“Don’t fight the churchified context, leverage it for mission.” This was a big takeaway from the recent urban ministry roundtable in Philly. That statement solidified what God has been teaching us in our 15 months in central Detroit. Sunday is “religious space” that should be leveraged for mission…if you have gathered enough people who understand [...]
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As Christians we have the tendency to wax eloquent about the great commission but actually not do jack squat about it (I’ll own this for myself anyway). Or to put it a bit more mildly, we sometimes have a hard time converting our talking about making disciples into actually making disciples. So to help us [...]
Restore Church Gets Down & Dirty
Posted: April 21, 2011 by cletebontrager in Core Values, Gospel Identities, Restore Church, UncategorizedThis past Sunday (4/17/2011) we sponsored our first service project in our little corner of the world. We have participated in doing projects with other groups, but had a great time heading this one up. I want to thank Ruth Bontrager and Alaina Grojean for all the hours of planning and prep time to pull this off. Thank [...]
everyday stuff for everyday people for everyday Jesus telling
Posted: March 17, 2011 by mikehanafee in Core Values, Restore ChurchWe have held 3 low key Friday night vision gatherings covering Restore’s DNA – the gospel message, the gospel motivation, & the gospel methods. I was particularly pumped about our last meeting because I was able to sport a vintage Barry Sanders jersey I found that afternoon at Russell Bazaar for just $5;) The Big [...]
Video: Jesus builds His Church His way through average people like us!
Posted: January 21, 2011 by mikehanafee in Core Values, Soma School, VisionTo show & tell the gospel in 48202 in order to make disciple-making disciples – that’s what we are about at Restore. Of critical importance, then, is our understanding of the church. Namely, what is the church & how is it to function? One of the contributing influences in answering this question from Scripture has [...]
The 32/6 Initiative
Posted: December 27, 2010 by mikehanafee in Core Values, Gospel Identities, Vision“When is your launch date?” That is a question we hear frequently. Certainly it is a fair question & a good question. And no doubt the approach of planning for & advertising a big launch service has worked in some contexts. As one who loves to preach & looks forward to regularly preaching again this [...]
In this video I share some brief thoughts on another missional implication, contextualization. This topic has received much attention in recent years, often more in the way of rhetoric & tradition, rather than reality & Scripture.
“This is the last time you’re going to church”
Posted: September 13, 2010 by mikehanafee in Core Values, Gospel IdentitiesIn this video I share a second implication of the missional church. Not because of any contemporary fads but because of the ancient text of Scripture the church rightly understood is not a time & place but the people of God empowered by the Spirit of God to make known the Son of God to [...]
Every Believer a Missionary
Posted: September 9, 2010 by mikehanafee in Core Values, Gospel IdentitiesIn this video Mike shares the first implication of being a missional church (every believer is a missionary) & two things that means for leaders.
