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When Gospel Growth Makes a Mess

24 December 2020 By David Trounce

When Gospel Growth Makes a Mess - Sermo Humilis

Dying churches are often clean and tidy. Growing churches, flourishing churches, are often characterised by “situations” and “issues” that require attention. Rosters need to be filled, visitations need to occur, kids are everywhere, there's a spill on the kitchen floor, someone … [Read more...] about When Gospel Growth Makes a Mess

Filed Under: Who we Are Instead Tagged With: Building, Growth, Retreat

We are on Schedule

24 March 2019 By David Trounce

Resistance is Futile - sermo humilis

Because we get our theology from the Bible, and not the daily news, we can say with great confidence that this world is heading somewhere wonderful.  The Kingdom of God is growing and will one day cover the earth as the water covers the sea. The seven parables of Matthew 13 … [Read more...] about We are on Schedule

Filed Under: Who we Are Instead Tagged With: Growth, Kingdom, Parables

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Thor's Oak

Around 723 AD, a missionary named Boniface entered Hesse in Germany. Upon finding a sacred tree named Thor’s Oak, he took an axe to it, cut it down and built a church. Many in the town, believing that the God of Boniface must be greater than Thor, left their paganism behind converted to Christianity.