The disciples were all from different political factions and would not have normally shared a meal with each other. What does it mean to sit next to someone who you despise? In that space, Jesus creates a common table.
By: Dave Rhodes“Having lost all sensitivity, they have given themselves over to sensuality so as to indulge in every kind of impurity, with a continual lust for more.” Ephesians 4:19It feels as if our world has gone mad—in both senses of the word. Every day it seems we wake up to another news story of…
By Neil ColeWhenever a dramatic new movement transforms the church and consequently a portion of society, long overlooked scripture is viewed with fresh eyes and consequently profound application helps to empower the new work. In the last couple decades God has been unearthing ancient truth that greatly affects His church––the APEST gifts of Ephesians 4:11.…
By: Neil ColeJesus gave to the church apostles, prophets, evangelists, shepherds and teachers for the equipping of the saints for the work of ministry and the building up of the body of Christ. At times the church has thrived in movemental revival, and many of those times were marked by influential leaders who represented different…
By Alan HirschCulture is made up of many diverse symbols, forms, ideas, languages, actions, rituals, and so on. I use the term “APEST culture” here deliberately because I want it to include not only the essential issue of personal vocation and calling, but also all the various social functions associated with each aspect of APEST,…
By Alan HirschIn researching for 5iveQ, my new book on the transformative power of APEST thinking and practice, I have delved deeper into many aspects that are profound and revelatory and am amazed I have not seen them until this point.For instance, one such “revelation” relates Paul’s use of the word katartizō in Ephesians 4:12. This word is ordinarily…
By: Alan HirschOver the last 2 years, I have been delighted to work with a unique group of movement-minded practitioners and thinkers about the next chapter of the missional conversation. Will Mancini, Dave Rhodes, Neil Cole, and myself have been dreaming and designing the process for well over a year now. (Jessie Cruikshank, Nick Boring,…
By: Alan HirschThe great Christian revolutions came not by the discovery of something that was not known before. They happen when someone takes radically something that was always there.~ H. Richard NiebuhrForeword from Beyond the Local Church: How Apostolic Movements can Change the World, by Sam Metcalfe & Alan Hirsch.One of the more stimulating books I…