Jesse and Alex Santoyo, Brent Maloney, and their bass player in The Saturn Project are playing on South Beach tonight late. If you want to head out with a couple of us to catch their show, drop me a note. I’ll be online for a bit. I’m not positive I’m going yet. [...]
We’ve gone through a ton of flux over office space. That’s a big deal when our move out day is May 7th.
First, we lost a deal for prime office space because our representation didn’t close a done deal. Then, we got a verbal agreement which was also sent to us via email on a downtown [...]
Cool news. We just got our own DSL installed in the theater. Among other things, it means in the near future, we’ll be live streaming our services on Sunday mornings from beginning to end.
Are there masses of people banging on the door to watch our services on line? I doubt it. But, we do have [...]
I have a lovable, fluffy, warm hearted, pseudo-anonymous virtual stalker who has known me since I was 13 that’s taken umbrage with my use of Cold Play’s new album cover which is in actuality “Liberty Leading the People” by Eugene Delacroix. What’s his beef? Well, aside from the multitudinous links to “Rick Warren is the [...]
Check it out. Cold Play just released a new single, “Violet Hill” as a spiff to you, a freebie. Its a great tune. If you’re in London or NYC, there’s a free concert.
7 Signs You’re Not a Leader by David Foster
Jeff Kaputska shares a video on why Twitter. (sign up and follow me)
Jesse got a pedicure.
Craig Groeschel gives pastors advice on message preparation.
Chris Elrod shares his thoughts on Exponential Conference.
Kent Schaffer shares a bit about church technology trends.
Leonce asks why we’re focused on cultural relevance and not [...]
The new church website will be unveiled this week. I’m excited. It will be a central hub. It will have a great warm feeling…can’t wait for you to see it.
I’m sitting here waiting for staff meeting to start. So, this is quick:
We ended our series, “Simply Jesus.” I really enjoyed this focus a lot. I feel like we gained some depth.
Chris and Phil have some good insights into yesterday.
We’re asking more people to move from the 10:30 to the 9 AM. We really need [...]
Panoramic view of Seattle, WA from atop the Space Needle. I’ve got to get a better camera…still a great perspective.
The introduction songs for each of the auditorium speakers were hilarious. I’m going to see if I can track down the lyrics to More Than a Feeling” Tim Keller/Eric Bramlett style. It was a sick, twisted piece played out to introduce one heck of an stodgy, intellectual, Manhattanite Presbyterian pastor. Enjoy.
(thanks to [...]
Over the past couple weeks, I’ve really started messing around with Twitter. I dig it. Along with Twitter, I also dig my blog. They collide on my Crowd Status. Check out what some of my Twitter friends that also participate on my blog are doing all at the same time on my Crowd Status.
Are you [...]
Coming home from Exponential has left me encouraged, excited, and a bit more focused. On top of that, It’s left me enjoying the team at Life Pointe a bit more. But, there is a downside to conferences and other venues where Christians sit down and talk about how to do ministry.
PITFALL?
The pitfall that [...]
Rick Warren’s wife at age 25 when they were thinking about planting: “I believe in God and I believe in you. So, let’s go.”
Pastor listen to your wife. Often she is the Holy Spirit.
Before you’re married, opposites attract. After marriage, opposites attack.
the DNA of a reproducing church has to be the Gospel.
“the Gospel is the power of God.”
every form of the Gospel is always a verbal proclamation of the Gospel.
Christian world is unsure of what the Gospel is anymore.
THE APPLICATION AND FACILITATION OF BIBLICAL REVIVAL DYNAMICS IN YOUR MOVEMENT
I do not like the term renewal. We’re talking about revival.
Revival speaks to spiritual deadness.
The idea that if you’re not a reproducing church is that you’re not smart…this is incorrect because it speaks to skill instead of revival.
It is the difference between being and doing.
Ideas [...]
Dave Fergurson of Community Christian Church and New Thing Network
We were all born with the need for genuine community
Genuine Community = when people grow in your love for God, His people, and His world.
Gen 1:26 (community of the Godhead) -> created man (Gen. 2:18 - not good for man to be alone) -> the fall [...]
Steve Andrews of Kensington Community Church - Vision 20/20
“I believe Alan Hirsch is a prophet to our generation.”
the best thing about this conference is the word, “exponential.” We must think about this word for the rest of our lives.
“It will be on our watch that the Church of Jesus Christ fades into obscurity, if we [...]
2 Timothy 2:1-2 “You then, my son, be strong in the grace that is in Christ Jesus. And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable men who will also be qualified to teach others.”
The church needs a farm system for reproduction.
AT SEACOAST CHURCH:
in 2001, they planted [...]
DAVE FERGUSON
3 significant advances that are taking place in the church
church planting
multisite movement
missional/incarnational church
Observations
new churches grow 23 times faster than established churches
new churches grow 10 times as many conversions as established church
only category of churches growing are churches that have been around for less than 20 years
1990 - 10 multisite churches
1998 - 100 multisite churches
2004 [...]
Dave Dummit and John Ferguson of the New Thing Network
Parable of the seed and sowers (30, 60, 100 fold)
seed did not just reproduce a church but a crop of churches
PDF copy of the notes available here. Also, check out other notes at the New Thing website, including 7 Moves to MultiSite.
a session during Exponential [...]
Organizations exert pressure on you to conform. (tells story about mesmerizing chickens)
Christians need a boot up the @$$ to be woken up from being mesmerized.
When you look at the church in the West, we are in decline in every setting. Visit Europe to get a sense of that. Try to find a viable [...]
Randy Pope
T- Truth
E- Equipping - massaging the truth until it becomes personally understandable and usable.
A- Accountability
M- Mission- you can’t keep it unless you give it away.
S- Supplication- praying with each other and for each other
Directing –> Coaching -> Supporting -> Delegating
• Skipping from directing to delegating will create disillusioned learners
• [...]
Video of Mark Driscoll, John Bishop, and Dave Browning from last week’s multisite exposed conference at Mars Hill Church in Seattle.
The back-to-back conferences in Seattle and Orlando have almost killed me physically. But, they’ve been worth it to help me focus on some of the things that are most important as a leader…guts.
I’ve come to the conclusion that in considering some of the ministry opportunities in our community, I’ve been too focused on launching with [...]
The internet is really spotty at 1st Baptist in Orlando where the Exponential Conference is. I give up trying to post my notes for now here. But, I will be twittering bullets/highlights.
TRENDS AMONG MULTIPLYING CHURCHES:
-Activity transition to local churches from denominations.
-Looking at issues of evangelistic effectiveness of church plants.
-Taking responsibility for church planting systems (ie assessments)
-Churches that grow more rapidly are more heavily funded.
-Funding shifting from denominational to local church.
-Trending of amount of money from local churches goes up, multiplication goes up.
I was searching for one of our new Flickr pages and came across a photo set by one of the bands that has played in our shows. The pictures were all pretty cool…worth a look.
The pics also made me a little sad that we don’t have a venue to do shows. Hopefully, [...]
Over the past 2 months, we’ve been giving away Bibles (NLT) to people that need a one or know someone that needs one. We have a table setup by the entrance to the auditorium. You don’t have to ask, just pick it up and keep walking. We’ve given away cases and cases of some really [...]
One of our guys at Life Pointe is a special agent for the State Department, our resident Jack Bauer. A couple weeks ago, he was doing detail for Tony Blair. This week, he was doing detail for the Dalai Lama. He hooked me up with an autographed copy of the Tibetan Leader in Exile’s book…pretty [...]
Other Life Pointe Sunday run-downs: Chris and Phil and Phil 2.0.
After being away from Life Pointe for a Sunday, it always feels good to get back in the saddle. Today was no exception.
I came as the only representative from my family. McKenna threw up on me first thing this AM. Kourtney had [...]
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