V3 Blog
Interview with Lisa Cole-Smith on VergeNow.
UncategorizedTell us a little about yourself and your experience in leading a church for creatives? I’m an actor/director by training who found myself in seminary about 15 years ago searching for the next steps on my journey and a way to integrate ...
Leadership in a Post-Christian World
Uncategorized, church leadership, church planter, Church Planting, missional church, missional church planting, Missional-Incarnational, post-christian, post-christian leadershipWhat does pastoral leadership look like in a post-Christian world? What changes should be made? Should development be revamped? Or perhaps things should stay the same? One thing is for certain. We live in an age where “pastor” means ...
Five-Fold Proclamation: Part 2
Apostles, Evangelists, Pastors, Prophets, Teachers, Apostles, church leadership, church planter, Church Planting, church planting resources, Evangelist, five-fold gifting, Leadership, missional, missional church, missional church planting, Prophets, shepherds, teachersIn my previous post I suggested that after years of teaching students to preach the way I was taught to preach (assign a text, which fit me well as a “teacher” on five-fold), I started to wonder, “Am I trying to force apostles, pro...
Life Together in a Fragmented World
Uncategorized, church planter, Church Planting, community, Community Formation, free webinar, missional church, missional community, V3 Learning Cohort, v3 movement, V3 WebinarsWe are honored to have Dr. Christine Pohl join us for our June webinar: Life Together in a Fragmented World. Dr. Christine Pohl speaks regularly on recovering the practices of hospitality and community and is the author of many publicati...
Enter the Re-Wonderment of the World.
Uncategorized, awe and wonder, church leadership, church planter, Church Planting, gift of wonder, missional church, Missional Church Place-based Church Culture, missional church planting, missional community, missional resource, Missional-Incarnational, neighborhood, Neighborhood Church, wonderThis year has been an amazing awe and wonder springtime on America’s west coast. In California the spectacular blooming of the desert brought thousands of people out to relish the brilliant oranges, yellows and purples of the flowers w...
The Trinitarian Community
Apostles, Pastors, Prophets, Teachers, Uncategorized, church planter, Church Planting, church planting resources, community, Community Formation, missional church, missional church planting, missional community, TrinityThe concept of the “Trinity” is often so complex that sometimes we don’t really know how to engage with God as “three in one”. But, if we as church planters want to engage with the culture around us through a missional communit...
Thrive.
Uncategorized, author interview, church planter resource, church planting resources, missional resource, rohadi, thrive bookWe recently took some time with innovative author Rohadi to explore more about his recent book: Thrive. Ideas to lead the church in post-Christendom . “Thrive” is a guide to help unlock features in you, and your church, to emerge as lead...
Hamster Wheels and Holodecks
Uncategorized, church leadership, church planter, Church Planting, ecclesiology, Leadership, missional, missional church, missional church planting, missional culture, missional discipleship, missional ecclesiology, Missional-Incarnational, Rowland SmithWell, the news is out again. Gallup’s latest faith poll showed church membership is “down sharply”[1] over the past two decades. Relevant Magazine recently reported that young people are leaving the church due to perceived judgment...
Healing Our Polarized Church
Uncategorized, church leadership, Church Planting, Dan White Jr, love over fear, Love Over Fear book, love over fear project, missional church, polarization, polarized church, the V3 Movement, V3 WebinarsV3 is thrilled to host our next free webinar “Healing Our Polarized Church” with Dan White Jr., author of the new book Love Over Fear and our host Elice Kim. This webinar is scheduled for May 16 @ 12pm EST. You can register here: Whether...
