Three Areas of Life Every Missional Preacher Must "Attend"

This post is part two in the series Preparing to Preach in the Missional Church. You can read part one here. For a missional church planter, sermon preparation as a way of living within the larger set of responsibilities. It’s not just a list of steps to work  through as much as it is a cycle of actions and postures — a …

This is why one Church Planter no longer feels alone

Justin Fung is an Associate Pastor at the young and thriving District Church in Washington, D.C. He recently participated in a V3 Movement Learning Cohort. We asked him to share about his experience. V3: Why did you choose to participate in a V3 cohort? JF: When it comes to starting a new church, I knew I was way over my …

Four Essential Tools for Understanding Your New Neighbor’s Religion

On my small, short block in San Francisco, there are people who represent various races, ethnicities and nationalities. They are Chinese, Burmese, Vietnamese, Caucasian, Armenian, Japanese, and African American. My city, like many of your cities, has a high foreign-born population. Our neighborhoods, like yours, are filled with people who not only do not know Christ, but who are adherents …

Check out this Free Preview of Alan Hirsch & Tim Catchim's Brand New Book!

What will it take to see a new missional movement spread across the globe? We believe one crucial element is to plant churches where Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Shepherds and Teachers actively equip the Church. Alan Hirsch and Tim Catchim’s The Permanent Revolution is a key to understanding what that will entail. Now, Alan and Tim have returned to this topic with The Permanent …

What Everybody Ought to Know About Raising Capital for Church Planting

We can learn a lot about the task of church planting by looking at some of the metaphors Paul uses to describe the nature of his ministry as an apostle. One of his favorite metaphors appears to be steward (I Cor. 4:1-2; 9:17, Eph. 3:2, Col. 1:25.) Pardon the geek moment here, but in order to appreciate this metaphor, we …

An Easy Way to Cheat at Disciple Making

G.K. Chesterton’s All Things Considered is a collection of short columns written for the London Daily News in the years prior to World War I. One of the articles entitled “The Fallacy of Success” challenges the letter and the spirit of the how-to books Chesterton was finding on the shelves of his local book store. It is worth quoting at …