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Crossing Boundaries in Divided Times Webinar
Uncategorized, beloved community, boundary-crossing mission, church planting resources, Community Formation, Leadership, missional community, Missional Leadership, story-formed community, V3 WebinarsThe fault lines that divide American society—divisions over race, politics, social issues and more—run right through the Body of Christ. We quickly accuse each other of being swept away by ideologies and idolatries. It is harder and ...
Discipleship, Assimilation, and Relationship
Uncategorized, boundary-crossing mission, church leadership, church planter, Church Planting, church planting resources, Discipleship, Great Commission, missional church, missional church planting, missional community, missional discipleship, Missional Leadership, missional resource, Missional-Incarnational, relationshipsMatthew 28:18-20 is a bedrock concept for every church planter. We all can grasp what it means to make disciples of all the nations. It’s simple to understand, yet one of the hardest components of any church community to put into repli...
Getting Ready For Christmas
Uncategorized, Advent, Christmas, church leadership, coronavirus, covid-19, Exegeting a Neighborhood, gratitude, missional church, neighborhood, Neighborhood Church, pandemic, Place-based Church, Rhythm and Rule of Life, socially distanced gatheringsAt our last community meeting, we started talking about Christmas. Yep, Christmas! It still seems so far away but it needs a little more attention this year as our celebrations will probably look a little different than in previous years...
You Are a Soul: Mental Health
Uncategorized, church planter, church planter resource, contemplative, emotionally healthy practices, holistic health, integrated life, integration, interior life, mental health, mindfulness, Missional-Incarnational, Rhythm and Rule of Life, rhythms, sacred, self awareness, self care, soul care, spiritual health, spiritual practices, stressMy wife and I celebrated our 8 year wedding anniversary this year. We got married on March 30, 2012 and it was a fantastic celebration with friends, family, and a lot of dancing. 2012 was a great year for me in many ways, but there were ...
Re-Missioning Your Established Church Immersion
Uncategorized, church leadership, church planter, Church Planting, church planting resources, creative destruction, discipleship pathway, established churches, immersion, Leadership, missional church, missional church planting, missional community, missional discipleship, Missional Leadership, missional resource, remissioningA 4-week Immersion in How to Awaken Your Existing Church to the Missional Impulse of God w/ Josh Hayden and Christy Foldenauer About this Immersion Many churches in the United States have either stopped growing or are in decline. Yet, wh...
Why the Crucifixion Matters to Us
Uncategorized, church leadership, holistic gospel, idolatry, Missional Leadership, sin, The Church as Movement, VocationWhat happened at the cross? When we think of the crucifixion and Jesus’ work on the cross, a common picture we see is of the “Roman Road”: we are sinners, in need of a Savior, and Jesus died on the cross to save us from our sin. I...
BELLS for the Season
Uncategorized, Church Planting, church planting resources, community, coronavirus, covid-19, disruption, emotional health, emotionally healthy practices, following jesus, Michael Frost, missional community, missional discipleship, Missional-Incarnational, pandemic, Rhythm and Rule of Life, rhythms, sabbathFriends, I am struggling. Those close to me are not shocked by this because when they have checked in on me, I fumble through poorly worded responses. This has been going on for a while, but I think I am finally coming to terms with it. ...
Funding Your Mission Immersion
Uncategorized, church plant funding, church planter, Church Planting, church planting resources, finances, funding, fundraising, immersion, ministry team, missional church, missional church planting, missional community, Missional Leadership, partners, reliant, support raising, V3 PartnersA 4-week Immersion on the nuts-n-bolts of how to raise support for your new church or new missional project through partnership. About this Immersion In partnership with The V3 Movement and Reliant Mission: In order to advance the missio...
You Are a Soul: Physical Health
Uncategorized, church planter, church planter resource, contemplative, emotionally healthy practices, holistic health, integrated life, integration, interior life, mindfulness, Missional-Incarnational, physical health, Rhythm and Rule of Life, rhythms, sacred, self awareness, self care, soul care, spiritual health, spiritual practicesHuman beings are like ecosystems. They are made of many different elements that interact, intersect, and impact one another. There are several different types of ecosystems in the world, but the core idea is that an ecosystem contains di...
