Less Macho, More Gospel
This week I headed up to London for a day at the Acts 29 Western Europe conference: Inclusive Exclusivism. I was a bit nervous truth be told. It’s not an unfamiliar crowd but a little different. I was hoping no one would ask me what church I was from – confessing to being an Anglican ...
Conference Summary
Adrian Warnock interviews Mark Driscoll – videos here Mark Driscoll reflects on his time in the UK here and here My posts on Together on a Mission 2008 My posts on the Dwell London conference Mark Driscoll’s pastors training track (audio) – Be Radical Plant Radical Churches Together on a Mission 2008 (audio) – Main ...
Timmis: Dwell 2
Steve’s second talk was entitled ‘Planting communities of Grace‘. He opened by reading 1 Timothy 3, and then briefly spoke about groups and the 5 stages of a ‘group’ defined by Dr. Bruce Tuckman: Forming Storming Norming Performing Adjourning (he added this one at the end) Steve stressed that the forming stage was the time ...
Timmis: Dwell
Steve gave two talks about grace in church planting – ‘Church Planter as a Minister of Grace’ and ‘Planting Communities of Grace’. Steve is involved in lots of different things; Crowded House in Sheffield, Radstock Ministries, and the Porterbrook Network who had partnered with Acts29 to put this day conference on. Here’s the first talk: ...
Driscoll: Missional Church
Carrying on from Mark’s first talk on Spirit-Led Missions he went on to speak about what a Missional church is. Firstly he concluded his 8-point definition of a church: Regenerated Church membership Qualified Leadership (male eldership) Gathers regularly for preaching and worship Sacraments ministered correctly (Baptism and Communion) Unity in Word and Spirit Discipline for ...