Category: church
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photos from 2nd church plant event
A week ago Sunday we had our second training event for the New Community Bronzeville Launch Team. This is the team of people who have come together to pray and work for the launch of our new church in Chicago’s Bronzeville neighborhood. It’s amazing and encouraging to look at these photos and realize the individuals…
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multi-site church ad nauseum
My most recent post for Out of Ur went up yesterday. The audience on that blog tends to be those with an interest in or experience with church ministry. Frankly, I’m not sure most of the readers here at Signs of Life would find the content all that intriguing, but it’s certainly a blog I…
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why plant a church in bronzeville?
This isn’t the first time I’ve mentioned our upcoming church plant in Bronzeville on this blog, and it certainly won’t be the last. Over the past months we’ve spent time articulating our vision and gathering a team of people who share a desire to see a new church in Bronzeville. This Sunday evening will be…
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this weekend: christianity and consumerism
I’ve mentioned The Gospel and Culture Conference here a few times, but it’s worth pointing out again. The conference begins this Friday evening, includes a picnic and session on Saturday evening, and wraps up on Sunday morning. This is New Community’s first attempt at something like this, and I’m glad that Skye Jethani will be…
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church planting in bronzeville
It looks like church planting will be a major theme for me this year. We are continuing to move forward with plans to plant New Community Bronzeville sometime- God willing- in early 2010. Because some of us who are involved with this new church are not currently residents of Bronzeville, I asked some neighborhood experts…
David W. Swanson 