Category: Church Multiplication

Locations Matter

ROB O’NEAL, DIRECTOR OF CHURCH MULTIPLICATION The CCCC Annual Gathering kicked off this year with a rousing rendition of “California Dreamin’” by the band from the host church, Carlsbad Community Church. The congregation responded enthusiastically, because we all had California on our minds. For those of us from the East Coast and the Midwest, the […]

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Astounding Claims

ROB O’NEAL, DIRECTOR OF CHURCH MULTIPLICATION We make astounding claims about Jesus. We state that he died but rose again from the dead, even though we have never seen that kind of thing happen before. We believe that Jesus’ death can bring us forgiveness for our sin. We also teach that he is in charge […]

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The Divine Dance

ROB O’NEAL, DIRECTOR OF CHURCH MULTIPLICATION Perichoresis. It’s a Greek word that was used by theologians centuries ago to describe the Trinity. A Conference leader used the term at a recent training session, and it took us all a moment to figure out what he was talking about. Perichoresis carries the implication of moving around […]

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The Bible’s Truth Works Out in Real Life

ROB O’NEAL, DIRECTOR OF CHURCH MULTIPLICATION Brian Bethke started Tribes 4 Christ Community Church among the La Jolla band of the Luiseno tribe in southern CA. The people he has encountered there believe in God. He tells me that almost everyone on the reservation believes in some version of a divine being, but that’s where […]

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