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Comment on Internet Evangelism Day by » Internet Evangelism Day in the news April 15-21

» Internet Evangelism Day in the news April 15-21 — Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:51:52 +0000

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Comment on Internet Evangelism Day by Greg Nilsen

Greg Nilsen — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 16:02:03 +0000

Wow, thanks for the compliment. Just trying to do my bit of sharing the Lord with all of cyberspace.

Comment on effects of the E age by crwm

crwm — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:43:37 +0000

AMEN!

Comment on has hollywood discovered its conscience? by Meghan

Meghan — Wed, 16 Jan 2008 16:02:21 +0000

I like this! One of the things I’ve been meaning to do forever is start up a lunchtime movie hour in the building to get some of these conversations going.

Comment on where we are today by the new normal « The Mission Link

the new normal « The Mission Link — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 16:44:59 +0000

[...] months, we at 2850 have been trying to adjust to a “new normal” as we lived together in a makeshift “camp” that was once the building’s cafeteria. Now, though, we are heading back to our [...]

Comment on Chris Roos does NOT have a dog in distress, or, strange things that happen to us at work. by Stephanie

Stephanie — Mon, 26 Nov 2007 05:42:03 +0000

Lois can you please email me. I can’t seem to open the link to get your email. Thanks

Comment on “home” missions versus “world” missions–so what’s the difference? by Jessica C

Jessica C — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 23:59:57 +0000

The article was a good one and it was shared with CRWM’s Regional Missions Mobilizers for the annual conference this past July.
I do agree that there is a useful distinction between the two ‘fields’ and it does have to do with the approach, rather reasons for the approach.
Home missions is just that, in my ‘home.’ I am comfortable here, so doing missions in my own town may be more achievable for me because the comfort zone hasn’t been stretched so far.
Others are called to ‘go’ and that is great! But we can’t all be called to go, just as we aren’t all called to stay.
I heard somewhere that some are called to go, others are called to stay, pray and pay. I think it goes beyond that - missions isn’t about ‘going’ to do, its about doing - and should be done along the way, all the way, wherever that ‘way’ is.

I also like the idea of revitalizing the ‘old’ churches - rather than thinking of the church plant as being a ‘daughter’ or even a ’sister’ think of it as an extension, the same being in multiple entities.

Hmm, sounds familiar…

Comment on “home” missions versus “world” missions–so what’s the difference? by Chad Vandervalk

Chad Vandervalk — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 15:24:20 +0000

The article really does not condemn a distiction between ‘home missions’ and ‘world missions’ but between ‘home’ and ‘the mission field’. What we need to realise is that we live in a mission field and ought to react to it in that sense. We should not assume that our neighbourhoods or countries are Christian, while other countries are not.

I think there is still a useful distiction between the two aspects of the missions field, home and world, because different approaches are needed. Attempting to combine the two departments would make things messy and confusing. I also think, however, that ‘home missions’ should be more intimately connected with established churches. The answer is not to simply plant a new church, but to revitalise the old ones. All too often the new church plants pull too many members from churches which are already struggling.

Comment on Joshua needs a haircut! Please vote! by Barbarita

Barbarita — Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:28:35 +0000

The polls close this week!

Comment on a sneak peek at “the move” by crwm

crwm — Mon, 24 Sep 2007 00:30:28 +0000

Okay, the stuffed pigeon is just creepy…