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Nicht nur Gemeinden, die ab und zu eine Gemeinde gründen (was in Deutschland ja schon super wäre), sondern Gemeinden, die Gemeinden gründen, die Gemeinden gründen, die Gemeinden gründen, die Gemeinden gründen. Und das nicht in 5-Jahresabständen, sondern sich rapide und schnell multipliziende Jünger und Gemeinden, etwas so:
Solche eine schnelle Ausbreitung des Evangeliums hat man bisher nur in Ländern wie Indien, China, Afrika und Mittelamerika erlebt, aber mein Wunsch und mein Traum ist, dass wir soetwas auch in Deutschland erleben.
Luk. 10 Vater, sende Arbeiter in deine Ernte. Jesus, bau du deine Gemeinde!
Und lehre uns, dir zu folgen und dir nicht im Weg rumzustehen.
Das International Mission Board der Southern Baptist hat ein gutes Video erstellt, müsst ihr euch anschauen
Dienstag, 16. März 2010
Montag, 8. März 2010
Don’t ask about our meetings
This is just great what Tim writes on his Blog 100% agree with what he is writing. It is all about learning to ask the relevant Questions. So why are we Event minded? Do we understand and know the soruce of this Event minded thinking and acting? So why are we talking about that stuff?
Don’t ask about our meetings: "
For many Christians church is an event. It is a meeting you attend or a place you enter. Churches may talk about being a family, but most of their resources go into the Sunday morning event. Acquiring a building. Preparing the sermon. Producing the bulletin. Equipping a venue with sound and light. Planning the show. Practicing the band. That’s were their money and their staff time go. We talk about being family and community, but when you look at how we spend our time and money it becomes clear that in practice we view church as an event.
People often ask me about our meetings. ‘When do you meet? Where? What do you do when you meet together?’ But if you ask those questions then you have completely missed the point! We’re not advocating a new way of doing meetings. Actually our meetings are not good! The music is poor and the teaching is nothing you’d go out of your way to hear. What matters to us is our shared life: sharing our lives, doing ordinary life with gospel intentionality.
The church will never out perform TV shows and music videos. But there is nothing like the community life of the church. There is nowhere else where diverse people come together. There is nowhere else were broken people find a home. There is nowhere else when grace is experienced. There is nowhere else where God is present by his Spirit.
Don’t ask about our meetings: "
For many Christians church is an event. It is a meeting you attend or a place you enter. Churches may talk about being a family, but most of their resources go into the Sunday morning event. Acquiring a building. Preparing the sermon. Producing the bulletin. Equipping a venue with sound and light. Planning the show. Practicing the band. That’s were their money and their staff time go. We talk about being family and community, but when you look at how we spend our time and money it becomes clear that in practice we view church as an event.
People often ask me about our meetings. ‘When do you meet? Where? What do you do when you meet together?’ But if you ask those questions then you have completely missed the point! We’re not advocating a new way of doing meetings. Actually our meetings are not good! The music is poor and the teaching is nothing you’d go out of your way to hear. What matters to us is our shared life: sharing our lives, doing ordinary life with gospel intentionality.
The church will never out perform TV shows and music videos. But there is nothing like the community life of the church. There is nowhere else where diverse people come together. There is nowhere else were broken people find a home. There is nowhere else when grace is experienced. There is nowhere else where God is present by his Spirit.
Sonntag, 7. März 2010
Was hast du in deiner Hand?
Um was geht es in deinem Leben, was hast du zu geben. Was sind die Dinge die dein Leben mit dem gewissen etwas versehen, Wertvoll machen ...?
Psalm 23 for the Working Man
Psalm 23 for the Working Man: "
The Lord is my real boss, and I shall not want.
He gives me peace, when chaos is all around me.
He gently reminds me to pray and do all things without murmuring and complaining.
He reminds me that He is my source and not my job.
He restores my sanity every day and guides my decisions that I might honor Him in all that I do.
Even though I face absurd amounts of e-mails, system crashes, unrealistic deadlines, budget cutbacks, gossiping co-workers, discriminating supervisors and an aging body that doesn’t cooperate every morning, I still will not stop – for He is with me!
His presence, His peace, and His power will see me through.
He raises me up, even when they fail to promote me.
He claims me as His own, even when the company threatens to let me go.
His faithfulness and love is better than any bonus check.
His retirement plan beats any 401K there is!
When it’s all said and done, I’ll be working for Him a whole lot longer and for that, and I will Bless His Name!
Amen.
[Thanks Amain Monticello!]
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The Lord is my real boss, and I shall not want.
He gives me peace, when chaos is all around me.
He gently reminds me to pray and do all things without murmuring and complaining.
He reminds me that He is my source and not my job.
He restores my sanity every day and guides my decisions that I might honor Him in all that I do.
Even though I face absurd amounts of e-mails, system crashes, unrealistic deadlines, budget cutbacks, gossiping co-workers, discriminating supervisors and an aging body that doesn’t cooperate every morning, I still will not stop – for He is with me!
His presence, His peace, and His power will see me through.
He raises me up, even when they fail to promote me.
He claims me as His own, even when the company threatens to let me go.
His faithfulness and love is better than any bonus check.
His retirement plan beats any 401K there is!
When it’s all said and done, I’ll be working for Him a whole lot longer and for that, and I will Bless His Name!
Amen.
[Thanks Amain Monticello!]
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Islam, welche Fragen gilt es zu klären?
Sollten wir ausgehend von den aktuellen Diskusionen in unserer Gesellschaft rund um den Islam, nicht mehr mit dem Koran auseinandersetzen.
Freitag, 5. März 2010
Genial, der Mensch hat es doch echt drauf, oder!?
Looking at the enclosed Video i think it reveals that human are just genius ..
Dienstag, 2. März 2010
Missional Church
another way to descripe missional churches ...
What if instead of getting people to come inside, you were getting people to go out? This is what our church should be ... a place where people are send to there neighbors to serve them and to have fun with them ... Life is fantastic when we can share it with the people which are around us
What if instead of getting people to come inside, you were getting people to go out? This is what our church should be ... a place where people are send to there neighbors to serve them and to have fun with them ... Life is fantastic when we can share it with the people which are around us
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