While New Brunswick is the city most commonly associated with Rutgers University, two other towns are significantly connected as well. Here are some interesting demographic stats for the area. New Brunswick Demographic Stats: (Census 2010) 55,000 people 45% White, 16%...
I've talked to residents both inside and outside of New Brunswick, and it seems pretty clear: there are some tough neighborhoods in the city. One of the greatest calls we have as a Jesus community is to bring transformation through (among some other key initiatives) our being a...
One of the many puzzle pieces we sifted through as we were making a decision on New Brunswick was how God spoke to us in listening prayer during our leadership gathering. The following were the words members of our leadership team heard during this time (if you have questions about...
During this process, some of us may be thinking "wow, I feel like this new work in New Brunswick is exciting and may be for me." If you're in that boat, awesome! Here are some characteristics to strive for if you're looking to be a part of the team: 1. A strong servant's...
This past weekend, our Elder, Vision, and Staff Teams (14 people total) decided to move ahead with what we sensed Jesus leading us to: to plant our next Ethnos site at New Brunswick, New Jersey. How did we come to this conclusion? We shared about the initial reason why New Brunswick was...
One of the realities we face as we plant churches is that of changing leadership. Of course, in our context of a global university town thus far, we have dealt with a constant fluidity of members and leaders already. But the challenges are little different as we send various top leaders and...
As we all make key decisions in this journey of church planting ("Where does God want our church to go? Should I be a part of the group that moves? What should I do if I stay?"), it's key that we know how to filter out the other "voices" in order to better hear God's voice...
At Ethnos, our vision can be summed up simply: Global Churches for Global University Towns. What's a "Global University Town" you ask? Simply put, it is a city, or sector of a city, with the following characteristics: A major university that draws in students from all over the world...
Tomorrow, a team of five- Eric Lige, Erika Ho, David Rideout, Tim Buechsel, and myself- are heading out to the New Brunswick area to network and see if God wants us there for the next Ethnos site. Why New Brunswick you ask? It started because I asked Linda Berquist. Linda is an...
Most of us would love to know what the future holds and be able to somehow control it to a certain extent. Many of us know, however, that controlling the future is ultimately not in our hands but in God's. So how do the leaders at Ethnos think about the timeline of what's ahead?...