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"You can impress people from afar, but you can only impact them from up close." (Dave Gibbons, Newsong Church, Irvine, CA)
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Tears of the Saints
http://www.historymakers.info/ http://www.asialink.org.uk/Powerful missions video to raise the profile of the plight of the unreached, poor, destitute, orpha...
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"The Gospel is only good news if it gets there in time." (Carl F.H. Henry of Christianity Today)
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Went to the Verge 2010 "missional community" conference in Austin, TX last week. Theme: the DNA of Gospel Movements. Tremendous 2 1/2 days.
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We haven't read any of those, but as Frank points out on his Website, "Christianity is not a 'movement.'"
Have a look at "From Eternity to Here" and at the free brochure(s) on Frank's site. We think they are…
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Hi, Scott!
Thanks for the information!
We are aware of this group and were e-members for a while, but we soon realized that it is "institutional Christianity" in a broader form than usual, attempting to unite people from different…
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Actually, I have not read any of Frank's books. With respect to books, I have been influenced by Neil Cole (Organic Church and Organic Leadership), Tim Chester and Steve Timmis (Total Church), David Garrison (Church Planting Movements) and…
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Scott, I noticed your comment to Terry Johns, that you have a friend in Hyderabad. My wife and I were serving at a Bible College just outside of that city, for a short time in 2005. Great needs, but a growing and vibrant witness to Christ developing…
Eight students joined us for the pot-luck meal and Bible study this past Saturday night. Will do it again every Saturday.
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I have a good friend in Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh.
Food, Fellowship, And The Word
The Saturday evening pot-luck meal and Bible study schedule for this spring semester mentioned in my last post is going to begin tonight. We are looking forward to having friends and new friends into our home for a time of relationship building, good food, Bible study, and discussion of the Word.We are praying that these Saturday evenings together will be used of the Lord to draw people to faith in Christ and into Christian community.It is also my prayer that as we see people accept Christ as…See More
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First Saturday night meal/Bible study with Chinese students tonight. At least six friends are coming. Praying for more to join us.
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Terry Johns left a comment for Scott Nelson
HI Scot
Thanks for the greetings. We are currently in India doing ministry with YWAM where we have been since the begining of November. Only another 4 weeks to go before we head back to the cold.
Blessings
Terry
Scott Nelson commented on Scott Nelson's blog post 'Spring Semester Bible Studies Kick Off'
Thank you for your prayer, Jim.
~ Reach Students ... Disciple the 'Nations' ~
My name is Scott Nelson. My family and I live in Bryan, Texas, a growing metropolitan area approximately 85 miles northwest of Houston, Texas. Bryan and its "twin city", College Station, is the home of Texas A&M University.
Texas A&M, with over 44,000 students (fall 2009), is the seventh largest university in the United States. Over 4,500 of A&M's student population are international students, representing 128 nations of the world.
Texas A&M University is truly a harvest mission field.
While we have a burden for university students in general, we are particularly burdened for international students. These students, mainly PhD and post-doctoral students, have come to Texas A&M to pursue their academic and professional careers.
We believe the Lord of the Harvest has sovereignly brought these men and women, and in many cases, their families, to our community to hear the saving message of God's love in Christ and to come to know Him as personal Savior and Lord.
It is our vision to befriend, serve, and share Christ with these students, make disciples of Christ of them, and gather them into simple, organic churches. In simple, organic churches a form of church is modeled that is and can be easily reproduced by these students when they complete their time at A&M and move from our community to either continue their studies at another university or begin their professional careers.
These are the men and women that the Lord is going to use - as church planters, pastors, and evangelsits - to reach their families, networks and professions for Himself and His glory.
Luke 10:2b
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~ Reach Students ... Disciple the 'Nations' ~
Texas A&M, with over 44,000 students (fall 2009), is the seventh largest university in the United States. Over 4,500 of A&M's student population are international students, representing 128 nations of the world.
Texas A&M University is truly a harvest mission field.
While we have a burden for university students in general, we are particularly burdened for international students. These students, mainly PhD and post-doctoral students, have come to Texas A&M to pursue their academic and professional careers.
We believe the Lord of the Harvest has sovereignly brought these men and women, and in many cases, their families, to our community to hear the saving message of God's love in Christ and to come to know Him as personal Savior and Lord.
It is our vision to befriend, serve, and share Christ with these students, make disciples of Christ of them, and gather them into simple, organic churches. In simple, organic churches a form of church is modeled that is and can be easily reproduced by these students when they complete their time at A&M and move from our community to either continue their studies at another university or begin their professional careers.
These are the men and women that the Lord is going to use - as church planters, pastors, and evangelsits - to reach their families, networks and professions for Himself and His glory.
Luke 10:2b
www.tangiblethoughts.wordpress.com
~ Reach Students ... Disciple the 'Nations' ~
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Food, Fellowship, And The Word
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The Saturday evening pot-luck meal and Bible study schedule for this spring semester mentioned in my last post is going to begin tonight. We are looking forward to having friends and new friends into our home for a time of relationship building, good food, Bible study, and discussion of the Word.
We are praying that these Saturday evenings together will be used of the Lord to draw people to faith in Christ and into Christian community.
It is also my prayer that as we see… Continue
We are praying that these Saturday evenings together will be used of the Lord to draw people to faith in Christ and into Christian community.
It is also my prayer that as we see… Continue
Spring Semester Bible Studies Kick Off
Posted on January 20, 2010 at 5:22pm 1 Comment 0 Likes
This evening we begin our spring semester of international student Bible studies at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas.
The Bible studies, using a simplified English language version of the Bible, provide the students the opportunity to practice their English reading, speaking, listening, and comprehension skills. During the course of the reading and discussion time we also discuss grammar, word pronunciation, and various parts of speech as the… Continue
The Bible studies, using a simplified English language version of the Bible, provide the students the opportunity to practice their English reading, speaking, listening, and comprehension skills. During the course of the reading and discussion time we also discuss grammar, word pronunciation, and various parts of speech as the… Continue
Global House Church Movement Summit
Posted on December 30, 2009 at 10:00pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Nearly 200 people from more than 37 nations met in New Delhi, India in November to discuss, report on, and pray about what the Lord is doing around the world to reach a lost humanity for Himself through house churches and house church networks.
The Summit’s Steering Group has produced a 14-page summary report of the meeting that I think you will enjoy reading if you are interested in organic, simple churches and house church movements.
The report includes: 1) Notes on… Continue
The Summit’s Steering Group has produced a 14-page summary report of the meeting that I think you will enjoy reading if you are interested in organic, simple churches and house church movements.
The report includes: 1) Notes on… Continue
More Than Numbers
Posted on December 14, 2009 at 8:00pm 0 Comments 0 Likes
Christ-followers and New Testament, Bible-believing churches in the United States and other Western countries have a tremendous opportunity to fulfill the Great Commission to disciple the “nations.” How? By ministering to the international students that the Lord has brought to our universities and colleges to pursue their degrees and research.
The number of students who are here, that we have the opportunity to befriend, serve and share Christ with is amazing.
The… Continue
The number of students who are here, that we have the opportunity to befriend, serve and share Christ with is amazing.
The… Continue
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- At 7:11am on December 8, 2009,
Gottalife said… - Hi Scott,
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- At 9:36am on December 10, 2009,
Hector said…
- Thank you. May the Lord's face shine upon you.
Hector
- At 11:23am on December 10, 2009,
Chris Jefferies said… - Thanks for the welcome to OCT, Scott.
- At 2:22pm on December 15, 2009,
Chris Jefferies said…
- Hi Scott, thanks for asking about my involvement in organic, simple church here in the UK. It's a long story so I'll give you the shortened version.
I began house churching at the time of the charismatic renewal that happened here in Britain from the mid 60s until the late 70s. At that time we didn't really know what we were doing and we didn't call it house church, but we met at home with a group of about twenty for a while. Eventually most drifted away to join larger organisations.
I moved to the East of England about twelve years ago and in 2001 started meeting again at home, at first there were just two or three of us once or twice a month but now there are three groups, and they all meet weekly. I get along to a weekly CU at work as well. We are in contact with other groups in our area now, forming a loose, informal network. There's also a UK-wide network of networks run by Peter Farmer, and a European network as well. I have organic church friends in Europe and in the USA.
I keep a blog of short notes on the meetings I get along to, but there are plenty more I can't get to of course.
Recently two of us have started trying the CO2 idea suggested by John White. It's proving really useful and very encouraging. Highly recommended.
Life is full and stretching, Yahshua is good! HalleluYah!
Grace and peace to you, your family, and all those who are part of your life in Christ.
Chris
- At 7:35pm on December 15, 2009,
Chris Jefferies said…
- Hi Scott. I know of Dick Scoggins though I haven't met him yet, he lives in High Wycombe. I think Peter Farmer was with him just a few days ago.
I have to say that I don't regard myself as having a ministry, I'm just an ordinary member of the church in the place where I live. I do know that Papa uses me in a variety of ways and I'm determined to keep listening and watching everything he is saying and doing. It's enough to serve my brothers and sisters any way he shows me.
- At 6:36pm on December 21, 2009,
Kenny Russell said… - Praise the Lord for you and your wife may the Lord continually bless your marriage.
- At 6:48pm on January 7, 2010,
J and N Larson said…
- We just found out about this Ning group. We live in Chicago's north suburbs and want to build an organic community here. So far, there are three of us within 30 minutes' drive. We have read Frank Viola's books and attended the Organic Church Conference in Orlando last July, and we look forward to having such a group in the (hopefully) near future!
You say you are ministering to students at Texas A&M. Is that an organic group, or possibly more than one?
- At 12:08am on January 21, 2010,
Terry Johns said…
- HI Scot
Thanks for the greetings. We are currently in India doing ministry with YWAM where we have been since the begining of November. Only another 4 weeks to go before we head back to the cold.
Blessings
Terry
- At 11:49pm on January 27, 2010,
J and N Larson said…
- Hi, Scott!
Thanks for the information!
We are aware of this group and were e-members for a while, but we soon realized that it is "institutional Christianity" in a broader form than usual, attempting to unite people from different denominations to "win Chicago for Christ."
It seems you also have read Frank Viola's books--what was your reaction? After reading "Reimagining Church" and "Pagan Christianity" and (subsequently) attending the Orlando conference, we are definitely on the same sheet of music with Frank, if not on the same line or measure!
Hope all is well in Texas. Best wishes!
- At 3:42pm on January 29, 2010,
J and N Larson said…
- We haven't read any of those, but as Frank points out on his Website, "Christianity is not a 'movement.'"
Have a look at "From Eternity to Here" and at the free brochure(s) on Frank's site. We think they are quite useful!
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I don't know of any books off the top of my head, but I know they're out there.
One place to start is the following link:
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I'll find some more resources to share with you as time allows.
DM
Michael Hartson replied to Darrell Meeks's discussion 'Tithe-Whipped'
Very interesting. If you know of some book or material that dives a little deeper into the subject, I would appreciate it. Send my a message if you know of anything.
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Darrell Meeks replied to Darrell Meeks's discussion 'Tithe-Whipped'
Michael,
I certainly understand what you're saying. Very few ministers ever speak the TRUTH about the tithe.
In OT times, the tithe was the inheritance of the Levites who were not allowed to make a living by any means as was common among the…
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Jossimar, bienvenido al blog de MHI, espero que aqui encuentres informacion relevante sobre como desarrollar discipulos, lideres e iglesias utilizando una proceso estrategico simple/organico. Bendiciones!
Michael Hartson replied to Darrell Meeks's discussion 'Tithe-Whipped'
I have seen a lot of sermons on the tithing, or giving; some of them very strange. I remember some time a go when my adult daughter was a teen, and going through a very difficult time, was being hauled off in a police car. We called the pastor…
Michael Hartson replied to Joshua Westcott's discussion 'Challenges of the Small Town'
yes, Quite true. "Doing Church" in house with out the Organic content, is just switching buildings. We as people tend to compartmentalize areas of our life. Church in this part, school in this part, marriage in this part,…
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Darrell Meeks replied to Darrell Meeks's discussion 'Tithe-Whipped'
Amen to that.
It's also of interes that those who had, for example, only nine lambs or calves born in a year, they were not required to hand over anything.
One thing I will say is that I thoroughly appreciate the OT system of…
Catherine Seebald replied to Joshua Westcott's discussion 'Challenges of the Small Town'
You're so right, Darrell! Many of the house churches I'm familiar with are not organic expressions of church but are really just institutional church in miniature. As Frank Viola says, organic church (OC) is one of the most…
Michael Hartson commented on Jim London's blog post 'What do we do when there is no group to join?'
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Sure, it's intentional. God is responsible for the Results, we are responsible for the action. God asks us to share our lives, talk to others about him, love others. Who gets saved, or what a person does or does not do or what…
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