What happened before time began? How did it all start? Who or what created me? How did I get here? Why do I exist. Does my life really matter? Does it have meaning? What happens after I die? Why is the world the way it is? [...]
Archive for the ‘Vision’ Category
THE Story
Posted: February 8, 2012 by mikehanafee in Detroit Info, Restore Church, Uncategorized, Vision0
Restore’s 2nd Trimester, Midrange Schedule, & an amazing gift!
Posted: November 18, 2011 by mikehanafee in Detroit Info, Family, Friends, Restore Church, VisionHey all, I like to tell people that we are entering the 2nd trimester in our embryonic stage of planting Restore Church. Hard to believe that next Tuesday (Nov 22) we will have been in Detroit one year. Wow, time has flown by! To let you know how to pray for the next few months [...]
Eternity, racism, the church & now.
Posted: November 9, 2011 by mikehanafee in racism, Restore Church, VisionThe anglo church bears some responsibility for the aberration of liberation theology prevalent in some quarters of the african-american church. After all, a gospel that purports to reconcile us back to God but enables racism to exist is not very convincing. Check out this sermon for a challenging look at eternity, racism, the church, & [...]
Batting between Cabrera & Martinez
Posted: November 1, 2011 by mikehanafee in Friends, preaching, racism, Restore Church, VisionAfter a fast & furious few days I thought I’d share an update on what has been going on. Friday evening the Hanafees & Bontragers drove to Akron, OH for our sons’ Saturday football games. It was a fun road trip spending time with old & new friends, coaching the boys, watching the girls cheerlead, [...]
Restore video & info blast
Posted: October 13, 2011 by mikehanafee in Restore Church, Uncategorized, VisionFrequently I send out an email covering what’s going down in connection to Restore. Here’s one I sent out today. Let me know if you would like to get on our email list. Hey all, If you haven’t seen it yet here’s a blogpost on last Saturday’s Free Community Yard Sale - it was a big [...]
Restore Church has FREE Yard Sale to Bless Detroit, but Recieves a Blessing
Posted: October 10, 2011 by cletebontrager in Family, Friends, Gospel Identities, Restore Church, Uncategorized, VisionRestore Church put on our service project for October this past Sunday (Oct 09 2011). Our goal was to bless our neighborhood by putting on a free yard sale. I think though we were blessed far beyond the blessing the folks in our neighborhood and surrounding areas received. So many people came up with tears [...]
“What’s a white dude the wrong side of 40 doing planting a church in Detroit?”
Posted: August 4, 2011 by mikehanafee in Detroit Info, Friends, Restore Church, VisionA few weeks ago I was interviewed by Jim Essian, lead pastor of Paradox Church in Fort Worth, TX. (If his name sounds familiar it’s because his father, Jim Essian, was born in Detroit & played 12 years in the MLB before coaching the Chicago Cubs in 1991. Jim (Jr), raised in the Detroit area, [...]
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 [...]
Video: What is a Missional Community?
Posted: April 6, 2011 by mikehanafee in Restore Church, Uncategorized, VisionHave you ever heard the statement (sometimes falsely attributed to St Francis of Assisi), “Preach the the gospel, if necessary use words”? That makes as much sense as, “Feed the poor, if necessary use food.” To put it bluntly, that idea is ridiculous and poison. No one ever receives forgiveness of sin and new life [...]
