When matters turn to other people’s ministries, do your impressions usually focus on what is positive about their service, or does your attention more naturally fall on the negatives? J.D. Greear: I’ve got a friend (who is not “in the ministry”) who uses that phrase to refer to people who find little to applaud in …
Tim Keller provides his definitions of movements and institutions in order to show the strengths and weaknesses of both. I think he does so in a way that avoids ‘straw-man’ over simplifications and his observations constructively point out that movements eventually need some form of structure and institutions need to remain focussed on continuing to …
In the latest post on Experimental Church, Pastor Brad Towers decides that his sermon “Set Your Heart Free From the Things That Are Holding You Back and Take Back Those Dreams That You Let Die” needs a concluding illustration that involves the release of two dozen live doves in the church. It doesn’t all go …
Experimental Church is a new blog started week ago featuring ‘The journey of fake Pastor Brad Towers, vision caster of Ridgeview Bible Church’. The imaginary graduate pastor seeking to revitalise his imaginary declining traditional church: My name is Brad Towers. I’m the Lead Vision Caster at Ridge View Bible Church. I was brought in this …
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