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Discussing Sin Post-Christendom
David Fitch | Missio Alliance
Article about Theology
David Fitch proposes ways to help non-believers understand the problem of human sin, in a post-Christendom culture where recognizing sin is no longer a part of the ethos.
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Christendom, Depravity, Evangelism, Listening

The Collateral Damage of Video
David Fitch | Missio Alliance
Article about Church Life and Leadership
An article by David Fitch that criticizes the growth of video-based churches and challenges church leaders to consider the consequences of the format.
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Ecclesiology, Ecumenism, Evangelism, Video

Caffeine-Free Diet Coke
David Fitch | Missio Alliance
Article about Church Life and Leadership
An article by David Fitch about the waning focus of Evangelical churches. Fitch uses an analogy from Slavoj Zizek to illustrate the dilution of the church's substance and message.
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Evangelical, Evangelism

The Image of the Other
David Fitch | Missio Alliance
Article about Preaching
Drawing on the work of Emmanuel Levinas, David Fitch explores how the way we typically see The Other (in this case, a non-believer) hinders evangelism in a post-Christendom culture.
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Evangelism, Listening, Philosophy, Power

Project Versus Presence
David Fitch | Missio Alliance
Article about Church Life and Leadership
David Fitch, church planter and pastor, discusses the difference between "Looking for a Project" and "Developing a Presence" and how that shapes congregational formation and discipleship within a local context.
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Love For Others, Evangelism, Mission

Missional Church is Nothing But …
David Fitch | Missio Alliance
Article about Church Life and Leadership
David Fitch argues against a conception of missional church as just regular Sunday worship with some justice projects added on. Rather, missional church is focused on being present among our contexts.
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Church, Justice, Mission, Evangelism

Evangelism or Witness?
David Fitch | Missio Alliance
Article about Preaching
David Fitch challenges pastors and congregations to consider how the verbal proclamation of the gospel (evangelism) must complement a living embodiment of God's work (witness).
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Evangelism, Mission, Witness, Ecclesiology

The Gospel as Reality-Creating Event
David Fitch | Missio Alliance
Article about Theology
In this article, David Fitch offers three observations about evangelical proclamation and challenges us to approach this powerful task with simple humility.
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Evangelism, Humility, Kingdom Of God

The Kingdom Starts With Communities
David Fitch | Missio Alliance
Sermon Preparation or Illustration, Book Quote
In this article about why sending out individual missionaries is all wrong, David Fitch explains why churches should focus on sending out church communities. The article can be used in a sermon series on missions.
Jeremiah 29:4-7; 1 Peter 2:9, 3:15-16
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Church, Kingdom Of God, Community, Mission

The Missional Order of St Fiacre at Life on the Vine
David Fitch | Missio Alliance
Article about Church Life and Leadership
Taking inspiration from gardening, David Fitch's article presents the Rule of a missional order that hopes to plant Christian communities. The Rule presents ideals centered upon fellowship, communal worship, and simplicity.
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Evangelism, Mission

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Against Decaffeinated Belief
David Fitch | Missio Alliance
Article about Worship and the Sacraments
In this article, David Fitch warns against the attractional model of Sunday worship and encourages the kind of worship that helps people live out their missional calling to advance God's kingdom.
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Consumerism, Evangelism, Mission

Cultivating Missional Rhythms in Community
David Fitch | Missio Alliance
Article about Church Life and Leadership
How can we cultivate missional rhythms of life and discipleship among our people? David Fitch shares a list of practices to avoid and practices to direct a congregation’s imagination toward holistic, relational worship.
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Mission, Evangelism, Daily Living, Discipleship

How Apologetics Hurts Our Witness
David Fitch | Missio Alliance
Scripture Meditation or Sermon
Drawing on the work of Stanley Hauerwas and Charles Pinches, David Fitch suggests that "Christian apologetics trains us to think we have the answers before listening to the questions."
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Witness, Apologetics, Evangelism, Listening

What the Missional Church is Missing
David Fitch | Missio Alliance
Scripture Meditation or Sermon
"The gospel is wide, deep and huge." David Fitch argues for declaring the gospel as "what God has done in Christ for the world" (e.g., Luke 4:18-19; Colossians 1:13-23), much broader than personal forgiveness.
Luke 4:18-19; Colossians 1:13-23
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Mission, Evangelism, Freedom, Reconciliation

“I feel like I’m a project to you”
David Fitch | Missio Alliance
Article about Church Life and Leadership
The perception of a "pastor" had changed in recent generations. In this article, David Fitch offers three observations to help us understand the way the officer of pastor may be perceived today.
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Care, Pastor, Evangelism, Compassion

Missiology’s Relationship to Ecclesiology
David Fitch | Missio Alliance
Article about Church Life and Leadership
This article argues that the Christian mission is unthinkable without the involvement of the church for the church is God's chosen means of engaging with the world.
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Ecclesiology, Contextualization, Evangelism, Mission

Looking for the Poor in the Suburbs
David Fitch | Missio Alliance
Article about Church Life and Leadership
This down-to-earth article explores a particular suburb and locates places where the poor may be found and where there are great needs. It could be useful for sparking imagination about where to look in other contexts.
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Evangelism, Mission