For churches there are several ways to exist financially: Bankrupt – Income is less than expenses. Outcome: Church closes. Status Quo – Income is just above expenses. Outcome: Church continues with current capacity for ministry, outreach and programming. Increasing margins – Income is greater than expenses. Outcome: church is able to grow and expand capacity for […]
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Church Conference via Skype
As Pastor of Resurrection Online, I hope to help build a Christian community online where non religious and nominally religious people are becoming deeply committed Christians. A key to this purpose is building community. There has been a good deal of conversation about whether there can be authentic Christian community online, so how about a […]
I was inspired by Alexandra Bornkessel to consider What Are Your Non-Negotiables? I have four non-negotiables for church staff. They are: Commitment – You need to be committed to Christ and to the mission of the church. If this is missing, there is really no use continuing a conversation about possible involvement. Passion – You […]
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The Missional Church… simple
Does this describe your church? [Youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arxfLK_sd68] What is helpful about this video? What could be improved?
The US Catholic Bishops are Urged to Embrace Social Media in Order to Effectively Evangelize ‘Digital Continent’ “Although social media has been around for less than 10 years, it doesn’t have the makings of a fad,” said Bishop Herzog. “We’re being told that it is causing as fundamental a shift in communication patterns and behavior […]
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Trip to Dallas x2
Over the past month, I have had the opportunity to travel to Dallas twice. One of these trips was to share the story of Resurrection Online and what we have learned to a clergy development group of executive pastors from across Texas. It was a great blessing to be with them and share ideas about […]
This is a collection of posts from this blog that you might find helpful when considering beginning online worship or an internet campus at your church. These are collected blog posts from my experience as Pastor of Resurrection Online. Before Launch 4 Ways to Consider “Spiritualising the Internet” Four Narratives for Online Spiritual Community Top […]
A couple weeks ago I posted the Top 12 Questions before Launching Online Worship and received the request that I share some of our responses to these questions from Resurrection Online. These will be brief responses. For each of these questions there were long conversations that lead to these conclusions. In addition, the answers to […]
This week, I read The Importance of Outcomes by Gil Rendle and Susan Beaumont. I commend this article to you from The Alban Institute and want to share a key quote: “The number of hours, visits, calls, reports, and so on is not a measure of what is produced in ministry but rather a measure […]
I believe that renewal is possible within The United Methodist Church. While there are many avenues that this renewal will continue to occur, one of them is in leaders mentoring other leaders. I recognize that I have much to learn and experience, however I believe that I may be able to offer some guidance and […]
Yesterday afternoon, Nicole and I were blessed to be with Resurrection West as they broke ground for their new building. They had over 700 people in worship and many were able to be present at their land near K-7 and K-10. There was a cookout, official groundbreaking, planting of a cross on the land and […]
Here is a quick social media guide for Leadership Institute 2010 at The United Methodist Church of the Resurrection. Twitter – Tweet with #li2010 and #umc (as appropriate) Photos – Upload photos to Flickr with tag li2010 Follow – http://twitter.com/rezleadership Visit – http://li.cor.org for live stream of General Sessions and aggregate of tweets from the event. Will you […]
Rev. Andrew Conard 