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March 2015

March 11, 2015

Scot McKnight – A Fellowship of Differents [Patheos Book Club]

If you have read Slow Church, and want another book that makes a similar theological...

February 2015

February 23, 2015

Two Slow Church-related ebooks on sale now!

Download these Slow-Church related ebooks now... Franchising McChurch (FREE!) and Kingdom Calling by Amy Sherman...

February 04, 2015

Dietrich Bonhoeffer on Slow Church…

Today is the birthday of Dietrich Bonhoeffer, born in Breslau, Prussia in 1906. I recently...

November 2014

November 12, 2014

Justice that Leavens the World.

How do we begin to build bridges across the gap between the important work of...

August 2014

August 23, 2014

The Christology of Slow Church?

What does Jesus have to do with any of this [in the Slow Church book]?...

August 21, 2014

J.R. Briggs – FAIL [Patheos Book Club]

This downward mobility of a life hidden with and free in Christ leads us in...

August 10, 2014

Hope for Iraq. For other conflict zones. And for the world.

What are we to do in the face of ISIS? I cast my hope with...

August 06, 2014

The Parable of the Old Runner

There's an old runner I know who recently shared a story that I think will...

July 2014

July 21, 2014

Tom Sine Interviews us About Slow Church

While we were on the road promoting the Slow Church book in June, one of...

June 2014

June 23, 2014

Slow Church Conference Recordings (The Complete Set)

Here are all the conference recordings from April's Slow Church Conference at Englewood Christian Church...

June 19, 2014

Slow Church Stories #4: First Christian Church (Erwin, TN)

“Intergenerational Hospitality,” a real desire and a regular practice among the congregation’s members to share...

June 09, 2014

Slow Church Stories #3: Vineyard Central Church

Located in Norwood, an incorporated township that is surrounded by the city of Cincinnati, Vineyard...

June 04, 2014

Slow Church Stories #2: Munsey Memorial United Methodist Church

Over the next couple of weeks, we will be sharing a number of stories of...

June 02, 2014

Slow Church Stories: Salem Alliance Church

Salem Alliance made a bold decision. They decided not to move the church but instead...

May 2014

May 24, 2014

Tiny Tastes of Slow Church

This week, John has started tweeting some best quotes and ideas from the Slow Church...

May 07, 2014

In Sickness and in Health – Guest Post by Justin McRoberts

Justin recently wrote a wonderful book entitled CMYK: The Process of Life Together -- which...

May 05, 2014

Englewood Christian Church’s Story…

The story offers encouragement to other congregations for finding needed resources for their own transitions,...

April 2014

April 30, 2014

A School for Kindness?

What we are calling Slow Church, could be perhaps thought of as seeing our local...

April 17, 2014

Is Jesus the Answer? [A Reflection on the Slow Church Conference]

The church, if it wants to offer up Jesus as the answer, needs to look...

April 09, 2014

Scott Thumma: Further Conversation on Sociology and Slow Church.

You might remember from the recent Religion News Service article, that one of the people...

March 2014

March 18, 2014

Slow Church featured on the Books & Culture Podcast!

SLOW CHURCH was featured on the Books&Culture podcast! John Wilson praises it, &urges people to...

February 2014

February 26, 2014

Slow Church: Embodying Justice, Peace and Love [Video]

A short description of Slow Church that focused on our call to embody justice, peace...

February 12, 2014

A Dark Side to Slow Church?

Does the slowness of Slow Church just serve to prop up existing power structures, such...

February 04, 2014

Willie Jennings – New Keynote Speaker for the Slow Church Conference!

I'm very excited to announce that Willie Jennings of Duke Divinity School has been added...

January 2014

January 18, 2014

Phil Kenneson: A Philosophical Argument for Slow Church

This week, I re-read this wonderful passage from Phil Kenneson's superb essay "There's no such...

January 13, 2014

Slow Church Conference – Indianapolis – April 3-5

We're excited to announce that we will be hosting a conference on Slow Church at...

January 09, 2014

Pope Francis on “Slow” Evangelism [Tim Colegrove – Slow Church Planting, Part 2]

Guest Blogger: Timothy Colegrove Tim and Alice Colegrove live and work in Boston, MA where...

October 2013

October 24, 2013

Slow Church Planting? [Guest Post by Timothy Colegrove]

Timothy Colegrove Tim and Alice Colegrove live and work in Boston, MA where they serve...

October 14, 2013

Cultivating Economic Peace in an Age of Instability

We tried to imagine an economy informed by the narratives of scripture, one bearing witness...

September 2013

September 12, 2013

Slow Church Book Cover!

This just in! Chris and I were thrilled when our editor sent us the cover...