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Alan J. Roxburgh • Joining God, Remaking Church, Changing the World
Martyria, or witnessing
John W. Stewart • Envisioning the Congregation, Practicing the Gospel
Andrew: The subtitle of your blog is “Our days are numbered. Passionately pursue a life of excellence.”
Andrew Boyd • I Want a Better Catastrophe: Navigating the Climate Crisis with Grief, Hope, and Gallows Humor
We must make sure that those of us working in a Para-church organisation are part of a local church, have a testimony of good character within that church, have served passionately in that church and have been acknowledged by the leadership of that church.
Andrew Murray • Seeing The Church: When your purpose collides with God's passion
“Christopraxis,” he wrote, “is the medium through which the Christian community embodies and enacts its fundamental vision of the gospel. . . . Christopraxis is the ministry [in a congregation] of making disciples” (Anderson 48, 53).
John W. Stewart • Envisioning the Congregation, Practicing the Gospel
Ministry Design Principle 16:
Kelly M. Kapic • A Field Guide to Becoming Whole: Principles for Poverty Alleviation Ministries
Belief in the Centrality of the Gospel-Driven Church