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Transitions: Culture

Mar 3rd, 2010 | By art rogers | Category: Church, Featured, Transitioning

I have not dropped off of the Blogosphere again.  i have actually been working on yet another graphic, affectionately dubbed “Art’s Charts” by Marty Duren.  At least I think that it is affectionate.  Maybe I’m deluding myself again.
If I am, I can only say that life’s more fun that way.
In the meantime, I need to [...]



Transitions: Deconstruction… Yes

Feb 23rd, 2010 | By art rogers | Category: Church, Featured, Transitioning

The Great Commission Task Force gave its preliminary report to the Executive Committee of the Southern Baptist Convention last night.  To listen to the rearrangements proposed, you would have to consider that they did choose to deconstruct… I wonder if they deconstructed everything.
This is not an endorsement or even a commentary of whether or not [...]



Transitions: Deconstructing… everything?

Feb 18th, 2010 | By art rogers | Category: Church, Featured, Transitioning

As you may know, I’ve been pastor of Skelly Drive Baptist Church for three and a half years now.  The stated intent when I was called, by both the church and myself, was to transition the church from what it was into a church more effective at reaching today’s society.  You can read more about [...]



A parable of the church: The Big Red Tractor

Feb 16th, 2010 | By art rogers | Category: Church, Featured, Video

Rick Jenkins posted this on Facebook this morning and I thought it was definitely worth a repost…

The Big Red Tractor from Jacob Lewis on Vimeo.



The Missional Church: A short, simple video

Feb 9th, 2010 | By art rogers | Category: Church, Featured, Missional

I have been driven from my bloggy slumber by this awesome and short two minute video on the Missional Church.  If you already get the difference between a missional church and an institutional church, repost it for others to share.  If you don’t get it, then by all means, spend the two minutes to watch.  [...]



The year ahead and the swirl of uncertainty

Jan 4th, 2010 | By art rogers | Category: Church, Confessional, Featured, General Christian

I drove home from Church Sunday after worshiping together with the Skelly Drive family for the first time in two weeks.  A blizzard had hit and knocked us out of our Christmas Eve service and later the Sunday morning service on the 27th.  The latter service being canceled kept everyone from being together, though our [...]



Driscoll on Grace for the Disgraced

Nov 5th, 2009 | By art rogers | Category: Church, General Christian, Missional, Video, life


Ed Stetzer & David Fitch

Nov 3rd, 2009 | By art rogers | Category: Church, General Christian, Missional, Video

A while ago, I posted a great video as pt. 1 of a Missional Conversation between Ed Stetzer and David Fitch, but I never saw the follow up videos.
I found them today and wanted to share, so here are all of them:

Ed Stetzer & David Fitch – a missional conversation from Missional Tribe on Vimeo.
Pt [...]



Mark Devine on Missional Churches in The Messenger Podcast

Oct 29th, 2009 | By art rogers | Category: Church, General Christian, Missional

I’m really excited about Doug Baker coming to Oklahoma and manning the helm of our state’s Baptist Paper.  Once disregarded by me as a “newsletter” full of the latest “get on the bus” propaganda, Baker brings credibility and an unflinching resolve to The Baptist Messenger, allowing him to take on the real issues facing churches.
Exemplifying [...]



Why I appreciate Pastors by Marty Duren

Oct 12th, 2009 | By art rogers | Category: Church, Family, General Christian

Marty’s got a new Examiner article up focusing on Pastor Appreciation Month (October is it, by the way).
Good article with an excellent representation of a hard working pastor and his family:
Why I Appreciate Pastors