I have started to read the new book called Organic Church by Neil Cole. There will probably more to post about us I get further into the book. But, these two quotes that Neil uses struck me worthy of sharing:

Christianity has been buried inside the walls of Churches and secured with the shackles of dogmatism, […]

Yesterday we had our November all-church celebration. This is one of the two times per year that all of our congregations and missional teams share a lunch together and celebrate what is happening in our Church. It was a great day – one of the most thrilling moments for me is always when I meet […]

Here is an interesting list of 10 principles of servant-leadership.
‘After carefully considering Greenleaf’s original writings, Larry Spears, CEO of the Greenleaf Center has identified a set of 10 characteristics that he views as being critical to the development of servant-leaders. These 10 are by no means exhaustive. However, they serve to communicate the power and […]

Continuing our look at mDNA - communitas not comminity and how it applies to Northern Community. The other posts in the mDNA series are here
Concluding thoughts
Alan Hirsch uses a provocative question to illustrate the state of the western Church: ‘Is a can opener a can opener if it can’t open a can anymore?’ […]

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Continuing our look at mDNA - communitas not comminity and how it applies to Northern Community. The other posts in the mDNA series are here

Dualistic Christendom Mode
Hirsch paints a picture of the western church that is far from healthy. It is a picture that includes issues such as the attractional mindset, the fish […]

Continuing our look at mDNA - communitas not comminity and how it applies to Northern Community. The other posts in the mDNA series are here

Vision
In Treasure in Clay Jars, Darrell Guder remarks:
The missional church understands its calling as witness to the gospel of the in-breaking reign of God and strives to be an […]

Continuing our look at mDNA - communitas not comminity and how it applies to Northern Community. The other posts in the mDNA series are here

Missional teams and congregations
At Northern we have experienced the state of communitas every time we have created a new congregation or missional team. We have attempted to structure ourselves […]

Continuing our look at mDNA - communitas not comminity and how it applies to Northern Community. The other posts in the mDNA series are here

Can you create communitas?
At a church with which I was formerly involved, an elders meeting was discussing how the church needed to be reinvigorated. One of the elders declared […]

Reading Jordon’s post today about his dog Elway having to be put down has me on the verge of tears. This week marks the anniversary of our own dog Romero having to be put down at the age of just 5, also due to cancer. We remember the date because it was the […]