Blog Topic: Mainline

May 14th, 2012 by in Mainline, Missional Church

Eddie Gibbs on Multi-Site Churches

Link to Eddie Gibbs on Multi-Site Churches

From Moody Radio, Fuller’s own Eddie Gibbs is featured on the “against” side of the multi-site church debate.

You can listen in at the Up for Debate page.

What do you think about multi-site churches? 

more...
 
March 13th, 2012 by in Mainline, News

Why Churches (and Seminaries?) Fail

Link to Why Churches (and Seminaries?) Fail

Journalist Megan McArdle has an article in this month’s Atlantic magazine titled “Why Companies Fail.” She details the corporate culture that keeps organizations from resisting change to help them improve. And worse…

…they only want to begin to change after it’s too late.

Over the past few decades, GM’s ability [...]

more...
 
February 16th, 2012 by in Leadership, Mainline, Youth

Biting the Ears Off of Complacency and Isolation

Link to Biting the Ears Off of Complacency and Isolation

Also from the Fuller Youth Institute article by Jim Candy:

Guess what?  Two things happened – everyone bit the ear off, and six months later, I don’t sense anything has really changed at MPPC with how we practice intergenerational ministry.

Wait–what? Read the article from Candy over at the FYI site “Why Aren’t We Seeing Change [...]

more...
 
December 14th, 2011 by in Evangelicalism, Mainline, Missional Church

On Church Membership

Link to On Church Membership

We live in a culture of notorious non-joiners, and I am one of them.  Way back when, while thinking about what the hypothetical church I might someday start would look like, I was dead set against having “church membership.”  What could be more useless?  I knew I was committed, God knew I was [...]

more...
 
December 12th, 2011 by in Culture, Mainline, News

Of Reproduction Ford Broncos and Old Stone Churches

Link to Of Reproduction Ford Broncos and Old Stone Churches

This is the Icon Bronco, an amazing restoration/redesign of the 1966-77 Ford Bronco. The Bronco was not necessarily a sophisticated choice when new, and does not appear to be one now. It’s boxy, it looks old and even the president of Icon found the untouched original to be unpleasant [...]

more...
 
June 7th, 2011 by in Arts, Culture, Mainline, Technology

Church Shopping at the The Home Entertainment Show–Newport Beach

Link to Church Shopping at the The Home Entertainment Show–Newport Beach

The hallway was long and the signs were clear, but all the doors were identical. It was a Hilton after all–and what kind of hotel doesn’t have matching doors?The anonymity is fine for vacationing families and hiding drug dealers, but it caused a little consternation as the scrawled sign on the door read:

“Open! Please [...]

more...
 
May 11th, 2011 by in Mainline

Discussion of PC(USA) Amendment 10A

The Burner had the opportunity to sit in on the Fuller Presbyterian Ministries meeting this week. Like other denominations, the PC(USA) has been struggling for years with the controversy over ordaining gay and lesbian ministers. By now you’ve probably heard about Admendment 10A reaching the necessary number of presbyteries voting in favor of [...]

more...
 
« Older Entries