Search Results on David Fitch

Baptism, Discipleship, Learning, Mystagogy

Advent for the Rest of Us

David Fitch | Missio Alliance

Article about Worship and the Sacraments

David Fitch reflects on Advent both as formation into the depths of Christ via liturgy and as the possibility to engage people looking for a deeper sense of life, relationship, God, and family at Christmastime.

Advent, Christmas, Joy, Liturgy

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.

Christendom, Depravity, Evangelism, Listening

Proclamation vs. Preaching Myths

David Fitch | Missio Alliance

David Fitch discusses myths about preaching left over from a dying Christendom and says the task of preaching is to bring the truth from scripture into being through the Spirit.

Holy Spirit, Preaching, Proclamation, Truth

The Feel Good Pep Rally as Worship

David Fitch | Missio Alliance

Article about Worship and the Sacraments

David Fitch contrasts praise and worship music intended to generate positive emotions (the feel good pep rally) with worship music designed to lift up praise, thanksgiving, affirmation, and exaltation to God.

Book Quote, Article about Church Life and Leadership

Emotion, Music, Praise

Out of the Christendom Nostalgia

David Fitch | Missio Alliance

David Fitch says a major emphasis of Billy Graham's preaching - being born again versus church rituals - no longer makes sense in post-Christendom contexts, though many evangelical churches rely on its cultural ethos.

Belief, Christendom, Culture, New Birth

The Image of the Other

David Fitch | Missio Alliance

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.

Evangelism, Listening, Philosophy, Power

All Who Hunger, Gather Gladly

David Belt | Global Worship

Song or Hymn

David Belt and Christie Fitch perform "All Who Hunger, Gather Gladly," originally written by Sylvia G. Dunstan (1955-1993) and based on Psalm 34:8. (Length: 03:02) Includes links to further information about the hymn.

Psalm 34:8

God's Goodness, Hunger, Lord's Supper, Manna

The Collateral Damage of Video

David Fitch | Missio Alliance

An article by David Fitch that criticizes the growth of video-based churches and challenges church leaders to consider the consequences of the format.

Ecclesiology, Ecumenism, Evangelism, Video

Worship as Training for Life

David Fitch | Missio Alliance

In this article, David Fitch addresses parents' fear behind children's boredom in worship and shares that children will ultimately follow/imitate how their parents and adults engage in worship and model kingdom-living.

Children, Intergenerational Worship, Spiritual Growth, Youth

Crime-Ridden Neighborhood Transformed by Praying Church

David Fitch | Preaching Today

Sermon Preparation or Illustration

In this sermon illustration for Matthew 18:19, Mark 9:28-29, or Luke 18:1, David Fitch shares how the a crime-ridden neighborhood was transformed by prayer and an eventual church plant.

Prayer, Crime, Community, Intercession

There Is No “In Here” or “Out There”

David Fitch | Missio Alliance

In this article, David Fitch explores how both worship ("in here") and mission ("out there") are integral to the life of the church and represent a whole of way of life.

Church, Ecclesiology, Mission, Worship

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Not Hierarchy but Pneumatocracy

David Fitch | Missio Alliance

Based on 1 Corinthians 12:8-11 and Ephesians 4:11-12, David Fitch shares that the church is not hierarchy or democracy, but 'pneumatocracy" where the Spirit's gifts are recognized and empowered to lead in mutual submission under Christ.

1 Corinthians 12:8-11; Ephesians 4:11-12

Church, Ecclesiology, Spiritual Gifts, Leadership

When Power Goes Rogue

David Fitch | Missio Alliance

In this podcast, David Fitch and Mike Moore discuss what happens to Christian institutions and individuals succumb to worldly power and how the power of Jesus works differently to disrupt worldly power. (Length 24:37)

Church, Corruption, God's Power, Jesus Christ's Power

Reimagining Our Ecclesiology in a Post-Willow Creek World

David Fitch | Missio Alliance

... the wake of scandals involving leadership at megachurches, David Fitch critiques three aspects of evangelical ecclesiology: hierarchical structure ...

Leadership, Power, Ecclesiology, Scandal

Preaching and the Shaping of a Church Into Mission

David Fitch | Missio Alliance

In an image driven culture, why do we still have sermons? What is preaching for anyway? In this podcast, David Fitch and Geoff Holsclaw discuss preaching as proclamation and how the imagination is essential for transformation.

Preaching, Imagination, Proclamation

Membership Has Its Practices

David Fitch | Missio Alliance

Article about Worship and the Sacraments

David Fitch presents a new perspective on church membership: instead of requiring a specific level of sanctification upon joining, congregations should make the commitment to practices of community central to membership after joining.

Community, Mission, Church Membership, Sanctification

Characteristics of Biblical Justice

David Swanson | Missio Alliance

Scripture Meditation or Sermon

David Swanson cites numerous scriptures to characterize justice in the Bible, including its origin in God, its connection to worship, sabbath, and reconciliation, and its integration into the gospel.

Justice, Reconciliation, Sabbath

Signs the Spirit Has Left the Building

David Fitch | Missio Alliance

Scripture Meditation or Sermon

David Fitch suggests that trying to control the activity of the Holy Spirit, or judging the spirituality of others, may be signs that the Holy Spirit has left.

Community, Holy Spirit, Spirituality, Fruit Of The Spirit

Missional Preaching

David Fitch | Missio Alliance

Emphasizing the importance of missional preaching, David Fitch says a multi-site cannot be missional for three reasons: preaching is always local, preaching demands a response, and preaching is better when we know the person.