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Female Asian-Americans: Finding a Voice. Thoughts by Nikki Toyama-Szeto

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What Is The Future of the Church?- Jo Saxton offers her thoughts.

David Fitch

The State of the Missional Conversation is Not Good: Has the Neo-Reformed Quit Talking?

Missio Alliance

Sex, God, & Sex Education- Thoughts by Bruxy Cavey

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Fresh Expressions of Church: Incarnational Mission for Every Church (w/ Ben Jamison, Habacuc Diaz-Lopez, & Gannon Sims)

Missio Alliance

Cultivating a Community-Based Communication Team

Missio Alliance

The Holy Spirit and the Middle Way: Pentecostalism in a Pluralistic World. Thoughts by Amos Yong.

David Fitch

The Proliferation of Missional Roundtables: See You in the Twin Cities Next Weekend

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Forming Scriptural Imagination. A conversation w/ Richard Hays, Stanley Hauerwas & others.

David Fitch

Working on Site Redesign

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When God Doesn’t Make Sense- Thoughts by Howard John-Wesley

David Fitch

Signs the Spirit Has Left the Building by Ty Grigg

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How Do We See The Revelation of God? Thoughts by Karl Barth

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From the Lands of Oz and Ice: Perspectives on the Life of the Church After Christendom (w/ Alan Hirsch & Gary Nelson)

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Are There Limitations To Democracy? John Howard Yoder Answers.

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What Is The Gospel? (N.T Wright Answers)

David Fitch

Scot McKnight Starts a D.MIn Program in New Testament

Missio Alliance

Missional, Creative, & Multiethnic Ministry- A Dialogue with Eugene Cho & Gideon Tsang

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David Fitch

Why Do American Christians Prefer Big? by David Fitch

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The Role of the Holy Spirit in Leadership: Discerning and Declaring God’s Voice (w/ Jo Saxton & A.J. Swoboda)

Missio Alliance

Can We Trust The Bible? Bruxy Cavey Answers.

Missio Alliance

Should Churches Take a Public Position on LGBTQ Issues?

David Fitch

The Three Biggest Fears We Face When Seeding a MIssional Community by David Fitch

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On Being Present & Faithful: With the LGBTQ People Among Us (w/ David Fitch & Deb Hirsch)

David Fitch

Bi-vocationalism as guerrilla warfare: 5 thoughts by Geoff Holsclaw

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JR Rozko

Missio Alliance & the Future Gospel Gathering: A Directors Retrospective

David Fitch

Egalitarianism (feminism) leads to Liberalism: Why I’m for Abolishing the Whole Egalitarian/Complementarian Logic

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Planting Missional, Kingdom-Oriented, Multi-Ethnic, Multi-Socioeconomic Churches (w/ Don Coleman & Kevin Haah)

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Dennis R. Edwards

An Empty-Nester’s Honest Father’s Day Reflection

JR Rozko

Welcome to the Missio Alliance Website

David Fitch

The Church Gathering Should be Like a Good AA Meeting

David Fitch

My Interview With Frank Viola

David Fitch

Not Blogging This Week Because …

David Fitch

The Pain and the Opportunity in the SGM Scandal by David Fitch

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David Fitch

Project versus Presence: Leading Our Churches into Engaging the Neighborhood by David Fitch

David Fitch

When Team Leading Fails by Ty Grigg

David Fitch

Learning to live in love: The center of discipleship by Matt Tebbe

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David Fitch

Heading for Cleveland!!

David Fitch

Blog Tour For Prodigal Christianity: Begins Monday

David Fitch

The 3, the 12 and the 120

David Fitch

Making Peace with the Bridge … for Now… by Geoff Holsclaw

Dennis R. Edwards

Fruit-filled Center

David Fitch

Writing from Within Your Life: Each Year 3 Million Books are Published (by David Fitch)

David Fitch

Is the Kingdom Outside the Church? Yes and Here’s Why: My Take on Matt 25 by David Fitch

David Fitch

My Pushback on APEST: A Retrospect by Ty Grigg

David Fitch

Frank Viola’s Unpredictable Next Book

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David Fitch

Sentness Extends Authority: Exploring what it means to be sent.

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David Fitch

Me and Mr (Tony) Jones: We Got A Thing Goin On

Dennis R. Edwards

Jackie, not Djackie

David Fitch

Why Saying “Emergent is the New Protestant Mainline” Is Really No Big Deal: Labeling is Good For Theological Discourse by David Fitch

David Fitch

Looking For Church Planter Training that is Missional?

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David Fitch

On Becoming Political Organizers for the Kingdom: The Missional Phobia of Gathering A Crowd

David Fitch

Being a Pastor Does Not Have To Be a Death Sentence by Ty Grigg

David Fitch

APEST: Not So Fast! : A PushBack on APEST as a Model For Church Leadership by Ty Grigg

David Fitch

Working Out the Anabaptist View on Same Sex Marriage

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David Fitch

Initiating People Into the Kingdom: Catechism at Life on the Vine by Cyd Holsclaw

David Fitch

Is Tim Keller a Closet Niebuhrian? Post #2 on Center Church by David Fitch

David Fitch

Here’s Some (Cheap) Events Worth Going To In the Midwest

David Fitch

Feel Good Justice?:The Problem of Starbuck’s Logic in the Church by David Fitch

David Fitch

Going Beyond The Current Polarities: An Immoderate Proposal