Category: church planting
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2013 Multi-ethnic Church Conference
On Sunday afternoon I met with a leader from our church over coffee and our conversation turned to an upcoming sermon about worship. This African American woman and I discussed the many different levels of complexity when it comes to worship in a multi-ethnic church. She pointed out some of the generalizations that are often…
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CCDA Conference Recap
There were quite a few highlights from the CCDA conference last week. Like I mentioned before, this was my first CCDA conference and I wasn’t sure what to expect. I bumped into a few friends from around the country, got to room with my dad who was there with a couple of folks from his…
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A New Sunday Home
For the first couple of years of our church’s short existence we’ve meet at an elementary school on the northern edge of Bronzeville. It’s been a great place for us in so many ways, including a partnership with the community at the school. The only downside was the massive rent that we paid each month,…
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Church Planting Lessons: Gospel-Centered Churches?
This is the fifth in a series of posts about what I’ve learned about multi-ethnic church planting as New Community Covenant Church in Bronzeville enters its second year. You may be interested in parts one , two, three and four. I’ve added a photo or painting from Bronzeville in each of these posts. There is…
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Church Planting Lessons: Vulnerability
This is the third in a series of posts about what I’ve learned about multi-ethnic church planting as we near the one-year anniversary of New Community Covenant Church in Bronzeville. You may be interested in parts one and two. I’ve added a photo or painting from Bronzeville in each of these posts. I’m not sure…
David W. Swanson 