they have the […]
Bill Easum’s definition of Postmodern: Someone one who has grown up outside of the Christendom and who was mentored more by their peers than their parents. Although this is not an exhaustive definition, it does explain why many young adults who grow up in the church are really products of Modernity more than Postmodernity. […]
The following are some contrasts between modernity and postmodernity
Modern – intellect, teaching, know
PoMo- spirit, experience, sense
Modern – linear thinking and processes
PoMo – overlapping, juxtaposition without contradiction
Modern – either/or
PoMo – both/and/also
Modern – prove it to me
PoMo – show me
Modern – institutional
PoMo – organic
Modern – utopic vision for future society
PoMo – change or be changed – […]
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