by Shane Craven | Oct 30, 2009 | Quotes
1. The Seduction of Influence It’s tempting to do it for all the wrong reasons. In our lives, there may be a tearing away of the seductions and a refining of the right reasons. Word 1: Ego. We’ve brought the celebrity culture into our church and overlook...
by Shane Craven | Oct 28, 2009 | Quotes
The Missional Church is: The people of God, We’ve been brought up in a world where church is a what, an it, something outside of me, something I go to, something I support, something I bring friends to. But the missional movement is about who. Until we get this,...
by Shane Craven | Oct 23, 2009 | Quotes
Forgetting the mission. Our motivations can naturally be mixed. We often focus on our own agenda rather than God’s agenda. You should want to plant a great church because of who God is rather than to prove something about yourself to others. God intervenes when we...
by Shane Craven | Oct 23, 2009 | Church Planting
“Right now, there are a lot of disgruntled people trying to reinvent the church. It will never work. The church has never been birthed from frustrated people trying to reinvent something that’s lost its punch. Instead, it will be created by those who are passionately...
by Shane Craven | Oct 23, 2009 | Evaluation
Every week, we have to take a look at where we are as a church and are we progressing and are we becoming more productive. I use 4 metrics to decide where Origin is and we will use this throughout our journey: Are we a praying church? Do we recognize from the outset...
