The Underground Network is in part a organic church network, but it is also in part a missions and leadership training resource. Once a month, we have a Greenhouse Think Tank that offers insights and practical tools for navigating the issues of church planting, missions and evangelism, incarnational community, and authentic worship.
Tonight is our second [...]
Organic Church in the Bible?
(based on David Garrison’s Church Planting Movements: How God is Redeeming a Lost World) Ever thought about whether or not “organic churches” were in the Bible? While you might not find the actual coinage, the first century was spiraling with new converts and multiplying churches that were planting other churches…sounds pretty ...
Community Garden
We are all created to be like God and God is creative! We are called to worship him with our whole selves. David and others worshiped with poetry. Paul and others worshiped in prose. Throughout the ages, people have worshiped in song and visual art. Some cultures worship in dance ...
Download: An Invitation
Here's our invitation document. If you are in the Chicagoland area looking for an extended family to come along side you or your community as you discover God's revolutionary Kingdom, read this document and contact us by leaving a comment below or by clicking here!
Welcome to the Underground!
We are a network of friends, "on a mission with God" to see a vibrant family of Jesus Christ in close reach, culturally and geographically, of every person in Chicago. This site is a hub for the activity in the underground. It houses a links to our online social network, an ...
Pray4Chicago: God’s Flash Mob
Pray4Chicago’s “flash mob” event was so fun, exhausting and a big success! (see pictures above or at this link) We plan to have these once a quarter or so, and continue to develop the website all throughout the year. Alan has been such a great help in helping make this ...
July 15, 2009
Thanks to all who were a part of the Greenhouse Think Tank last week! We’re planning on making this a monthly conversation. There was a good turn out last time, and I’m inclined to make the third Wednesday of each month the time to get together with others around the city and explore the concepts [...]
July 2, 2009
Each month several of us in the underground church network meet up on a conference call to discuss a book one of (or all of) us have finished reading focused in on church planting and the Christ-life. This month it was Frank Viola’s From Eternity to Here. I may try to get previous discussions up [...]
June 1, 2009
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We are all created to be like God and God is creative! We are called to worship him with our whole selves. David and others worshiped with poetry. Paul and others worshiped in prose. Throughout the ages, people have worshiped in song and visual art. Some cultures worship in dance and others worship in ways [...]
