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  • House Churches Next Phase in Multisite Movement

    By Katherine T. Phan on January 13,2011

    A megachurch in Florida is using house churches to expand its network, showing that reaching out on a smaller scale doesn't mean retreating in the multisite movement.

    Northland, A Church Distributed, based in Longwood, Fla., currently has 15 to 20 house churches in several states that virtually participate in the worship services held at the main campus every Sunday.

    "House churches are the next extension of the multisite movement," said Dr. Dan Lacich, pastor of Distributed Services at Northland, to The Christian Post. more >>

  • Evangelizing Beyond Invitations to a Cool Church Service

    By Lillian Kwon on January 05,2011

    It's easy to make ministry a "clock in and clock out" kind of job.

    But a pastor in Utah is challenging that habit and trying to be on mission wherever he is – that means, not only inviting people to his newly planted church but also befriending neighbors and establishing relationships.

    "We live in a 'drive in your garage and shut it quick and maybe give a quick wave' kind of place," said Pastor Charles Hill, who moved to South Jordan, Utah, in 2009, to start a church in a predominantly Mormon community. more >>

  • Thrift Stores Pitch in to Fund Bible Missions

    By Michelle A. Vu on December 08,2010

    About a dozen thrift centers located in the Midwest aim to make a large profit this Christmas season, but not to benefit themselves.

    The Bibles for Missions Thrift Centers give all their profits to Bible League International, a non-profit evangelical Christian ministry dedicated to making disciples, training Bible study leaders, and church planters around the world. The thrift centers, which are for-profit and operate as separate entities, were formed by Bible League to help financially support the mission.

    After each center pays its bills, the remaining fund is donated to Bible League to support ministry in the specific country the center has “adopted.” None of the centers’ staff members are paid; they are all volunteers. more >>

  • Founder of Large India Orphan Ministry Dies

    By Ethan Cole on December 05,2010

    The founder of a large ministry in India that rescues orphans and abandoned children died on Saturday, the ministry reported.

    Dr. M.A. Thomas, founder of Hopegivers International, passed away at the age of 74. Thomas had suffered a stroke in December 2008 that left him paralyzed on his right side, which affected his right eye, arm, leg and ability to swallow and speak. He also suffered from several bouts of pneumonia since then.

    “Papa’s suffering has finally come to an end. Please join his family and friends as we thank God for a life that was so completely sold out to God; a life that daily breathed in God’s grace and exhaled prayers for thanksgiving for an opportunity to serve the God of the universe,” stated Hopegivers International in its announcement Saturday. more >>

  • Church Planter Tackles Men Who Won't Grow Up

    By Michelle A. Vu on December 03,2010

    A St. Louis pastor and respected church planter raised the alarm about a societal problem he calls “ban,” which are males that are not quite boys nor men in their maturity level.

    A ban is “somewhere in between” a boy and a man and can take the form of a 30-something male playing three hours of video games a day.

    “I personally believe that the reason we have a societal crisis with men is because we do not have strong churches that draw out trained, equipped, empowered, challenged men,” said Darrin Patrick, pastor of the Journey Church in St. Louis and author of Church Planter: The Man, The Message, and The Mission, in a recent video interview with Desiring God ministry. more >>

  • Alan Hirsch: Church Model Reaching Only 40 Percent of Americans

    By Michelle A. Vu on November 04,2010

    The contemporary church growth model can only reach a maximum of 40 percent of the American population, said a leading thinker in the missional movement on Thursday.

    This is a problem because 95 percent of American churches are using a model that even if successful will reach less than half the population, said Alan Hirsch, an internationally recognized missiologist and founding director of Forge Mission Training Network. He spoke at “The Genius of And” conference, hosted by Granger Community Church in Granger, Ind.

    Most churches target the 40 percent of the population that’s within the cultural distance of the church, he explained. Meanwhile, attractional churches that have more of an external focus and cultural relevance will, again, only work for 40 percent of the American population. And after a few years of coming to Christ, most people are socialized out of their context and into the context of the church, which removes them from their sphere of influence. more >>

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