The other day I found a toy tractor in the china cabinet. I thought, “This is the way I feel in church, like I don’t belong here.” There is nothing wrong with the tractor or the china for that matter, it is that they just don’t go together. A tractor is meant to be: used […]
Category: kingdom
“How many churches are there in Guelph?” My good friend, Dan Matwey, reminded me of this question I asked him and a group of Alpha graduates some years ago now. “We were wondering if there were 10 or 15 (there are actually +55 church buildings) and you shocked us when you told us there was […]
Mobile Discipleship is a creedal, non-exclusive and learner-driven (minimalist) structure. Creedal means we gather around: “Jesus Christ is Lord”. Participants may not yet embrace that belief but they need to know that this is why we call it church. Non-exclusive means people can concurrently belong to any faith community (or not). We want to work […]
Will this Rock in Rio by Ken Lottis. This is an excellent book that traces the ministry path of Ken Lottis and friends in Brazil as the forerunners of our own 15 years in Latin America. It gives a poignant look behind the scenes in how they figured out the disciple-making ministry at a time […]
Why call it ‘church’? 1. Church means a gathering not a building. Jesus said two or three gathered in His name constituted a quorum as He is present. a. If we argue that a church meeting has to be big in order to be legitimate, then how big is big? Should it be every believer […]
I have been a follower of Jesus for around 40 years and find myself wondering where I am going on this journey. I confess I am tired of listening to information and while I do not mean to criticize the well-intentioned work of so many ministers, I long to keep learning and serving with new […]