Ed Stetzer

Ed Stetzer writes for CNN about Mental Illness and the Church

April 9, 2013 By Adrian Warnock 2 Comments

Ed Stetzer is one of the most widely respected Christians in the West with a broad appeal that goes beyond most of our tribal boundaries. I have had the privilege of getting to know him personally a bit as well, so I was thrilled to read him speak about his article at CNN Regarding Mental Illness on his own blog. I have decided that I will highlight a couple of other articles on mental illness before returning to my own series, which so far includes two posts: Can a Christian get … [Read more...]

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Ed Stetzer reflects on my New Frontiers USA brothers and sisters

November 1, 2011 By Adrian Warnock Leave a Comment

Ed Stetzer is a great friend to many movements. I do not think that there is anyone who preachers today to a broader range of evangelicalism. One thing that makes that possible is that he is ever eager to understand what movements actually do stand for. It was such a blessing having him preach at Jubilee Church London a while back. It was a flying visit (though we did get to go round the Churchill museum with our wives!) and I think it was his first introduction to a Newfrontiers meeting. … [Read more...]

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Ed Stetzer’s research on Transformational Churches

September 12, 2010 By Adrian Warnock Leave a Comment

If, like me, you are fascinated by the work that has gone into Ed Stetzer and Thom Rainer's latest book Transformational Church then the following video will give you a relaxed, longish presentation on just what they have been getting up to: … [Read more...]

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Terry Virgo’s book reviews from Brighton

September 2, 2010 By Adrian Warnock Leave a Comment

Having spoken just yesterday about the fine line between self-promotion and hiding one's light under a bushel, it might surprise you that I would share a video at the begining of this post in which Terry Virgo (who incidentally has recently joined Facebook) begins his slot recommending books at the Brighton conference by commending mine. There are a number of reasons why I feel very comfortable doing this, however. Firstly, and perhaps most importantly, Terry's book review segments have … [Read more...]

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Ed Stetzer interviews me on unpaid Christian leadership

August 2, 2010 By Adrian Warnock

A friend of mine recently turned the tables on me and interviewed me in a post entitled Ed Stetzer - My Interview with Adrian Warnock: Why We Need Non-Paid Christian Leaders. If I am quite honest, until recently I never really thought of myself as a Christian leader at all. Ed seems to be talking here about leadership as influence. And so, understanding that I really do not have any of the responsibility and accountability of leadership (except to a limited extent in my local congregation), by … [Read more...]

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SERMON: Ed Stetzer on Engaging the Culture (Acts 17)

June 9, 2010 By Adrian Warnock

The following sermon is by Ed Stetzer preaching at Jubilee Church. The video follows my brief notes. Engaging the culture: What does it mean for us to be on mission ? In Acts 17 Paul finds a space within the culture to proclaim the gospel. He uses this as a bridge to share Jesus. We want to avoid being stained by the world. We must not do certain things and go certain places. But it is also true that holiness is not about being separated from people. We must engage. Paul acknowledged … [Read more...]

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EdStetzer on How to do church

June 4, 2010 By Adrian Warnock

These are my notes from the final session of Dwell London. Ed Stetzer was the speaker. He wanted us to focus on Why not how. Tools not rules. We are in a time of transition. Many churches are frustrated. Looking for new ways, new models. We need to think biblically and culturally about how do church. Ecclesiology is the study of the church. If our ecclesiology is driven by mission, this should lead to contextually appropriate churches. Culture does matter. We all live in culture. Evey church … [Read more...]

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The State of the Evangelical Movement – from Ed Stetzer with my own thoughts interjected

June 3, 2010 By Adrian Warnock

These notes reflect my own impressions of what Ed Stetzer had to say at the recent Dwell London event. He was doing a seminar for cross-cultural workers to help them understand the current evangelical movement. There are many of my own comments entwined with what Ed actually had to say. So blame me, rather than him for anything you disagree with, and credit him and not me for anything useful! Anytime I use the word “I” in these notes, this definitely reflects my opinion, not Ed’s … [Read more...]

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God Loves Protestors Too

May 28, 2010 By Adrian Warnock Leave a Comment

Are you a pastor? Have you got a plan for what to do if your church ever attracts a protest? Think that it would never happen to you? Think again, because in the West we are living in a society that increasingly hates Christians. Many see us as little different to the Taliban. If you are drafting an action plan for what your response to being picketted would be, you would do well to take a note from the church Ed Stetzer has been an interim pastor of: One of our staff members recruited … [Read more...]

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Ed Stetzer Interviews Terry Virgo of Newfrontiers

May 24, 2010 By Adrian Warnock Leave a Comment

Terry Virgo founded Newfrontiers back in the mid 1970s. He was church planting before it was cool. He formed a missional network before the phrase was coined. There are now over 700 Newfrontiers churches spread out on every continent. Most of these began as house churches. But many of them have grown to become warehouse churches. Each of these churches and the movement as a whole is founded on prayer. It is a movement that has aimed to reconstruct a New Testament model of church, convinced from … [Read more...]