Church Planting (Page 21)
Introducing Church Planting in Madagascar!
Tell us a little about yourself My name is Tanteraka. English folk call me “Tank”. I’m married with one wife! Her name is Jaela and we’ve got one baby girl coming soon in December. I’m 28 years old and my wife is 21. Tell us a little about the area you work in The area we work in is Antananarivo. It’s the capital city of Madagascar, an island situated 400 km east…
What’s Next for church planting?
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Introducing Church Planting in Dubai!
One of the things I am very keen to do is to interview as many church planters as I possible can to see what we can learn from their experience and to share encouragements, ideas and resources. I am currently doing an Intensive course with Redeemer City to City, with a group of about 12 or so other planters from around the globe. One of then, Dave Furman has kindly agreed…
Growing Indigenous Leaders
We’re really blessed on the ministry team here at NCC to have 8 individuals with different gifts, abilities, and backgrounds. We wouldn’t be so effective as a team if we were all the same as Mez. God intends for His church to be a diverse body of believers (Rom 12:4-10, 1 Cor 12:14-31), and the ministry team benefits from a similar diversity. It would be…
What is God up to in our neighbourhoods? A book review
Missional – Joining God in the Neighbourhood by Alan Roxburgh (Baker Books, 2011) Right, where to start with this one? I have to say that I am still unsure what I think about this book. It is peppered with the usual painfully trendy phrases you associate with people who make a living out of,…
Taking the risk with your neighbours
I enjoyed this stimulating post on taking risks in reaching out to those around us. Read it here. Not sure of the ‘people of peace’ as a biblical concept but his fears and his approach to life as a Christian still resonate.
Doing Justice in Poor neighbourhoods (1)
A friend sent me this today about the gentrification of many poor housing estates in the world. His context is in the USA but i feel the force of some of this for the ‘locals’ of Niddrie and many who have been pushed out by recent redevelopment. Housing prices are so high here that even we can’t get on the housing ladder!
Redeeming Tiredness
by A Constable Work on schemes is tiring. The people we deal with everyday have some sort of drug or alcohol dependency and/or one or more mental issues. When you are building a relationship with someone from that kind of background you aren’t going to be asked very often how you’re doing? The relationship, at least to begin with, is very one sided as you sew into their…
Children need time, not stuff
According to the BBC, British children are among the least happy in the developed world. This is the breaking news that we’re living in a materialistic world where parents are working longer hours to make more money, and as a result are spending less time with their children, which, according to the Unicef research, is the thing the children crave most.…
Win them with fun!
For the past few weeks I’ve been blogging about an evangelical documentary on youth ministry from the States, produced in association with the National Centre for Family Integrated Churches, called Divided. If you missed my previous posts, you can check them out here: PART 1 | PART 2 | PART 3 So far I’ve been quite critical about the film but, as I’ve…