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The Nature of the Church: The Ekklesia

February 28, 2007

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         There are many Christians who have erroneously come to understand that most of Christianity can be summed up by what happens inside of a building that has come to be known as “the church.”  Christians in America have come to see “going to church” or their ministry “in a church” as the biggest part […]

The Four Missional Mandates!

February 20, 2007

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Four Missional Mandates   The gospel-mission of Christ’s people was clearly made known as seen in some of the final words of our Lord.  Before the Lord Jesus ascended to be with the Father, He gave clear and consistent direction to His followers that they were to continue His mission of redemption by proclaiming the […]

The Mission of the Church

February 16, 2007

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            There is much talk about the mission of the church and why it exists.  There are probably few pastors that could not name Rick Warren’s 5 purposes of the church.[1]  Churches and its leaders struggle to hammer out mission, vision, and purpose statements.  In all of the effort and desire to formulate nice, neat […]

Missio Dei Part 2

January 19, 2007

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The Mission of God              Mission refers to that action of one being sent to fulfill the will of a superior.  In the Bible, it is God who commissions and sends His servants to perform His will.  The mission of God has been from the very beginning of time His plan for worldwide redemption.  God has, […]

Missio Dei Part 1: The Church, Intentionally on Mission

January 8, 2007

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This past week and all this week I am sitting in the library at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary; attempting to get a big portion of writing done for my doctoral program.  I have been completely away from the blogs.  I am going to post some of the work I have been doing.   Recovering Our Mission […]

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