John March

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  • The Next Evangelicalism Conference

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    Talking about being multi-ethnic is so much more fun than actually being multi-ethnic.  I thoroughly enjoyed the conference today on Evangelicalism’s multi-ethnic future.  There were some great talks given, and a compelling case was made for a multi-cultural Evangelicalism.  From a biblical, sociological, and statistical point of view, the speakers persuasively argued that Evangelicalism must…

  • The Next Evangelicalism Discussion in the Twin Cities

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    I plan to attend this event tomorrow. If you’re in the area and have time tomorrow, I think this will be well worth your while.

  • ECC and the ECC

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    This past weekend Mary and I finished up our time at Emmanuel Covenant Church.  Where for the past six months I had been working as a church planting resident.  It was a great experience for our whole family.  Throughout our time there, we were able to engage in a variety of ministries that encouraged and…

  • Power

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    Everybody wants it.  Everyone wants to have control over others.  Everyone wants to be important and able to make decisions that affect other people.  In a helpful distinction, Greg Boyd defines what Christian power looks like in contrast to the power of the world, which is represented in violence.  He says that real power comes in the…

  • Was Iraq God’s War?

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    These are possibly the most disturbing images I’ve seen regarding the Iraq war.  They aren’t grotesque.  They aren’t gory.  They aren’t gruesome.  But they are some of the most ridiculous appropriations of Bible texts I’ve ever seen.  Below is some of the article text, and here is the link to the slide show, which shows the images…

  • The Next Evangelicalism: Freeing the Church from Western Cultural Captivity

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    Soong-Chan Rah argues powerfully that the evangelical church in America is held captive to Western (he means white) culture.  He points to the models of ministry held up as ‘successful’ at conferences and in publishers’ catalogs as evidence that American evangelicalism glorifies the white suburban church as the epitome of what church should look like. Throughout…

  • believe by jennifer silvera

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    Thoughts from Mary (My first attempt at blogging) As a counselor, I am struck again and again by the universal nature and influence of death and loss.  Everyone has or will lose someone they love.  It is only a matter of time.  While death is universally experienced by all, grief is processed so differently and…

  • Evangelical Church is at best treading water

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    This chart displays graphically the inflow and outflow of people in various religious groups in America.   This graph is taken from a post by internet monk.  It was compiled from two surveys recently released detailing the state of religion in America.  The most influential is the Pew Forum study Faith in Flux.  The upshot…

  • Emerging Church Offensive?

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    A smoking hot quote about the Emerging Church from Soong-Chan Rah’s new book, The Next Evangelicalism: I personally find the use of the term “emerging church” to be offensive.  I believe that the real emerging church is the church in Africa, Asia and Latin America that continues to grow by leaps and bounds.  I believe…

  • Visioneering

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    This book is meant to be a guidebook for developing vision in your life.  Stanley steps through the story of Nehemiah and pulls out visioning principles along the way.  He challenges everyone to live with purpose by developing a vision for each aspect or role of their life.  That means I have a vision for…