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From The Shaping of Things to Come: Right up front we want to confess our belief that the planting of new, culturally diverse, missional communities is the best way forward for the church

A list of trends identified through the Easum Bandy Advanced Forums: Team ministries replacing charismatic leadership Developing cultures of equipping where every level of the congregation is seens as potential leader Church planting

Lousy Ed didn’t get a flu shot and won’t be able to preach on Sunday, which is supposed to be a day off for me. To top it off, he promised

From Christianity Today: Will emerging churches replace megachurches as Gen-Xers move toward the mainstream? There’s some debate whether the megachurch will die out, or if the smaller, less organized emergent churches

Front page news in The Star today: It may be the season of the sermon, but no crowd is tougher than the Christmas congregation. Every last person crammed into the pews expects a