Monthly Archive: 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...

churches dying with dignity and recycling

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

Vision: Episode 2 of the Multi-Asian Church Podcast

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...

top church pages on Facebook in 2011

top church pages on Facebook in 2011

Who are the churches that are good examples of using Facebook and social media well? [update] I’ve updated this list over at SocialMediaChurch.net == top churches on Facebook with the most likes updated in real-time Before we dive in, there...

clash of market economy vs. kingdom values

clash of market economy vs. kingdom values

What 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...

Multi-Asian Church Podcast Series: Episode 1

Multi-Asian Church Podcast Series: Episode 1

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...

Money is not the limiting factor

Money is not the limiting factor

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...