DNA (Page 2)

DNA (Page 2)

Sam and Frodo, Lord of the Rings

While There`s Hope There`s Life

Most people (me included) use the word hope as a verb, like in the closing of a conversation, “I hope things get better.” Honestly, it’s usually just wishful thinking and a way to sound compassionate but that’s not what people need. While there is a active part to the hope that people need, the first thing that our community needs is for us to be a people of hope. The noun form of the word, a hope that is as…

DNA – The Primacy of Gospel Proclamation

This is part three of a series exploring the essence of the DNA strands that define the nature, appearance, personality, motivation, and purpose for all those that identify with the community of faith known as NineSevenZero Church. This process of definition will insure that as we grow, as we send out people, as we replicate groups, as we reproduce fellowships, that each one will contain an exact imprint of the genetic material necessary for life, growth, and reproduction. The primary…
Basilica of St. Louis

The Problem with the Big Box Church

The way we do church is working with fewer people in our culture all the time.The model of church that most of us are a product of is quickly becoming ineffective in today’s world. This isn’t about styles of worship, high church or low church, mainline or independent, protestant or catholic, liturgical or pentecostal. This is about all of the Christian churches. Just about every church in America can be described with three words: “Come to us.” That is it.…

DNA – The Missional Strand

Today’s American society has many similarities to the culture which surrounded the first century church: People are spiritually sensitive and hungry but they are not looking to the Christian church. The culture is pluralistic but intolerant of the exclusive claims of Christ. The Christian faith is politically maligned and culturally held in disdain. That first century culture was God’s incubator for the genesis of the Church. We know the sect of Christ followers grew rapidly. The Church multiplied at an…

DNA of NineSevenZero Church

DNA is the organic molecule that contains the hereditary material for a living organism. Nearly every cell in an organism has the same DNA yet there are many types of cells that look and function differently. The genetic information in DNA is stored as a code made from four chemical bases. Just as letters of an alphabet form words, words form sentences, sentences form paragraphs, paragraphs form chapters, and chapters form books, the sequence of these bases determines the information…

Look Out – We`re Contagious

If you examine the New Testament and church history, it is clear that there is no one “right” form of the church. Part of the church’s sustaining power and the mystery of it’s effectiveness is its ability to morph its form to reach a culture. There are several forms of the church that are present in North America today and we’re going to look at them to help us at NineSevenZero Church know who we are and how we fit…

Mission to Our Community

There is something amazingly powerful about extending no charge, no-strings-attached service that has no purpose other than to bless someone else. It never ceases to amaze me how profoundly people are touched by the simplest acts of genuine care and selfless service. First off, it is a clear witness to others of the grace that God has extended to us. A tangible unconditional love that not only is visible but is deeply felt. An extravagant love that was modeled by…
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