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I was chatting with a mate the other day about how frustrated many in the emerging church scene are becoming as the EC becomes more mainstream.
This frustration seems a bit odd to me. Firstly because nothing the EC does is particulalry new and thus no ownershp can be claimed. But secondly, the call to a […]

Hi to all that are visiting here after attending the FORGE Dangerous Stories II Summit over the long weekend.
I was pretty chuffed to have so many folk from around the country and o/s converge in my little part of the globe, but then a bit put out that I was unable to attend any of […]

I’ve been pretty quiet about the emerging church stuff for nearly a year now. You might remember that early on in my own journey as a pastor, I had some big questions about how we ‘do’ church and experiemented with lots of different things. I completed a years internship with FORGE and both read and […]

A lot of churches around where I live have been changing their names recently. Many of them have “new” or “hope” or “community” in their names, whilst others have gone a step further and chosen titles that seem to have nothing to do with a faith community.
With my community, we decided against changing our name […]

What writings most influenced the way you view ministry and church?
This is a question I sometimes get asked by students or others wanting to explore a possible calling into full-time church based ministry. While I’d love to say it was a Biblical passage or some theological classic, I have to be honest and say it […]

An interesting entry on Frank Rees’ blog today.
Basically, he is talking about how pastors should continually engage with theology - something that I have found has not only stimulated my thinking in the midst of ministry, but also made more ministry more effective. Given that many in the emerging church movement find the concept of thinking […]

Money was never really a big deal to me until there were others relying on my income for survival. It’s still not on the top of my list of my priorities, but wanting to ensure that my family is housed, clothed and fed means that it is more of a concern than it was when […]

A fairly damning, but surprisingly honest, article appears in todays Age newspaper about the state of Christianity in the USA. Much of Australian culture is shaped by what happens in the USA, but interestingly the ‘religious’ stuff is ignored almost entirely. It seems your average American will say they’re a Christian, whilst your average Australian would […]

Back in this post, I flagged the impending critique that I wanted to put together to help bring some of our people along the journey we are taking. I guess you could say I’m hoping to write a simple but direct ‘why we do what we’re doing’ series of papers that draw on Biblical witness, history, […]

I completed the one year internship with FORGE last year. The things they present are always thought provoking and challenging - this should be no different. It’s being held at ‘The Factory’, the facility that my community has seen move from a dream to a reality in the last three years…
The world is changing at […]