Big Things Start Small Bigthingsstartsmall
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- Religion och spiritualitet
Beth, a pastor of a small church restart, and Kasey, a marketer by trade, have been talking and experimenting since 2017 to reimagine what the church is called to be and become. Big Things Start Small is years in the making, rehashing conversations and experiments (some that have worked and many that have not), but all point to one truth: the Kingdom of God is BIG, but always starts small.
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Toxic Masculinity/Femininity and the Gospel
Kasey and Beth reflect on the way the White Evangelical Church has supported and cultivated themes of toxic masculinity and femininity in the church. They present another way to see what the gospel calls us to.
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Individual Rights vs. Communal Flourishing
This season is inspired by our response to the Capitol Insurrection on January 6, 2021. We looking at the ways that the white evangelical church has fused its theology with a nationalistic religion in ways that are contrary to the teachings and example of Jesus Christ and reflecting on what Jesus might be calling us to instead. This week, we are looking at the issue of individual rights verses communal flourishing.
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A Gospel of Salvation vs. The Kingdom
This season is inspired by our response to the Capitol Insurrection on January 6, 2021. We looking at the ways that the white evangelical church has fused its theology with a nationalistic religion in ways that are contrary to the teachings and example of Jesus Christ and reflecting on what Jesus might be calling us to instead. This week starts by expressing frustration with the White Evangelical Church and seeks to address some of the ways that the church has fused with the wrong gospel and what Jesus might be calling the church to move to instead. This week we are looking at the ways in which the good news of the gospel has been shrunk to a gospel of salvation with a gospel of the Kingdom.
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Episode 6: Dropping Bombs and Bring People Along
Kasey and Beth wrestle the challenging subject of how to “dancing through minefields.” AKA- saying hard truths in such a way that people who are different can continue to journey with one another toward Jesus.
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Episode 5: Shifting Culture Part 4
Kasey and Beth diving into the 3 different modes leaders must shift into in order to leader through transition and the process of Appreciative Inquiry that lead their church into “Broccoli Month.” (Resource mentioned: Mark Branson’s Memories, Hopes, and Conversations)
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Episode 4: Shifting Culture Part 3
Kasey and Best cover the second key shift that every church leader and congregant has to make, which is a new understanding of making missional disciples. Most church models follow a worship -> community -> mission framework. But perhaps that model needs to be completely flipped on its head.