Encouragement from “AND” for Austin New Church

Last week in Orlando at the Exponential Church Planters Conference a new book was released in the Exponential Series by Zondervan called “AND: The Gathered and Scattered Church“. In it, authors Hugh Halter and Matt Smay (Tangible Kingdom) wrote some incredibly encouraging words about Austin New Church that I feel really captures our heart and [...]

Missional Church: Year in Review

Many of you have requested an additional look at the ANC Mission Report for August 2008-September 2009. Below is from the document we handed out at our gathering this past Sunday. Please be in prayer as we consider both personally and corporately how we can “Love our Neighbor and Serve our City (and world)” even [...]

Advent Conspiracy: Introduction

This weekend we started a new series called “Advent Conspiracy“. Click HERE to listen or download the podcast. A conspiracy can be defined as “any planned occurrence in action to bring about a change”. When Jesus showed up as King, it was to change the way we relate with God & each other. It was [...]

Missional Church – Characteristics of a Missional Church, Pt. 3

A few weeks ago, I started a mini-blog series on the different characteristics of a missional church.  These are not my original thoughts, in fact, I am steeling this from Tim Keller.  The reason behind this series is due to the fact that the word ‘missional’ has become associated with fads and things we ‘do.’  [...]