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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Dec 2009 08:54:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is my irregular posting of my &#8220;surfing&#8221; around the net. So grab a coffee, take a break and see what interests you.
How the Internet is Changing our World
And some awful truths about book publishing (HT: Challies)
Tim Keller&#8217;s advice for young pastors? &#8211; This will surprise you!  But while we are here &#8211; have you [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=legerity.wordpress.com&blog=3526230&post=3957&subd=legerity&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>All things Newbigin</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Dec 2009 08:31:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the 8th of December 2009 Lesslie Newbigin, (1909-1998) a true theological and missiological giant, would have been 100 years old.


Read this tribute to Lesslie Newbigin, The Missionary Wouldn&#8217;t Retire from Christianity Today.
Or what about these 10 Things You Probably Did Not Know About Him. (HT: Brisco)
And for a classic from the archives what about [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=legerity.wordpress.com&blog=3526230&post=3948&subd=legerity&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>12 Traits of a Missional Church</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Dec 2009 11:47:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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According to the Gospel and Our Culture Network here are the 12 traits of a missional church:
1.  The missional church proclaims the gospel.
2.  The missional church is a community where all members are involved in learning to become disciples of Jesus.
3.  The Bible is normative in the church’s life.
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		<title>The Ministry of Presence</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Nov 2009 16:31:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;More and more, the desire grows in me simply to walk around, greet people, enter their homes, sit on their doorsteps, play ball, throw water, and be known as someone who wants to live with them. It is a privilege to have the time to practice this simple ministry of presence. Still, it is not [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=legerity.wordpress.com&blog=3526230&post=3919&subd=legerity&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Nov 2009 06:03:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Brad Brisco has a helpful history of the missional church (with a very North American flavour though) with some helpful markers of significant or helpful books as he goes along:
History of Missional Church – Part I &#8211; The Influence of Lesslie Newbigin
The shift to missional thinking in the words of David Bosch:
&#8220;Mission was understood as [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=legerity.wordpress.com&blog=3526230&post=3878&subd=legerity&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Good News to Our City: Racial Reconciliation</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 10:23:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On Sunday night a group of us gathered to pray for VOX City Church, have some food and hang out together.
We spent some time praying for the city and for us as a community of Christ-followers who wish to love and serve the city with the gospel and as people of the gospel.
It got me [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=legerity.wordpress.com&blog=3526230&post=3867&subd=legerity&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Coffee Break</title>
		<link>http://legerity.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/coffee-break-38/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Nov 2009 07:23:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is my irregular posting of my &#8220;surfing&#8221; around the net. So grab a coffee, take a break and see what interests you.
Jonathan Dodson is excellent in asking: Why Aren&#8217;t People More Missional?
Andrew Jones has some interesting predictions for the church of the next decade
Drew Goodmanson has posted some bullet point thoughts and questions on [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=legerity.wordpress.com&blog=3526230&post=3753&subd=legerity&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<link>http://legerity.wordpress.com/2009/11/09/painting-a-picture/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 Nov 2009 08:18:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Recently Jo and I have been reminded through a number of very different experiences that people seem to find our home a safe place in which to question, to doubt, to be broken, to celebrate and to be themselves.  People naturally seem to sense that it is ok to kick off their shoes in our [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=legerity.wordpress.com&blog=3526230&post=3799&subd=legerity&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 06:20:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jonathan Dodson has posted some similar thoughts before, but they are just so helpful I thought I would should once again post his latest offering; Equipping for Mission
Don’t Eat Alone. Last time I checked we all eat at least three meals a day. Most Christians eat them alone or with other Christians. What would it [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=legerity.wordpress.com&blog=3526230&post=3755&subd=legerity&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Jonah a Missional Reading</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2009 11:48:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Scripture is appropriately read and interpreted as the Spirit-empowered testimony that equips God&#8217;s people for their mission&#8230;&#8221;
Darrell Guder: The Continuing Conversion of the Church p x
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