I agree that the ability to teach should be a requirement of an elder. I do think we have to be careful that we don't translate what we think of as "teacher" as what it means to be an elder. We...
Loved the book and did a 4 part series on Covenant and Kingdom at Discovery Church. By the way there are free preaching resources on covenant and kingdom from 3DM. Also used this book as an...
Here is the blog site listing all the articles from Mike Breen on missional communities http://weare3dm.com/mikebreen/we-are-3dm/missional-communities-series-fi...
The usual metrics are bums in the pew and pennies in the plate. I found that a helpful measurement tool is to count how many people are intentionally being discipled. We count the number of people...
There is a great book on making the themes of Covenant and Kingdom come alive for the congregation. Mike Breen's book "Covenant and Kingdom: the DNA of the Bible". They also have a 6 week sermon...
One of the thingsa clerk is responsible for is records management. See the following link for what you need to save and for how long. http://www.calvin.edu/hh/Records_Management.pdf
I just happen to be organizing a trip to a 3DM conference in Cincinnati from November 5-7. If you're interested a group of five or six of us are traveling to attend their conference on...
I think that one of the reasons why this "second cadre" of leaders is now apparent in our denomination stems from the specialization of ministries. Calvin seminary and those like it have...
I agree that the ability to teach should be a requirement of an elder. I do think we have to be careful that we don't translate what we think of as "teacher" as what it means to be an elder. We...
Loved the book and did a 4 part series on Covenant and Kingdom at Discovery Church. By the way there are free preaching resources on covenant and kingdom from 3DM. Also used this book as an...
Here is the blog site listing all the articles from Mike Breen on missional communities
http://weare3dm.com/mikebreen/we-are-3dm/missional-communities-series-fi...
The usual metrics are bums in the pew and pennies in the plate. I found that a helpful measurement tool is to count how many people are intentionally being discipled. We count the number of people...
There is a great book on making the themes of Covenant and Kingdom come alive for the congregation. Mike Breen's book "Covenant and Kingdom: the DNA of the Bible". They also have a 6 week sermon...
One of the thingsa clerk is responsible for is records management. See the following link for what you need to save and for how long. http://www.calvin.edu/hh/Records_Management.pdf
I just happen to be organizing a trip to a 3DM conference in Cincinnati from November 5-7. If you're interested a group of five or six of us are traveling to attend their conference on...
Here is a great blog post from 3DM on Pilot Missional Communities: Nuts and Bolts
We have just finished the pilot phase and will be launching 3 missional communities this September. We...
I think that one of the reasons why this "second cadre" of leaders is now apparent in our denomination stems from the specialization of ministries. Calvin seminary and those like it have...
thanks for the great ideas!