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Spong Rallies ‘Believers in Exile’

by staff writer, Oct 23, 2004

Bishop Spong speaks at Shove Chapel to “believers in exile.”

Colorado Springs, Colo. (BP)–Sandwiched between a visit by President Bush three days earlier and a public rally by Senator John Kerry the day after, retired Bishop John Shelby Spong came to southern Colorado to enlist a growing […]

Cathedral to Focus on Innovation & Tradition

by Elizabeth Mullen, April 19, 2007

Billed as a “A Gathering to Envision, Encourage & Energize Renewing Mainline Congregations,” the Washington National Cathedral convened a three-day gathering in May, 10-12, 2007. Mainline and evangelical Christians talked about the best practices within their ministries and how these practices address a new set of cultural conditions in […]

Christianity’s New Center

Philip Jenkins, the author of “The Next Christianity” in the October Atlantic Monthly, argues that most Americans and Europeans are blind to one of the most important shifts of the twentieth century – the explosive growth of Christianity in the Southern Hemisphere. [ Visit Link ]

Open the City of Bethlehem

Nov 16, 2005

Speaking at the National Press Club today, Leila Sansour, a native of Bethlehem, appealed to Christians worldwide to invest in the city of Christ’s birth, and overcome a combination of illegal Israeli settlements, walls and militarized fences that have cut tourism 90% the past five years. Sansour represents the Open Bethlehem Project, […]

Future-Proof Your Ministry–live with Dr. Jay Gary

by Dr. Jay Gary, May 15, 2006

Click here for a 6-minute preview of this workshop (Broadband plays immediately, 56k modems some delay)

Over the past twenty-five years I have served as a turn-around specialist to various communities, organizations, ministries and congregations. Now I have gleaned the lessons of transformative leadership I’ve used […]

Vulnerable Mission Opens Whispering Campaign

by Dr. Jay Gary, Jan 6, 2009

The kingdom of heaven is like a merchant in search of fine pearls, who, on finding one pearl of great value, went and sold all that he had and bought it. Matthew 13:44-46

What is the future of world missions, given the permanent white water of […]

McLaren Announces DeepShift Tour

by staff writer, Jul 31, 2007

The book hit stores on October 2, 2007

Brian McLaren, emergent church leader and acclaimed author, has announced an “Everything Must Change” eleven city USA tour for 2008, starting in February. The tour will consider “what shifts must occur in our lives, families, faith communities, and the […]

Campus Revival to Host June Institute at Yale

by Dale Warn, May 26, 2006

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – An institute to help college campus ministry leaders understand revival and awakening biblically and historically – and to help bring revival to their own campuses – has been scheduled for June 21-28 at Yale University. As of Memorial Day, some 40 campus staff had registered […]

McKaughan Speaks on Vision & Conflict

by Jay Gary, Jun 28, 2006

World missions is in transition today, and must reconnect with both the aspirational vision of God, revealed in the Scripture, and to new cultures and generations. So claimed Paul McKaughan in an after-dinner speech to twenty mission leaders in Colorado Springs.

Hosted by Christian Futures and the Rocky Mountain […]

Transforming Mission Workshop

by EMS, Sep 10, 2005

a five-hour workshop for Christian leaders with Dr. Stan Nussbaum

Friday, Dec. 16, 2005

9:00 am – 3:30 pm at the Penrose House, behind the Broadmoor, Colorado Springs, Colo. Sponsored by the Rocky Mtn. Evangelical Missiological Society

David Bosch’s Transforming Mission (1991) is acknowledged as the leading book in mission […]