Tag: church planting
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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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Roadside Sabbath
Do you ever pay attention to the highway median when you’re on a long road trip? The space between a divided road and the few feet of no-man’s-land just beyond the blacktop have intrigued me since reading A Sand County Almanac in college. I’ve lost my copy but, if memory serves, Aldo Leopold sees in…
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Gospel, Justice, and Multi-Ethnic Churches
This year I’m participating in a multi-ethnic church coaching cohort with the incomparable Dr. Brenda Salter-McNeil. During a recent conference call we discussed different models of multi-ethnic church ministry. The mosaic model (my label) assumes a blank surface on which the diversity of God’s kingdom can be expressed. Cultural diversity is necessary in order for…
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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 