Have 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 [...]
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Video: What is a Missional Community?
Posted: April 6, 2011 by mikehanafee in Restore Church, Uncategorized, Vision0
at the catholic seminary (& other things)
Posted: April 2, 2011 by mikehanafee in Family, Friends, Restore Church, Uncategorized, VisionSo I thought the title might raise your curiosity! Got ya;) On this post I just want to share a few pictures from some recent things we have done. Last week we attended our neighborhood association’s annual meeting in a large room at the Sacred Heart Catholic Seminary just down the road. This well attended [...]
Vision Gatherings!
Posted: February 11, 2011 by mikehanafee in Detroit Info, Family, Friends, Uncategorized, VisionIt has been a really exciting (& busy) last few days. We met a couple down the street that has been praying for a church like Restore to start in our neighborhood. A man released 5 months ago after doing 29 years for armed robbery & rape shared his story in our living room. Clete [...]
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 [...]
Hopelessness & hope. That’s what I felt on yesterday’s prayer walk. After passing the corner gas station & chatting with the guys who gather there, I came across an old church building. I’d seen these broken down buildings before, but this time my heart was gripped – gripped by both hopelessness & hope. Hopelessness. Apparently [...]
OUR DESIRE FOR JANUARY-MARCH IS TO: grow roots & develop relationships in the 48202 (32/6 Initiative) experience a deeper work of the gospel in our own lives (As we take the gospel again & again to ourselves we are freed more & more to take the gospel to our neighborhood) provide opportunities for people to [...]
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 [...]
Our first two weeks
Posted: December 8, 2010 by mikehanafee in Family, Friends, Uncategorized, VisionIt’s hard to believe but we have been in central Detroit for 2 weeks. God has been incredibly kind to us in many, many, many, ways. Here are just a few examples of how God is pouring out His grace on us: Last week Kevin, Carolyn, Ian, & Claire were admitted into magnet schools. Considering [...]
Here’s an impromptu 55 second video clip shot yesterday (8/8) on my Iphone. Tag-teaming it!
This is a video shot in Detroit by my friend Befkadu during our planning visit last week. A big shout out to Bef — he is able to squeeze water out of a rock! It will be shown in the services at Riverview Church this weekend. In this video I talk about the role of [...]
