I’ve been reflecting a lot over the years on the basis of Walter Wink’s insights about ‘the Powers’. I continue to think that these are fundamentally correct and helpful but there are areas where I think we can extend and deepen the work. I’ve begun to do so in papers elsewhere at conferences and in […]
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Pentecost Guerilla Worship -flashmob congregation
I like this idea of flashmob congregations. It seems like an idea for both worship and also for encouraging outsiders to reconsider what worship and church might mean. YouTube – Pentecost Guerilla Worship.
Questions to find ways into community ministry
I’ve found a set of questions from Carl S Dudley in Basic Steps toward Community Ministry (or here) seem to sum up well the kinds of things that I have discovered I want to know early on in a pastoral or missional ministry in a community. So here they are, consolidated from several chapters. Step […]
The Church in China
BBC Radio article on the growth of the Chinese Church. Starts with Amity press in Nanjing, printing 1m Bibles a month … BBC iPlayer – Crossing Continents: The Church in China.