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Monthly Archives: May 2013
More metrics for a post-Christendom age: simplicity
4. Is your congregation–and its members–intentionally pursuing simplicity? My hunch is you’re not. My hunch is that church, for a lot of your members, is just another place in our cultural landscape where people are being asked to do more. … Continue reading
When did we see you Lord: a prayer of confession
When did we see you Lord? We thought we saw you on Sunday mornings, exalted in our praises. We though we saw you in the underlined sections of our Bibles. We thought we saw you when our cause succeeded. We … Continue reading
Posted in Christian practice
Tagged confession, Isaiah 53, Matthew 25, prayer, salvation, sin
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More Metrics for a post-Christendom Age
3. Can your congregation talk about difficult issues without it becoming contentious or divisive? Again, let me unpack the question. The question might also have been asked, can your congregation have a discussion at all? This question has two aspects: … Continue reading
Metrics Beyond Numbers: Deux (because that’s how I roll)
A continuation from my previous post. 2. Is your congregation adept at finding new partners in the mission of God? A few important words here. First of all, notice that we’re defining what we’re up to as God’s mission, not … Continue reading
Beyond Numbers and Dollars: new metrics for a post-Christendom church
It’s tougher to know these days if your church is doing well. It used to be easier to evaluate. Numbers were the key: members and dollars. And in a setting where going or belonging to a church was a cultural … Continue reading
Posted in Christian practice, culture, missional leadership, missional theology, theology
Tagged growth, metrics, missio dei, missional church
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