‘Future’ Category

 

The story of St. Thomas’ Church – Sheffield & Mike Breen

Also in the United Kingdom many churches are in decline. But there are good exceptions of churches, which are growing. St Thomas dubbled in numbers in the last 4-8 eight years (Both locations Crookes and Philadephia) The story of St. Thomas’ Church – Sheffield In 1994 Mike Breen became the Rector of St. Tom’s. Mike developed [...]

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St Thomas Crookes – Church for Students

The Student Church of St Thomas Crookes Sheffield had an amazing growth in the last 8 years, thanks to the use of missional communities. More information – St Thomas Crookes - Church for Students in Sheffield (UK)

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The Vision for Impacting Our Culture
Mike Breen
Navigators CDM

LINK to – The Vision for Impacting Our Culture, Part I – Mike Breen – Navigator CDM Conf 2011 –  62 minutes More about Navigators CDM Ministry

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Re-Imagining Church
Re-Imaging Theological Education
3DM

Marvelous video by 3DM. Clearly explains what is going on and what needs to be done. Re-Imagining Theological Education | 3DM from 3DM on Vimeo.

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Geloven 2050
Tv Interview Café Tinto
Family7

Op dinsdag 31 januari 2012 was ik te gast voor een interview bij Evert ten Ham in Café Tinto op de zender Family7. Het kan toch niet zo zijn dat we als christenen bij de pakken neerzitten en berusten in de neergang van de kerk. Er zijn erg veel onkerkelijke jonge mensen, die eigenlijk interesseerd zijn, maar zelf [...]

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Tidal Wave – Simple Church

Tidal Wave gives an insider’s view of the worldwide phenomenon known as simple church. From living rooms to coffee shops, offices to parking lots, under trees in Africa and underground in China, these new expressions of the body of Christ are rapidly multiplying around the world. MORE info about Simple Church Snap shot – Church [...]

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Muhammad Yunus
ALSO YOU ! CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD

What if you could harness the power of the free market to solve the problems of poverty, hunger, and inequality? To some, it sounds impossible. But Nobel Peace Prize winner Muhammad Yunus is doing exactly that. As founder of Grameen Bank, Yunus pioneered microcredit, the innovative banking program that provides poor people––mainly women––with small loans [...]

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10 Trends for the next 10 years in church

From the blog of Sam S. Rainer – 10 trends for the next 10 years in church Intro by Mike Breen – If you’ll remember, a few weeks ago I posted a question asking what you thought the church would look like in the next decade. You can read the post here (we had a [...]

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The girl who silenced the world for 5 minutes
Youth can make a difference !

Raised in Vancouver and Toronto, Severn Cullis-Suzuki has been camping and hiking all her life. When she was 9 she started the Environmental Children’s Organization (ECO), a small group of children committed to learning and teaching other kids about environmental issues. They were successful in many projects before 1992, when they raised enough money to [...]

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Hans Rosling’s 200 Countries, 200 Years, 4 Minutes
The Joy of Stats
BBC Four

GapMinder World Instead of studying history for one year at the university, you can watch this video for less than five minutes. Income per person (GDP per capita) is adjusted for inflation and for differences in costs of living (purchasing power) across countries. You can play with the data yourself in Gapminder World. This is [...]

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Christians in China: Is the country in spiritual crisis?

By Tim Gardam Radio 4′s  – GOD IN CHINA 35 years after the Cultural Revolution, another revolution is sweeping across China. As the Communist Party seeks to address the effects on Chinese society in becoming manufacturer to the world, combined with rampant consumerism and its own one child policy, it is turning to religion to [...]

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