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The Path to Fresh Expressions in a Traditional Church
Jon Davis | 16 Nov 2021
Fresh Expressions in a Traditional Church. Take a look around the majority of traditional, mainline denominational church and what do you see? Empty pews, empty classrooms, empty bank accounts; a...
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Challenges and Opportunities on Halloween 2021
Jon Davis | 25 Oct 2021
As much as the pandemic has given us unprecedented challenges in the church’s mission it has also given us opportunities to try new things and adapt the former things to...
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How Does God Want Us to Use Our Buildings?
Jon Davis | 5 Aug 2021
On February 27th 380 AD Christianity became the official state religion of the Roman Empire and many would say in that moment the era of Christendom began. We can make...
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Holy Week: What Comes Before Resurrection
Jon Davis | 2 Apr 2021
Like many things, Lent and Holy Week bring my mind back to that moment three years ago, when the world locked down to slow the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic....
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There’s Something About Mary
Jon Davis | 22 Dec 2020
Believe it or not, Mary has a lot to say to us about mission and discipleship. We can have a number of focal points in telling the Christmas story; prophecies...
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Fourth Places (the Digital Platform) becoming Thin Places of Encounter
Jon Davis | 14 Apr 2020
In this moment of the COVID-19 Pandemic, when we are forced to stay at home for weeks and months to bring an end to this deadly disease, there is an opportunity for a vibrant mission to be cultivated.
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How a Crisis Has Revealed the Necessity of a Distributed Church… and Why it’s Crucial to the Future of the Body of Christ
Jon Davis | 30 Mar 2020
I have heard it said by many and I have said it myself in recent weeks; We are living in unprecedented times! Coronavirus / COVID-19 has brought us a new...
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Starting New Things: Two Essential Steps
Jon Davis | 6 Jan 2020
It’s a new year and I am starting a new ministry having answered a call to serve a congregation. It is exciting and wonderful. I am energized and ready to...
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Are You CALLED?
Jon Davis | 9 Oct 2019
God makes unusual and surprising choices because ultimately He is not concerned with a person’s ability but rather their availability, their willingness to say yes.
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The Fire at Notre Dame; A Modern Day Parable
Jon Davis | 15 May 2019
I watched with sadness and awe on Monday April 15th in Holy Week as Notre Dame Cathedral burned for hours. I have never been there but I have sat in...
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Sacraments: Can You take them Seriously in a Messy, Missional Context?
Jon Davis | 20 Feb 2019
Church can be nice and neat, decent and in order, even formal and rigid. Missions on the other hand can be quite messy, nimble, shifting to a changing context. How...
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Fresh Expressions as a Thin Place
Jon Davis | 21 Jan 2019
Ultimately Fresh Expressions is about cultivating thin places of encounter with God in the third places of our culture.