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Playing the prophet
#ReimagineCHURCH...as Uncommon
Community Transformation for the Common Good
by Alvin Sanders
In urban ministry... [Note: "urban" issues are prevalent in suburban, as well as exurban settings; Phil] ...Christians too often treat the poor as goodwill projects inste
Read more…#ReimagineCHURCH...in a Post-COVID Culture
Church. Reimagined. Reconfigured.
by Phil Miglioratti
#ItSeemsToMe...
The COVID pandemic has forced the Church of our Lord Jesus Christ to recognize changes already taking place in our culture.
- Expectation of regular attendance continues to decre
Don’t #ReopenChurch … #Reimagine Your Church
Don’t #ReopenChurch … #Reimagine Your Church
Phil Miglioratti • The #ReimagineFORUM
Many Pastors are afraid of what might happen when they reopen their church schedule. Members missing. New (str
Read more…Church. Gather. Differently!
Church. Gather. Differently!
Phil Miglioratti • The ReimagineFORUM
As the nation begins to “reopen,” the right of churches to gather has become highly politicized. For some, the cry for reopeni
Read more…Rethink How You Lead
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Why The Church Cannot Return to Business-As-Usual Normalcy
The New Normal … Ain’t Going to Be Normal
Reggie McNeal • Good Cities
[Note: See an exclusive P.S. from Reggie at the conclusion of this article]
Waiting on the world to snap back into place on the other side of the COVID-19 pandemic promises to be
Read more…#ReimagineSUNDAYS...
#ReimagineSUNDAYS...
One of the changes taking place across the world, is the approach to how we educate people.
Media (TV, radio, social sites, video access) has blown past the lecture-by-expert mode if the Industrial era ... for which we built sc
Read more…Design Your #ReimagineCHURCH Journey
Designing a #ReimagineCHURCH Journey
Every congregation/ministry/group must "be transformed by the renewing of their (corporate mind-set) ...
So that they begin to pray with and make-disciples who live according to the good, totally-fulfilling, per
Read more…The Strange Fire that May Be a Church
The Strange Fire that May Be a Church
19 enero 2020, Iglesia Bautista de El Cielito
Buenos días. La gracia y paz del Señor sean con ustedes.
Me pidieron que hoy no infliga mi español en ustedes. Van a escaparlo por la traducción hábil de mi esposa. S
Read more…Exploratory Committee
On November 29, 2019. A discussion was posted to this Web site through me https://discipleshipnetwork.ning.com/forum/topics/logically-re-imagining-the-commemoration-of-the-birth-of-christ. The topic was re-imagining the date the Universal Church Co
Read more…Logically Re-imagining the Commemoration of the Birth of Christ in the Blackness of Friday, November 29, 2019
Christmas wasn't widely observed until after Emperor Constantine converted to Christianity. Western Christians officially began celebrating December 25th as the birth of Jesus in 336 AD. Several Internet sources indicate, that around the year 273 A
Read more…Interview ~ #ReimagineCHURCH: Love Your (Immigrant) Neighbors
“When there is reason to fear, let’s be wise.”
What made you want to write a book about the immigrant and refugee crisis?
Kent Annan: For two reasons: the lives of people who are vulnerable are at stake, and our own lives are at stake as people who
Read more…#ReimagineCHURCH : First “Nones” ~ Now “Dones”
From John Armstrong:
The baby boom generation inherited the benefits of the post-War prosperity and opportunity. We also inherited a Christianity that invited us into an easy commitment, a form of religion that feed our latent narcissism. The result
Read more…#ReimagineCHURCH ~ a Shift from Sunday Religion
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Observations on Three Mega-Firings
Observations on Three Mega-Firings
For me, this past year has been the best of times and the worst of times.
The best? I’m a Great Commission-meets-Great Commandment guy who is radically blessed by a collaboration of nearly one thousand congregat
Read more…Be Not Conformed To This World
From “In Search of the Common Good” by Jake Meador
@IVPress
https://www.ivpress.com/in-search-of-the-common-good
Read more…#ReimagineCHURCH ~ Neighborhoods Make Us Sick? {Excerpt}
This excerpt is from How Neighborhoods Make Us Sick: Restoring Health and Wellness to Our Communities by Atlanta-based authors, Breanna Lathrop and Veronica Squires.
They write:
“Being poor literally shortens your life span. When considering race,
Read more…We Look More Like the Church BC than AD
Why did Jesus come when He did? Theories abound, but the state of the Church was likely, at least in part, behind God’s timing. Religious practices and teachings had gotten far off course, fueled by impure motives and metrics – and leading to cynic
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