For 50 plus years CityTeam has practiced “missional” Christianity. From their early beginnings in San Jose to the urban environs of San Francisco, Oakland, Portland, Seattle, and Philadelphia, CityTeam has incarnated the love of Christ among women and children living in poverty, addicts struggling with drug abuse, inner city youth and even to disaster relief. [...]
Entries from December 2011
City Team’s history seconds Mike Breen on missional failure!
December 26th, 2011 · 439 Comments
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The Come/Go Strategy at Shoal Creek
December 22nd, 2011 · 440 Comments
At Shoal Creek (shoalcreek.org) we’ve taken a page from the CPM (church planting movements) folks around the world. We developed a training session, Following Jesus where you Live, Work and Play. We teach people how to start Discovery Groups. A discovery based spiritual environment with a fixed methodology that focuses on obedience. The ask for [...]
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Church is simple just like the golf swing!
December 9th, 2011 · 469 Comments
What begin as a simple message of obedience may have been complicated by well intentioned but misguided devotees. Without institutions to educate, denominations to ordain and publish, the followers of Jesus managed to rapidly multiply from a handful to millions 300 years later. It reminds me of golf. I do a fair amount of golfing [...]
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