Missional Churches, Macs, CEOs and More

December 3, 2008 in Other Stuff with Comments Off

Here are a few things that have caught my attention in recent days. You may want to check some of these out:

  • I Am Second
  • Check out the communication strategy Ben recommended for the auto industry CEOs. Glad my boss already communicates like this. It’s a lot easier to build credibility with your audience before the crisis hits.
  • Dan Kimball had some interesting thoughts on missional churches.
  • Check out Michael’s post on ooVoo for video chat. We’ve been using the web application at NewSpring.
  • Seth is opening up an internship program. Wonder if anyone would consider coming to Anderson, South Carolina to do an internship with me and my creative team for 6 months…without pay.
  • Zac wrote about our shift in IT strategy. Yes, we believe Macs and PCs can coexist. And, if you want my opinion, I think the shift to using Google for email, calendar, docs, etc. has made the Mac/PC shift a lot easier.
  • Dabo Swinney, probably the best football coach we have attending our church, was named head coach at Clemson.
  • Joshua shared a little bit about our web strategy. He said, “We opt for straight-forward accessible tools, not out-of-reach technology. We use a small team to pull off big ideas by leveraging existing knowledge, technology and friends.”
  • And, last but not least, Nick, our Internet Pastor, started a blog. See if you agree. I think he even types with a British accent.

That’s my list. What did I miss?

No Responses to “Missional Churches, Macs, CEOs and More”

  1. Marcus Hackler December 3, 2008 at 11:09 pm #

    Crossover for Mac has made Macs and PC’s coexist better as well. Frankly, we are considering moving completely away from PCs.

  2. Kenyon December 4, 2008 at 11:07 am #

    I would be interested in an internship…not sure about 6 months, but I would definetely be interested.

  3. Andy Rowell December 4, 2008 at 12:19 pm #

    Tony,
    I just did another Out of Ur post responding to Kimball’s article.

    http://blog.christianitytoday.com/outofur/archives/2008/12/megachurch_misi.html

    Basically, I affirm that megachurches are doing well according to the research but that church plants are also doing well. I know you are a fan of both. I think you are right though to be annoyed when the church planting folk (often in the name of “missional”) rip the megachurch phenomenon. I follow you on Twitter and your blog and have read Simply Strategic Stuff and was at a couple of your day seminars at Granger.

    all the best,
    andy

    Andy Rowell
    Doctor of Theology (Th.D.) Student
    Duke Divinity School
    Durham, North Carolina
    Blog: Church Leadership Conversations http://www.andyrowell.net/

  4. Andy Rowell December 6, 2008 at 1:29 pm #

    I put a list of posts from across the blogosphere at my blog of conversations responding to the Kimball article.

    http://www.andyrowell.net/andy_rowell/2008/12/following-dan-kimballs-missional-vs-megachurch-conversation.html