- The word “Huddle”, seems to come from American football – those close-in, head-down strategy discussions in the middle of play. [This blog post is written by Doug Paul, the Director of Content for 3DM, based on some discussions we've been having on our team in the last few weeks and and some teachings I've done [...]
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“Als Nederland in 50 jaar dramatisch kan seculariseren, dan moet het ook mogelijk zijn, dat Nederland in 50 jaar opnieuw bij God terugkomt.” Ik verwacht dat Missionaire Communities een belangrijke kans bieden aan kerken om meer missionair te worden. Deze principes zijn ontwikkeld in St Thomas Church in Sheffield onder leiding van Mike Breen. Het werd [...]
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The perspective that Mike Breen (3DM) has of the Netherlands (Holland). What might God do in building a movement of discipleship and mission in the Netherlands? The Dutch are great innovators! 17 Dutch leaders visited St Thomas in Sheffield where 3DM started with missional communities. There were exited about what they discovered ……. in Dutch [...]
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More on their website Above Bar Church – Southhampton Missional Communities are mid-sized groups (normally between 15 and 50 people) which share a common passion to reach a particular area or group of people. They are vibrant communities where God’s love is shared and experienced, with a clear focus on mission. Missional communities come in [...]
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VIDEO INTRODUCTION – Forgotten Ways (Book) – Basic thinking of Alan Hirsch VIDEO – Intro to The Forgotten Ways, the mDNA, the Apostolic Genius VIDEO – Nr 1 – Jesus is Lord VIDEO – Nr 2 – Disciple Making VIDEO – Nr 3 - Missional Incarnational Impulse VIDEO – Nr 4 – Apostolic Environment VIDEO – [...]
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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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Artikel overgenomen van RD.nl Geboren in Zuid-Afrika, opgeleid in Australië en wonend in de Verenigde Staten. Werkterrein: de geseculariseerde westerse wereld. Alan Hirsch, theoloog en directeur van het door hem opgerichte Forge Mission Training Network, is een wereldburger. Dinsdag 20 maart 2012 spreekt hij voor theologiestudenten in Kampen. Veel tijd om er doekjes om te winden, [...]
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What is a missional community – Mike Breen
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Why is the church losing the men ? If you want your church to grow, men are more strategic. Studies have shown a clear statistical link between church growth and the enthusiastic participation of laymen. The more men a church has, the more likely it is to be growing. Meanwhile a surplus of female participants is associated [...]
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Jeff Vanderstelt and his Missional Community at Soma Communities share their heart for wanting to see Jesus glorified in their neighborhood and all of Tacoma. We are a family on mission sent by God to serve our world and continually learn how to walk in his ways. Soma (Greek = Body) is often called missional, gospel-centered, an Acts [...]
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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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In Matthew 13:24-30 Jesus shares a parable of the seed and the weed. The Lord has sown the seed. The enemy has sown the weed. Both are growing together. But many Christians fear the power of the weed. As illustrated in the picture below, they fear that the seed is not doing so well in [...]
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Our dream is that we fundamentally change the way we do church. That we take a clean sheet of paper and rethink all of our old assumptions Long before “missional” became a church buzzword lighting up the blogosphere (and on the lips of such evangelicals as Andy Stanley, Francis Chan, Alan Hirsch, etc), a church [...]
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In an interview with Andy Baligian, Neil Cole describes what it will take to see God’s kingdom advancing in Europe and beyond. The Church’s DNA. The second half of an interview with Neil Cole by GEM’s Andy Baligian focusing on the essentials of a healthy church for movement. Making Disciples It is all about Multiplication [...]
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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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Hieronder staat de tekst van het artikel over Geloven 2050 in het ND. Je kunt hier MEER vinden over GELOVEN 2050 Artikel in het Nederlands Dagblad – Nederland in vijftig jaar terug naar God DRIEBERGEN – 13 januari 2012 Nederland in vijftig jaar terugbrengen naar God. Dat is de ‘ambitieuze maar haalbare missie’ volgens directeur [...]
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VERY INTERESTING AND POWERFUL ! Three questions 1. Who are you upsetting ? 2. Who are you connecting ? 3. Who are you leading ? Create a movement yourself ! 1. Challenge the status quo 2. Build a Culture 3. Curiosity – ask questions 4. Connect people 5. Leadership gives Charisma 6. Commit to the cause [...]
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We all form tribes. Will your tribe change the world ? An inspiring introduction by David Logan about TRIBES … The book “Tribal Leadership” argues that groups of 20-150 people, or “Tribes”, have more influence than teams, companies or CEOs in determining how much and what quality work gets done. Co-author Dave Logan identifies five [...]
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If you’ve learned a lot about leadership and making a movement, then let’s watch a movement happen, start to finish, in under 3 minutes, and dissect some lessons: A leader needs the guts to stand alone and look ridiculous. But what he’s doing is so simple, it’s almost instructional. This is key. You must be [...]
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Missio Dei The Permanent Revolution MORE INFO – Website – Verge Network MORE from Alan Hirsch Meer over Alan Hirsch
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It’s time we start being brutally honest about the missional movement that has emerged in the last 10-15 years: Chances are better than not it’s going to fail. That may seem cynical, but I’m being realistic. There is a reason so many movements in the Western church have failed in the past century: They are [...]
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More information Exponential Conference 2012 – Orlando USA – 23-26 april 2012 Zelf was ik er niet bij in 2011, maar initiatieven als EXPONENTIAL zijn erg de moeite waard ! Rudolf Setz van “Nederland zoekt” was er wel bij in 2011 en schreef een verslag voor het ND – Artikel ND over Exonential 2011 Meer [...]
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Focusing on ministry of full-time Christian workers has limited the church’s impact. By perpetuating the distinction between secular and sacred, disciples are not prepared to minister in the places where most people live. MORE
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We will be asking some of the leading thinkers and practitioners to answer 7 of the most frequently asked questions about missional communities. In this installment, Mike Breen tackles the question, “What is a missional community?” When link is not working – try this one – Mike Breen about missional communities What do you think [...]
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NOTITIES – Seminar Mark Stibbe over Mission Shaped Communities (door Paul Abspoel) 24 januari 2011 Voor de mensen die er graag bij hadden willen zijn, maar niet van deze bijeenkomst wisten… Voor de mensen die er graag bij hadden willen zijn, maar andere verplichtingen hadden. Voor de mensen die er bij waren maar alles nog eens rustig willen [...]
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Every church leader a discipler, Every church making disciples! “And the things you have heard me say in the presence of many witnesses entrust to reliable men who will also be qualified to teach others.” – II Timothy 2:2 The Navigators Church Discipleship Ministry is growing a movement of intentional disciplemaking throughout the U.S. Disciples [...]
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