Comments on: Help Make Rethink Mission More Helpful

By: Jonathan McIntosh

Jonathan McIntosh — Mon, 07 Sep 2009 14:09:32 +0000

Once again – good thoughts.
Orion – stuff on worship leaders is on the way.
Terry – Joel Osteen wouldn’t return my calls.
Craig – your questions are interesting. I agree that a discussion on that dynamic would be helpful.

By: Orion Berridge

Orion Berridge — Sun, 06 Sep 2009 04:26:19 +0000

What about interviewing some worship leaders. What is their context of worship? What transformation have they seen throughout the life of their church plant in or through worship? What is their concept of worship, or where do they go mentally, emotionally, theologically during worship?

By: Terry Parker

Terry Parker — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 03:57:29 +0000

What can people who aren’t in leadership do to support the leadership more? As a leader, what did/do you want out of the church members that you never got.

What are the best practical ways to stay out or, or break out of, the “Christian bubble” and carry out a missional life?

A Joel Osteen video interview would be EPIC. If you ever did that, you’d have to rock a suit and tie.

By: Craig Wolfe

Craig Wolfe — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 04:48:22 +0000

Is there always a tipping point where ministries go from being member led to staff driven? How do you keep a sense of engagement and ownership for the members/volunteers when a church becomes a victim of its own success and has to staff up? What is the current thinking on staff/volunteer dynamics?

By: Tyler Recker

Tyler Recker — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 00:26:42 +0000

In addition to seconding Adair’s request about the introvert/extrovert thing…

It’d be helpful to hear some talk on transitioning from a strictly traditional attractional mindset to a more incarnational way of thinking (which of course doesn’t fully exclude attractional stuff, of course). What are practical steps to get your people thinking that way?

By: Saint

Saint — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:41:38 +0000

I agree with some of whats already been posted. It would be great to see you focus on missional success with specific interviews with those involved including in depth looks at how their systems/orgs are set up, what works what doesn’t, etc. Keep up the good work nonetheless.

By: Jonathan McIntosh

Jonathan McIntosh — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 22:18:35 +0000

Brad, hit us up with the deets on the Andy Crouch conference.

By: Brad Edwards

Brad Edwards — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:45:04 +0000

Oh snap… I’ve heard he is very accessible, so it’s likely he’d be very excited to. He’s also coming to Covenant Seminary in October for a 2-day seminar. Read his book while wearing a seatbelt. If I know you at all, you will absolutely love his stuff, he has a real knack for communicating beauty.

By: Jonathan McIntosh

Jonathan McIntosh — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 20:31:17 +0000

Brad E. – Culture Making is on my reading stack. As soon as I’m done, I’m going to see if Andy will do an interview.
Jacob, Aaron, Brad H. – I hear you asking for a wide range of diversity involving race, background, and nationality of who we interview.
All – I hear you saying the more specific the better, specifically on systems.
Thanks.

By: Jason Rigby

Jason Rigby — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 19:35:17 +0000

Would like to see systems info from other churches . How do they set-up for being missional and Gospel-centered. (.pdf’s of theology papers, forms, manuals, philosophy of ministry.) How churches work this out specifically would be gold!