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 …
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 …
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 …
Sermon Preparation is different in the Missional Church My favorite day of the week is Sunday. Our young church, Austin Mustard Seed, has been doing Sunday liturgy for six months. We are blessed to have a meeting space that is mostly setup so we can focus on relationships over tasks. We are new enough that we have little to no baggage, and …
Next week is the one and only Exponential Conference. V3’s very own Tim Catchim will be presenting throughout the event. There are four chances to learn from Tim, including: Preconference: Missional from the Ground Up Hosted by Title: Missional from the Ground Up Hosted by Missio, Forge & GCM Collective Session 2: The Permanent Revolution: how the fivefold ministries of …
Are you heading to Inhabit Conference? Be sure to say hi to JR Woodward and Dan White, Jr. Hear’s a taste of what you’ll get at their talk “Subterranean: a relational rhythm for submerging into the neighborhood.” DAN WHITE – THE TWO QUESTIONS YOUR COMMUNITY SHOULD ALWAYS BE ASKING from The House Studio on Vimeo.
Sure, everyone wants to hear from God about where or among whom He is calling them to plant, but people seem to hear Him through various lenses. In recent years, this seems to be shifting. Affinity For most of the 30+ years I have worked in church starting settings, planters have gravitated towards affinity. They look for people and places …
Are you headed to Inhabit Conference next week? We’d love to meet you! The conference will break down the false dichotomy between being locally rooted and globally linked. V3’s JR Woodward and Dan White, Jr. are both leading workshops at Inhabit. JR and Dan will be speaking on the topic “Subterranean: a relational rhythm for submerging into the neighborhood.” They describe …
An article by JR Woodward In this literary review of Alan Hirsch and Tim Catchim’s The Permanent Revolution: Apostolic Imagination and Practice for the 21st Century Church, I will give my understanding of the basic thesis of the book, then share my thoughts, highlighting the parts of the book that I found helpful and want to remember. Following will be my critique, and …
An illusion is an error in perception. Over time we subtly rename perception, “reality.” And it is not uncommon to believe we are living in God’s reality when we are actually steeped in personal illusion. The tragedy is that church planters are equally as susceptible to living in illusion as anyone else. I know I am. The 20th century, Serbian …