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Readers On Reading: Rich Johnson
I’ve asked a few more friends to contribute to my Readers on Reading series. I’ll post them as their answers roll in. ________________________________________ My friend Rich Johnson is the church planter of Sanctuary Columbus Church and a seminary student at North Park Theological Seminary. He also consults churches and Christian organizations on developing a biblical…
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Contextualizing Not Franchising
On the way to the Orange County airport this morning the van driver, a member of the church that hosted the conference, asked what stood out to me about the Mosaix Multi-Ethnic Church Conference. I’m working on a short article recapping the conference for Leadership Journal so I’ll save most of my reflections but there was…
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It’s Never Only Bad News
I’m en route to the Mosaix Multi-Ethnic Church Conference in Long Beach. I’m expecting to learn some good stuff and hoping to catch up with some friends. I’m also anticipating to hear some bad news: about how segregated our churches remain; about how incredibly hard church planting is; about the many opportunities to offend and hurt…
David W. Swanson
Pastor and Author
David W. Swanson 