Called to Reach Others, Part 3: Third Space Experiments
Third spaces play a strategic role in reaching others with the good news. Here are some lessons our staff have learned about making a third space a missional space.
Third spaces play a strategic role in reaching others with the good news. Here are some lessons our staff have learned about making a third space a missional space.
When Adam and Andy set off to start an outward-focused church expression, they had no idea how much energy they’d first have to invest in deconstructing their Sunday-centric values to become truly missional.
I heard the Holy Spirit saying, “Go to the bridge and pray and worship there.” Our little group went. And a place notorious for death became a place of encounter with God.
I felt something change after that prayer. It was an atmosphere shift, like darkness lifted off of me. And that was only the beginning…
At Novo we are risk-takers, rising to new challenges, willing to lay our lives on the line for the cause of Christ. Bobby Booze speaks to this characteristic that defines our staff and our mission.
Danny Aanderud describes two crucial questions he had to answer to discover God's why for his ministry in Oxford: 1) What is God already doing? 2) Who am I meant to partner with?
“Why do we need another American missionary in Oxford?” Danny Aanderud was taken aback when asked this question, and it led him into an intense season of seeking God to find his why for his ministry.
Bobby Booze describes the current state of the world (i.e. 233 million people who are part of 'unengaged people groups' - entire cultures with no-one carrying the gospel to them) and what compels us into the mission of gospel movements.
The Kingdom of God is never fully present unless people are becoming followers of the King. That's what we are all about.
What are the three dimensions of the gospel necessary for effective mission? Sam Metcalf discusses these three essential characteristics in a free ebook that you can access here.
In the past few months, we have seen a significant shift in darkness being uprooted in the country! We know this is in response to prayer and worship flooding the land.
Two structures of the Church are needed to fulfill the mission of God—sodalities and modalities. This Wild West analogy shows the unique purpose of each.