So far, 66 churches have been nominated to be one of "America’s Most Innovative Churches" by Outreach magazine. It’s not too late to nominate a church. But hurry. I’ll be sending this list to the panel who will be compiling the final list right after Labor Day.
What are the churches we haven’t heard about? What are the churches that we have heard about that should be listed?
I have already nominated my church and don’t think i can nominate another but someone should nominate
Abundant Life Ministries from Bradford England.
Sr. Pastor Paul Scanlon
http://www.alm.org.uk
They are doing great things to impact their community.
In their 3000 member church they have almost 200 outreach ministries that are run by church attenders and not staff.
Amazing ministry is going on in Bradford
From Dav Ferguson’s Blog….
How About An Innovations List Instead?
Once again the people who read and comment on this blog are brighter than the person who writes this blog. I was kind of excited about getting to be on the panel that helps select the list of the top innovative churches in the country and I asked for your suggestions and nominations. Then, I got some comments that got me thinking about innovation and the church.
Here is my new thinking: Maybe we should be identifying innovations that are emerging and tell their stories and not simply list the most innovative churches. Most of the churches on the list we all know about anyway. And when we get this list of innovative churches we don’t know specifically how they are being innovative, we just are told that they are innovative (unless we read Outreach Magazine – which we should…shameless plug!) I think it would be more helpful to single out new innovations that are happening in relatively unknown settings and in new churches and by young leaders. It would really empower/encourage new churches and young leaders to take risks in ways that were previously unknown. So, how about an innovations list and link to those churches rather than simply a generic list of churches that are innovative?
August 29, 2007 in Innovation | Permalink | Comments (7) | TrackBack (0)