Rod is a church planter and a teacher of church planters in India. Listen to the podcasts below and be inspired re simple church planting. It can happen here! http://vimeo.com/41388326 http://vimeo.com/41403447 http://vimeo.com/41322038

From Australian Prayer Network Afghanistan, a country long suffering from civil wars, has not experienced peace for many years. Ongoing bombings by fundamentalist Muslims have stolen peace from the lives of Afghanis. However the country has recently seen signs of change. Informed Afghan sources acknowledge that Christianity has obtained a special...

http://crossroadjunction.com This morning, as I was pulling out of my driveway to meet with some guys in the jail, I felt the Lord say it was time to plant a church among them. Indigenous Church in the Local Jail I’ve been mentoring and building relationships with a group of thirty or so men...

With few exceptions, the story that Christians tell others and themselves begins with Genesis 3 rather than Genesis 1. Our starting point is the fall of humanity. The result: Everything is framed around God’s redemptive mission. It’s all about saving a lost world. Part of the reason for this, I believe,...

Last week, I notified you about our upcoming plans for the podcast. Thanks to everyone who subscribed in iTunes, the podcast hit #1 in Canada and #13 in the USA. These rankings are unbelievable to me as I’m essentially a nobody. Unlike the others who have podcasts in the top 20,...

Over the last three weeks, two interesting things have happened that provoked this post: 1) A new author asked me to address the issue of disagreements, especially with regard to those who write books and blogs and those who read them. 2) I had a phone conversation with a well-known...

Note: This is a continution of chapter two of my Irreligious Followers book. The first part of this chapter is found here. Free From Guilt and Shame--a Starting Point My favorite story from when I preached endless sermons to endless...

I am continuing the writing of "Irreligious Followers" online so that I can get feedback and comments which I will use, when possible, in the final book. Chapter one can be found here. (Note: I am, in fact, traveling in...

Erin McCrum has written an excellent article published over at CMA Resources. Since Erin quotes me (among others), why wouldn't I like it? No, seriously, it's an excellent piece: The term Jesus-follower (or follower of Jesus or follower of Christ)...

THE GOSPEL OF THE KINGDOM
Do you know what the Gospel message is according to Jesus? Most Christians surprisingly do not, and this confusion has created many of the problems we see in the American...

Chase Andre teaches at Pacifist Fight Club on Saturday, May 5, 2012 on "The Dangers of Christian Nationalism".

Brandt Russo teaches at Pacifist Fight Club on Saturday, May 5, 2012 on "Is Your Gospel Strong Enough to Change a Terrorist?" (How Love Overcomes Hate).

I'm switching from Typepad to Wordpress as the technical platform for my Simply Church blog. You can see my next post, which is on the topic of why transition from a legacy church to a simple/organic church, here. It will take me a little while to sort out all the...

As the simple/organic movement becomes more mainstream, and the financial trends force more and more traditional churches to cut back economically, then many churches are asking the question: should we transition our legacy church into a network of simple/organic churches? Photo credit: Dan4th (Creative Commons) Every church needs to hear...

A dream Two nights ago I dreamed there was a movement of Christians all over the country who had decided to pray in public. They asked to pray in a secular context before business meetings. They prayed openly before meals asking the non-believers with them how they could pray for...

So PassionFest blew us away again this year and it was so good to be here. Its a festival for justice-minded Christians hosted at the Ngatiawa contemporary monastery here in New Zealand. I managed to put a short video together...

Up at 4am this morning. Interesting blog banter going on from 3 Brits: 1. Richard Passmore on Fresh Expressions "I think FE may actually hinder change in the longer term because of the gravitational pull of the institution and accompanying...

10 years ago today I published an article on Soularize that suggested the church still had a long way to go before it was hitting its target but that there were early signs that prove hopeful and promising. Reading the...