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Get in the Fight
This post contains a link to one of the most convicting sermons I have heard Matt Carter preach, and it is a clarion call for the consumer church to engage in the mission of God. It’s…
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Touchpoint » Blog Archive » An Encouraging Mega Church View
A great viewpoint from David Watson on mega church involvement in church planting movements. From my perspective as a champion for rapidly multiplying small church planting, I do see a need for and appreciate mega churches.…
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When Planning Fails Churches
This quote from an article in Church Solutions Magazine adds some fuel to the fire from our conversations as a staff and implementing our strategy as a church. The statistics tell the unfortunate truth. Eighty-seven percent…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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TASCC Student Story | Aaron Hayslip
Another story from the TASCC College Blog here.