Thom Rainer’s blog continues to be a great source of helpful information. In this list of guest-friendly church characteristics Rainer sets a score of 11 out of 14 being required to be considered guest friendly. They are intentional about being friendly. The leaders model warmth, humility, and friendliness. The leaders are clear that genuine friendliness …
This info graphic was designed by Jeffrey Kranz in response to a post by Trevin Wax that seems to summarise ideas from a book called The Community Of Jesus by Kendell Easley and Christopher Morgan. It is posted at Wax’s blog. I don’t know anything more about the book, but this graphic is interesting.
Some thoughts on the sample of three people impacted by the Gospel in Phillipi in Acts 16 from J.D. Greear. It’s wonderful too, to realise that these three very different people all found themselves in one Christian community because of Jesus. Acts 16 contains the stories of three people who were unlikely candidates for the …
I linked to the first part of this series a couple of weeks ago. In parts 2 and 3 Skye Jethani expands on his observation of church as destination instead of vehicle. Here’s the link to part 2 “The church can learn an important lesson from this delusion: Relevance backfires when it overshadows your uniqueness.” …
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