CRM: Empowering Leaders
Ali Moving To My Neighborhood Today…
Today my (Muslim) friend Ali will be moving into our neighborhood.
He is moving to our neighborhood because he wants to be near our missional community. He doesn’t know most of them, but he has experienced being welcomed into community before (when we were in New Orleans) and that taste hasn’t left him.
Originally we expected him [...]
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3.September.2010
Crossing the Border
David is an apprentice with NieuCommunities here in Golden Hill. Both Derek and I have developed a meaningful friendship with David as we’ve walked beside him for the past year or so. We’ve seen him grow and develop in his spiritual gifting as he follows Jesus and is obedient to the things that God has [...]
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31.August.2010
Coming Soon… Baby Chapman…
(author: amy)
Only a week left until the due date! Most of you know how this goes: I am exhausted & uncomfortable, can’t stop “nesting,” can’t stop talking about all-things-pregnancy, eager for an early arrival… Lord, help me!
We all know the best part about having a baby (yes, the baby). But, the 2nd best part? Watching [...]
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26.August.2010
Questions that Keep Me Up at Night
I’ve been reflecting a lot about some of the conversations I’ve been having this week around how we (NC) can work with local church planting movements. But the lingering thing in my brain that I wanted to put out to our readership are questions. Questions that I think give a window into more of what [...]
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25.August.2010
Hopes and Dreams….
We just wrapped up a 5-day missional training experience that we at Nieucommunities term as our “road trip.” Participants came from all over California and Washington to experience Nieucommunities and receive training from us.
One or our hopes for this trip was that this experience would change the trajectory of their lives or reaffirm existing convictions [...]
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24.August.2010
Naitai – Church Planting Explosion in Pretoria
He’s not a main line icon in the South African Church. He’s not invited to speak at massive conferences. The guys that should be never are though. His name is Naitai. He, along with a gang of church planters, are responsible for storming the gates of hell in Pretoria in the name of Jesus Christ. [...]
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24.August.2010
Checking Our Scoreboard
How do you know when you’re winning? How do you know you’re really making an impact or a difference? Ministry is different than business because the “product” is life change. That’s a complex thing to measure! For NieuCommunities South Africa, right now, I would say we have a good way to gauge some of our [...]
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22.August.2010
The Kingdom of God
For the past few days we’ve had a “NieuCommunities Road Trip” here in San Diego. (www.nieucommunities.org/roadtrips) 6 individuals in their 20’s have come down to do life with us for a few days as they learn what missional life in the context of community looks like. The Road Trippers stay at a youth hostel down [...]
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15.August.2010
Following up from Yesterday’s Post
I can’t believe it. People who follow Jesus can’t possibly be this crazy. In a follow up from yesterday’s post… I had a conversation with my friend Tess. I had just heard through the grapevine that she was considering going to Egypt on mission… no no no… SHE QUIT HER JOB and leaves in 3 [...]
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14.August.2010
Egypt?
Yeah, Egypt. I was recently informed that someone we just did “Life Compass” with (one of our training materials) has since felt God nudging them to become a missionary to Egypt. I don’t really have anything else to say about this… I’m simply stunned how God stirs things up! Still aiming to send some South [...]
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