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The Signs of Political Idolatry
The last week has been both a relief and burden for me. I am relieved that we have finally progressed past the campaign/election season in America. But I am burdened by the manner in which we engaged one another and … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Community, Discipleship, Mission
Tagged Ambassadors, Church, City, Discipleship, Embassy, Great Commission, Redeem, Tim Keller
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Is Church Membership Biblical?
As we prepare to facilitate The Embassy Church’s first covenant membership class for our new members I saw fit to post a blog that affirms such an action on our part. By what authority do we call people to enter … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Church Planting, Community, Discipleship
Tagged Ambassadors, Bible, Church, Disciple, Discipleship, Embassy, Matt Chandler, Missional Community, The Gathering
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What are we doing? (The Four Questions Series)
In our last blog post we visited four questions that we wanted to spend some time unpacking. We asked, 1) What are we doing? (The Mission) 2) Why are we doing it? (The Values) 3) How are we going to get it done? … Continue reading
Posted in Church Planting, Community, Discipleship, Mission, Uncategorized
Tagged Ambassadors, Church, City, Denver, Discipleship, Embassy, Gospel Fluency, Great Commission, Mission, Missional, Missional Community, Missionary
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Why do we do what we do? (The Four Questions)
I’m sure that many of you are familiar with the anecdotal tale of a young bride who was preparing her first family dinner. As she was about to put a large roast into the oven to begin baking, her mother … Continue reading
Posted in Church Planting, Discipleship, Mission, Team
Tagged Ambassadors, Church, City, Disciple, Discipleship, Embassadors, Embassy, Mission, Missional, Missional Community, Missionary, The Gospel
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The greatest sermon I have ever heard
About fifteen years ago a came across a sermon by Dr. John Piper entitled, “Doing Missions When Dying Is Gain.” Obviously the title was an attention getter so I set time aside and listened to it. I had no idea … Continue reading
Posted in Community, Discipleship, Mission
Tagged Ambassadors, Disciple, Discipleship, Embassy, Mission, Missional, Missional Community, Missionary, The Church, The Gospel, The Story of God
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What difference does the gospel make?
On April 1st 2012 we launched the weekly worship gatherings of The Embassy Church. We are missionaries to the Denver metro area and we have started by engaging the communities that fall within a 5-mile radius of City Park. As … Continue reading
Posted in Church Planting, Community, Discipleship, Mission
Tagged Ambassadors, Church, City, Community, Denver, Disciple, Discipleship, Embassy, Mission, Missional, The Gospel, The Story of God
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Why do we prioritize “Missional Communities?”
The prioritizing of smaller missional communities is a celebrated distinctive of The Embassy. This in no way undermines the value of our larger gatherings; we recognize the need for the saints to gather for regular corporate worship.[1] The large worship … Continue reading
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Tagged Ambassadors, City, Community, Discipleship, Embassy, Mission, Missional
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Why Team Leadership?
The popular idea of leadership presents the picture of a person that is courageous and omni-competent. The leader has no weaknesses and is able to take a group of people on their back and go on to victory. However, both … Continue reading
Posted in Team
Tagged Ambassadors, Discipleship, Elders, Eldership, Embassy, INefficient, Leadership, Missional, Rhythms, Team
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Can INefficiency be a virtue?
Currently I am in Tacoma, WA with one of my Embassy teammates, Derrick Kelsey. We are attending a great training gathering known as Soma School. We are here to process how they execute missional community and Gospel-centered gatherings because it … Continue reading
Posted in Discipleship, Mission
Tagged Ambassadors, Community, Discipleship, efficient, Embassy, INefficient, Rhythms, Value
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“The Embassy” – Why did we choose this name?
What is an Embassy? An embassy is a mission to a foreign government headed by an ambassador. It has the responsibility of representing the agenda of the home state while residing in a foreign land. We can think of no … Continue reading
Posted in Church Planting
Tagged Ambassadors, City, Community, Denver, Discipleship, Embassy, Mission, Missional, Name
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