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Getting Through Challenges to Missional Community

Posted by Jonathan Dodson on

The popularity of missional community is rising among evangelicals, and yet, the American church is nowhere near a missional tipping point. I’ve faced missional highs and missional lows. Along the way, I’ve considered a number of things that are absolutely necessary for us to endure...

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Evangelism and Social Involvement: The Power of the Christian Community

Posted by Tim Chester on

EVANGELISM AND SOCIAL INVOLVEMENT: THE POWER OF THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY [Editors Note: This is the fifth installment of a 5-part series from collective member Tim Chester on the relationship of Evangelism and Social Involvement.  This has been adapted from his book Good News to the Poor...

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Tags: evangelism and social involvement

Evangelism and Social Involvement: Text and Context

Posted by Tim Chester on

EVANGELISM AND SOCIAL INVOLVEMENT: TEXT AND CONTEXT [Editors Note: This is the fourth installment of a 5-part series from collective member Tim Chester on the relationship of Evangelism and Social Involvement.  This has been adapted from his book Good News to the Poor, IVP, 2004. ...

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Tags: evangelism and social involvement

Evangelism and Social Involvement: The Relationship Between Evangelism and Social Action

Posted by Tim Chester on

EVANGELISM AND SOCIAL INVOLVEMENT: The relationship between evangelism and social action  [Editors Note: This is the third installment of a 5-part series from collective member Tim Chester on the relationship of Evangelism and Social Involvement.  This has been adapted from his book...

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Tags: evangelism and social involvement

Evangelism and Social Involvement: The Case for Social Action

Posted by Tim Chester on

EVANGELISM AND SOCIAL INVOLVEMENT: THE CASE FOR SOCIAL ACTION [Editors Note: This is the second installment of a 5-part series from collective member Tim Chester on the relationship of Evangelism and Social Involvement.  This has been adapted from his book Good News to the Poor, IVP...

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Evangelism and Social Involvement: Introduction

Posted by Tim Chester on

Evangelism and Social Involvement Adapted from Tim Chester, Good News to the Poor, IVP, 2004. EVANGELISM AND SOCIAL INVOLVEMENT: INTRODUCTION [Editors Note: This is the first instalment of a 5-part series from collective member Tim Chester on the relationship of Evangelism and Social...

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Tags: evangelism and social involvement

Regional GCM Collectives

Posted by Drew Goodmanson on

                The GCM Collective invites you to join in regional GCM Collectives with other missional leaders. In a collective you will experience peer-learning; what others are doing, what is working, what they are learning and how they have dealt with...

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Gospel Fluency

Posted by Jeff Vanderstelt on

In Ephesians 4:11-16, we are instructed about the means by which the Church grows up into maturity. God givescertain people to the church to equip all believers for ministry (Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Pastors andTeachers). Then as each part is doing their job, they build up the body of...

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Tags: gospel, mission, community

A Simple Story of One Missional Community

Posted by Seth McBee on

In two weeks, in a suburban town outside of Seattle, we’ll be celebrating God’s grace and the Spirit’s work through baptizing a new disciple of Jesus.  The question that comes up the most when you speak about the evidences of grace we are experiencing is,”How did all...

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Tags: missional community, mission, holy spirit

Raising Up Disciples

Posted by Seth McBee on

One of the turning points in my understanding of the mission that God has sent us on as his people came through our MC Leader training at Soma Communities.  It was on the discipleship process.  We sat down as leaders and went through many verses in the NT that showed how Jesus...

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Tags: discipleship, mission

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