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• Notes on Secrets to Success from the United Methodist Church

  By dsonnenberg on October 9, 2010 • ( 0 )

  Rev. Dr. Ken Priddy shared the results of a recent United Methodist study at Presbytery. Read more from Ken Priddy at http://kenpriddy.blogspot.com/. Common factors in successful churches among United Methodists: 1. Small groups and programs for youth, children and adults2. Active… Read More ›

• Hipster Christianity

  By dsonnenberg on October 2, 2010 • ( 0 )

  Rev. Dr. Ken Priddy brought a new trend (or heresy?) to our attention at a recent Presbytery meeting. Check it out at http://www.hipsterchristianity.com/. Ken suggested that perhaps “cool” is the new idol. Read a complete chapter from a book analyzing this trend entitled… Read More ›

• Notes from Mike Ashcraft on Church Planting

  By dsonnenberg on October 2, 2010 • ( 0 )

  Notes from a recent meeting with Mike Ashcraft, pastor of Port City Community Church in Wilmington, NC. Not direct quotes, but a summary of our conversation about church planting. 1. The vision for founding of PC3: a church for people who… Read More ›

• Notes from Michael Frost on Mission as the Organizing Principle of the Church

  By dsonnenberg on October 2, 2010 • ( 0 )

  Notes from YouTube video of Michael Frost at a recent Presbytery meeting. Theme: “MISSION” should be the organizing priniciple of the church mission means “to be sent” – a movement outwards not something added on all other things should fall… Read More ›

• Notes from "Missional Renaissance" by Reggie McNeal

  By dsonnenberg on October 2, 2010 • ( 0 )

  Notes from Rev. Ken Priddy’s summary of Reggie McNeal’s presentation from his book Missional Renaissance at the summer General Assembly. the church typically measures how many, how often, how much three recent missional shifts from internal focus to external focus from… Read More ›

• Notes from Richard Pratt on Missional Applications of Being Created in God’s Image

  By dsonnenberg on October 2, 2010 • ( 0 )

  Notes from Rev. Ken Priddy’s summary (fall Presbytery) of Dr. Richard Pratt’s (RTS Orlando, Thirdmill.org) addresses at General Assembly this past summer. 1. Main theme – your value is in your creation in image of God we have value bc… Read More ›

• Notes from "Confessions of a Short-Sighted Presbyter" by Nate Atwood

  By dsonnenberg on October 2, 2010 • ( 0 )

  Address by Rev. Nate Atwood, Kempsville EPC, Virginia Beach, VA, at a recent EPC General Assembly and reiterated at a recent Presbytery. Learning from one another – recent lessons learned from others at Presbytery meetings and conclusions drawn lesson 1- we gotta… Read More ›