Posts Tagged distributed Church

Preaching When Everything Has Changed Bob Hyatt | 6 Jan 2021 About 20 years ago I was helping out a friend who was the young adults pastor at a medium-sized church in the Portland, OR area. The pastor and main Sunday...
Churches Who Survive the Pandemic Will do Three Things Chris Morton | 28 Jul 2020 With over three months of pandemic life behind us, the world has changed. With a vaccine months away at best, increasing financial turmoil alongside the global response to the killing...
Cultivating a Culture of Worship and Discipleship at Home Michael Beck | 29 May 2020 This is a moment to equip individuals and families for home-centered worship, discipleship, and service.
A Great Re-Awakening? Being Wildly Hopeful and Prudent Michael Beck | 16 Apr 2020 I’ve been speaking and writing about the need for us to “awaken from apostolic amnesia” for about a decade. For me, this means recovering a sense of mission or sentness...
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.
Leading When the Water Level Drops Dramatically J.R. Briggs | 8 Apr 2020 If our churches are to remain true to its purpose - connecting the mission of God to people, regardless of water level – we must be willing to lead courageously, creatively, and compassionately in the future.
What is Church? An Essential Question For the Church in a Time of Social Distancing. Luke Edwards | 6 Apr 2020 In a blog post a few years back, I stated, “One of the greatest contributions of the Fresh Expressions movement is reinvigorating the conversation about what church actually is.” Over...
Becoming a Distributed Church without Becoming a VIRTUAL Church. Bob Hyatt | 1 Apr 2020 One of the things I have thought a lot about over the last two decades is the intersection of technology and church, particularly as it relates to how church communities...
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...
Zoom Liturgy: How to Move from Broadcasting to Interacting April Karli | 27 Mar 2020 Several decades ago, communications theorist Marshall McLuhan coined the phrase, “the medium is the message.” In other words, the form, or medium, that is used to communicate a message will...
Becoming a Distributed Church: Why It’s Worth the Shift J.R. Briggs | 23 Mar 2020 If the government restricted your church from gathering each Sunday, what would your church look like? If your church was unable to gather in groups larger than 50, or even...