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Dave Lawton has finally launched his blog. He’s been a practitioner in India and now he’s making a mess as he fuels the Crossway church planting movement.

He knows a thing or two about church planting so make sure you pay him a visit.
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Newsweek magazine’s Great Debate between Rick Warrren and atheist Sam Harris: The God Debate.

I would have liked Rick to steer the debate back to the person and work of Jesus more strongly. Although this may be an edited version.

After reading Alister McGrath’s Twilight of Atheism, I’m not sure that God believes in atheists any more.

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Mac evangelist, author and one of the world’s top bloggers is also a Christian: Evangelism: Eternal Life, Forgiveness, and Operating Systems

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Enjoyed reading this post from Sam Metcalf: A day of diversity.

Here’s another good one from Seth Godin: I’d be a lousy pilot

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According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics, as of 5.27pm, December 12, 2006 there were 20,713,873 Australians.

Every two minutes the number goes up with a new baby born. Every four minutes it goes down with a death. With migration factored in, that’s a net gain of one person every two minutes.

Despite the steady increase in [...]

The next1000 website has launched: www.next1000.org

Visit for a free download of the next1000 ebook on how we can start 1000 Australian churches.

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Back in the late seventies my life was turned around by serving with YWAM on the Ark in Amsterdam. Today the couple who started that ministry have found a new mountain to climb. It’s called Africa.

Floyd McClung has just turned 61 and he and Sally have moved to Africa to fuel church planting movements. Visit [...]

You don’t need more information. You already have enough to read. So I’m reluctant to let you know about David May’s book summaries for Christian leaders.

Just in case you are bed ridden or in jail at the moment with access to the internet, here are some of my favourites:

Built to Last

First Break All the Rules

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Mark Driscoll on church planting trends. . .

One result of the increasing interest in missionally engaging mainstream culture by the church is a growing interest in church planting. Subsequently, new church planting networks are rising up. In April, I had the pleasure of being one of the keynote speakers at the Risk the Ride national [...]