“What’s Next? A Look Over the Next Hill for Innovative Churches and Their Leaders” is a new mini-book by Dave Travis of Leadership Network. The book appears to be a report or white paper that was written to inform executive-type leaders of [ . . . ]
No One Turns Down the Blessing – e-book and contestCharles Wear has published his faith journey as an e-book on Kindle = “No One Turns Down the Blessing.” It’s a fascinating read of an ex-pastor’s faith adventure with many unexpected and unconventional turns. Here’s what people are saying: |
Innovative ethnic Asian churches in AmericaAsian Americans are the fastest growing racial/ethnic group in the past decade, cf. Census 2010. This situation ought to prompt new activities among the over 7,000 Asian American churches in the United States. While a majority of these primarily have Asian-language worship [ . . . ] |
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Why isn’t Easter bigger than Christmas?The 2 most powerful things about the Christian faith get celebrated year after year: Easter for the resurrection of Jesus Christ from death to life, and Christmas for the incarnation of Jesus Christ born as a baby from a virgin. Both supernatural [ . . . ] |
Anxiety and Christians don’t mix, usuallyA timely book arrived in the mail last week and I happen to have some time to read it all in one day. The book? Rhett Smith‘s The Anxious Christian: Can God Use Your Anxiety for Good? What I love about this [ . . . ] |
what being missional is aboutBeing missional is the topic du jour in the mainstream American church, and there’s no sign of the momentum slowing down. Last week in Austin, Texas, I participated at the Verge Conference 2012 with ~ 2,500+ others in attendance to get invigorated [ . . . ] |
Live from Austin Music Hall = Verge ConferenceJoin in and watch the free livestream video for the Verge Conference 2012 today (Wed) and tomorrow (Thurs) at http://live.mediasocial.tv/verge - amazing lineup of speakers speaking about being missional in the city and around the world as disciples of Christ. Join with over 500+ [ . . . ] |
What is an Asian American Christian?The face of American Christianity is not only black (African-American) and white (Anglo), even though that’s what we tend to see through both Christian and mainstream media. With the sudden popularity of professional basketball player Jeremy Lin, who is unapologetically Christian and [ . . . ] |
Asian American churches in the metro Washington DC areaQuestion: “I’m looking for a church in the DC area with a large Asian American demographic in attendance. I really want to be integrated into the Asian American community. Can you refer me to such a church in DC? I don’t have a car or [ . . . ] |



















