Kingdom in the Workplace
A guest blog by Lyndsey Seale of Transform Work UK
"I had overlooked my immediate mission field 8 hours a day, five days a week. I observed that my colleagues, were in fact an unreached people group. And they were my people group."
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Fresh expressions - kingdom advance
From a report by Fresh Expressions
Encouraging news from different denominations regarding how Fresh Expressions of church has flourished over the last 15 years. Up to 25% of attendees in some areas.
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Ekklesia - 24/7 Church
From a talk by Ed Silvoso about his book Ekklesia
Always people, never buildings. Vibrant, expansive, operating 24/7, unstoppable capacity for growth. A mobile people movement, operating in the marketplace to impact everybody and everything.
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4 million micro churches planted in less than 30 years
From a podcast by 100 Movements
"We're having over a million baptisms reported, and around 150,000 simple churches started every year. And that's starting from a house church on our back porch. These churches are having babies. The longest I know, of since March 2013, is 38 generations.
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Bible-based trauma healing
From resources from the Trauma Healing Institute
Trauma is part of the human experience in the broken world. How do people recover from trauma? Can the Bible help? What can the Church do? The Healing the Wounds of Trauma model can be used in any context.
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Roving listening
From an article by Ministry with the Poor
Spending time with the neighbours in community, not to gauge their needs but to understand the talents. Hundreds of people now pass under the church's roof each week.
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Repositioning the Church to reach the lost
From Scattered Servants by Alan Scott
It's easier to attend a church that gathers lost people than become a people who alter communities. Yet God is not sending lost people into church; He sends the Church out into the world.
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Navigating the asylum system
From and article by R2C2
The Refugee Resource Centre for Churches (R2C2) was set up at the request of many Christian groups working with refugees in Britain, bringing together the expertise and experience of those involved in this vital work.
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ReThink
From an e-book by Send Institute
In the West, the church is less and less effective at reaching a changing world but many in the church continue to believe the church maintains a central role in the life of culture. Time to ReThink.
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