A Different Way to Gather

A Different Way to Gather

I am blessed. I get front row seats to watch God at work in an increasing number of churches as we seek to join with what God is doing in our neighbourhoods. Years ago, I remember Stuart Murray Williams suggesting that we need multi-voice churches in this...

Living Between Epiphany and Apocalypse

January is the month in which Christians celebrate the Epiphany.[1] The commemoration of the wise men coming to worship the child Jesus. Epiphany means “appearing” and it is a celebration of the first appearing of God in flesh into human history. Ever since the...

Obstacles We Face

I love being a local church pastor… most days. God has given me front row seats to watch some amazing stories unfold in the lives of His people. It does not get much better. But I don’t always feel this way as a number of things block my view: 1. Myself I am my own...

Measuring Church Health

Defining the missional church as having “a renewed theological vision” means that we pay attention to assessing church health in some specific ways. Church health must be seen through the lens of scripture that reflects the nature and action of God. Scripture uses...

Taking the Next Steps

In my last post, I asked the question, might it be true that we as God’s people today, have drifted and also need “a renewed theological vision of the church on mission?” Perhaps our understanding of God is too narrow. Our box for Him too small. Lesslie Newbigin’s...