missionalweb.org

Published by the European Church Planting Network, it gives case studies of churches and their missional experiments. Good ideas and discussion fodder!

A blog about shifting to missional, based on experiences at Saratoga Presbyterian Church and personal reflections by Rick Bonetti, supporting elder. Links to other missional resources. The past two years SPC has been nurturing a new plant gathering called Fireside - a "new way of doing and being the church." It is partly emerging and partly missional in a traditional context. Part of the missional shift is a greater awareness of engagement is social justice, with affinity to Sojourners and Brian McLaren's Everything Must Change "Deep Shift" movement. Join the conversations and add your voice!

I encourage you to read "Leaving the Bumper Stickers Behind", posted on the Pittsburgh Presbytery Website. The Pittsburgh Presbytery Council's Task Force to Study Abortion makes two recommendations: 1) Engage in conversation about abortion in your own church and presbytery, and 2) Take action in your congregation to make alternatives to abortion practical and tangible for women and to support and love those whose lives are touched by abortion. The report includes two valuable resources that offer guidelines for starting a group discussion of abortion and ideas for offering practical care ministry to pregnant women. Also provided is a sample memorial service for those grieving the loss of a child through miscarriage, stillbirth, or abortion.