Category: church planting
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Gentrified Church-planting
After an ad for a new church on the west side of Chicago popped up in my Instagram feed the other day, I posted this: From ad in my IG feed: "Did you know there is a gospel-centered, bible-believing church coming to your neighborhood?" There've long been gospel-centered, bible-believing churches in this now-gentrifying neighborhood. IOW:…
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The View From Here
I spent portions of last week with new church planters who had come to Chicago for training with our denomination. On Sunday evening Maggie joined two other church planter spouses to talk about their experiences and what the pastors and their families should consider as they go into this unpredictable work. She was, of course,…
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Mosaix 2013
This week I’ll be at the Mosaix 2013 conference in California. As the pastor of a multi church, there aren’t a lot of conferences where I can show up and assume that folks share my commitment to multi ethnic (racial, cultural) ministry. Mosaix 2013 will be that kind of a conference. I’ll be wearing a…
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Installation Sermon
On Sunday I was installed as the pastor of New Community Covenant Church in Bronzeville. As a church planter I’ve functioned as the pastor, but the church decided this was an appropriate time to affirm their call to be their pastor. It was a special service and I was reminded of God’s faithfulness and this…
David W. Swanson 