The V3 Movement being a communal movement, we’re excited to bring you another personal interview from a series of interviews with church planters who are embracing place-based church planting in a fruitful manner. These planters are using V3 Learning Cohorts to ground their leadership and their missiology in community. [Tweet “Leadership is a community affair. http://thev3movement.org/learning-cohorts/”] Today we’re speaking with Jared …
Funding Opportunities–One Huge Mistake Churches Are Making
Calling his disciples to him, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, this poor widow has put more into the treasury than all the others. They all gave out of their wealth; but she, out of her poverty, put in everything—all she had to live on.” ~ Mark 12:43-44 A few years ago, I was sitting with a lovely elderly woman in …
Kairos Community Pastor Noah Stepro on V3 Learning Cohorts
The V3 Movement is a communal movement. As such, we are excited to bring you personal interviews with other church planters who love what is happening in the church today, are engaging it in a fruitful manner, and are utilizing V3 Learning Cohorts to help ground themselves and their missions in the communal reality of church planting. Discover how being …
Register for this Webinar—Discernment: Reading the Signs of Daily Life
If you are considering church planting, you need to discern God’s guidance. If you are a church planter, you will often find yourself guiding others through discernment. That’s why our friends at CenterQuest are offering the upcoming webinar Discernment: Reading the Signs of Daily Life. CenterQuest “exists as an inclusive venue for genuine seekers engaged in the ecumenical exploration, study, and practice of …
Disciple-Making: Playing Ball in All Four Fields
When it comes to disciple-making, church-planting movements often use a tool known as the Four Fields. Field One (Go) is the entry strategy. Typically, it involves discovering a person of peace, as in Luke 10:1-12 (for a great description of the role of a person of peace read JR Woodward’s article, “The Person of Peace and Their ‘Oikos’”). Field Two …
Six Insights into the Art of Leading Spiritually
Last week, I wrote an article entitled “What is Good Spiritual Leadership?” In it we looked at the connections between leadership and intimacy with God, as well as leadership and the discovery of the authentic self. I have continued to be fascinated by this topic of spiritual leadership. This has led me to write about a few more aspects I …
How To Never Let a Holiday Go Un-Missional Again
It’s “Ordinary Time” according to the traditional Christian liturgical calendar, but in our neighbourhoods it’s a new year! We start school in a new grade, sign up and get involved in new programs and activities, and get involved in sports teams, music lessons, and clubs. We transition out of summer and increasingly find ourselves caught up in all the busyness of …
A Church Planting Book Essential: Subterranean, by Dan White Jr.
I was honored to write the foreword for Dan White Jr.’s book, Subterranean: Why the Future of the Church Is Rootedness, so I can tell you that this is an important read. It is important because Dan writes from his lived experience. I will share some slices from the foreword in hopes that you will pick up the book and read it yourself. …
What is Good Spiritual Leadership?
As we develop our leadership teams and plan our programs, one question should continually be at the forefront of our thoughts: What is good spiritual leadership? Most of us aspire to be leaders, to be noticed, to feel successful. We want to know that what we do makes a difference in God’s world. I wonder, however, if in striving towards …