Missional

Terry and Wendy Virgo Listing the Nations of the World in Prayer

September 13, 2008

UPDATEThis was up for less than an hour before I received three responses! The list of the nations can be found on the Stoneliegh 2001 CD, The Fathers Embrace, which is available on iTunes, at least in the UK. I would be interested to know if that URL works in the USA as well. ORIGINAL [...]

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Multiculturalism – You Are What You Eat?

September 10, 2008

I thought I would do a short series of posts looking at some of the practical implications of thinking in a multicultural way within the context of a Christian worldview. There is probably nothing more firmly embedded in our cultural identities than what we choose to eat. If you are English of a certain age, [...]

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Spurgeon on Church Statistics

September 6, 2008

Spurgeon’s book, The Soul Winner, is the kind of book you really need to read several times over the course of your life. I decided to dip into it once more over the summer, and read just the first chapter. It’s a book I have recommended previously. I found the following quote which is interesting. [...]

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Lex Loizides Reviews a "Faith" Book on Facebook!

September 4, 2008

Lex is a good friend of mine and is well-known in Newfrontiers circles as a biblically sound and enthusiastic evangelist who has recently started posting very helpful notes on Facebook. I have his permission to reproduce the following Review of Positioning Yourself to Receive Healing by Doug Jones in its entirety here. If you like [...]

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Driscoll in Australia

August 21, 2008

Driscoll had a fascinating and substantial video interview with the Sydney Anglicans which I just had to draw to your attention. Intriguingly they are happy to describe him as “Apostle to the generation wired“! The fact that he can be well received by both Newfrontiers and the Sydney Anglicans says a lot about the ministry [...]

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DWELL – Mark Driscoll on Enemies of the Gospel

August 13, 2008

Thanks to the kind permission of the Acts 29 Network, I have been given permission to share a number of sessions from the DWELL London conference online on my blog. Today we begin with the first session, one preached by Mark Driscoll. You can download the audio, read my notes below, or watch the video [...]

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TOAM08 VIDEO INTERVIEW – David Stroud, Part 1, UK Leader of Newfrontiers on Driscoll’s Challenge

August 5, 2008

This is the first in a three-part interview I recorded with Dave Stroud at the Brighton conference almost immediately after he preached his sermon on Jonathan there. I asked him about about his response to Mark Driscoll’s challenge that Newfrontiers is moving too slowly in church planting.

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Ed Stetzer on Modern Day "apostles"

August 1, 2008

Ed Stetzer has a great post discussing the concept of apostolic work today. He has some great links many of which would on first glance describe a view very similar to that which I hold. There almost seems to be a consensus emerging that recognises the need for some kind of apostolic role today (though [...]

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VIDEO INTERVIEW – Scott Thomas, Part 2

July 26, 2008

This is the second and final part of my interview with Scott Thomas of the Acts 29 Network. You can download the audio of whole interview or watch the second part below. Part 1 can be seen here. Scott speaks about how Acts 29 aims to help potential church planters.

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VIDEO INTERVIEW – Scott Thomas, Director of Acts 29 Network

July 25, 2008

Today I share the first part of a two-part interview I did with Scott Thomas when he visited Jubilee Church with Mark Driscoll earlier this month. In this segment Scott shares his perspective on traveling and working with Mark Driscoll. Scott also spoke at the Dwell conference on “Should You be a Church Planter?“

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DWELL – Should YOU be a Church Plant Leader? (20 Questions)

July 24, 2008

UPDATEScott has made available an article which expands on this talk and includes other lists of characteristics that leaders have cited as being important in a church planter. Thanks to the kind permission of Acts 29, I am able to share with you a number of videos of their recent DWELL Conference in London. I [...]

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VIDEO INTERVIEW – Mark Driscoll, Part 4 – Multiculturalism and Mission

July 19, 2008

Today I conclude my interview with Mark Driscoll. You can download the audio of the whole interview and watch the final segment below. The three previous segments can be viewed at the following pages: Video Interview – Mark Driscoll, Part 1 – Prophecy and Newfrontiers Video Interview – Mark Driscoll, Part 2 – A Prophecy [...]

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VIDEO INTERVIEW – Mark Driscoll, Part 3 – Impressions of the UK

July 18, 2008

I continue my interview talking about Driscoll’s impressions of the UK.

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Mark Driscoll Preaching in Brighton

July 15, 2008

UPDATE – At the moment, it seems the only way to download this message is to subscribe to the CCK podcast via iTunes. I hope this will be fixed soon. Mark Driscoll returned to Brighton on Sunday evening and preached on Jeremiah 29 again. As it was a young, mostly single congregation, he really went [...]

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SERMON – Driscoll at Jubilee Church, London, on Loving the City (Jeremiah 29)

July 14, 2008

A City in a City Yesterday at Jubilee we were privileged to have Mark Driscoll here with us. This is the first time he remembers preaching in another church in many years. You can dowload the sermon or listen to it right here: Incidentally, Tim Chester has shared his notes from one of the sessions [...]

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Mark Driscoll Unleashed in London

July 12, 2008

The Newfrontiers conference in Brighton is now over, but for me the learning continues. It was a delight to bring my son, Henry, to hear Mark in the flesh last night. Having been away, it was good to get some time with Henry on the way there. Henry was very observant of the unusual surroundings [...]

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TOAM08 – Mark Driscoll on Missional Movements (Acts 1)

July 10, 2008

The audio of this message can be downloaded, or you can listen to it right here: More posts from this conference can be found on my TOAM08 label page. You can also download the mp3s of this week’s talks by subscribing to the new Newfrontiers podcast, which will be an easy way for you to [...]

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TOAM08 – David Devenish – A Call to the Nations (Jeremiah 1)

July 10, 2008

I was getting tired last night, so I devoted more of my attention to being personally impacted by this message and less to typing. Thus, these notes will probably be shorter than some of the other sessions, which is probably just as well! Last night’s main session was taken by David Devenish. Dave is based [...]

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TOAM08 – Mark Driscoll on the Missional Church

July 9, 2008

Terry began by recommending the outstanding biography of John Newton written by Jonathan Aitkin. I have listened to the CD version and enjoyed it immensely. I join Terry in commending it strongly to you. Terry also recommended two books by Christopher Wright on being missional. Mark Driscoll began by returning to the marks of a [...]

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TOAM08 – Mark Driscoll: Doctrine of the Holy Spirit in Luke and Acts

July 8, 2008

Terry introduced Mark by mentioning his currently available books, all of which he highly recommended. You can buy these from the Newfrontiers resources page. It was nice to see my pastor, Tope Koleoso, on the stage praying for Mark just before he began preaching. It was interesting that just a couple of weeks ago Tope [...]

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