Recently we came to another twist of this topic of giving money to others – what to do about giving to people who are involved with “missions” work. We’ve been assisting some people we know, and highly respect, who have chosen to live in other countries to work out the purposes and roles they believe [...]
Archive for January, 2007
giving money to missions work
Posted in full-time christian work, missions, money on January 31, 2007 | 1 Comment »
beware the yeast of church growth ambitions
Posted in being the church, church businesses on January 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
A friend and I went to a conference last weekend called “Organic Church Movements” in Long Beach, CA. We had a great time, we made new friends, and even connected with some old ones, which was a blast. It was great fun meeting people from all places on the journey of getting stripped [...]
go ahead, detox!
Posted in being the church, church businesses on January 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
I recently had an email exchange with someone who is in a gradual process of detoxing from the church business model to more organic church gatherings, and it reminded me of the pitfalls, dangers, and scary times that this process can bring. I have a lot of compassion for those who go down this [...]
Paul the older brother, from Colossians
Posted in being the church, bible on January 24, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
If we considere Paul of the new testament an older brother in the faith, and our coach or mentor, how would he guide us on our quest to carry out our calling as the church that follows Jesus today? I have a goal of looking over Paul’s writings with this question in mind and [...]
money, power, and fear of man
Posted in church businesses, money on January 23, 2007 | Leave a Comment »
Recently, I was awake late in the night thinking over the topic about how paying for spiritual services (ie, church business) corrupts the beauty of God’s church and reminds me why it’s so important that better models be thoroughly explored and widely adopted.
My wife and I have come to see leaving the church business way [...]
