This is a real photo of Luther in 1517. Or not.
Your congregation is probably buzzing about costumes, parties and candy this weekend. Maybe your church is having a "harvest party," too. But do you know about the other October 31st? Justin Holcomb, academic dean of Re:Train, posted "Luther Puts a Nail in the Heart of Bad Religion— And 3 Other Holidays" on The Resurgence, highlighting another October 31 holiday: Reformation Day. Yes, October 31 was also the day Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses on the Wittenberg church door.
Reformation Day (October 31) commemorates Luther's posting of his 95 Theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany on October 31, 1517. This act triggered the Reformation, as they were immediately translated and ...
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By Scott Thomas, Acts 29 Director
See Part 1 here.
4. How is Acts 29 reaching out internationally?
We are blessed with a team of church planters who focus their energies toward the International opportunities while leading their respective church plants. Steve Timmis is directing Acts 29 Western Europe as an established leader, author and innovator. He is seeking to establish regional leaders in every country as a church-planting center to identify, assess, and train, resource, coach and collaborate for multiplying disciples in Western Europe.
Our International team is seeking to identify national leaders who can lead a work of God in their respective nation. This team has trained thousands of church planters across the world and we have church planting centers in South ...
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Rick is not new the the Network, but you may not know who he is yet. From The Village Church (as in Matt Chandler), Rick White planted CityView church in Fort Worth, Texas. At the Houston boot camp in September, Rick popped by the green room to answer some questions for our slightly wobbly camera (apologies! think: MTV).
In this clip, he tells us three ways he struggled as a church planter in the early days. Good words from an intense dude for church planters and leaders, or those who aspire to be.
*The talk Rick mentions in the video is "Idols in Church Planting" and is found here.
And, on November 17-18, Texas Acts 29 members and candidates are invited to CityView Church to be hosted by Rick White and his team for a Regional Training. Jeremy ...
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Tags: elder process, eldership, churches, advice, help, struggles, texas, fort worth, keller, cityview church, rick white, idols of church planting, church planting, acts 29
By Scott Thomas, Acts 29 Director
1. How and when did Acts 29 begin?
Acts 29 was founded in 2000 with Mark Driscoll, pastor of Mars Hill Church in Seattle when it was about 200 in attendance and David Nicholas, a Presbyterian pastor (now retired) of a large church in Boca Raton, Florida. They formed the network to plant qualified, entrepreneurial men who held to a reformed soteriology (salvation) and were willing to engage urban cities with the gospel.
2. Why does Acts 29 exist? What are its chief goals and key emphases?
Acts 29 exists to make gospel-transformed disciples by planting church-planting churches.
Gospel Message: The major emphasis of Acts 29 is the gospel. The gospel is the power of God for salvation and sadly many churches are ashamed of ...
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Tags: acts 29, history, network, story, vision of acts 29, purpose, church planting movement, mark driscoll, scott thomas, darrin patrick, jeff vanderstelt, matt chandler, eric mason, russ mckendry, tyler jones, ed marcelle, daniel montgomery, chan kilgore, brian howard, david fairchild, tyler powell
Bill Clem is the Director of Spiritual Formation at Re:Train - and today, school is in session at Mars Hill Church in Seattle. During the break, the Acts 29 crew was able to get a few minutes with Bill to hear from him about the purpose of Re:Train and what its goals are in developing and equipping pastors.
"Re:Train is not about how many classes can we get in, how many papers have you done," says Bill. "It has way more to do with how does [the learning] impact you as a spiritual leader who is going to impact other people?"
Watch the three-minute video below.
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Posted in: Leadership
Tags: king, priest, prophet, church leadership, purpose of seminary, bill clem, spiritual formation, church planting, acts 29, resurgence, retrain
