A Church for the World
Rob FairbanksMy Substack explores topics related to theology, the church, and culture, with a focus on imagining how the church can reorient around mission
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Twice weekly |
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God Hasn't Stopped Talking
A lightly edited talk I recently gave at the church I pastor, Immanuel Church of Spokane
A sunset in Maui from a few years ago
Have you ever wished God would just say something? Just tell you what he’s thinking. Respond in some way...
Work It Out, Not Work For It
This is a lightly edited and reformatted essay from a talk I gave recently.
Robi and I got married in 1981. I was a very immature 22-year-old, and Robi was a very mature 19-year-old. Well, she was mature compared to me.
We ch...
The Calculus of Grace
What follows is a lightly edited essay from a talk I recently gave.
Text: Matthew 19:27–20:16
Grace comes off as unfair, even scandalous, to those who do not grasp the calculus of God’s inverted Kingdom
I have lived in Spokane mos...
A Practical Model for Funding Church Planters — Together
I planted a church in the 80s with little more than a two-thirds full bucket of enthusiasm and bits and pieces of a calling. Oh, and enough faith to quit my job, pack up everything, and move to a different city to plant a new community of w...
The Verse That Should Haunt Every Church’s Budget
“Any religion that professes to be concerned with the souls of men and is not concerned with the slums that damn them, the economic conditions that strangle them, and the social conditions that cripple them is a dry-as-dust religion.” Marti...
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The church can be frustrating and even maddening. If you feel that way but still believe something else is possible, this Substack may be for you. Honest writing about what the church is — and what it was always meant to be.
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