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There is a harvest
Posted by Travis in Fund Raising, Poland, Travis' Thoughts on September 18, 2011
There are three “mile stones” for us to pass before we leave the USA for Poland. The first is to grow our family, we hope to have one more child before leaving, if we end up being fully fund-raised and w/o another child, then we’ll probably move to Poland and grow our family in the field. The second mile stone is getting enough monthly donors to commit to 120% of our living and ministry budgets, currently we need an average of $30/month from 187 more donors. Lastly is having our deployment fund raised, which includes emergency money, three months of reserves, first month of living/ministry costs, moving costs, etc.
But those are all details that don’t really matter without a heart and vision for the harvest. There is a harvest of souls, a population of people who are at the best unsure of their faith, and at the worst completely fed up with the “system”. Yes, the same is true here in America, but what’s not true in Poland is that there are not churches in every town and neighborhood, the opportunity for someone to even hear or know of someone filled with God’s saving grace can be summed up in this bit of trivia…
In Krakow, the first city we plan on living in, there is a population of more than 2 million (similar in size to Portland, OR) – there are about 12 churches, and a dozen or so other para-church (protestant) organizations doing works in the city. Of those groups, it’s estimated there are about 1,000 to 2,000 believers in the entire metro area of Krakow. In Portland, OR (a city known to be “un-churched”) there are over 20 churches of 1,000 or more people in attendance each week.
There is a harvest. Hear us LORD, send us.
We left our heart in Krakow
Posted by Alexis in Alexis' Thoughts, Personal reflection, Poland on July 13, 2011
There are days when it hits us harder than other days. Feelings of being disjointed and held back. When the thing we want the most is to wake up to a morning in Krakow. See our friends there, go to language school, walk their streets and make a close relationship with their culture.
These heartfelt desires come and go in degree, but it’s always there. Even when we don’t say anything and we seem knee deep in the happenings of our little lives here.
Where is this coming from? Well, recently we found out some friends of ours who are FABULOUS and CALLED to be missionaries are heading out to their field. Two families going to two different continents. One has already left and another will be leaving in the fall. When I think of them I can imagine all the excitement, nervousness and unknowns they are feeling. I get excited for their families and all the possibilities that are in front of them. But I also feel a twang of sadness. I can’t help but wish and pray we were in Poland.
Not trying to compare our different circumstances, but allowing myself to reflect on where we are and why. Talking about and giving God my feelings and doing whatever part I can do in the equation. Making meetings, emailing, doing courses, etc. The last thing I want to do is get in a circle of sadness, un-motivation and then more sadness.
Today, we are taking each moment as it comes. Taking one meeting as we can schedule and seeing how God wants to touch our lives/plans for the future.
*all pictures our own. And a wonderful story goes with each…
Relationships… hardest part of life?
Posted by The Mielonens in Culture, Mobile post, Poland, Travis' Thoughts on June 28, 2011
One of the key values of our mission to Poland is building meaningful relationships. Relationships built on God’s kingdom and values. The core to meaningful relationships is interdependency, the idea that we all need one another. Church should reflect a family system, the idea that we are there for each other in spite of circumstances.
However, this is all very ideal without some hardcore and usually humbling revelations about ourselves and our commitment to truly love people as God has called us to. God doesn’t call us to be perfect and “nice” to everyone, but he does call us to love through everything. Many times that means loving when our hearts are hurt, when our flesh is frustrated, or when our soul is deeply disturbed by the world around us.
Missions, and this thig we call Church/Christianity requires relationship, and so the question is… what does relationship look like in the Kingdom and am I there? The good news is that in the Kingdom grace and mercy abound, and if not from our fellow brothers and sisters, you can guarantee our Father will pour it out!
Are cars killing the Church?
Posted by The Mielonens in Poland on June 8, 2011
This is a post by our good friens Marcus check out his full blog here: www.mheternal.com
Bear with me for a moment. No, this isn’t an environmental diatribe — there’s plenty that’s been said elsewhere about carbon emissions, gas prices, etc. This isn’t that kind of blog.
Rather, as we as the Church do some real soul searching with regard to how we got where we are, and how we truly can resemble that “Happy Days” Acts 2 church, there’s room to question everything. And as I was driving home from Gresham last night, I had a peculiar thought…
What if our ability to travel long distances quickly has been severely detrimental — not only to the Church, but to community in general?
I think about the town in which I live, the city of Sandy. The 9,500-person burg sits just east of the Portland metropolitan area, simultaneously straddling both rural and suburban living. It’s known as a “bedroom community,” which essentially means that people wake up in Sandy, walk to their cars, drive to work in another town, and come back at the end of the day to sleep.
The term “bedroom community” is a misnomer because for the most part, there really is no community. People are pretty much locked in their cars, which take them out of town, and in their houses during dinnertime and bedtime after work. It’s like everyone lives in fortresses, and then pod capsules eject from them every day… offering no hope of human interaction.
When I was editor of the Sandy Post, I wrote business article after business article, secretly knowing in the back of my mind that most of these businesses wouldn’t last long. Boutique shops, restaurants, arcades — the things that give a downtown character — all failed, because of a simple truth: People can travel away from Sandy to shop, and they do, even if it’s just to save a few bucks.
And there’s also the issue of personal preference — brand loyalty? — at work here, too. If a person knows they like the products at Insert-Name-Of-Big-Box-Store, they’re most likely going to stick with that. And since they’re making the trip anyway, they’ll just do their other shopping while they’re out.
Why do I say all this about one town’s local economy? Because it’s a pattern that is ever-present in the American Church today.
Ever since I attended the Cultivate Conference in Huntington Beach last month, I’ve been grinding on a statement made by Mel McGowan of Imagineering Studios: “Ministry is soil-specific.” It’s a statement that was echoed by Donald Miller at the Storyline Conference yesterday: “Setting is key. Where you do what you do matters.”
Think back to the early church. Was there such a thing as church shopping? (Hint: No.) You didn’t have people in Ephesus driving to Philadelphia to go to church, even IF their worship was more “cutting edge.” (Ha.) The early church was very soil specific.
It’s still that way in some portions of the world, in places like Africa, where cars are limited and “churches” are very much within walking distance — and Shanghai, where believers build home churches in high-rise apartment buildings, one neighbor at a time. There’s no church shopping there.
I think of my immediate neighborhood. There are other Christians nearby, but we don’t really know each other that well. One couple goes to a church down the street. Another goes to a church in a neighboring town. Each lives out their faith in a completely different way, and really, there’s no living that out together. We’re each part of different churches, and each are busy contributing to them in different ways.
That’s not soil-specific, is it? It reveals to me a problem with our community building. No wonder we’re not “winning cities for Christ” — we aren’t truly living in community. We aren’t organized. We aren’t missional in our location.
Our ability to get away, our independence to travel long distances in a short amount of time, gives us a buffet of options. And when we’re given many options, we’ll choose the one that best fits our needs and desires — regardless of how long it takes to get there. We shop.
In the New Testament, churches were known by their location. In Revelation, Jesus addresses the seven churches in the seven cities. They are all tied to a place. (Another Mel McGowan thought: Somehow we’ve divorced PLACE from our concepts of COMMUNITY.)
Around here, there’s been lots of talk about the “Church of Gresham” and the “Church of Portland.” But the concept really is more of a cooperation of churches — not a bad thing, by any means — rather than a single church. It’s not “a” Church of Portland, it’s the churches of Portland — plural.
If one day we woke up and our cars were raptured (ha!), if our independence of travel was stripped away, what would church look like? If we didn’t have the power to get away and shop, if a giant fence was placed around each of our geographic communities, what would happen?
I think it’d be pretty interesting. It’d be messy, for sure. But it’d be soil specific. It’d be a group of believers discovering each other’s existence, and banding together for the sake of worshiping Jesus. Meetings would take place in houses, like they did “back in the day.”
You’d see petty stylistic things and doctrinal differences take a back seat to unity, because, as they’d say, “You’ll all I’ve got.” I think you’d see entire blocks, entire neighborhoods and entire cities embrace Jesus because they’d see their neighbors live out their faith in peculiar community with one another.
So how do we overcome the difficulties associated with our transportation independence? Identify the believers around you and start meeting them. Make your small group soil-specific (not church specific). Perhaps the next time you move, make it a point to attend church in your neighborhood. Or start one.
A truly missional mindset means we consider more than just good schools, safe neighborhoods and house prices in our decisions regarding where to live. God thinks place is pretty important. Imagine if we started thinking that, too!
Cars themselves aren’t really killing the church, but our desire to use them to get away certainly handicaps our ability to create a community, rather than a facility.
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Leaving the fog
Posted by Travis in Family News, Fund Raising, Poland on April 12, 2011
We have not been good at updating people in the past six months in regards to our plans with Poland. This has been somewhat intentional, and somewhat because we’re not really sure how to address everything. In short, we are still 100% on board for becoming full time missionaries to Poland. Our vision and goals remain, REACH.
The time frame of course has changed a bit, and we have slowed down to take care of ourselves here. The last year was full of warfare and it seemed, for a while, that we were in a fog. Thankfully, we have held on strong to God’s call, and with the support of our church, family, and most of all, our friends, we have been moving forward.
Currently we have raised about 30% of our monthly budget – this is fantastic news, as we haven’t really “began” fundraising. As we gear up for the “real fundraising” we are excited to see how God provides.
We have found a lot of rest in these past six months, and we know the next will be filled with a lot of activity, so we thank God for what he has given us. For Alexis the fundraising activity means a lot of follow up, and communication with many people. Since Travis works full-time, this essentially becomes a full time job for Alexis – it takes a lot to invite multiple couples over every weekend to hear about the vision.
Thanks again for sticking with us – and as we ramp up again, we promise to keep communications more open!
Keep your Facebook updates from 2010 forever in a printed diary
Posted by The Mielonens in Poland on January 3, 2011
Keep your Facebook updates from 2010 forever in a printed diary
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Not Poland or Missions related – but something that’s pretty cool!
PRESS RELEASE January 1, 2011
Ever wished you could keep all your Facebook status updates as a real diary? Now you can. Launched on January 1, 2011, Like This Book is a real book version of your Facebook wall.
Founder Rachel Cunliffe came up with the idea after the birth of her first child two years ago.
“I used to keep a diary but now I write a status update.
“Even if I have fool-proof back-ups of my status updates on my computer or online, that doesn’t leave me a user-friendly way to reminisce over my life or leave something for my kids to flip through one day. Life on the internet is geared for right now and often not for the distant future.”
Rachel knew she wasn’t the only person feeling this way and started working on a semi-automated service which creates a physical diary rich with photos, comments and memories.
And that service is quick and easy to use. All you need to do is use Facebook’s download button, securely send your files and then preview and purchase your book.
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Poland welcomes first black member of parliament
Posted by The Mielonens in Poland on December 6, 2010
Poland welcomes first black member of parliament
For the first time in Poland’s history, a member of the country’s black community is to sit in the Sejm lower parliamentary house.
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Prayer: the foundation
Posted by Travis in Culture, Poland, Travis' Thoughts on November 12, 2010
Cannon Beach, Oregon
There’s something about the ocean that just makes me stand in awe of who He is (I think there’s a song along those lines).
Prayer can be so mysterious and also very tangible. We are strong believers in the power of prayer (and fasting) as we have experienced the amazing and life changing affects. Although the hard thing about prayer is that we humans sometimes attach interesting expectations to it. So when it comes to Poland we are very aware that God can do very different things than what we might think will or should happen.
Poland is a fairly different kind of place, at a glance it doesn’t appear too different, friendly and hospitable people, Burger King, McDonald’s, KFC, and now Starbucks. Sure there are some rather amazing and beautiful cathedrals, and the outlying areas of most towns and cities have large neighborhoods full of Communist style apartment blocks (although in Poland many of these have been renovated and are well maintained). But as we look deeper, and as we begin to have long meaningful conversations, we learn the rabbit hole goes very deep.
So we are asking for your prayers, below is just a small list of things to pray for.
- for our friends and co-workers in Kraków, Nowy Targ, and in Wrocław.
- for yourself, that God would use you to expand his kingdom, right where you are and beyond!
- for the opening of hearts and minds and protection from liess of the enemy.
- for an unserstanding amongst all believers and non-believers that the Catholics and Protestants can have mutual worship and fellowship.
- for a clear vision and boldness for all workers.
- for us to hear God’s direction and be obedient to it, and at the same time always acceptingand considering the wisdom and advice from those He has put in front of us.
Thanks for partnering with us on the journey. The people of Poland are amazing lovers and with God’s hand they become mighty workers for God’s Kingdom.
Language and funds
Posted by Travis in Family News, Fund Raising, Mobile post, News, Poland on November 10, 2010
Well the holidays are not the best time to start raising support, but hey what is God’s timing is His timing right? We will be going to Los Angeles next week for a support raising seminar that Foursquare Missions International (our sending agency) is putting on. It is three 8 hour days of focus on raising support for the mission field. We’re excited, even though fund raising is not a fun thing at all for us; we’re hoping this seminar changes that for us! We’ve figured that if 200 of our donors averaged $35 a month, starting now, we would have 100% of our deployment funds by next fall, and at that same giving rate, have our full field budget as well! See support details here.
The other area we are focusing on is language acquisition, knowing Polish well enough to have a conversation (even if it means some clarification is needed) is our goal. We try to use Polish as much as possible in our home and with Emma. In January we hope to begin lessons with a friend in Poland using skype!
That’s all for now folks, keep us in your prayers and always feel free to ask questions, it’s not easy to cover everything in tweets, Facebook, blogs, etc. We’d love to have dinner, desserts, or coffee with any of you too!
Invading light
Posted by Travis in Personal accounts, Personal reflection, Poland, Travis' Thoughts on November 9, 2010
I once had a vision about the streets of Kraków. I was standing in the main square (pictured above) looking down Floriańska Street, one of the main walking streets leading to the main square. I remember I was prompted to close my eyes and begin praying. As I prayed I felt a warm breeze begin and I could see a light growing stronger through my eyelids. I began to spin around and opened my eyes to see very bright streams of light coming down each of the many streets that enter the square. I heard the Holy spirit tell me, this is the abundant love I have for the people of this city.
I was overwhelmed by the sheer awe and beauty these streams of light had. Then I began to notice that the other people around me were going about their business, not noticing the amazing display of God’s love around them. Then the Holy Spirit took me up above the square, there I saw the streams of light twisting and turning all throughout the city streets.
From the hill of Wawel castle and the Wisła river to the old Jewish quarters of Kazimierz, the light enveloped the city. He showed me how his Light is all around for people to live in, they just need to be shown.
World’s tallest Jesus statue completed in Poland
Posted by The Mielonens in Poland on November 8, 2010
World’s tallest Jesus statue completed in Poland
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Maybe this statue will cause some questions? Maybe…
A 52 meter high statue of Jesus Christ has been completed in Świebodzin, western Poland – dwarfing Rio de Janeiro's Christ the Redeemer by some 16 meters.
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Evangelism
Posted by Travis in Culture, Mobile post, Personal reflection, Poland, Travis' Thoughts on November 5, 2010
Seems like this is almost a bad word these days. There’s a lot of different ideas about what evangelism is and how to “do” it. One of the problems we have witnessed is a general fear of evangelism, it seems more people than we think are afraid of rejection and disapproval. Even myself (Travis) run into his fear and find it stifling at times, yeah I know, a missionary with a fear of evangelism, God has done stranger – read the Bible.
So what do we do? How do we accomplish the great commission? How do we walk in the scary truth that as followers of Jesus we too will be burdened with disapproval, hate, name calling, rejection, and slander? Just as we have read recently in our Life Journal (Mark 15 & 16) reading, Jesus did these things with much anxiety and yet because He knew (and because of who He is) it was his only option, to do the Father’s will.
The truth (even though it’s true rejection, slander, hate, and all kinds of other negative things) is that because God is for us in his sovereign love, grace, and mercy then who can stand against us? A hugely important piece of truth we heard from Graham Cooke really entitled on a visit to our church was “what is true is not always the truth” – meaning, it might be true that someone has character flaws, but in Christ the truth is they are a new creation and those flaws belong to the old, which we have left behind, most of the time. If we approach all things with wisdom, love, grace, and most importantly in God’s will then the fear and nasty attacks of the enemy will be overcome by joy.
So evangelism is scary, and yet with God we find ourselves compelled to do things odd. Now of course there are plenty who “in the name of evangelism” do all kinds of hurtful and hateful things. We must remember the Holy Spirit is already out there convicting the world, the world really doesn’t need to be reminded of how bad it is – it already oes a fantastic job on it’s own.
Evangelism for us is about showing peopl how loved and good they can be when in Christ. This is disturbing to many yet we should remember to consider it pure joy when we face trials and tribulations, not because we put ourselves there but because the end of the race is going to be a magnificent one – just you see friends. Go and be filled with a new love today and a boldness empowered by God’s truth.
Language language language
Posted by Travis in Culture, Mobile post, Poland on November 4, 2010
In realty it’s all about location, location, location. In missions it’s all about language, language, language.
Language is an incredible thing, it’s the substance of cultures and the wall between them. One of the key items and first hurdle for us is to learn and hopefully master Polish. Of course we know this will take years, but we also know as called servants a certain amount of learning favor is upon us.
Two years ago we did a two week intensive in Kraków, this gave us a good foundation to work from. We have also been blessed with the full set of Rosetta Stone which has helped us a lot and we have more than half the set to go. Even with these tools it has been difficult to be motivated at times. But recently we have began increased our focus on studying Polish and the motivation seems to be sticking! There is a small Polish restaurant here in Portland where everyone, including a lot of the patrons, speak Polish. We really want to make this place a rwgular visit to connect and learn, finances make it a little hard at times, but where there’s God’s will there’s a way.
We wish that the Bible youversion app for Android had a Polish translation, with each update we are let down. The only Polish Bible we have is on biblegateway.com and a German/English/Polish print edition that is in older Polish. So far we seem to be holding on well and able to get something out of it.
Our prayer request is that we continue to be intentional in our learning and connecting of Polish. There is so much that the language opena up to in terms of culture that we know if we don’t focus on it we’ll be neglecting the call. Thanks!
Love for Poland
Posted by Travis in Culture, Mobile post, Personal reflection, Poland on November 2, 2010
We have made many intentional decisions for the coming year to focus ourselves on the call ahead. As we focus on learning Polish, studying Polish history and culture, and listening to God’s voice. We are filled with a new kind of love for Poland; this love must be something akin to what God feels all around the world.
We’re not going to Poland to plant American style churches (one may ask why do something that appears so broken anyway, but that’s another story). We are going to Poland to raise up leaders to plant Polish churches. This isn’t an attempt to convert anyone; for we have the same mindset that Jesus does, we come not to help those that already think they are good, rather we come for those that know they are sick and need help.
Just like the American population, the Polish population has a significant percentage which is ready to know more about God and begin a relationship with Jesus. They just need to be shown. At the same time the warfare is intense and the lies of the enemy loud. Please pray for understanding, Gods love, and God’s understanding.
Advent Conspiracy
Posted by The Mielonens in Poland on October 25, 2010
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We are very glad to be a part of a church family which embraces Advent Conspiracy, in both local and global projects! Learn more at www.adventconspiracy.org!
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Krakow bishops outraged after school takes down crosses
Posted by The Mielonens in Poland on October 21, 2010
Krakow bishops outraged after school takes down crosses
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A little bit of insite into the religious atmosphere of Kraków. The comments section is a must read on this one, click the link below for the whole story.
After a private school in the southern city of Krakow removed crosses from classrooms, Krakow clergy claim this is an example of intolerance to religious expression.
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Does this look like the Church?
Posted by The Mielonens in Poland on October 18, 2010
Does this look like the Church?
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My buddy Marcus describes our heart and intention for the Polish Church right here. It’s also our heart and goal for our Church here at home and around the world!
Spend any time in Christendom, and you’ll hear evangelical pastors talk about wanting to establish an “Acts 2″ church.
The concept to which they refer is from the Book of Acts, Chapter 2, particularly in verses 42-47. You’ll have to check it out.
While reading this portion of scripture today, I made a list of the Church’s attributes in that particular period of history.
The Church:
- Was devoted to the apostles’ teaching
- Was devoted to the fellowship
- Prayed together. A lot.
- Lived in a constant state of awe and gratefulness
- Saw many signs and wonders done by the apostles. (Interesting!)
- Was always together.
- Had everything in common; they shared everything.
- Sold individual possessions and goods.
- Gave to anyone in need (with the proceeds of their aforementioned sales).
- Met daily. (Did you catch that? Daily!)
- Ate together. (In case there was any doubt.)
- Had glad, sincere hearts.
- Had individual homes. (Not a commune.)
- Enjoyed favor of “all the people.”
- Increased in numbers DAILY.
Does this sound like the Church in America today? Does it sound like the Church in Western civilization today? Not so much. I mean, even if you just looked at two of the key points — the DAILY meetings and the DAILY growth — you can see stark differences.
This doesn’t take away from the sincere, good intentions of pastors across the globe seeking to establish an “Acts 2″ community, but this isn’t a feel-good, kumbaya kind of mission statement. It’s a lifestyle. It’s an in-your-face, touchy-feely sacrifice of what’s comfortable in order to truly put relationships first.
How’d we get where we are? And how’d we get from messy, organic, authentic, CONSTANT community to shaking hands with three people before sitting down for the sermon? How’d we go from signs and wonders and daily growth to classes and programs and rapid decline?
I think our problem in the Western Church is that we’ve allowed the Church to become a subculture, which is simply just a part of the existing culture — which is broken, corrupt (Acts 2:40), and intimacy-starved.
We don’t need a subculture. A subculture can’t produce this kind of church that changes the world. We need a CULTURE — a counter-culture, even.
But that takes sacrifice. It takes a violent tearing away from the comfort systems we have in place. It takes a massive departure from how things are now. It takes messiness. It takes repetitive, nauseating reform in how we treat other believers. It takes a fearlessness in intimacy. It takes letting go of our consumerist beliefs that drive us more than we realize.
I say this not as someone who knows “how it should be,” but as someone who knows that it’s far from what I’m able to do. I know that internally, I’m too selfish and entrenched in the Western mindset to do my part to be an Acts 2 disciple. But fortunately, that’s where the Holy Spirit comes in.
Lord, the Church you founded is so far from where we are. Give me and my fellow believers the strength, fortitude, fearlessness and ambition through your Holy Spirit to live this way, somehow. Not so we can be great in Your eyes, for Your thoughts towards us always are love, but so You can be made great in the eyes of the world. In Jesus’ name, amen.
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5 Christian T-shirts you will never see in the Bible Belt
Posted by The Mielonens in Poland on September 8, 2010
5 Christian T-shirts you will never see in the Bible Belt
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Some very interesting t-shirts indeed! I LOVE EUROPE.
I saw a few T-shirts at the European Christian festivals this year that will probably never make it to the Bible belt of America. Here are 5 of them….
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Shipping out?
Posted by Travis in Family News, Fund Raising, Poland on August 22, 2010
Some of you might be wondering what our departure status is, and right now the best we can say is that we are in a holding pattern. We’re feeling lead by God to take care of some things on the home front here prior to leaving. There is a lot to address before we depart, everything from fund raising, storage, medical things, employment, visas, language learning (hard to do in the midsts of everyday life), and many other fine details.
We are prayerfully looking at each step, and will keep on knocking, we know God’s promise of REACHing Poland is true, and we look forward to the day we land and start the next book of our lives.
Small Churches = Big Impact
Posted by The Mielonens in Poland on August 9, 2010
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Makes sense to us, and is similar to our thoughts on expanding the Church in Poland…
Brandon O'Brien, associate editor for Leadership Journal, has written a new book, The Strategically Small Church. In this work, he seeks to demonstrate how small churches are uniquely equipped for success in today's culture. Ed Stetzer interviewed O'Brien about his book and why being small may be more missionally strategic.
Ed: What do you mean by "strategically small church"? Is this a new church model, like "simple" or "organic" church?
Brandon: A "strategically small" church is one that has learned to recognize and leverage the inherent strengths of being small. Being strategically small means that instead of trying to overcome your congregation's size, you have learned to use it to strategic ministry advantage.
In other words, I'm not advocating a new model of doing church. Instead I'm hoping that by telling the stories of some truly innovative and effective small churches, other small congregations will stop viewing their size and limited resources as liabilities and begin thinking about them as advantages.
Ed: What keeps small churches from becoming "strategically small?"
Brandon: Many small churches try to operate like big churches. The idea seems to be that if we imitate what the megachurches are doing–if we do ministry like them–then we'll grow like them. The trouble is, operating like a big church can undermine the inherent strengths of being small.
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