This looks like it could be fun:
NoticeBORED is committed to exposing “Church Noticeboards with pithy weekly Quotable Quotes!” They are often an eye-catching genuine attempt to raise visibility… those pithy quotes come with “way too much baggage!” They carry every boomer misgiving, bad experience, and every reason for consigning ‘the church’ to the rich tapestry […]

Steve Taylor over at Emergentkiwi has been doing a series of postcards about various emerging church expressions around the world. He has somewhat interestingly excluded Americans.
Northern Community is the featured postcard today.

To read the full postcard at Emergent Kiwi click here

We are exploring the mDNA component -disciple-making or discipleship from Alan Hirsch forthcoming book and how it applies to Northern Community. The other posts in the mDNA series are here
The context of consumerism
There has been much written about the new context of the Western church. In 2003, the Uniting Church in Australia’s working task […]

Alan Roxburgh has concluded (I think) a series on his reflections on missional orders, with a summary. It is contains some incredibly wise and insightful comments from some people who lead a celtic monastery. Iin forming our missional order at northern community we want to start before we have formed it. This will mean we can […]

A friend emailed me a link to Steve Addison’s post on a new report that shows that the Episcopalan diocese of Newark is in serious decline. Bishop Spong until recently was the Bishop of this diocese.

A new report reveals the Episcopal Diocese of Newark, continues to be in serious decline. It’s membership is free-falling […]

Brian McLaren would be one of the most well-known people involved in the emerging church scene (if not the most well-known). He has attracted his fair share of criticism from the evangelical section of the church – particularly since Don Carson’s book about the emerging church.
Brian McLaren’s early book – the church on the […]

We are exploring the mDNA component -disciple-making or discipleship from Alan Hirsch forthcoming book and how it applies to Northern Community. The other posts in the mDNA series are here
The role of disciple-making in the church
The future of the Christian church rests on the quality and the success of our discipleship. The future of […]

The time has come to continue our look at mDNA - the model proposed by Alan Hirsch in his forthcoming book. The mDNA component we will explore is disciple-making or discipleship and how it applies to Northern Community. The other posts in the mDNA series are here
Introduction
In a series of three essays I have […]

One of my good friends and director of forge – victoria has started a group blog with another member of his faith community which is called the junction.
Here is a snippit of one of his first posts.

“I encourage you to dream what it would mean for you to truly be the hands and feet of […]