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The Shaping of a Network: How A Post-Denominational Connectional Church Is Being Formed (Part 1)

Date: February 1, 2012 | 0 Comments | Share

Introducing Our Direction Along the way of developing Ecclesia I’ve had several people ask me in one way or another “Didn’t you spend 5 years doing research on networks before Ecclesia started?”  This is then usually followed by a next obvious question, “When are you going to share what you discovered?” While, it is true [...]

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Ecclesia NE Regional Gathering

Date: January 16, 2012 | 0 Comments | Share

As some of you may know, The Ecclesia Network is a relational network that exists to help churches, organizations and leaders with a missional bent to connect. Our church and other churches around the country have been privileged to be a part of for the past few years. As Ecclesia is growing, there is a [...]

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Welcome Church Planters Worth & Beth Wheeler and Boised Mustard Seed (Boise, ID) to the Ecclesia Network!

Date: December 23, 2011 | 0 Comments | Share

Boise Mustard Seed is a newly forming church community of Jesus followers who have their hearts set on living out the grace and peace of Christ in the city of Boise and the Greater Boise Metro Area. “We endeavor to live out the Way of Jesus in innovative forms through an incarnational approach within our [...]

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Welcome Rhythm Church (Miami, FL) to the Ecclesia Network!

Date: December 23, 2011 | 0 Comments | Share

Rhythm Church began brewing about three years before it was actually planted. That’s when a circle of friends in Miami began feeling that God was calling us to give birth to a fresh expression of the church in the future. The simple question we began with was, “What does it look like tof ollow Jesus [...]

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Ecclesia News for December 2011

Date: November 28, 2011 | 0 Comments | Share

A Word of Thanks – To God and To You In this season of thanksgiving, I would like to extend my heartfelt gratitude for all those who are connected to Ecclesia and to Jesus for the work He is doing among us. This has been one of the most exciting and fruitful years in our [...]

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National Gathering, Leadership Podcast and More

Date: September 26, 2011 | 0 Comments | Share

National Gathering Registration Now Open March 5-7, 2012 Our focus this year is on how our churches can function as centers of reconciliation, where we learn through the power of the Spirit to live as one reconciled family of God across racial, economic, and generational lines. We’re blessed to have Dr. John Perkins, Dr. Ivy [...]

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Missional Learning Commons – Oct. 28-29

Date: August 29, 2011 | 0 Comments | Share

The Midwest Missional Learning Commons will take place this year on Oct 28-29 in the Chicago area. Our focus will be on discipleship, and Mike Breen will be helping to facilitate our time together. The aim of the Missional Learning Commons is to provide a collaborative learning environment for missional churches to share stories, discuss [...]

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Ecclesia Northeast Regional – In Partnership with Fresh Expressions US

Date: July 27, 2011 | 0 Comments | Share

A New Church For A New World: A Fresh Expressions Vision Day At it’s core, Ecclesia is committed to the development of missional churches that are focused on reaching our growing Post-Christian society. We are also a network that is dedicated to collaboration with other like-minded people. Earlier this year, Ecclesia joined into a partnership [...]

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Church Update: Kairos Hollywood

Date: July 21, 2011 | 0 Comments | Share

by Dave Kludt of Kairos Hollywood So far, 2011 has been spent deepening roots in a city with tough soil. Over the last few years, Kairos Hollywood has rounded the five-year mark as a church plant and we’re now approaching ten, with the last few years being marked by significant change and transition. While instability [...]

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Church Update: Christ Church

Date: July 18, 2011 | 1 Comment | Share

By Ben Sternke pastor of Christ Church in Ft. Wayne, IN. Christ Church’s mission is to join God in the renewal of all things by planting a network of missional communities in the neighborhoods and networks of Fort Wayne, Indiana. Doing church this way requires a foundation a discipling culture and a lot of leaders, so [...]

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