Okay, so maybe everyone else in the blogosphere has see 8 Sure Ways to Shrink a Church over at The Refuge, but I just discovered it for the first time, so there’s a chance you haven’t seen it, too. Here’s a brief outline for you, but you’ll have to read the article to fill in [...]
Until this week, I had never heard of 100 Huntley Street or The Drew Marshall Show. Huntley Street is a daily Christian television show in Canada that describes itself as “a vibrant and authentic, interactive, interview/talk/music program, bringing the Christian message to the viewer by exposing them to real people with real stories.” Drew Marshall [...]
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Posted 16 April 2008
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Authenticity § Culture § Daily Scribe § North America § Transparency
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Tagged: 100 Huntley Street, Christian radio, Christian television, cultural christianity, Drew Marshall, God Channel, holy hand grenades, I hate Christianity, Jesus TV, Reynold and Kathy Mainse, selling Jesus, spiritually incompetent, sterile Christianity, talk radio, The Drew Marshall Show
I’m intrigued by the concept of leaderless organizations. Perhaps you have heard of The Starfish and the Spider: The Unstoppable Power of Leaderless Organizations by Ori Brafman and Rod Beckstrom, a book that’s been making the rounds for the past couple of years. The basic premise is that if you crush the head of a [...]
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Posted 14 April 2008
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Church Structures § Daily Scribe § Institutional Church § Pastor
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Tagged: A Far Cry, clergy, clergy/laity, conductor, Institutional Church, leaderless organizations, Orpheus Chamber Orchestra, Pastor, priest, The Myth of Leadership, The Starfish and the Spider, vicar
Today I spent a couple of hours in the Christian bookshop my wife manages, so she could attend an important meeting. Since it was quiet afternoon with very few customers—and I have a weakness for bookstores—I spotted a new book by Floyd McClung entitled You See Bones, I See an Army: Changing the Way We [...]
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Posted 01 April 2008
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Book Reviews § Christian life § Church Structures § Daily Scribe
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Tagged: apostolic passion, biblical mavericks, courageous leadership, Floyd McClung, hierarchical leadership, holy dissatisfaction, organizational bureaucracy, pioneering, simple church, visionary leadership, You See Bones I See An Army
There's an excellent mini-series from Out of Ur, entitled They Love the Church but Not the Institution (be sure to read Parts 1 and 2). Excellent stuff!
Several weeks ago, I announced that The Thin Edge would be hosting the very first blog interview of George Barna and Frank Viola, co-authors of the new book, Pagan Christianity: Exploring the Roots of Our Church Practices. Their eye-opening book has been printed under the Barna imprint of Tyndale House Publishing and officially launched earlier [...]
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Posted 27 February 2008
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Book Reviews § Church History § Church Structures § Daily Scribe § Institutional Church § Interviews § Organic Church
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Tagged: agenda, Anabaptists, Blog interview, Body of Christ, clergy, community of faith, contemporary church, deconstruction, denominations, ecclesia, ekklesia, ex-pastors, Frank Viola, George Barna, House Church, institutional Christianity, laity, leaving the church, New Testament church, Organic Church, Pagan Christianity, paid ministers, Radical Reformation, Reggie McNeal, The Barna Group, Tyndale
