Jan/Feb 09: Innovation

Building the Kingdom … shaping culture … taming technology … Innovative churches are meeting new challenges with bold new ideas.

 

 

In This Issue

 

Innovation: 25 Ideas and Trends Reshaping the American Church

From Video Worship to Mass Baptisms—Here Are the Innovations Changing the Church and Its Outreach

 

Forecasting Future Trends

 

The Care and Feeding of the Creative Mind

 

Beyond the Walls: Andy Crouch and Michael Lindsay Call Us Out of Our Enclave and Into the World

 

Reconcilable Differences: A Memphis Church Tackles Racism in the Segregated City—And in Its Own Congregation

 

Smaller Churches Share 10 Great Outreach Ideas

 

The Outreach Interview: Craig Groeschel of LifeChurch.tv talks about the Kingdom, innovation and transparency

James P. Long
James P. Longhttp://JamesPLong.com

James P. Long was formerly the editor of Outreach magazine and the author of a number of books, including Why Is God Silent When We Need Him the Most?

Fight Church: A Fighting Chance

“Here was a people group that wasn’t being served by any form of chaplaincy like many major sports have,” says Pastor Joshua Boyd, of the local MMA community. “And they needed care just like anyone else.”

Perfectly Imperfect Churches

Most of the great breakthroughs and innovative ideas are a result of problems being viewed not as a problem to solve, but an opportunity to make things better.

Nigerian Church Promotes a Deeper Christian Life

A. Larry Ross, who traveled the world for nearly 34 years as personal media spokesman for evangelist Billy Graham, says the new epicenter for evangelism is the Global South and Nigerian evangelist William Kumuyi as the pastor of “the largest church of which most American Christians have never heard.”