What is “the church?”  I have been wrestling with this question for several years.  I used to think it was a “worshiping congregation.”  But, is that really a biblical definition? When we look at the Christian tradition, I would suggest that the first “churches” could be...

In my post yesterday, I both commended and challenged David Fitch in his missionary vision.  The basic disconnect for me in many of the more missional expressions of church planting is that emphasis is still on “building a church or gathering of Christians” and not on “building the...

I got very excited when I read these words in a post titled, On Planting Churches That Do Not Cannibalize: The Luke 10 Project, by David Fitch: Let’s stop funding church plants (has anyone noticed it ain’t working?) and fund missionaries here in North America. We need to seed fresh...

Embrace Richmond is in an interesting season.  Our co-laborer, Reverend Janie Walker, is leaving Embrace Richmond to start a new expression of church in the Hillside Court area.  It will not look anything like the traditional images of church.  It will be a collaborative effort of many...