In 1987 I first felt God calling me to be a missionary. I thought it was going to be overseas (that was the only place missionaries went in them days!)
But I never did make it overseas and finished up as the youth pastor in my home church. By 1991 I had begun to articulate my [...]
Conversation around the lunch table at Christian school I teach at.
“So which church are you at these days Bob?”
“Oh I’m going to Vanilla Baptist. Have been for 3 years”
“Right… so whose church is that?…”
Is it just me or do we identify churches too readily with senior pastors? And if we do then what does that [...]
Just wondering – what that might look like?
I don’t think it’d be my cup of tea!
Good post here from Tim as a follow up to my comments on ‘Borden’.
The banana benders (Queenslanders for non Aussies) have been using his stuff for a while now and seeing some results as well as asking some questions.
Read his observations.
As part of my job in establishing Forge over here I have been negotiating with denominations to try and secure funds as a partnership/sponsorship arrangement.
Today I finally heard back from one denomination I have been chasing since June last year. I met with them and they agreed to discuss possibilities. They sounded very positive. I [...]
Steve called us low brow! I would have thought very low brow was more accurate… Excellent post here stardust dvdrip – have a read.
‘Borden’ is the name that gets dropped at WA Baptist pastors gigs everywhere these days. Are you using the ‘Borden’ model? What do you think of ‘Borden’? It seems we are infected with Bordenitis everywhere.
Today I met with ‘Borden’ – Paul Borden – executive minister with the American Baptist Churches of the West, a denomination [...]
On Friday Danelle heads off to Mandurah again for the weekend, this time with 4 of the girls from round here. There is Heidi from the team and three others we have got to know.
They will have a ball – staying in a resort, eating out, partying, sleeping in…
I will look after children…
Actually I love [...]
Its been a morning for Forge admin. Yicky stuff… emails, details, finance, ouch!
Think I’ll go fishing or surfing this afternoon to ease the pain.
Looks nice out there buster divx online …
My mobile phone carked it on the weekend so currently Danelle and I are sharing a phone. If you can’t get me on it that’s why!
Should be alive again by mid this week.