embedding….with style

In the church planting process Christian Associates uses, the first step is embedding…basically it is becoming part of the neighbourhood. Just about a year ago Elizabeth and I shared some of our thoughts on the process. (You can find Liz’s here and mine here.) Earlier this month we hosted Luke Turpin who is also part of CA […]

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Dec 1, 2015

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In the church planting process Christian Associates uses, the first step is embedding…basically it is becoming part of the neighbourhood. Just about a year ago Elizabeth and I shared some of our thoughts on the process. (You can find Liz’s here and mine here.)

Earlier this month we hosted Luke Turpin who is also part of CA and is trying to help tell people’s story through film. Luke created a couple of videos to help us share what this process looks like for us.

The first video is here, and the second one will be up in a couple of days.

Yeah, my wife is pretty amazing.

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I grew up in Western New York and have started and led missional church planting efforts for a little over 30 years. As you might gather, I have opinions about the church, and I share some of them here.

It is said doctors make the worst patients. So, when I visit a church, I work at being positive and noticing the good. At the same time, I believe it is crucial to critique what we, as the church, do. In Ireland, just as in the States, the fastest growing religious group is the “Nones”. While you can find a lot out there blaming the Nones, the ex-vangelicals, or those who are deconstructing their faith, for why fewer people attend church than did previously, I believe the first place we need to look is at ourselves.

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