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Welcome To Communitas Institute

Communitas Institute May 17, 2010

Chuck Warnock said: “Communitas” evokes a special kind of community, a community in which life-giving relationships foster meaningful change.

"communitas" the word evokes a special kind of community, a community in which life-giving relationships foster meaningful change

Lifestyle, communitas, community, community soul, care of the community, missional church

Churches respond as storms pummel Southeast

UMC.org May 3, 2010

Chuck Warnock said: Churches in Nashville provide care and shelter to those affected by the flooding in Tennessee this past week.

Lifestyle, Nashville, floods, Disaster Relief, church relief

Eastern MennonitBuilding Schools: Spreading Hope to 120,000 Afghan Children

PeaceBuilder Mar 31, 2010

Chuck Warnock said: In 1993, Saraya Sadeed launched Help the Afghan Children (www.htac.org) with the ambitious goal of providing food, medicines, tents, blankets, clothing, school supplies, hygiene kits, and other necessities to the millions of Afghans displaced and otherwise affected by war.

Politics, Relief, help the afghan children, saraya sadeed, afghanistan

The Missionary Impulse

New York Times Feb 25, 2010

Chuck Warnock said: Tim Egan: Blame Haitian relief mistakes on the missionary impulse, a lingering personality disorder of Western culture.

Lifestyle, Haiti, missionaries, Relief, western culture, pluralism, Colonialism

Haitian Judge Decides to Release Baptists

CBS News Feb 10, 2010

Chuck Warnock said: A Haitian judge has decided to release 10 Baptists held in Haiti, saying they had no criminal intentions.

Government, Haiti, haitian orphans, 10 baptists, Relief effort

Road From Haiti Was Paved With Good Intentions, American Baptists Say

New York Times Feb 1, 2010

Chuck Warnock said: Despite their good intentions, the US Baptists arrested in Haiti are viewed suspiciously by some Haitians.

Lifestyle, Haiti, baptists arrested, orphans, earthquake, haiti relief

Churches of Christ drop isolationist view, work with other faiths

The Tennessean Feb 1, 2010

Chuck Warnock said: Some Churches of Christ have dropped their isolationism and are cooperating with other faiths in community projects.

Lifestyle, church of christ, restoration movement, stone-campbell, Cooperation, isolationism

Arrested Baptists say they were trying to do good in Haiti

The Washington Post Feb 1, 2010

Chuck Warnock said: Ten U.S. Baptists arrested trying to take 33 children out of earthquake-shattered Haiti say they were just trying to do the right thing.

Lifestyle, Haiti, baptists, earthquake relief, child trafficking, orphans

Who Sinned? The Problem of Human Suffering

Confessions of a Small-Church Pastor Jan 17, 2010

Chuck Warnock said: The right question to ask in a disaster is not, who's to blame, but how can we help?

Lifestyle, global issues, John, missional church, Sermon Illustrations, sermons, ethics, sermon, theology, earthquake relief, elie wiesel, evil, god, Haiti, Haiti earthquake, human suffering, pat robertson, response, the problem of suffering

Megachurches Are Going Small...no kidding

Con

Chuck Warnock said: Small is the new big as megachurches start small missional groups to reach their communities.