Category: Marks of a Movement
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The Team Leader in Movement Building–Part 1
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The most important ingredient in building movements may be the local team leaders. Thus, finding and preparing local…
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Rise and Fall of Movements
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Below are Steve Addison‘s seven lessons from the story of the rise and fall of the Student Christian…
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Student Christian Movement
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Steve Addison recently released his latest in a series of case studies in the lifecycle of a movement:…
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Disciples who build movements
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I’ve been reflecting some on Milfred Minatrea’s Shaped by God’s Heart: The Passion and Practices of Missional Churches…
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Movement Definitions Part III
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What Kind of Church to Plant Allen Thompson goes on to argue that Redeemer Church’s understanding of "gospel"…
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Movement Definitions Part II
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I’ve been meaning to get back to Allen Thompson’s article on defining movements, found in the June edition…
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Movement Building as “Cultivation of Environments” (Part 3)
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Opt for the Green Zone Roxburgh and Romanuk offer, what they call, The Three Zone Model of Missional…
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The Otherworldly Church
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Dietrich Bonhoeffer made the following observation about the religious church or movement: We are otherworldly—ever since we hit…
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Movement Building as “Cultivation of Environments” (Part 2)
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An American Medical Association study concludes that, “Cardiac care units where the general mood of the nurses is…
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Movement Building as Cultivation (Part 1)
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I’ve been wrestling with Roxburgh’s and Romanuk’s The Missional Leader: Equipping Your Church to Reach the World. Over…
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To Change the World by James Davison Hunter, Part 2
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To Change the World (continued) 4. World-changing, Hunter concludes, is most intense when the networks of elites and…
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To Change the World by James Davison Hunter, Part 1
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In an address to the Trinity Forum (June 21-22, 2002), James Davison Hunter offered his perspective on changing…
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2nd Century Movement Builders
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In The Letter to Diognetus, a 2nd Century disciple of Christ defends the Christian “way of life” to…
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Wimber’s Seven Constants
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I took Steve Addison’s advice and read John Wimber’s advice to church planters within the Vineyard movement. I…
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Make us a Pack, Not a Herd
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“An Army of Davids : How Markets and Technology Empower Ordinary People to Beat Big Media, Big Government,…
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Steve Addison on Coaching
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Steve Addison has put together an excellent Startup Guide to Coaching Leaders. I’ve attached his ebook below. Let…
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LoveFootball – A Movement Building Video?
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As you look at the attached video (quicktime), look for lessons on movement building. (“Everything goes better with…
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Anti-Movement Dynamics (from Sam Metcalf)
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I was struck by the following post from Sam Metcalf’s blog: www.undertheiceberg.com. This painting, by French artist Jehan-Georges…
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The Long View in Movement Building
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It helps, now and then, to step back and take a long view. The kingdom is not only…
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Adapting a Vineyard Study to Movement Building Leadership
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A recent post by Steve Addison led to a study by Todd Hunter of “failed” church planters within…
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More Thoughts on Starbucks and Movement Leadership
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Carmine Gallo, wrote an interesting article in BusinessWeek titled Starbucks Secret Ingredient discussing the communication skills and passion…
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The Time of Opportunity Part 6
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(I pulled this post off Eric Swanson’s blog who took it from Marc van der Woude’s blog http://marcsmessages.typepad.com)…
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Tipping Points in Movements Part 5
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(I pulled this post and the next subsequent posts off Eric Swanson’s blog who took it from Marc…
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Stimulating Movements Part 4
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(I pulled this post and the next subsequent posts off Eric Swanson’s blog who took it from Marc…
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The Patterns of Movements or Organizations Part 3
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(I pulled this post and the next subsequent posts off Eric Swanson’s blog who took it from Marc…
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Components of a Movement Part 2
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I pulled this post and the next subsequent posts off Eric Swanson’s blog who took it from Marc…
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What is a Movement? Part 1
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I pulled this post and the next subsequent posts off Eric Swanson’s blog who took it from Marc…
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Starbucks and Movement Building
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I admit it. I’m an addict, a Starbucks’ addict. I’m sitting right now at my computer with a…
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Changing in World
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This is an inscription on the tomb of an Anglican Bishop in Westminster Abbey: When I was young…
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