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Archive for November, 2008

How to reach Japan (and maybe your nation/region/culture?)

Posted by Bessie on November 24th, 2008

From  John White, Simple Church Coach, LK10: A Community of Practice for Church Planters
http://lk10.com
Mitsuo Fukuda is a LK10 member and one of the leading simple church planters in Japan.   Mitsuo is presenting a paper at a missiological conference in January called “A New Family Model for Japanese People”.  This paper contains a challenge to the […]

Spirit-filled in the collective sense

Posted by Bessie on November 24th, 2008

From Justin Simpson who is in a home church in Heathmont, Vic.

‘Don’t you realize that all of you together are the temple of God and the Spirit of God lives in you? (1 Corinthians 3.16)
‘You are living stones that God is building into his spiritual temple.’ (1 Peter 2.5)
We are so immersed in our Western […]

House2House web site revamped….

Posted by Bessie on November 21st, 2008

Go to the U.S. site of Tony & Felicity Dale -  www.house2house.com for information, news and resources.

Urban Neighbours of Hope - Melbourne

Posted by Bessie on November 19th, 2008

Get a taste for ethnically diverse culture and cuisine while living in our UNOH shared households! Experience firsthand the sights, sounds, smells of our communities in Springvale and Noble Park. Meet some amazing people from all over the world living right here in our neighbourhoods.
For further details:
http://unoh.org/?a1T1R&N7a&w2F&2pn

From John White -

Posted by Bessie on November 19th, 2008

www.lk10.com
I was delighted this last week to meet Jim Shindler, a LK10 member visiting here in Denver from Dayton, Ohio.  Jim is part of the leadership team of Apex, a mega “church” of 2500, which in the last few years has been moving toward house church as the primary expression of church.  Here are some […]

Reimagining Church By Frank Viola - review

Posted by Bessie on November 19th, 2008

Published by David Cook
This book is the flip side of ‘Pagan Christianity’, Frank Viola’s previous book that delved into the practices and history of the traditional ways of church and saw them wanting from a biblical perspective.  If you viewed that book as negative, then here is the positive written in the same thorough and […]

Mark your diaries now for the 2009 Anabaptist Association of Australia and New Zealand conference.
Christians from many traditions are learning from this vigorous alternative stream of church experience.  This conference provides an opportunity to discover some of the ideals of the Anabaptist tradition and how they make sense in today’s church and world. We will […]

I’m back in circulation!

Posted by Bessie on November 18th, 2008

After two weeks HOLIDAY, I am back home.  Had a great time in South Australia around Lake Bonney area and then Broken Hill.  Today I am catching up with emails - literally hundreds of them.
Blessings, Bessie