The Original Vision: A Rummage Sale and a Question “About every five hundred years, the church feels compelled to hold a giant rummage sale.” This quote from Phyllis Tickle in her book, The Great Emergence: How Christianity is Changing and Why, captures our moment. We are in the middle of one of those giant rummage […]
A number of years ago, Community Christian Church carried a dream for Chicagoland that felt both holy and slightly crazy. We wanted to see hundreds of new expressions of church scattered across our city and suburbs – churches in neighborhoods, correctional centers, coffee shops, living rooms, and places where people desperately needed to find their […]
There is something untamed, unpredictable, and undeniably powerful happening in young adults ministry right now – and if we’re honest, it feels a lot like the Wild West. You can feel it if you’ve been anywhere near a college campus, a young adults gathering, or even a rural church that somehow has a thriving 20-something […]
In a previous article (https://exponential.org/what-the-kingdom-of-god-is-like/), we explored how the multiethnic church represents the clearest earthly expression of the prayer Jesus taught His disciples to pray, “Your Kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven.” Drawing from Revelation 5:9 and 7:9, we established that heaven itself is multiethnic where a redeemed […]
