Missional Church – Word on the Street

ANC friend and author of the Tangible Kingdom, Hugh Halter recently made a trip to Austin to do some leadership training for area churches forming incarnational community and/or seeking to take the missional plunge. He said some great things about Austin New Church, so I thought I’d share: I had the privilege of being in [...]

Tangible Kingdom (Week 3 Day 6) “Hindrance to the Gospel”

Since we had Hugh Halter (co-author of Tangible Kingdom) visit with leaders  last Wednesday, we went ahead and did the discussion from week 2 in our Restore Community last night (Feel free to adjust your schedule as needed). It was a surprisingly appropriate discussion as we evaluated our own gathering and talked about how and [...]

Tangible Kingdom (Week 2 Day 6) – “Why do the Primer”

Last night the co-author of The Tangible Kingdom, Hugh Halter, shared with the leaders of the Austin New Church Restore Communities about the tension between being intentional in living incarnationally and forcing incarnational posture.  His advice, “Chill out”. Great advice. Sometimes we work so hard to make it happen that we sabotage our own journey… and [...]

Tangible Kingdom – Introduction

For those of you who know what’s going on I need you to do two things: (1) bookmark this site and (2) keep reading, there are some important thoughts for you as you begin at the bottom of this post. For those of you who don’t know… here’s what’s going on… ANC Restore Communities and [...]

The “Tangible Kingdom” Begins!

This week we will be starting the 8 week Tangible Kingdom study in each of our Restore Communities (Community Groups). Please make it a priority to be there since we will be going over when we start reading, what we need to be doing each day, and why we’re going through this study. Each person [...]