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Category Archives: spiritual innovation
You won’t learn to listen to and be led by the Comforter (the Holy Spirit) until you leave your comfort zone.
Posted in comfort, comfort zone, comfortable, Comforter, conviction, discomfort, spirit, Spirit's flow, Spirit-filled, Spirit-led, Spirit-prompted, spiritual, spiritual formation, spiritual growth, spiritual healing, spiritual innovation, spiritual movement, spiritual power, spiritual training, spiritual transformation, spiritual walk, spiritual warfare
Tagged Christianity, Holy Spirit, spirituality
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Church of the Nazarene Leader Proclaimed Participatory Church
Early leader of the Church of the Nazarene, P.F. Bresee, proclaimed participatory church: “‘Pump handle’ religion has to give place to the ever-ready springing up and sending forth of testimony and praise. How often the ‘pump handle’ has to be … Continue reading
Posted in 1 Corinthians 14:26, audience, Berry Street, Berry Street Worship Center, church fathers, church format, church history, church leader, church leadership, church meetings, church program, church roles, church services, church structure, fire, fire of the Holy Spirit, history, Holy Ghost, Nashville, Nashville charity, Nashville church, participatory church, performance, preacher, preaching, preaching the Word, religion, religious innovation, renewal, revival, sermon, sermon-free, sermon-hearing, sermons, spirit, Spirit's flow, Spirit-filled, Spirit-led, spiritual, spiritual formation, spiritual innovation, spirituality, symphony, The Salvation Army
Tagged church, Church of the Nazarene, organic church, P.F. Bresee
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Talk Church Is Better Than Talk Radio
Talk church is better than talk radio. Its talking points are about the living, resurrected Jesus Christ. Sit-back-and-listen-church makes people passive. Open line, talk church makes people powerful in God as they show and tell what God has done on … Continue reading
Posted in Berry Street, Berry Street Worship Center, church format, church history, church meetings, church program, church programs, church roles, church services, church structure, faith, faith in God, faith-based, great awakening, hearing God, hearing Jesus, hearing the Holy Spirit, improv, improvisation, Jesus Christ, John Miley, led by the Spirit, listening, Methodism, Methodist class meeting, Nashville adventure, Nashville church, Nashville tourist attractions, non-church, open church, participants, participators, participatory church, power, powerful, quote, Quotes, religious innovation, Salvation Army church, Salvation Army Corps, Spirit-filled, Spirit-led, Spirit-prompted, spiritual church, spiritual flow, spiritual formation, spiritual innovation, spirituality, The Salvation Army
Tagged church, Nashville, open line, open mike, organic church, quotations, religion, taling points, talk radio
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(God Math) Life – God = L0neliness / Life X God = L∞ve
Do the God math. With God factored out of life, there’s a big zero (0) in our life — a void of loneliness. When God is the major factor of life (the prime mover), there is infinite (∞) love (l∞ve)! … Continue reading
Posted in apologists, belief, belief system, believer, Christianity, do the math, faith, faith-based, foundation, kingdom of God, life, life built on nothing, live to please God, love, Love one another, love yourself, mathematical calculation, prime mover, spirit, spiritual, spiritual innovation, spiritual life, spirituality, symbol for infinity, zero
Tagged eternity, God, infinity, lonliness, mathematics, religion
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A Powerful Way To Light Your Fire!
1) Unrehearsed, heart-felt, Spirit-prompted words connect hearts and ignite spiritual fires.* 2) Rehearsed, studied, formalized words leave hearts unconnected and minds muted; and promptly depart the human memory. * Light your fire! Experience #1 with us @ The Salvation Army … Continue reading
Posted in non-church, preacher, preaching, preaching the Word, sermons, Spirit-filled, Spirit-led, Spirit-prompted, spiritual fire, spiritual flow, spiritual growth, spiritual innovation, spiritual life
Tagged Light your fire, memory, Nashville, spiritual formation, spirituality, The Salvation Army
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A Faithtastic Investment — Venture Faith
Venture capital is money invested in upstart, high-potential, high-risk businesses. Venture faith is an investment of trust and obedience in Spirit-led ventures, even when they appear to be very high-risk. Venture faith always produces great spiritual adventure — never religious … Continue reading
Posted in bored in church, boredom, Christianity, Christianitypreneur, Christianpreneur, faith-based, faithtastic, high risk investment, high-potential, riches, Spirit-led, spiritual adventure, spiritual innovation, venture capital definition, venture faith
Tagged faith, investing, Nashville, religion, Tennessee, The Salvation Army, venture capital
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Believing Outside The Box — Creativity In Church
Thinking outside the box is a popular phrase. Taco Bell even played on it in their commercial by encouraging people to think outside the bun. Creative, out of the box thinking, has brought tremendous advancements to society. However one group … Continue reading
Posted in alternative church, alternative lifestyle, alternative names, biblical, biblical Christianity, Biblical concept, Christianity, established procedure, imagineering, innovation, Nashville, nonconforming, novel ideas, order of worship, ordinary, organic church, reinvent, reinventing, religion, religious innovation, Spirit-filled, Spirit-led, spiritual innovation, Taco Bell, Tennessee, The Salvation Army, think outside the bun, visionary, Walt Disney
Tagged church, color outside the lines, creativity, synonyms, think outside the box
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Spirit Ministry or Word Ministry?
Has Christian ministry lost it’s ability to grasp and transform people? It appears so. Churches are in decline. Our culture is almost completely secular, if not anti-Christian. Scholars have pronounced it to be post-Christian. However, although it appears that human … Continue reading
Posted in ministry, religion, religious academics, religious ceremonies, religious information, religious innovation, revelation, speech making, Spirit's flow, Spirit-filled, Spirit-led, spiritual battle, spiritual church, spiritual flow, spiritual growth, spiritual healing, spiritual innovation
Tagged 1 Corinthians 3, Christianity, God's glory, ministry, ministry of the Spirit, Paul, quenching the Spirit
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What The Church Can Learn From Basketball Officials
From preschool to the NBA Playoffs — from high school to March Madness — basketball officials could serve as great examples of an alternative way for pastors to conduct church services. Rather than being the center of attention and running … Continue reading
Posted in alternative church, Berry Street, Berry Street Worship Center, Christianity, church format, church meetings, church program, church roles, church services, church structure, clergy, creativity, high school basketball, innovation, Nashville adventure, Nashville events, Nashville projects, officials, organic church, participatory church, pastor, simple church, spiritual growth, spiritual innovation, spiritual leaders, spiritual life, sporting event, sports, The Salvation Army
Tagged basketball, basketball official, church, how to lead a church service, March Madness, Nashville, NBA, NBA Playoffs, religion
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Reader’s Digest Acknowledges Participatory Style Of First Century Christian Worship
Contemporary society is moving toward more participation in management and meetings. This can be seen in business management styles, the Oprah Show, and even Facebook. However, the contemporary church seems stuck on sermons — non-participatory, one-person, lectures. However, early Christian … Continue reading
Posted in 1 Corinthians 14:26, After Jesus, aristocrats, church, church history, church meetings, church program, church roles, Corinth, edification, first century, First Century Church, freedmen, hymn, hymns, Music City, Nashville, participatory church, Paul of Tarsus, Quotations, quote, Quotes, Roman, Roman Empire, Salvation Army church, Salvation Army Corps, Salvationists, simple church, slaves, speaking in tongues, Spirit-led, Spirit-prompted, spiritual awakening, spiritual innovation, spiritual interaction, surrender to God, testimonies, testimony, The Salvation Army, tongues, triumph of Christianity
Tagged business management, Christianity, contemporary society, early Christian worship, facebook, Oprah, organic church, Reader's Digest
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