http://timg.vineage.com A mission think tank and resource team. Tue, 25 Nov 2008 12:51:56 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The Forgotten Ways: Reactivating the Missional Church - by Alan Hirsch Glocalization: How Followers of Jesus Engage the New Flat Earth by Bob Roberts Jr. The Three Ways of Getting Things Done: International Edition by Gerard Fairtlough I am recommending these books because together they give a good overview of where the world and ... http://timg.vineage.com/discussions/3-must-reads-to-understand-where-the-church-and-world-are-going/ I received this report from my son Andy Hackett who is living in Mexico and helps direct "The Movement" in Tepic, Nayarit Mexico.  Read this, rejoice and pray for the influence of The Movement "El Moviemento". We had a great time with The Movement last night.  It's amazing how these guys ... http://timg.vineage.com/projects/report-the-movement-in-tepic-nayarit-mexico/ Ridgway, CO - Monday, October 1, 2007 - Alternative Missions, a mission organization committed to finding “creative ways of reaching the world”, is releasing a new community based social networking site called VineAge - "Where the Church Freely Grows".   Unlike other social networking sites VineAge.com is designed to enable the ... http://timg.vineage.com/events/vineage-launch/ Web Designer/s with knowledge of: Graphic Design XHTML CSS Flash JavaScript WordPress Theme Development Web Developer/s with knowledge of: PHP JavaScript MySQL Database WordPress Customization Experience WordPress Plugin Development http://timg.vineage.com/projects/vineage-volunteers-needed/ Ridgway, CO - Monday, October 1, 2007 - Alternative Missions, a mission organization committed to finding “creative ways of reaching the world”, is releasing a new community based social networking site called www.vineage.com.   Unlike other social networking sites VineAge.com is designed to enable the formation of missional Christian communities.  That ... http://timg.vineage.com/projects/alternative-missions-announces-the-public-release-of-vineagecom/ I could not sleep last night and so I spent a couple of hours on the internet reading blogs.  On the subject of being "missional" I really enjoyed this site: Friend of Missional What does this poster do to you? It calls me to a place of evaluating my commitment to being ... http://timg.vineage.com/discussions/incarnational-living-poster/ Tom & Linnea Hackett Missionary Support Team Linnea and I have been so encouraged by those of you who have been part of our support team over the years…Thank you! At this time, we find ourselves running $1000 a month short of our monthly budget.  We are looking for new team members ... http://timg.vineage.com/projects/the-innovative-mission-group-projects-giving-opportunities/ Somehow the idea that VineAge is a "virtual church" (existing in essence or effect though not in actual fact) comes to peoples minds.  This is not the intent... It is our friends, family, neighbors, people with common interests, etc..  VineAge provides tools to organize "real" (being an actual thing; having objective ... http://timg.vineage.com/discussions/vineagevirtual-church-or-real-church/ This is a question I am asked a lot as I share about the VineAge vision.  Our hierarchal and lineal conditioned minds demand an answer…especially if you are over 30. We don’t want chaos here!...or do we? That is a subject for a future post. I believe that in the (present) ... http://timg.vineage.com/discussions/what-%e2%80%9cwill%e2%80%9d-church-look-like-in-the-vineage-future/ Summary of The Three Ways of Getting Things Done by Gerard Fairtlough VineAge  (Where the Church Freely Grows) is based on an organizational structure that emphasizes Responsible Autonomy. The future of "Church" and Christian expression is being transformed by "global connectivity", access to information and a growing independence these things provide. The ... http://timg.vineage.com/discussions/3-ways-of-getting-things-donehierarchy-heterarchy-responsible-autonomy/