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Leadership Journal interview with Dave Gibbons
Leadership Journal published this article titled On the Verge, an interview with David Gibbons (by Andy Crouch and Marshall Shelley; Summer 2008).
The interview chronicles Dave’s life journey from his upbringing to his segregated college experience, various church experiences, and how his understanding of the Gospel has grown and developed over the years. In 1994, […]
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Top 10 reasons why volunteers serve
Heard this insightful list from a presentation by Don Simmons about why volunteers serve:
Someone asked them (93%)
Compelling need
Personal connection
Gratitude for being served
Spiritual/ religious beliefs
Social needs
Job skill/ resume’ development
Guilt
Boredom
External influences (family members, influential leaders, advertising)
Notice that spiritual reasons is #5, meaning that not many people think about serving to be like Jesus. #1 reason that most […]
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Group Life Conference on October 16-18
Passing along this email from Dave Treat about an upcoming conference for churches with small groups, which will have live Korean translation. Get discounted registration before September 9th. Scroll down to listen/ download a free audio from last year’s workshop about small groups in Asian American culture. Here’s the invitation::
[You’re invited to] the 2008 Group […]
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Stories of an Asian American faith
Steve Hong spoke at the Epic East Coast Conference in February 2008. Steve’s talks keenly addressed the areas of Christian faith, Asian American culture, and emotions & personal identity. The 3 talks’ audios are online, courtesy of www.xanga.com/wcs (in MP3 format.)
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An Epic Story for an Epic Thirst
Our Story: Coming […]
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intentionally raising up the next generation
Here at a camp site call Trinity Pines near Houston. I was honored and privileged to be invited to present a workshop on being a witness to culture at this tri-ennial RENDER conference.
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converting night club into community center
3 media outlets reported on news of Vox Veniae, the Christian community led by pastors Gideon Tsang and Weylin Lee, leasing a former East Austin night club and converting it into a community center and worship gathering space.
Club Where Sgt. Shot & Killed Suspect to Become Church (Fox 7 video); also, under sidebar “Related Items”, […]
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research from Willow Creek Church reveals insights
This TownHall.com article by Bob Burney is making its way around, A Shocking “Confession” from Willow Creek Community Church, excerpted below:
Willow Creek has released the results of a multi-year study on the effectiveness of their programs and philosophy of ministry. The study’s findings are in a new book titled “Reveal: Where Are You?,” co-authored by […]
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Church Planting to Reach Asian People Groups
According to the October 30th issue of The Tool Shed, the Southern Baptists of Texas Convention’s newsletter for church planting partners, Asian people groups are the fastest growing ethnicity (percentage-wise) in North America and in Texas. The newsletter links over to Church Planting Village’s introductory articles about church planting to reach Asians:
Nearly 2,000 Baptist congregations […]
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more on campus fellowships
In a recent issue of Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, this feature article Asianisation of Campus Fellowships,
Asian American college students are often stereotyped as immersed in math clubs or networking groups for future engineers or doctors. However, the campus groups that Asians most commonly join are actually Christian fellowships, educators say. In fact, Asian membership […]
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ministering to 2 very different generations
Wednesday Journal is a local newspaper for the Oak Park and River Forest communities in the Chicago, Illinois, suburbs. Their recent article, Speaking to the heart of very different generations, highlighted 4 models for ministering to the different generations within an immigrant ethnic church:
What speaks to the hearts of immigrant congregations and their children when […]
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