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Coming soon: Turbulent Times Ready or Not! A Creative Response Manual for Missional Congregations 2010-2020

From Tom Sine of Mustard Seed Associates

Don’t break out the party hats yet! As we crawl out of the worst global recession in 70 years the troubles are far from over.
Turbulent Times Ready or Not! A Creative Response Manual for Missional Congregations 2010-2020 will list some of the waves of change that are likely to [...]

“Frankly, my dear, I don’t give a damn.”

That is what seem to be the response of the USAmerican church in regards to the economic recession and it’s effects effects in the community. While businesses are creating new ways to stay afloat and increase capacity in this time, the USAmerican church is silent to her call to serve and be more generous [...]

Listen to Tom Sine conversation at Moot, UK

Via Moot Blog
Just in case you missed Tom Sines challenging and topical address to the Moot Community tonight, check out the Moot podcast here, recorded in two sections.
Toms wisdom is a challenge as we contemplate Moots desire to set up an intentional community and activities around social justice, in our eventual home we hope.
To listen [...]

Joining the Anabaptist conspirators

Joining the Anabaptist conspirators - The Mennonite
By Tom Sine
God is doing something new through a new generation that has a distinctly Anabaptist accent in these uncertain times. These young initiators are creating new ways to make a difference in both the world and the church. In The New Conspirators, I explained these activists and innovators [...]

Jonny Baker reviews The New Conspirators Book

jonnybaker: jesus’ empire of the mustard seed - tom sine is back in classic fashion

Tom (Sine) maps the current new things happening with a mapping of four movements whose edges are blurred and overlap - emerging, mosaic, new monastic, and missional and he is enthusiastic about them all (i agreed with shaine clayborne’s hesitation in [...]

Interview with Tom Sine & Jarrod McKenna, Perth Australia

Interview with Tom Sine and Jarrod McKenna
The New Conspirators | RodneyOlsen.net
From Rodeny Olsen:
Tom Sine joined me on my morning radio programme on 98.5 Sonshine FM along with Jarrod McKenna from Peace Tree Community. While Tom’s book talks about the many ways that people are re-imagining church, Jarrod is part of a community that is [...]

The New Conspirators - Tuesday Book Review

The New Conspirators : Creating the Future one Mustard Seed at a Time by Tom Sine
“In spite the fact that our world is changing at blinding speed and the church is going through some very tough times, God is still at work in ways that aren’t always immediately apparent. For some reason, God seems to [...]

Blogging from The New Conspirators .2

I just got back home from a night full of energy and new faces. Our first session at The New Conspirators went really well.
The new sanctuary of Bethany Community Church was full. There were a wide range of ages and background. For me the age thing is very important because for a time this reimagining, [...]

The New Conspirators - hot off the press!

The New Conspirators
Book by Tom Sine
“If you have faith as small as a mustard seed,” Jesus says in the Gospel of Matthew, “nothing will be impossible for you.”
That sounds good, but does it work in a world where seeds are genetically altered by an impatient few and hard to come by for countless others? In [...]

Making It Real, Sojourners Magazine/January 2008

Making It Real, Sojourners Magazine/January 2008
by Tom Sine

If we are serious about finding a way to embody more authentically the aspirations and values of our faith instead of those of the culture, we need to start where many of these new conspirators do.  We need to rediscover the kingdom of God as not only [...]

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