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With summer just around the corner, here are ten sure-fire ways to engage with your neighbours. more»

Christ is in the movie theaters; he's on the radio and on the street corners. We don't have to drag people to church to find him. Once we're redeemed, what we do have to drag is ourselves--to the streets and the cinemas, to the prisons and the boardrooms?¢‚Ǩ‚Äùbringing our broken but transformed lives out into the world to mingle and meet with the broken but not-yet-transformed. more»

"The garden is a 'commons' and any hungry person can eat there without asking permission from anyone," Bartlett says. "The kids ask: 'But who owns the garden?' God is the owner, I reply. If you work here, every time you come you can eat. Even if you don't work here, but you are hungry, you can eat whatever you can find." more»

I will never forget when it dawned on me that I was too busy saving the world to actually see the world. It was around 13 years ago. The culmination of this huge revelation happened as I was driving home one night with my wife and young daughter in the car. more»

The word missional has been in the dictionary for 100 years, defined in the 1907 Oxford English dictionary as something that is of, or pertaining to, missionaries. But those who use the word today have broader applications, focusing on the church's role in the culture. more»

Sometimes he used a story to break through old ways of thinking. Other times he used a storm to bring his disciples to their knees. You almost get the feeling that Jesus saw every word, every action, and every blade of grass as an opportunity to connect with people and show them who He was. more»

There are a number of churches in the Wellington area which either have done or are planning to do the five-week 'Outflow' church course. The following encouraging story was forwarded to us from more»

Most people, when they move, picture the ideal neighbourhood: friendly couples, with well-behaved children, who drop by (always at the perfect time) with a plate of cookies?¢‚Ǩ‚Äùor perhaps to mow your lawn. What we get, too often, falls far short of residential utopia: streets and subdivisions full of busy people who barely have enough time and energy to tend to their own lives, let alone take an active interest in their neighbours'. more»

Churches across the country are talking about ways to expand their involvement in local community service. But they also know that it takes more than talk to become externally focused. Leaders want people to go beyond busy and beyond church walls into a meaningful, lifechanging, active faith described in James 2:17 "?¢‚Ǩ¬¶faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead." more»

No one would doubt that a short-term mission experience has the ability to changes lives. Can a local community service experience be just as powerful? more»