Month: February 2011
Great Bible teachers you’ve never heard of
There are a handful of preachers / pastors I personally know that stay off the grid. Whether by calling or by choice, or some combination of various factors, these are people who are ministering the Gospel under the radar and hold an inconspicuous posture that’s reluctant of being thrust into the spotlight of mainstream Christian…
Vision Revisited: Episode 3 of the Multi-Asian Church Podcast
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Yes there’s more to be said about the importance of vision. In episode 3 of the Multi-Asian Church Podcast Series, Ed Choy and I dig deeper into how to communicate compelling vision in multi-Asian/multi-ethnic churches. While the gifts of a strong communicator is valuable, it isn’t the magic bullet in getting vision to stick. We…
churches dying with dignity and recycling
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Churches like any kind of organizations have a natural life cycle. A typical or average church life span is around 70 to 80 years. Knowing the life cycle of your church can determine its future…
Vision: Episode 2 of the Multi-Asian Church Podcast
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Continuing the conversation with Ed Choy about multi-Asian/multi-ethnic churches. (For the record, Ed is 1/4 Chinese.) The topic is on communicating vision. Of course vision is important. Without vision people perish. But how does vision play into developing Asian American leaders for a multi-Asian/multi-ethnic church? How does vision need to be communicated? It did take…
clash of market economy vs. kingdom values
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@ dialogueWhat do you do when the free market economy doesn’t match Kingdom values (Kingdom as in “Kingdom of God,” however you might conceive of a higher power’s activities towards making an ideal world)? In the reality of the real world we live in, a free-market economy in the United States, customers pay money in exchange…
Multi-Asian Church Podcast Series: Episode 1
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Recently re-connected with Ed Choy, Pastor of English Ministry at Chinese Community Church Germantown (Maryland,) and we got to talking about a topic of great mutual interest — Asian Americans and multiethnic churches. And, tonight we’re launching this new podcast series for this dialogue — the Multi-Asian Church Podcast Series. Each week we’ll cover…
Money is not the limiting factor
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In a world where business models dominate, and an economic engine to required for an initiative’s sustainability, that is too often the dark cloud that blocks our vision of what’s possible. Financial pressures like that govern the running a media business, like a magazine, that’s usually advertiser-supported. This Editor’s Note in January 2011 issue of…
Table a free social network for just your church
[the Table no longer exists; it ran from 2011-2016. Read more about its history.] There are popular social networks. And then there are private social networks. Both have their place. Some churches are only in one of those places. Some churches show up in both places. Some churches aren’t anywhere online. For churches with people…
twitter art installation #matterspirit : tech notes
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@ internet2 interactive art installations / exhibits are in place for the opening of the Matter & Spirit: Art & Belief in the Digital Age art show. The show opens tonight, February 1st, at Biola Library 7:00pm. 1 is a digital prayer wall – MyBrokenPalace.com. The other is a twitter-powered art piece. The big digital art…
