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Multi-Site Church: Economies Of Scale

Currently at Conversatio Morum we’re covering the Multi-Site model of church. This is a model with which I’m familiar and I find myself doing significant reading on. While reading something from Mark Batterson there was a reference to one advantage for this model being an Economy of Scale. Economies of Scale is a business term used to describe the point at which the growth of an organization has made it the most efficient. In terms of church, this is an interesting application when you put this in a multi-site church context. Continue reading “Multi-Site Church: Economies Of Scale”

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Songs that speak

Originally Posted: Wednesday, June 08, 2005
Mood: lyrical
Now Reading: Victory Over Darkness
Topic: The Romance of God

Currently Playing
The End Is Here
By Five Iron Frenzy
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As an old friend and I were talking about following Jesus this song came across my mind. You have to understand that God speaks to me a lot through Five Iron Frenzy. He has used them many times in my life. So here is a song that I think can describe how we all feel at times about life in the church and with God.(If you’re a guy ignore the girl part and say a guy.) Continue reading “Songs that speak”

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Multi-Site Church: A Strategy for Church Planting

At Conversatio Morum, we like statistics. Mainly because the numbers from them can help us see, in a general sense, where the culture is at and where it’s going. Knowing this is the case, they are also helpful when starting out as a church planter. The rule at this point is that a new church plant has a 68% success rate. This is actually encouraging, considering the previous trend was a 20% success rate. As a church planter, knowing the challenges and struggles inherent with starting something new, these statistics don’t surprise me. Continue reading “Multi-Site Church: A Strategy for Church Planting”

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Learning to Love God in Everything

Originally Posted: Tuesday, June 07, 2005
Now Playing: silence
Topic: Living in the Epic Story

Currently Reading
Victory over the Darkness
By Neil T. Anderson
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So, I’m back. After a long stint away from things. I have finally returned. As I have been refreshed. So, as I finalize my trip to Mexico I have been thinking about the first weekend there. Culture shock will be a major part of what happens when I get there. I arrive at the airport, am picked up by my host family, and don’t see any Americans for the next two days. What an amazing thing it is to go to a place where you are not known. Continue reading “Learning to Love God in Everything”

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On a lighter note

Originally Posted: Wednesday, May 25, 2005
Mood:  silly
Now Playing: The End Is Here
(it’s good)
Topic: Rantings of a lunatic
Currently Reading The Baptist Heritage/Four Centuries of Baptist Witness By Leon H. McBeth see related


“They won’t play this song on the radio,
So far, so bad, that’s how it goes.
They’ll pull our records from the shelves,
so far, so bad, that’s how it goes.”

“I thought i’d write an epiphany,
How something good is changing me,
but I guess we dodged some passing fad,
it looks like it’s so far, so bad.
So bad.
This song is rad.
…Uh…You could ask your dad.
…He won’t be mad??!!!
…This song is Stupid!!!”

-Five Iron Frenzy,”So Far So Bad”, The End Is Near

(This is not a mistake, I just couldn’t find Near because it isn’t sold anymore)

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Get Action from Email

Due to the subject at Conversatio Morum people can misconstrue this as simply a tech blog. However, that’s not the case. We want to be a resource to help leverage technology to help you succeed at your mission. With that in mind, we want to help you increase efficiency and communication in your organization. Considering one of the most time-wasting, inefficient ways to communicate organizationally is email, we want to address that a bit now and give you some pointers on writing emails that get a response. Continue reading “Get Action from Email”

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Living by Grace

Originally Posted: Tuesday, May 24, 2005
Mood: spacey
Now Playing: Songs from the Living Room by Mary’s Den
(it’s good)
Topic: the character of God
Currently Reading The Baptist Heritage/Four Centuries of Baptist Witness By Leon H. McBeth see related

I had a weird dream last night. However, that is irrelevant. The question of the day, and it seems of our lives is that of receiving God’s grace. We always tend to lose out in this area. This is the biggest part of my own walk. Continue reading “Living by Grace”

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Star Wars thoughts

Originally Posted: Monday, May 23, 2005
Mood: special
Now Playing: Sunsets & Sushi
Topic: Living in the Epic Story
Currently Reading Making Sense of Church: Eavesdropping on Emerging Conversations About God, Community, and Culture By Spencer Burke, Colleen Pepper see related

So as I sit here at my desk, with the tiredness sinking in, implications of Star Wars in my head, and Lord of the Rings music playing on my computer; I can’t help but wonder how we all fit into the picture of things. The last movie is over, now we know how it all fits together and how the events of episodes 4-6 came to be. We all know Anakin’s place in the story, as do we Obi Wan’s, Yoda’s, Qui Gonn’s, and Luke’s of course. In the same way, what will be said of our lives and where we fit into the place of things when the movie is over? What is your story? John Eldredge says that we all have a desire to live out a “romance of epic proportions”. Continue reading “Star Wars thoughts”