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		<title>Outreach and the Artist: Evangelism WITH the Arts</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 14:16:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Bouma</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Post Series Evangelism &#8220;with&#8221; the Arts Evangelism &#8220;through&#8221; the Arts Evangelism &#8220;to&#8221; the Arts The arts are a precious gift of God. Music, painting, dance, sculpture, theater, and so many other art forms enrich our lives and give expression to the human condition. They challenge and comfort us. They inspire and humble us. They feed]]></description>
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		<title>What are the Necessary Components of Effective Discipleship? Jim Putnam &amp; Bobby Harrington Explain in &#8220;Discipleshift&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 14:14:34 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Bouma</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bobby Harrington]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[For the past few weeks we&#8217;ve been talking a lot about discipleship (check out HERE and HERE). Jim Putnam and Bobby Harrington in particular have been encouraging us ministry leaders to make a shift in how we do ministry, a discipleshift. In their similarly titled book Discipleshift: Five Steps that Help Your Church to Make Disciples]]></description>
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		<title>The &#8220;Stuff-Your-Shelves&#8221; NIV Application Commentary Sale</title>
		<link>http://engagingchurchblog.com/niv-application-commentary-sale/</link>
		<comments>http://engagingchurchblog.com/niv-application-commentary-sale/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2013 12:26:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Bouma</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was in seminary just a few years ago I was a bit of a commentary snob. I thought that the only pastor worth his salt was the one who owned &#8221;quote-unquote&#8221; academic commentaries—like Anchor or Hermeneia. So I filled with my shelves with these lengthy, heavy tomes, thinking they would help me craft the]]></description>
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		<title>The Four Main Roles of a Disciple-Making Pastor</title>
		<link>http://engagingchurchblog.com/the-four-main-roles-of-a-disciple-making-pastor/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 06 May 2013 13:52:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Bouma</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Bobby Harrington]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[church strategy]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning I&#8217;m going to speak with pastors. If you&#8217;re a small group leader you may listen in, too. But this morning I want to hit on a crucial section of Jim Putnam&#8217;s and Bobby Harrington&#8217;s important new book Discipleshift: Five Steps that Help Your Church to Make Disciples Who Make Disciples, because if it&#8217;s implication]]></description>
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		<title>Exponential &#8217;13 Church Planting &amp; Ministry Post-Conference Resource Sale</title>
		<link>http://engagingchurchblog.com/exponential-13-church-planting-and-ministry-post-conference-resource-sale/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 12:17:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Bouma</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you&#8217;ve never been to an Exponential Conference, you&#8217;re missing out! Exponential is a growing community of leaders committed to accelerating the multiplication of healthy, reproducing faith communities. And this community and conference has a special place in my heart. It was one year ago last week that I received the call in the Detroit airport on]]></description>
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		<title>What is a Disciple? Are You Making Them? Making the &#8220;Discipleshift&#8221; with Jim Putnam and Bobby Harrington</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Apr 2013 17:15:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Bouma</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[church models]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[These are two important questions. Before we take a crack and answering the first one, though, how would you answer it yourself? How would you define a disciple? Is it about what a person knows? What one does? How he acts? Where she goes, or doesn&#8217;t go? The reason I ask this question is because it]]></description>
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		<title>A Post-Conference Sale in Honor of Missio Alliance&#8217;s Inaugural Conference</title>
		<link>http://engagingchurchblog.com/post-conference-sale-in-honor-of-missio-alliance-inaugural-conference/</link>
		<comments>http://engagingchurchblog.com/post-conference-sale-in-honor-of-missio-alliance-inaugural-conference/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:02:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Bouma</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[alan hirsh]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Growing up I can recall several &#8220;Mission Sunday&#8221; Sunday evening services. Our sanctuary was festooned with flags representing all of the countries to which our church sent missionaries. And we&#8217;d have those missionaries come and give an update from the out-there-over-there mission field. That idea—that missions is what happens out there and over there—however, is a thing of]]></description>
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		<title>Is Discipleship Only for Christians? Randy Pope Charts a Model for Non-Christian Engagement</title>
		<link>http://engagingchurchblog.com/is-discipleship-only-for-christians-randy-pope-charts-a-model-for-non-christian-engagement/</link>
		<comments>http://engagingchurchblog.com/is-discipleship-only-for-christians-randy-pope-charts-a-model-for-non-christian-engagement/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Apr 2013 12:09:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Bouma</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Several years ago I remember a conversation I had with the director of outreach for the ministry I worked for on Capitol Hill. This was a unique non-partisan, non-political discipleship and evangelistic ministry in Congress. I was a pastor of sorts in that community of 23,000 congressional staffers who met with guys for prayer, bible]]></description>
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		<title>5 Insights on the Making of a Leader (Plus Catalyst West eBook Deals)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2013 20:27:38 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[We&#8217;re excited for Catalyst West 2013! The conference theme is &#8220;MAKE&#8221; &#8212; the process of how leaders are hand-crafted by God, and how leaders are made to make a difference. Here&#8217;s some context from the Catalyst site: As leaders, we all want to get there as quick as possible, yet we know that the process]]></description>
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		<title>Mega Gospel Coalition 2013 Post-Conference Sale</title>
		<link>http://engagingchurchblog.com/mega-gospel-coalition-2013-post-conference-sale/</link>
		<comments>http://engagingchurchblog.com/mega-gospel-coalition-2013-post-conference-sale/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Apr 2013 12:13:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Bouma</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ajith Fernando]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Center Church]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[chris brains]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[While I&#8217;ve been trying to for the past several years, I have yet to attend a Gospel Coalition conference—one of those things I&#8217;m planning for next year now that I&#8217;m settling into my new ministry role. Well last week a number of ministry leaders and practitioners descended on Orlando to listen to a solid line-up]]></description>
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		<title>7 Mistakes Made and Lessons Learned By Randy Frazee In Creating Authentic Biblical Community</title>
		<link>http://engagingchurchblog.com/7-mistakes-made-and-lessons-learned-by-randy-frazee-in-created-authentic-biblical-community/</link>
		<comments>http://engagingchurchblog.com/7-mistakes-made-and-lessons-learned-by-randy-frazee-in-created-authentic-biblical-community/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Apr 2013 16:16:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Bouma</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday was one of the most exciting days in the life of my church: we had over 80 people in attendance! For some of you this may sound like an odd thing to celebrate—you left behind the 80 mark years (decades?) ago. But for a church that was averaging low 20&#8242;s a year ago when]]></description>
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		<title>The Power of Life-On-Life Ministry from Randy Pope&#8217;s New Book &#8220;InSourcing&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://engagingchurchblog.com/the-power-of-life-on-life-ministry-in-randy-popes-new-book-insourcing/</link>
		<comments>http://engagingchurchblog.com/the-power-of-life-on-life-ministry-in-randy-popes-new-book-insourcing/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2013 18:15:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Bouma</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I never intended to spend my life as a minister. I sort of stumbled into it. Or, rather, it stumbled into me. After college I moved to Washington D.C. to make my mark on our government. I was full of post-college ambition and had charted a long-term career in politics. Initially, I worked for a U.S. Senator as]]></description>
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		<title>Con Campbell&#8217;s new book, &#8220;Outreach and the Artist&#8221; &#8211; video trailer</title>
		<link>http://engagingchurchblog.com/con-campbells-new-book-outreach-and-the-artist-video-trailer/</link>
		<comments>http://engagingchurchblog.com/con-campbells-new-book-outreach-and-the-artist-video-trailer/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Apr 2013 15:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<category><![CDATA[Con Campbell]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#160; As a musician and writer I am especially geeked that this book is releasing. If you&#8217;re not familiar with Con Campbell, not only is he a top-flight New Testament scholar, but he&#8217;s also a professional-caliber jazz saxophonist. His story is outlined in this book along with practical ways that artists, churches, and those who]]></description>
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		<title>Is Your Church a Connecting Church?</title>
		<link>http://engagingchurchblog.com/is-your-church-a-connecting-church/</link>
		<comments>http://engagingchurchblog.com/is-your-church-a-connecting-church/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Apr 2013 14:53:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jeremy Bouma</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[authentic community]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[connecting ministry]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I pastor a small church that&#8217;s in the process of revitalizing. In the past few months we&#8217;ve seen a growth spurt—like a full doubling of our community! We have new families, new unmarried people, new widowed people, new young and older people. For a small church on the brink of closing this is a very good]]></description>
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