Praxis Gathering 2017: Meet Tim Soerens

Praxis is happy to announce Tim Soerens will be joining us at the 2017 Gathering. Tim is a writer, social entrepreneur, ministry leader, and co-founding director of the Parish Collective. To learn how you can attend Praxis ’17, click HERE to access the late registration. About Tim Soerens Tim Soerens is a social entrepreneur, ministry leader, and co-founding director of the …

The Difficult Reality of Being Present in Your Neighborhood

Passionate about loving and serving your neighborhood? Come to Praxis 2017! Sign up HERE. One night, within weeks after moving to our home in a neighborhood in South Philadelphia, my wife and I heard gunshots. Glancing out our bedroom window, I saw men cowering in fear in the parking lot across the street from our home.  A man lay bleeding …

Multicultural Church Planting in a Racially Divided America

Violence at the recent white supremacists’ demonstration at Charlottesville, Virginia alarmed Americans of all races across our country.  I suspect many are surprised to learn that white supremacist, fascist and Nazi movements are all rapidly growing in America. Christians of all cultures are having to ask the important question: As followers of Jesus, how we can be agents of racial …

Praxis 2017: Meet Doug Logan

We’re thrilled to announce that Pastor Doug Logan, aka. Dee Lowg, will be join us at the Praxis Gathering 2017. Here’s a little about him, and don’t forget to register for the Gathering HERE. About Doug Doug Logan serves as Lead Pastor of Epiphany Camden. Doug and his wife Angel have been married since 1996 and have three adult sons …

Praxis Gathering 2017: Meet Christiana Rice

About Christiana Christiana Rice is an on-the ground practitioner and visionary voice in the missional movement, serving as a coach and trainer with Thresholds, a community of player-coaches who help people create spaces of discovery and communities of transformation. She leads a neighborhood faith community in San Diego. Christiana grew up in Tokyo, Japan, the daughter and granddaughter of missionaries. …

Praxis 2017: Meet Daniel Im

About Daniel Daniel Sangi Im is the Founder and Director of Church Multiplication for NewChurches.com at LifeWay Christian Resources. He also serves as Teaching Pastor at The Fellowship, a multisite church in Nashville and hosts the New Churches Q&A Podcast. With a M.A. in Global Leadership, Daniel has served and pastored in church plants and multisite churches ranging from 100 people to …

Lessons From the Field: A New Type of Missions

I have lead many trips for churches over the years. The largest trip I led, for a large and well funded church, had about 65 students and 20 adults. For some reason I thought it was a good idea to take this hoard of people to sleep in tents, without real showers or restrooms, to build houses in Mexico. We …

Praxis 2017: Meet Deb Hirsch

Praxis 2017 is thrilled to announce the return of Australian-born writer and speaker Debra Hirsch, wife of acclaimed writer Alan Hirsch. This year’s gathering is dedicated to discussing God’s work in neighborhoods and to how we can partner in loving those whom God has positioned us near. Meet Deb Hirsch Deb Hirsch is a speaker, church leader, and writer who …

How to Plant a Church Without Going Broke

Currently I am teaching a church planting class at Gateway Seminary. During each session, the class interviews planters who are in start-up phases. One conversation was with a leader who is planting in a fairly wealthy community in the Silicon Valley and the plant will be fairly well funded. After class, one student, clearly stunned, took me aside and asked …

Praxis Gathering 2017: Don Coleman

This year at the Praxis Gathering we’re submerging into a theology and practice of Loving our Neighborhood. We’ll explore the unique possibilities in the urban, suburban and rural contexts. Meet Don Coleman In addition to his pastorship of a local church, Don Coleman is a community leader who passionately cares for the city of Richmond. He has a reputation of …