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	<title>The Itinerants</title>
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	<description>Training Faithful Men Who Will Train Faithful Men</description>
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		<title>New Wine for New Wineskins (revisited)</title>
		<link>http://www.churchtaskforce.org/blog/2011/04/06/new-wine-for-new-wineskins-revisited/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Apr 2011 12:41:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Church Planting]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[One important step in rethinking the local church from a fresh biblical perspective, is to go back to a biblical leadership model--one that eschews hierarchy, position, and authority, and embraces instead relational experience over time to provide trust and persuadability among one another. To consider a community of saints that foundationally begins with mutual submission and mutual ministry expectations among all the saints as normative.

NT leadership resides in Jesus Christ. His leadership is spread throughout the saints, so that leadership on the physical level doesn't come from above or beneath, it comes from within. Elders (overseers, pastors, bishops) are those who, by their manner of life and by the experiences of the saints over time, have earned respect by their care and service. They are then in a position of public influence and persuasion, but not of positional power of an office like we have in the world.]]></description>
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		<title>Starting Out Simply</title>
		<link>http://www.churchtaskforce.org/blog/2011/02/09/starting-out-simply/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2011 12:55:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Have you felt led to get started on a new journey with God via Simple Church? Here's what I'm learning: When getting together think family, conversations, food and neighbors.]]></description>
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		<title>Leadership by Position or Loving Servants?</title>
		<link>http://www.churchtaskforce.org/blog/2010/12/09/leadership-by-position-or-loving-servants/</link>
		<comments>http://www.churchtaskforce.org/blog/2010/12/09/leadership-by-position-or-loving-servants/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Dec 2010 11:53:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Saints]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[When we say, “respect the office, even if you don't respect the person.” In the world, this is a “true statement, and worthy of all acceptation.” Simply being in a position gives one power and authority. But, biblically, this cannot be said of a Pastor or Elder. If we do not have respect for the person, for their example, for our experiences with them, then they have no ability to lead us by their example and their service to us. There is no other power offered them by God.]]></description>
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		<title>Discipleship? Speaking about Christians versus Speaking to Christians</title>
		<link>http://www.churchtaskforce.org/blog/2010/11/20/discipleship-speaking-about-christians-versus-speaking-to-christians/</link>
		<comments>http://www.churchtaskforce.org/blog/2010/11/20/discipleship-speaking-about-christians-versus-speaking-to-christians/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Nov 2010 15:25:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Discipleship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saints]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Church]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[It is interesting to note that the word disciple is never used when speaking to each other in the epistles. Is this significant?]]></description>
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		<title>The Open Communication Model of Jesus Christ</title>
		<link>http://www.churchtaskforce.org/blog/2010/11/19/the-open-communication-model-of-jesus-christ/</link>
		<comments>http://www.churchtaskforce.org/blog/2010/11/19/the-open-communication-model-of-jesus-christ/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Nov 2010 00:44:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Culture]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Discipleship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evangelism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saints]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[How do we know if we are interacting in the appropriate biblical balance to various people and groups? Well, what pattern can we discover by observing Jesus in the Gospels?

A study of 194 communication episodes in the gospels were analyzed in Sharpening the Focus of the Church (1975) by Gene Getz (see chapter 15). Here are some charts developed from the data in that study that provide valuable insights for examining the communication patterns in your own life.]]></description>
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		<title>Current Activity Focus</title>
		<link>http://www.churchtaskforce.org/blog/2010/09/28/current-activity-focus/</link>
		<comments>http://www.churchtaskforce.org/blog/2010/09/28/current-activity-focus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Sep 2010 01:57:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Church Planting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Discipleship]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Charting current activities to clarify focus]]></description>
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		<title>Variations in Service Focus and Time Spent</title>
		<link>http://www.churchtaskforce.org/blog/2010/09/24/variations-in-service-focus-and-time-spent/</link>
		<comments>http://www.churchtaskforce.org/blog/2010/09/24/variations-in-service-focus-and-time-spent/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Sep 2010 20:55:36 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Church Planting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Discipleship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elders (Pastors)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saints]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A chart representing the variations in service focus and time spent between the saints, elders, and itinerants.]]></description>
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		<title>Humpty Dumpty has a King</title>
		<link>http://www.churchtaskforce.org/blog/2010/09/22/humpty-dumpty-has-a-king/</link>
		<comments>http://www.churchtaskforce.org/blog/2010/09/22/humpty-dumpty-has-a-king/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Sep 2010 09:37:23 +0000</pubDate>
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				<category><![CDATA[Saints]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Unity is exercised relationally,
not organized hierarchically.]]></description>
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		<title>Filled with the Spirit</title>
		<link>http://www.churchtaskforce.org/blog/2010/09/20/filled-with-the-spirit/</link>
		<comments>http://www.churchtaskforce.org/blog/2010/09/20/filled-with-the-spirit/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Sep 2010 14:31:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Discipleship]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Elders (Pastors)]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Itinerants]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Saints]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Years of waiting till hope was almost gone with no answer from God, left only a stubborn dream, carried around in the heart like an old photograph of a once young lover. Take out your own dream a moment. What has God called you to, dear saint? God will yet do it.  Dream again, just a moment more.]]></description>
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		<title>Getting Our Christian Business Cards &#8211; or NOT</title>
		<link>http://www.churchtaskforce.org/blog/2010/06/23/getting-our-christian-business-cards-or-not/</link>
		<comments>http://www.churchtaskforce.org/blog/2010/06/23/getting-our-christian-business-cards-or-not/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 11:16:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Art</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Church Planting]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Evangelism]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Personal Note]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ll admit, this seems like making a fuss over nothing.
I&#8217;m used to having business cards in the world of work. It is a convenient way to exchange contact information, and it&#8217;s expected. Of course, you want good quality stock and a good looking layout/color scheme, etc. The card represents you. Maybe creating a &#8220;Christian business [...]]]></description>
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