Again, while reading Essential Church, I have experienced a gelling of ideas from several other places about mission and vision statements for a church. This passage jumped out at me, speaking about why young adults leave the church in droves between the ages of 16-20: Their parents assumed that the teachings of the church would [...]
Yesterday afternoon I ventured into that place where I seldom like to go – Vancouver. Travel in that city by automobile is an exercise in patience at the best of times. Some of the extraordinary behaviour of drivers also entertained me. After a time of testing, I arrived at my destination, UBC Campus. The University [...]
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I was looking around for church plant blogs from BC and Alberta, to see who’s doing what. I encountered a blogger who also pastors The Open House in East Vanouver. Reading over his and his church’s websites gave me a few clues as to his approach to church planting. I had a few thoughts as [...]
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