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2012-06-14T00:56:01-03:00

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Curation Is Missional

Last updated on: June 14, 2012 at 12:56 am By Steve Knight

Well, at least according to Joanne McNeil, who is quoted as saying, “A good curator is thinking not just about acquisition and selection, but also contextualizing.” So there is, in a sense, a missional aspect to curation (the contextualization piece). What do you think about curation as a missional act? (via exp.lore.com and @BobCarlton) Read more

2012-06-13T14:30:10-03:00

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David Fitch on Missional – Livestream Today at 4pm ET

Last updated on: June 13, 2012 at 2:30 pm By Steve Knight

The new Missio Alliance network is holding its first regional event at Northeastern Seminary in Rochester, NY, today. David Fitch is speaking on the topic “The Future of the Church: Emerging, Neo-Reformed, Missional?,” and the event is being livestreamed online starting at 3:55pm ET. Watch the livestream Read more

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2012-06-13T02:07:09-03:00

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7 Ways to Disrupt Your Church

Last updated on: June 13, 2012 at 2:07 am By Steve Knight

As some have suggested, it might take some disruptive innovation to get an existing church to think missionally, so here’s some helpful hints on how to do that (from Fast Company magazine): Totally eliminate your industry’s persistent customer pain points — What practices exist in your church that drive people crazy? Identify these practices and “wipe them out.” Ask yourself: Can we turn our perspective around, to look through the lay person’s eyes as though they were the church leadership... Read more

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2012-06-12T13:21:57-03:00

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Young Adults Are Demanding a Missional Shift

Last updated on: June 12, 2012 at 1:21 pm By Steve Knight

If you’re wondering what the urgency is for existing churches to make the missional shift for the sake of younger generations (and also why I’m actually very excited about the missional potential of these younger leaders), just read “a letter from an exhausted/exasperated young person who has a complicated love/hate relationship with the church (part 1 of 2).” Here’s just a sample: “There are a couple things young people simply won’t tolerate. They will not put up with what they... Read more

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2012-06-12T01:20:51-03:00

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How to Overcome the Fear of Failure

Last updated on: June 12, 2012 at 1:20 am By Steve Knight

Missional leaders take note: LinkedIn founder Reid Hoffman in his book The Start-up of You writes: “Uncertainty never goes away. Fear of failure never goes away. The way to feel comfortable with these entrepreneurial strategies is to have one plan in your life that’s highly certain. That’s Plan Z: a reliable plan you shift to when you no longer have confidence in Plan A and B, or when your plans get severely disrupted. The certainty of the Plan Z backstop... Read more

2012-06-11T02:29:05-03:00

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How Can We Make Youth Ministry More Missional?

Last updated on: June 11, 2012 at 2:29 am By Steve Knight

Adam McLane, from The Youth Cartel, has written an excellent guest post for the Asbury Seminary Seedbed site on “Why Youth Ministries Are Not Working in America,” and the first item on his list is … “Amissiological approaches”: “If you were to move to a new community as a church planter or if you relocated cross-culturally as a missionary your first year would be heavily engaged in research. You’d spend months doing ethnography, learning the nuances of language, understanding norms,... Read more

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2012-06-11T02:28:23-03:00

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Missional Monday: Book Winner, Stetzer to ACNA, Thin Places, Godspeed, Faith-Based Youth

Last updated on: June 11, 2012 at 2:28 am By Steve Knight

Here’s a quick recap of last week’s major highlights from the missional conversation: The winner of last week’s book contest giveaway is … Brian C. from Nebraska! Brian will be receiving a signed copy of Chris Guillebeau’s new book The $100 Startup, but we’re all winners really because so many great missional business stories/ideas were shared. Thanks to all for participating! Ed Stetzer taught Anglican Church in North America leaders (gathered at a Southern Baptist retreat center in North Carolina... Read more

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2012-06-10T21:57:59-03:00

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You May Now Fly at Godspeed … If You Can Get Through America’s Religious TSA

Last updated on: June 10, 2012 at 9:57 pm By Steve Knight

While Godspeed: Making Christ’s Mission Your Own would not be the first missional book I’d recommend — even to conservative evangelicals (who are the primary audience for this book) — I’m still grateful for it (and other books like it). Why? Because hopefully books like Godspeed will introduce readers to other missional writers and broader kingdom theology. Written by evangelical megachurch pastor Britt Merrick (and endorsed by a host of other evangelical megachurch pastors), the book builds on a sermon... Read more

2012-06-10T13:10:12-03:00

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#100Startup: Failure Is Overrated

Last updated on: June 10, 2012 at 1:10 pm By Steve Knight

This past week I’ve been blogging through Chris Guillebeau’s new book The $100 Startup and giving away a free signed copy! Today is the last day to enter to win » There’s a lot more great stories, enlightening insights, and practical advice in Chris Guillebeau’s book The $100 Startup — more than I could blog through in a week, so I just want to wrap-up this series with a rapid-fire list of some of the other stand-out nuggets in the... Read more

2012-06-09T12:04:10-03:00

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Ed Stetzer’s Advice to the Anglican Church in North America

Last updated on: June 9, 2012 at 12:04 pm By Steve Knight

The Anglican Church in North America held its “Assembly 2012” this past week at the Southern Baptist Ridgecrest Conference Center in North Carolina. And Southern Baptist missiologist Ed Stetzer was one of the convention’s keynote speakers, speaking three times on “The Local Congregation” to the 700 delegates from 16 countries gathered. Stetzer gave the ACNA this advice: Multiply everything: disciples, ministries, groups and churches. You cannot lead what you do not live. Model multiplication: What you celebrate you become. Let... Read more

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