The Enabler: Carl’s Ministry Blog

(posted for dialog)
NORTHWEST CHURCH PLANTING WORKSHOP
MARCH 17-18
CASCADE COLLEGE, PORTLAND, OR
Leonard and Holly Allen will be our presenters at this year’s Northwest Church Planting Workshop. Leonard, director of ACU Press, author, and Restoration historian will present lessons on How the Trinity Grounds God’s Mission and How the Spirit Empowers God’s Mission. These are fundamental, theological insights, […]

Here is a VERY provacative book review of two books by Andrew Strom, a New Zealander:
BARNA’s ‘REVOLUTION’ - A Review by Andrew Strom.
2005 has seen the release of two of the most important and provocative books for the Western church in years. I am referring to James Rutz’s ‘MEGASHIFT’ and now George Barna’s ‘REVOLUTION’.
Even the […]

Those decisions by the Supreme Court are really bad - I just don’t have confidence in the Court. Zero. Zip.
The good news, however, is that the Supreme Court will wrap its work in a few days, and probably at that point one or more are expected to retire. At that point President Bush will […]

Looks like the Supreme Court is going down the tube.
First, the Court rules against a display of the Ten Commandments at two Kentucky court houses. What, pray tell, is the reference point for the decisions made by the court? Do they even have one? The whole Constitution was written by men who were founding […]

Here’s a great blog post on the state of the church today:
http://www.nextreformation.com/2005/06/state-of-church-2005.html

Billy Graham was interviewed by the New York Times at his mountain home as he prepares for the New York City Crusade in June:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/06/12/national/12graham.html

The Portland Monthly Mangazine ran and excellent profile of the city’s neighborhoods, including the suburbs. This is excellent material for a church starting to profile their neighborhood. The information included housing costs, school quality, population, crime stats, and more. The published values have been updated and are now online at:
https://www.portland-monthly.com/realestategrid.pdf

Note: These are good starting stats, […]

Corvallis , Oregon has been committed to the vision of Dr. Aldredge for years - praying and expecting revival. See what’s happening now in the city-reaching blog for May, 31, 2005:
http://cityreaching.blogspot.com/?
(Please scroll to date in this blog.)

We live in a time where change is exploding dramatically. The Web (which hardly existed 10 years ago) is as necessary to most of us as the telephone. Those blogs on the web (some 2 dozen in 1999) now number over 11 million. My car is made in Japan; my next television will be made […]

Hebrews 11 tells us Abraham set out looking for a city whose foundation, builder, and maker was God. What was this city like that Abraham was looking for?
We know that Man had intimacy with God in the Garden. God created Man, loved him (and her), and this was a special place. Abraham (Hebrews 11:8) was […]