Church

A gospel movement in Toronto

Tim Keller’s article A New Kind of Urban Christian got my attention when it was published a couple of years ago. We need more Christians living long-term in cities, the article says,

Plant or transition?

From Gordon MacDonald’s book Who Stole My Church?: Our experience leads me to say that if you want to be part of a church that is radically different than anything you’ve

Who Stole My Church?

Who Stole My Church? is a book that’s both the same as, and different from, other books on transitioning churches. That’s not particularly helpful, so let me explain. It’s the

The church in a buyer’s market

This post is dedicated to Bill Kinnon who can’t stomach the idea of franchised churches. I hope that Bill doesn’t read the latest issue of Leadership Journal which has a short

Real Change for a Change

My latest column at Christian Week: David Hansen, a pastor and author, says that his predecessor’s library haunts him. When his predecessor left the church, he left the ministry and his library.