We are exploring the mDNA component -disciple-making or discipleship from Alan Hirsch’s forthcoming book and how it applies to Northern Community. The other posts in the mDNA series are here
Approaches to disciple-making (continued)
Benedictine tradition
The middle ages marked a dangerous period of history for the Christian Church. The structure of Roman society that had provided […]

We are exploring the mDNA component -disciple-making or discipleship from Alan Hirsch’s forthcoming book and how it applies to Northern Community. The other posts in the mDNA series are here
Approaches to disciple-making
The church has used a number of approaches to disciple-making in the past, which Northern may be able to learn from and adapt […]

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 […]

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 […]

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?’ […]

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 […]