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What if Starbucks Marketed Like a Church? A Parable

by Vince Olaer | Doctrines and Theology, Evangelism, For Pastors Only, Pastoral, Primary

“What if Starbucks Marketed Like a Church? A Parable” is a comedy video about our contemporary Church traditions and ways. I have seen this video in one of the websites of Organic Church people. Very funny, but there are really truths in it. Our Churches...

Us AND Them by Dan Beaty: Essay About Organized Church

by oggie | Missions

Viewing the Organized Church For the past 7 years since my wife and I began doing Home Church, one question has persisted: How do we view the denominational/organized churches and those who attend them? I have to admit that my initial feeling was one of distaste and...

When Small Is Big: The Impact of Love and Good Deeds at Work by J.P. Leo Castillo

by oggie | Evangelism, Missions, Primary

Several years ago, some co-workers dropped in without any warning at the weekly small group gathering for Christians in our company. We were pleasantly surprised, of course, and asked what prompted them to join our group. They shared about a Christian co-worker who...

Rethinking the Church by J.P. Leo Castillo

by oggie | Missions

Nowadays, when a well-meaning friend or acquaintance asks me, “Where do you go to church?” I often catch myself groping hard for a non-controversial answer. Because to me, this question reveals an almost unquestioned assumption that church refers to building or to an...

When Small is Great: The Organic Church

by oggie | Evangelism, Missions, Pastoral

Interview with: Neil Cole, author of Organic Church: Growing Faith Where Life Happens by Christianity Today Neil Cole is a pastor and the director of Church Multiplication Associates (CMA), a “growing family of organic church networks.” Cole advocates a...