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When many people think about “church” they think about a building where people go on Sunday mornings to sing and hear a book report. We want to flip the script on that kind of thinking. For a movement to start, the people of God have to realize that it is people who are the “church” not a building or gathering. Many new churches start with a worship service and build out small groups from there to care for the people that are coming on Sunday morning. We want to start with mission groups all over the place and then, as a result, gather together toRead More →

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At the Antioch Movement we are committed to sending. It is part of our DNA. We are a sending community seeking those far from God. We invite you to listen to this message by Dan, one of our movement architects, to get a sense of why we are so committed to being sent.Read More →

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“And Jesus went throughout all the cities and villages, teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the gospel of the kingdom and healing every disease and every affliction. When he saw the crowds, he had compassion for them, because they were harassed and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd. Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few; therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest.” (Matt 9:35-38) This is one of those “vision” passages that have captured my imagination for quite some time. I remember hearing it for the first time whenRead More →

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As we entered into the process of launching a new movement we quickly found out that the name is significant. Initially this was a silly concept to me (Dan).  So, I began reading Acts for some inspiration. In today’s American Christian subculture Acts 2 is held up as the model church community. You know what? It sounds really nice. However, this church ignored the Jesus mandate to ‘go’. When persecution hit, they finally went. I am glad they did because some of them went to a city called Antioch (Acts 11)… 19 Now those who were scattered because of the persecution that arose over Stephen traveledRead More →

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Amy, Ethan, Libby, and I are thankful that Grace Chapel and the Midwest Presbytery are sending us to follow what God is calling us to to in Ypsilanti, MI. It’s been a two year process of God pushing, pulling, and prodding. We have had to look, listen, live, and learn. Ever since we joined the staff of CRU I (Dan) have been dreaming about a movement in a college town that mobilized the whole community. Now, God has opened the way for us to engage in this dream. What would it look like for representatives of Jesus to live together in community and invite peopleRead More →

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I was in a great conversation with some friends the other day talking about The Antioch Movement. One of them asked me, “So you’re the lead church planter?” I responded, “Lead movement launcher.” The next question was money, “Why not a church?” So if you’re planting a church the end goal is to have, well, a church. A building or something, the focus becomes the Sunday gathering. We are going to try and build a movement that is reproducible and sustainable. The end goal is not the Sunday gathering, but to launch movements into the fourth generation and beyond. The “church” is a means forRead More →