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Five Reasons Muslims Convert - Leadership (Winter 2008) - added Mar 18 2008
Ten Global Trends Impacting the Future of Congregations - Bullard Journal/George Bullard - added Jan 02 2008
Prime Timers: Older Adults Moving Outside Churches to Serve - Leadership Network Advance - added Sept 26 2007
Ten Distinctives of Postmodern Churches/Services - Titus Ministries/Ed Steltzer - added Sept 20 2007
Speaking to the Secular Mind - BuildingChurchLeaders.com/Bill Hybels - added Aug 09 2007
All in the Family Is Now Grey's Anatomy - LeadershipJournal.net/Chad Hall - added Feb 27 2007
Shifting Family Values - LeadershipJournal.net/Eric Reed - added Feb 27 2007
TrendWatch: A Change of Status - Rev.com/Alan Nelson - added Feb 19 2007
Gen Y's Attitudes Differ from Parents' - USA Today/Sharon Jayson - added Feb 19 2007
Mr. Irrelevant: Being Cultural and Counter-Cultural at the Same Time - MidnightOilProductions.com/The MO Guys - added Apr 19 2006
How "Culturally Engaging" Is Your Evangelism Strategy? - pastors.com/Sam Simmons - added Feb 23 2006
One Way, Many Views - excerpt from America and the Challenges of Religious Diversity/Robert Wuthnow - added Feb 21 2006
Mind of the Unbeliever - missionevangelism.org - added Jan 20 2004
Culturally Relevant Ministry in a Postmodern World - next-wave (Sept 2003)/Ed Stetzer - added Oct 11 2003
Nirvana, Armageddon, and the Kingdom of God - next-wave (Aug 2003)/Andrew Hamiltion - added Aug 07 2003
I Like Jesus But I Don't Like Christians - next-wave (May 2003)/Dan Kimball - added May 26 2003
Three Americas: The Rising Significance of Regions - Journal of the American Planning Association (Fall 2002)/William H. Frey - added Apr 05 2003

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NLM Online Resources

Anabaptist Witness in a Postmodern Society - AEC Presentations

Reaching Young Adults - NLM Report/Steve Clapp & Kristen Leverton Helbert
Understanding Our Changing World - People Spots/James W. Moss, Sr.

NLM Publications & Videos

Anabaptist Witness in a Postmodern Society - AEC Presentations
Building a Multicultural Congregation - G. Edwin Bontrager
Riding the River–Congregational Outreach and the Currents of the 21st Century - Paul Mundey

Other Internet Links

The Axis Avalanche – Introduction to the Axis Service at Willow Creek - WCA News (Sept/Oct 2001)
Barna Research Online's "Top 40" Data Categories, Current Trends 2000, and Generational Differences
Bowling Alone . . . and a Review by Robert Wuthnow - Christianity Today (June 12 2000)
Brain Scan of America - Leadership Journal (Fall 1995)/Michael Sack
Change & Opportunity - Leadership Journal (Winter 1997 Theme)
The Church as Subversive Community - next-wave (May-June 2002)/Mike Bishop
The Church's Ten-Year Window: An Interview with Faith Popcorn - Leadership Journal (Winter 1997)
City Reaching Initiatives - National Pastors' Prayer Network/Jack Dennison
Culturally Relevant Ministry in a Postmodern World - next-wave (Sept 2003)/Ed Stetzer
Don't Call Us Slackers! - Faithworks.com/Andrew Black
Dorothy on Leadership - EmergentVillage.com/Brian McLaren
Eight Urgent Questions of Today's Generation - Church Leaders Newsletter (Feb 28 2001)/Rick Richardson
Fast Forward: New Maps for a New World - Cutting Edge (Winter 1999)/Brian McLaren
Five Reasons Muslims Convert - Leadership (Winter 2008)
The Forecast - Leadership Journal (Fall 1999 Theme: Trends)
Four Hungers in the Culture - Explorer (Apr 23 2001)/Kevin Miller
Framework for Discussion of Faith & Electronic Media-Culture - Gospel and Our Culture Newsletter (June 2000)/Peter Horsfield
Future Church: Seven Questions - Thomas Hohstadt
Generation †: A Look Inside Fundamentalism's Answer to MTV: The Postmodern Church - Mother Jones (July/August 1998)/Lori Leibovich
A Generationally Indigenous Church - Regeneration Quarterly (Winter 1997)/Joseph Higginbotham
Gen Y's Attitudes Differ from Parents' - USA Today/Sharon Jayson
The Good News about Generations X and Y - Christianity Today (Aug 5 2002)/ Agnieszka Tennant
Gospel and Our Culture Network - a network for encouraging the encounter in North America
How "Culturally Engaging" Is Your Evangelism Strategy? - pastors.com/Sam Simmons
How Do I Understand and Reach the Unchurched Teen? - The Source for Youth Ministry/Jonathan McKee
How Real Is the Kingdom? - Shine (Winter 1997)/Linford Stutzman
I Like Jesus But I Don't Like Christians - next-wave (Jun-Jul 2003)/Dan Kimball
Index of Leading Cultural Indicators - empower.org/William J. Bennett
Interview with Sally Morgenthaler - The OozeLetter (April 1999)
Is Postmodernism Passé? - Rev Magazine (September 2001)/Sally Morgenthaler
Leadership in the Third-World: What American Churches Can Learn from the Developing World - next-wave magazine (Jan 2003)/Chad Hall
Lessons from a Swing - WCA News (Sept/Oct 2001)/Leonard Sweet
Mind of the Unbeliever - missionevangelism.org
Ministering with "My Generation" - Leadership (Fall 2000)/Eric Reed
Mis-Identifying the Enemy: Interview with Rich Nathan
Mr. Irrelevant: Being Cultural and Counter-Cultural at the Same Time - MidnightOilProductions.com/The MO Guys
Nirvana, Armageddon, and the Kingdom of God - next-wave (Aug 2003)/Andrew Hamiltion
One Way, Many Views - excerpt from America and the Challenges of Religious Diversity/Robert Wuthnow
Postmodern Church - Cutting Edge (Spring/Summer 1998)/Interview with Mark Driscoll
Postmodern Church Resources - Jordan Cooper
Postmodern Mission - resources from Todd Hunter
Post-What!: Towards an Afro-Centric Postmodernism - next-wave (Nov 2001)/David Paul Mavia
Prime Timers: Older Adults Moving Outside Churches to Serve - Leadership Network Advance
The Prodigal-Hugging Church – Strategies for Today’s Leader (1^st Quarter 2002)/Tim Wright
Reaching Younger Generations - Self-Scoring Assessment Tool
Regeneration Quarterly - dedicated to understanding our culture from a Christian perspective
Riddle of Our Postmodern Culture - Leadership Journal (Winter 1997)
The Second Reformation Is at Hand - Youthworker (Jan-Feb 2000)/Mark Driscoll & Chris Seay
Science and Religion in the 21st Century - Leadership Network/James Denison
The SermonMaker: Interview with Calvin Miller - Zondervan ChurchSource
Shifting Family Values - LeadershipJournal.net/Eric Reed
Speaking to the Secular Mind - BuildingChurchLeaders.com/Bill Hybels
Stuck in a Closet with Leonard Sweet - RelevantMagazine.com/interview
Teenage Life Online - Pew Foundation (2001)
Ten Commandments for Postmodern Churches – pastors.com/Victoria Moon
Ten Distinctives of Postmodern Churches/Services - Titus Ministries/Ed Steltzer
Ten Global Trends Impacting the Future of Congregations - Bullard Journal/George Bullard
This Culture Is Overrated: Why It's Dangerous to Want to Relate to the Modern World - William Willimon, Leadership Journal (Winter 97)
Three Americas: The Rising Significance of Regions - Journal of the American Planning Association (Fall 2002)/William H. Frey
TrendWatch: A Change of Status - Rev.com/Alan Nelson
UnderstandingUSA - graphics-rich overview of American demographics
Warehouse 242 Stores Up Hope for Postmoderns - WCA News (Sept/Oct 2001)
Welcome to the Next Church -  The Atlantic Monthly (August 1996)/Charles Trueheart and Post-Publication Reflections on "Welcome to the Next Church" - an interview with Charles Trueheart in NEXT ( December 1996)
Where Have All the Marrieds Gone? - Leadership Journal (Fall 2001)
Why Bobos Rule - Newsweek (March 26, 2000)/David Brooks - also read a review of Bobos in Paradise by David Brooks
Why Our Friends Won't Stop, Look, and Listen - Christianity Today (Feb 03 1997)/John G Stackhouse Jr
The Year’s Most Intriguing Findings – Barna Research Online (Dec 17 2001)/George Barna

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