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Speedlinking – October 16, 2008

Dear God, thanks for nothing offers a great perspective on prayer. iPhone, TMobile’s G1 and the church at The Problem With An Industry of Cool… A great comparison at Washington Redskins and Church. Three Translations gives great insight to interacting with scripture. A brilliant idea at Simple Way to Invite

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Church – 10^100

How about a project like this for a church? or a denomination?

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Speedlinking – September 4, 2008

Why I’m Glad Some at Granger Don’t Believe in the Bible – A passionate post from Tim Stevens about evangelism, discipleship, the crowd and the church. Wesley Covenant Prayer, remixed – a relevant and faithful prayer from Allen Ewing-Merrill. Do you have a daily rule? Check out Tony Steward’s –  20 Rules – what are […]

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Speedlinking – August 21, 2008

Whatever Happened to Wesley’s Explanatory Notes? Great question from Kevin Watson. How would you define what’s necessary for a group to become a church? Another great question, this time from Tony Steward. Ben Simpson compiles some well written thoughts on the times in which we live at Thoughts… Assessing our Time… My Path to Me […]

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LifeChurch.tv Internet Campus – New Staff (4 of 8)

Tony Steward was recently hired as the Online Community Pastor at LifeChurch.tv. Terry and the team were excited for him to arrive as new staff is a great opportunity to get feedback from a fresh perspective. A new staff member can provide free critical feedback on current processes on the team – free. I think […]

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Kansas City Business Journal

A few weeks ago I received a message from Peter Metz, Director of Communications here at Resurrection, that a reporter from the Kansas City Business Journal would be contacting me for an interview about the use of technology in the church. Sure enough, I received a call and spent about 40 minutes on the phone […]

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Business of the Church: Strategic Planning (5 of 5)

This is a part of a series of posts responding to the question: Is the church a business? Today the focus is on strategic planning. Strategic planning is a part of the culture at Resurrection. From strategic objectives for the entire congregation for the year to goal setting and a review process for each employee […]

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Business of the Church: Finance (4 of 5)

This is a part of a series of posts responding to the question: Is the church a business? Today the focus is on finance. It is critical to the life of a local congregation that good business practices be used when dealing with money and finance. Giving is an important part of our discipleship as […]

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Business of the Church: Buildings (3 of 5)

This is a part of a series of posts responding to the question: Is the church a business? Today the focus is on buildings. Existing buildings are important because the church needs a place to gather. While this may or may not be a space owned or leased by the church, there is a need […]

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Business of the Church: Technology (2 of 5)

This is a part of a series of posts responding to the question: Is the church a business? Today the focus is on technology. Technology is an important part of my every day work as a pastor at Resurrection. We have a full time Information Technology department here at Resurrection made up of 8 staff […]

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Business of the Church: Introduction (1 of 5)

I recently spoke with a reporter from the Kansas City Business Journal about technology and the church. I talked about this blog, websites, a little about the internet campus planning and about how technology can improve the level of connection between people. This got me thinking about a question that my sister posed to me […]

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Name Your Price II – Church, Faith and Theology Books

As Nicole and I are starting to pack up to move to our new home we continue to unclutter our bookshelves and you can benefit. This is Name Your Price – Round 2. Name your price on any or all of the books that you can find here – http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=pRDjTt3QKYSm_9L3uNCYmQw Send me an email at […]