Category: austin stone
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Discipleship and Training | TheResurgence
I really like the Resurgence blog. It always has great thoughts, including the one below on discipleship. The primary context for training should also be the church in situ. I find it strange that this assertion should be so contentious when the weight of the biblical evidence is behind it. Timothy was trained in gospel…
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Attractional and Missional | TheResurgence
Below is quote from a post a The Resurgence on the Attractional vs. Missional “debate”. People often set up attractional church and missional church as polar opposites. Attractional has a come-to-us mentality. It’s about drawing people to the church. Missional is a go-to-them mentality. We take the gospel to people, meeting them on their terms…
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CGI | Austin Stone Student in the Statesman
This is why I love doing what I do…I get to watch amazing students do amazing things. Jackie Markovich is an intern in the College Ministry at The Austin Stone, and The Austin American Statesman printed an article about her project in Sudan for the Clinton Global Initiative. Here’s an excerpt: In Nagishot, Sudan, women…
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Mission First, Community Later?
I found this quote on our Missional Community blog from the Forgotten Ways by Alan Hirsch: “In a remark ascribed to Gordon Cosby, the pioneering leader of that remarkable community Church of the Savior in Washington, D.C., he noted that in over sixty years of significant ministry, he had observed that no groups that came…
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TASCC Missional Communities Blog
Stew and the Community team have been working on putting together a Missional Community Blog for The Austin Stone. Here’s an excerpt: How to stay focused on the vision and mission As leaders we must clearly communicate the vision and mission and what it means. Review the vision and mission often. Intimate knowledge of the…
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Practice is the Embodiment of Value
I listened to Alan Hirsch at our leadership conference (via Shapevine), and he busted out the title of this blog. He was talking about the idea that intellect moves us to action being a complete reversal of reality. Another quote from the day that really rung home for me is below: Act your way into…
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Top 3 Innovators @ Innovation3 | Catalyst
Matt Carter, our Senior Pastor, was named as one of the top 3 innovators at Innovation3 by CatalystSpace. Good stuff! Top 3 Innovators @ Innovation3 January 30, 2009 The Innovation3 conference was this week and it was cool. Did you go? There were over 100 speakers, but here are my Top 3 picks for most…
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The Austin Stone on Campus – Review
Wednesday night we gathered the students of The Austin Stone to worship on campus and cast vision for this coming semester. I preached on our call as believers to make disciples through Matthew 4:18-22 (we are called to radical obedience to a radical Jesus), Matthew 28:16-20 (we are given the task of making disciples of…
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The Austin Stone on Campus
If you are a college student in Austin, you should come join me for The Austin Stone on Campus. January 28th, 7 p.m. at the Texas Union Ballroom. You can see the event on Facebook here.
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TASCC Student Story | College Blog
I am blessed to serve some incredible students at The Austin Stone. Check out Andrea’s story.
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Matt Carter Interviewed by Leadership Network for Innovation3
Our senior pastor, Matt Carter, was interviewed yesterday by Leadership Network. It’s a great snapshot of who we are as a church…give it a look! http://vimeo.com/2841879