“What the church urgently needs are men and women capable of leading others toward missional transformation for a future church which has not yet been imagined.”
Flexational Leadership and Pagan Mission
Easter and the Strange Case of the Cheshire Cat
‘How then, can they call on the one they have not believed in? And how can they believe in the one of whom they have not heard? And how can they hear without someone telling them?’
Never Mind the Quality Feel the Width – The ‘Success’ Illusion
“Conversion is not the smooth, easy-going process some people seem to think….it is wounding work …. this breaking of hearts - but without wounding there is no saving” And without saving there is no Kingdom Growth!
DiscipleMakers – Opening Doorways into the Gospel
This booklet, seeks to provide some conversation starters that we might be able to use in informal situations with individuals or groups. All the examples included have been and are being used by DiscipleMakers in such informal situations.
Consider The Humble Dandelion
As kids growing up, one of the games we used to play was blowing Dandelion seeds from the Dandelion stalk and seeing how the wind took them. Great fun we thought but not Dad who had just dug half a dozen Dandelion weed plants out of his treasured lawn. However, that blowing in the wind game, where we do not know where the wind will take the seed or which will take root and grow, can I think act as a metaphor for how God transmits the gospel.
Principles – A Case Study
The cultural principle needed for our 21st century mission to local communities can be summed up with this slogan – ‘Their place, Their style, Their language, Their time’
Easter and the Naked Emperor
As we celebrate receiving the benefits of the exquisite love-borne agony of the Cross, we should remember that the reception of that gift requires signing up as a ‘Soldier of Christ’, and soldiers must fight!
The Road to Heaven is Strewn with Missional Roadblocks
The Road to Heaven is Strewn with Missional Roadblocks
Painting God’s Picture
How many are there in the church today, who have been members for fifteen or twenty years, but have never done a solitary thing for Jesus Christ? . . . . they cannot point today to one single person who has ever been lifted up (to heaven) by them.’
A Cultural Insight
Pondering on this cultural collage, it occurred to me that it was a perfect reminder of the West’s descent into the neo pagan Vacuum formed by the retreat of Christianity from 21st century society.
