sub-cultural papua new guinea

To this point we have lovingly (for the most part) critiqued the Christendom mode of church and questioned its relevance for our current missional situation. The Constantianian compact established the religious hegemony know as Christendom–a form of church that has lasted in various forms to this very day. It ruled over Western culture for at [...]

status report

Here are some intriguing statistics from the seriously statistical dudes from the World Christian Encyclopaedia.  Go God!!

ffe2-07statusreport06.pdf
Hat tip to Wolfgang and Mercy Simson from Friday Fax.

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a radio interview with hirschey

Rodney Olsen from Perth’s Sonshine FM did a radio interview with me about TFW and has made it generally available. If you want to listen or download, go to Rodney’s blog or download here.

the best way to preserve tradition

I believe that is was Picasso that said that the best way to preserve tradition is to have children, and not by wearing your father’s old hat.  Thought I’d lob this thought grenade into our ongoing discussions re inherited forms and ideas of church.

come on down!

Ok, no more jokes! Its time for you guys (especially the ‘down-under’ people) to sign up for the Dangerous Stories II summit 9-11 March. This is going to be one hoot of an event, not to mention a very significant one. Go to Forge website to register. Here is the poster, for some [...]

don’t emerge before you get missional

This phrase was introduced into our conversation at the Forge Tribal Moot over this last week. It comes from the mind of Tim Hein, our Forge South Australian director. His concern, and I might add ours, is that people who read about new forms and ideas about church and mission, get excited, and [...]

a great gift

Steve Said put me onto this link.  It is the full database of lectures from Berkeley University in California.  What a treasure! Podcasters, dig in!
I am away for a few more days with The Junction leadership team.  These guys are doing a crack hot job at incarnational mission in south-east Melbourne.  I love them a [...]

how deep does the rabbit-hole go?

We have been discussing the idea of cultural distance, systems stories/paradigms, and now we get to take a look at mega-paradigm of the Christendom idea of church (The Patrix??). So then, how do these ideas relate to Christendom and our situation now? Well, the transformation of the church from marginal movement to central institution started [...]

dethroning constantine

I am about to start blogging about the Christendom paradigm (systems story) and how it has fundamentally altered our frames of reference for gospel, church, and mission.  And so, the next few blogs are going to involve a fair bit of critical assesment.  But I want to say upfront that while I really believe such [...]

bobbob does it again

My mate Bob Roberts Jr has gone and published another book. Its called Glocalization and its a great read. His concern is not only that we engaged locally as well as globally at the same time, but that we engage in every sphere of life and not just that of the church. [...]

tfwuk

Currently, Paul Walker is blogging his way through my book bit by bit –he’s just about about a week or two in,.He is doing this as part of his M.A course. It makes for interesting reading as it is from a distinctly UK perspective. The site is called outofthecocoon. Check it [...]

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cultural distance

One of the most useful ways of reading our situation comes from a conceptual tool developed by the pioneering missiologist, Ralph Winter. The concept is that of cultural distance. This was developed to try and assess just how far a people group is from a meaningful engagement with the gospel.  In order to try and [...]

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