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In the previous blog entry, I shared the introduction to a classic holiness message by Dr. Nina Gunter. Today and in the final installment of the week, I am providing the remainder of her sermon. In the 11 pages of the Historical Statement of our Manual, the words holiness and sanctification are referenced more than 70 times.... Continue Reading →
By Ed Stetzer Go where people are, make disciples, plant churches. I’m in a series covering the topic of missional effectiveness. In the previous two posts, I have explained the marks of God’s mission. What I have sought to do is stress the major foci of each mark in an effort to build a visual... Continue Reading →
By Ed Stetzer Community is the vehicle of God's mission. In this blog series, we are looking at the topic missional effectiveness. Once again, missional effectiveness is embracing the totality of the missio Dei—including its message, movement, and marks—and enacting it in the life of a local church. So far, I have covered the message... Continue Reading →
By Ed Stetzer The mission of God is attractional and incarnational. I don’t know why, but I have a fascination with yo-yos. Now, I can’t yo-yo. Nevertheless, I find it amusing and entertaining as a skilled yo-yoer (if I can use that term) cast the yo-yo out with great rhythmic force only to have it... Continue Reading →
By Ed Stetzer God is on mission to glorify Himself. In the first post I explained that missional effectiveness is embracing the totality of the missio Dei—including its message, movement, and marks—and enacting it in the life of a local church. I don’t know about you, but I have been on many honey-do runs in the... Continue Reading →
By Ed Stetzer What is mission? What is missions? What is missional? Like most people, I want what I buy to work and be effective at what it was created to do. For instance, I have a smartphone that keeps track of my life. I call, text, surf the web, tweet, Facebook, use Maps to... Continue Reading →
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