I recently finished reading The Rabbit and the Elephant: Why Small Is the New Big for Today’s Church by Tony & Felicity Dale and George Barna. This book offers the perspective that the church may be more effective in making disciples of Jesus Christ by multiplying rapidly rather than seeking to grow larger. The authors [...]
Posts Tagged ‘new church start’
28 Aug
Micro Church: New Church Start (5 of 5)
I believe that over the next several years, micro churches will become an important part of renewal within The United Methodist Church. While there are many different settings in which micro churches might thrive, I believe that the greatest potential may be in planting new churches. As micro churches continue to multiply and grow, leadership [...]
27 Aug
Micro Church: Existing Congregation (4 of 5)
I believe that over the next several years, micro churches will become an important part of renewal within The United Methodist Church. I believe that existing congregations could be a place where a micro church could flourish. Utilizing a live stream of worship could enable existing congregations to begin another worship service with a small [...]
26 Aug
Micro Church: College (3 of 5)
I believe that over the next several years, micro churches will become an important part of renewal within The United Methodist Church. I believe that colleges and universities have great potential to be a place where micro churches will flourish. In residence halls and public spaces, there exists a community that is already in close [...]
25 Aug
Micro Church: Home (2 of 5)
I believe that over the next several years, micro churches will become an important part of renewal within The United Methodist Church. I believe that homes have great potential to be a place where micro churches will flourish. It may be easier to invite someone that is new to faith into one’s home rather than [...]
24 Aug
Micro Church: Renewing the Mainline Church (1 of 5)
I believe that over the next several years, micro churches will become an important part of renewal within The United Methodist Church. Micro churches will be supported by existing congregations that use web technology to live stream worship, such as http://live.cor.org. These existing churches will encourage and equip local leaders of a group of 10 [...]
24 Jul
Elevator Pitch for Networked Micro Churches
In North America, the church is failing to live up to its mission to make disciples of Jesus Christ for the transformation of the world. Since 1990 over 150 United Methodist churches have closed every year. During this same period of time, internet usage has exploded. Since 1990 the internet grew by 100 percent every [...]
4 Jun
Church Planting – What if…
What if entrepreneurial small group leaders were asked to equip others to invite people to Christ and multiply small groups? What if these groups participated in worship and discipleship together? What if these leaders were asked to oversee the networks of small groups which they helped to initiate? What if faithful and effective leaders were [...]
24 Apr
New Churches – What if?
What if entrepeneurial small group leaders were asked to equip others to invite people to Christ and multiply small groups? What if these leaders were asked to oversee the groups of small groups which they helped to initiate? What if these groups participated in worship and discipleship together? What if faithful and effective leaders were encouraged [...]
25 Mar
What is a new church or new congregation?
According to UMC Path1: We believe a new congregation is more than a mission project, new worship service or new building. For us, it is a newly organized faith community that is committed to making disciples of Jesus Christ and: includes regular community worship is theologically Wesleyan has an effective discipling system receives new members [...]
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