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The Death of Leadership: Christ, Co-Leading, and Missional Living
by Geoff Holsclaw / Read Geoff’s blog / Follow Geoff on Twitter In these postmodern times we are used to hearing of the death of the author, the death of the text, and even the death of the book (unless you have a Kindle). Well, today, it is the death of leadership, for Christ our [...]
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Why I’m Going Back to the Ecclesia National Gathering / Bill Cummings
Bill Cummings is the director of Lemonade International, a nonprofit organization based in Raleigh, NC. Educating and empowering people in the largest urban slum in Central America – La Limonada in Guatemala City. http://www.lemonadeinternational.org Last year (2010) was my first Ecclesia Network National Gathering. It was different than any other church/ministry/leadership conference I had ever [...]
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Why I’m Going to the National Gathering – Ben Sternke
Ben Sternke is a pastor in Fort Wayne, IN at Christ Church. Since the inception of our church plant, we have been part of a remarkable group of people and churches called The Ecclesia Network. This year our national gathering will be held March 5-7, 2012 near Washington, D.C. The focus this time is on how our churches can [...]
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Why I’m Going to the Ecclesia National Gathering: JR Rozko
I used to be a conference junkie. Straight out of college and anxious (though I never would have admitted it) to be the next big thing, I though that if I hit enough conferences, rubbed shoulders with big-shot speakers, and played my cards right, I’d be well on my way. What can I say, I [...]
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Ecclesia Podcasts Now Available
Announcing the Ecclesia Leadership Podcast One of the best things about being part of Ecclesia has always been the conversations and the relationships. With that in mind, we are proud to announce a podcast that continues those conversations and introduces you to people within and around the network. Think of the Ecclesia Leadership Podcast as [...]
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How Do You Serve the Poor?
By Gary Alloway Redemption Church is a 2-year old church plant in Bristol, PA, a post-industrial small town just outside Philadelphia. About 2 miles from where we meet for worship, there is a tent encampment where about a dozen homeless folks live. For almost 2 years, we have made weekly visits to the camp and [...]
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Ecclesia Network Bloggers
The heart of Ecclesia is, of course, the people of Ecclesia. Here are some of the Ecclesia Network bloggers. If we missed you or someone you know, leave a comment and a link and we’ll add it to the list. Ben Sternke Bob Hyatt David Fitch Doug Paul Dustin Bagby Gary Alloway Jim Pace J.R. [...]
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As Pastors: Can We Be “down” on Christians?
By Adam Gustine Recently, I have seen a slew of blog posts and twitter updates from pastors, both high and low profile, who have said something like, “I’m down on Christians who ____”, or “I can’t stand Christians who ______.” This isn’t the, oftentimes, intense online dialogue between church leaders who hold differing views. Passionate [...]
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The Kingdom in Everyday Life
by Tracy Commons Currently, I am working full-time and finishing up my last semester at Temple University. It’s been stressful trying to balance everything, trying to have it “together” – and continuing to build relationships with others. Even though I know this is my last semester and graduation is so near- I still get “ants [...]
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Leading From Where You’ve Actually Been
by Eric Phillips “The true Christian leader is one who walks with others, leading them to a place where he himself has already been.” This is an idea that recently has been on the forefront of my mind. Recently I have wrestled with the fact that there seems to be so little power in my [...]
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