Posts by Jason Nelson (Page 68)
10 Marks of Effective Church Plants (3)
Engaging in Service This is an important aspect of what we try to do here at Niddrie. Many of the care professions in the UK are now recognising (rediscovering) the importance of ‘connecting’ people with community. For example, we work closely with a local charity here that cares for people with mental and/or physical needs. ‘Clients’ who used to…
The Dawkins Letters
Get hold of a few copies and give to your friends (the ones that can read anyway)!
Want to see New Atheists getting spanked?
Dave Robertson is a Free Church Minister in Dundee and holds the distinction of being even ruder than me in public! He’s a great bloke and has written a book called ‘The Dawkins Letters’. It is a brilliant little read and good to hand out to those claiming to be intellectual atheists. He also has a blog that is well worth checking out. It can be found…
Influencing not controlling our teams
Another interesting perspective on leadership. http://theresurgence.com/2011/02/15/the-fast-eat-the-slow-and-influence-beats-control
Getting killed by middle men!
Interesting video on ensuring that your church is not killed off by policy makers. http://theresurgence.com/2011/05/12/the-mistake-of-leading-from-the-middle
10 Marks of Effective Church Plants (2)
Promoting Incarnational Ministry I wrote about this earlier in the week so I am not going to repeat myself too much. According to Stetzer: ‘Postmoderns are looking for people who are genuine and transparent. Their questions isn’t, is it true? But, is it real? They want to see Christ through people who’ve earned their respect and trust.’ (p137) Now,…
Shallow Small Groups!!
I love this and I want one in Niddrie (I may even have one!) [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NMyTMTmJU6E&feature=player_embedded#at=58]
Thirsting for God!
I am reading a new book – Thirsting for God – by Gary L Thomas. The subtext is ‘Spiritual refreshment for the sacred journey’. It sounds painfully emergent and uber cool and comes with a big fat recommendation from one Mark Driscoll. The problem is that it seems to have elicited a very caustic response from within the ‘conservative…
10 Marks of Effective Church Plants (1)
BEING UNASHAMEDLY SPIRITUAL According to Ed Stetzer in ‘Planting Missional Churches‘, people in our postmodern culture are open to all sorts of ‘spirituality’. We certainly see this in Niddrie, particularly in our community cafe. People talk about all sorts of things: horoscopes, Ouija boards, tarot cards, spiritists, mediums (still trying to work…
Rob Bell in hell!
I saw this and it made me chuckle…