The Spirit Speaks through the Entire Group

by | Feb 22, 2017 | Uncategorized

by M. Scott Boren,  The Center for Community and Mission  (www.scottboren.blogspot.com) , Twitter@mscottboren When reading the New Testament, it is quite clear that the Holy Spirit worked through the early church with spiritual gifts. Paul wrote to the Corinthian...

The Importance of Dialogue

by | Jun 27, 2016 | Uncategorized

by M. Scott Boren,  The Center for Community and Mission  (www.scottboren.blogspot.com) , Twitter@mscottboren In my previous post, I wrote about the importance of adaptive leadership, which calls for the discipline of getting on the balcony. In this post, I want to...

Beyond Cell Church Techniques

by | Jun 26, 2016 | Uncategorized

by M. Scott Boren, The Center for Community and Mission, www.scottboren.blogspot.com ; Twitter@mscottboren One of the keys to an effective transition—and you see this in all of the cell churches that have transitioned from a traditional church—is what is called...

Stopping the Rise of the Dones

by | Jun 29, 2015 | Uncategorized

by M. Scott Boren, The Center for Community and Mission, www.mscottboren.com, Twitter@mscottboren Yesterday, I was sitting with our kids eating Danishes at a coffee shop. Two of the kids were have a discussion about something ridiculous, about which they were both...

Learning from the Dones

by | Jun 28, 2015 | Uncategorized

by M. Scott Boren, The Center for Community and Mission, www.mscottboren.com, Twitter@mscottboren The “dones” confess that they are done with the church. Many times they are former church leaders and have been highly committed to the life of the church. But now they...