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		<title>MegaChurches 2008</title>
		<link>http://tomelenbaas.org/blog/2008/09/18/megachurches-2008/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:14:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Speaking of MegaChurches, the Hartford Institute came out with another study on Megachurches as a follow-up to the 2005 study.  You  can find a summary here and the full report here. 
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		<title>Emergent Converts &#038; MegaChurches</title>
		<link>http://tomelenbaas.org/blog/2008/09/18/emergent-converts-megachurches/</link>
		<comments>http://tomelenbaas.org/blog/2008/09/18/emergent-converts-megachurches/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:00:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[(written back in August&#8230; but forgot to post)
I&#8217;ve found the conversation around mega-churches and emergent churches lately quit fascinating. (cf. Fitch&#8217;s first post, and his redux post] I&#8217;ve heard many people for awhile saying, &#8220;the fruit just isn&#8217;t there with the Emergent Churches.&#8221;  By fruit, this usually means converts.  So, when David Fitch went after [...]]]></description>
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		<title>McLaren, continued</title>
		<link>http://tomelenbaas.org/blog/2008/09/17/mclaren-continued/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Sep 2008 20:55:31 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tomelenbaas.org/blog/?p=192</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Ok, so I&#8217;ve been gone for awhile.  You may notice, I blip on and off like a bad TV that&#8217;s been hit by lightening.  True.  When busyness hits, I go underground - at least on the blogosphere.  I wish it weren&#8217;t so because it&#8217;s wonderful to write for no other reason that to write, process, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>McLaren at Baker</title>
		<link>http://tomelenbaas.org/blog/2008/08/17/mclaren-at-baker/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Aug 2008 12:52:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tomelenbaas.org/blog/?p=191</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I went to see Brian McLaren tonight with a friend at Baker Book House in Grand Rapids.  He was on a book tour for his new book in Phyllis Tickle&#8217;s series on Ancient Spiritual Practices called Finding our Way Again.  He didn&#8217;t talk a whole lot about the book, but instead talked for a bit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summit: Session 9</title>
		<link>http://tomelenbaas.org/blog/2008/08/08/summit-session-9/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 22:11:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[from Willow Creek Leadership Summit 2008: Session 9, Bill Hybels, Relentless
Mother Teresa: God&#8217;s radar located Mother Teresa&#8217;s carte blanche yieldedness, or willingness and openness to Him.  She was committed to&#8230;

Little practices of love
Little sacrifices
Little fidelities to Scripture

Sobering Question:  If you were God, would you pick you for additional opportunities to make a difference in the world?
Sobering Question:  [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summit: Session 8</title>
		<link>http://tomelenbaas.org/blog/2008/08/08/summit-session-8/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 20:24:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tomelenbaas.org/blog/?p=189</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[from Willow Creek Leadership Summit 2008: Session 8, Brad Anderson, Best Buy, An Uncompromising Focus on People
In each person is a seed of greatness waiting to be grow.
Employee Engagement:  how do we let the uniqueness of the employee connect with the uniqueness of the customer.  If our employees are highly engaged, our customers are likely to have [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summit: Session 7</title>
		<link>http://tomelenbaas.org/blog/2008/08/08/summit-session-7/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:36:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tomelenbaas.org/blog/?p=188</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[from Willow Creek Leadership Summit 2008: Session 7, Catherine Rohr, Founder &#38; CEO Prison Entrepreneur Program, Risk Taking, Barrier Breaking, Bold Leadership
Catherine Rohr goes into the prison system, loves inmates, and trains them in business practices to be able to be functional in society when they get out.
&#8220;Yeah, my life is on the line, but it&#8217;s a calculated risk.&#8221;
1 out of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summit: Session 6</title>
		<link>http://tomelenbaas.org/blog/2008/08/08/summit-session-6/</link>
		<comments>http://tomelenbaas.org/blog/2008/08/08/summit-session-6/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:36:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://tomelenbaas.org/blog/?p=187</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[from Willow Creek Leadership Summit 2008: Session 5, Chuck Colsen, Breakpoint, Defending The Faith
We have bought into a lie:  we&#8217;ve transferred our allegience from truth to therapy.
Leadership lessons from the marines:

The test of leadership is to serve your troops.
Then you give them the bigger vision.
Follow me.

If you are a shepherd, your job is not to pander to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summit: Session 5</title>
		<link>http://tomelenbaas.org/blog/2008/08/08/summit-session-5/</link>
		<comments>http://tomelenbaas.org/blog/2008/08/08/summit-session-5/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 15:11:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[
from Willow Creek Leadership Summit 2008: Session 5, Craig Groeschel, lifechurch.tv, IT: How Leaders Get IT and Keep IT
Intro:  We&#8217;ve all been to churches that don&#8217;t have &#8220;it.&#8221;  They&#8217;re flat.  We&#8217;ve all been to churches that have &#8220;IT.&#8221;  It is that something special of God that is so real that lives are transformed by the very Spirit [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summit: Session 4 Part 2</title>
		<link>http://tomelenbaas.org/blog/2008/08/07/summit-session-4-part-2/</link>
		<comments>http://tomelenbaas.org/blog/2008/08/07/summit-session-4-part-2/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Aug 2008 22:16:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[from Willow Creek Leadership Summit 2008: Session 4 Part 2, Efrem Smith, Sanctuary Covenant Church, Leading in New Cultural Realities
We live in a divided, multi-racial world.  All of us who are leaders must be willing to lead out in this increasingly multi-ethnic, multicultural world.
We must become loving leaders.

In order to lead in this every increasing multicultural [...]]]></description>
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