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March 8th, 2010 | 
Author: The questions we ask determine the answers we receive. The way to get better answers is to ask better questions. What we do with the answers we receive determines the direction we go. Problem is that we often don’t ask the right questions.
The shift to missional living and missional leading begins when we start asking new (or different) questions.
Most of us ask, “Who can we attract to our church?”
We need to ask, “To whom has God sent us?”
Most of us ask, “What kind of programming should we have?”
We need to ask, “What would the Kingdom look like in this place?”
Most of us ask, “What can I preach that will engage my audience?”
We need to ask, “How can the Gospel of the Kingdom bring transformation here and now?”
Most of us ask, “What can we do for God?”
We need to ask, “What is God already doing here, and how can we join Him in His work?”
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Union & Communion, based on John 19:23-27, third message in Lenten Series Compelled by Love, delivered at Cradock Baptist Church, Portsmouth, VA, March 7, 2010.
- Working on income tax. I think I'd rather have a root canal! #
- Great post: Uncool People need Jesus Too! http://tinyurl.com/yzye35j #
- "Once.you've tasted disorganized religion, organized religion won't do it for you any more." -Michael Frost #
- Yipee! Our daughter just threw up for the second time…looks like the plague…err…..stomach bug has come to our house! #
- Great conversation with @stevekmccoy this morning! Great question to consider: How do we bring the Gospel to our community? #
- Headed into office listening to talks from Missional Movements Conference. Can't wait to see what God has in store for today! #
- I am so throwing these socks away! There's a hole in the toe of one & in the heel of the other. The elastic gave out this morning. Annoying! #
- "To what village have you been sent & what does the Kingdom of God look like in that place?" -Michael Frost #
- We will be baptizing on Easter Sunday morning! If you want 2b baptized call the office! #
- Wow! Incredible Day of Praise! 1 saved. 2 more joined by transfer od membership! Great worship! #
- Day of Praise with Greg & Rebecca Sparks leading in worship through song at Cradock Baptist Church, Portsmouth, VA today at 11:00 a.m.! #
- "Being a Christian is about choosing Jesus and deciding to do something incredibly daring with your life" -Shane Claiborne #
- RT @CMAResources: Seven powerful sessions posted from @CMAResources Missional Movements Conf with Mike Frost & Neil Cole http://is.gd/9kf4K #
- RT @MarkBatterson: my job as a preacher is NOT just 2 study & teach the Bible. my job is 2 teach u 2 study the Bible. #
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Tags: Beginning today I’m stealing a cue from Ed Stetzer and starting a new feature on Mondays that focuses on missional resources.
Over the weekend CMAResources posted the audio from a Missional Movements Conference featuring Michael Frost & Neil Cole. The 7-session resource is available free from the CMA website! Check it out!
Well….we’re back with a Sunday Summary after several weeks’ absence! It’s been an intense couple of months, and they’ve flown by!
- Today was a great day of worship!
- We had Greg & Rebecca Sparks with us today leading in worship through song.
- After the led us in song, I preached the second message in our Lenten series on the Seven Word of Christ from the Cross.
- Converted on a Cross is based on Luke 23:34
- It was a powerful service! We had several visitors, and had one person make a decision to follow Christ as her Savior, and two more moved their membership back to our church!
- Since the first of January, we’ve had 8 new members at Cradock!
- Today I announced our first CBC411 our membership class for new members and people who are considering church membership! It will be held on March 21 & 28.
- I also announced that we will be having baptism on Easter Sunday. The Early Church always baptized new believers on Easter Sunday, and we are going to take our stand amidst that great tradition!
- We’ve also been having between 20 & 30 children and youth each week.
- We are very close to announcing our first two interns–yes, two! One will be working with our Children’s Ministry, and one will be working with our Youth Ministry!
- God is definitely up to something in Cradock!
- This coming week is going to be totally crazy!
- I’ve got several exciting phone calls on tap with pastors around the country who are doing some amazing ministry! I can’t wait to hear what God is doing where they are!
- Got an exciting meeting on Thursday with Ben Arment to talk more about The WhiteBoard Sessions, which is coming up May 21 in Virginia Beach.
- I’m also excited about several other events coming up over the next several months. I’ll share details as I can, but I really would appreciate your prayers as we are planning!
- Got some exciting book reviews coming soon, too!
- Much to do…gotta run! Catch you later!
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