V3—Equipping you to start a movement. At the end of each year we revisit resources and posts that aided our church planters and helped us continue to build this dynamic, missional movement. This past year saw an excellent variety of posts that dug deep into strategies, spiritual practices, leadership pitfalls, and shared authority to name a few. We’ve assembled the most-read …
V3 Movement partners Forge America and Asbury Seminary are collaborating to offer an exceptional opportunity for missional church planters this summer–Activating Missional Communities. Part of Asbury’s Doctor of Ministry Program, Activating Missional Communities will be taught by Michael Frost, Alan Hirsch, Scott Nelson, and other notable faculty. The application deadline is Jan 2. Only fifteen applicants will be accepted. Now is the time to take advantage of this incredible, …
Are you willing to stoop down and consider the needs and desires of little children; to remember the weaknesses and loneliness of people who are growing old; to stop asking how much your friends love you, and to ask yourself if you love them enough; to bear in mind the things that other people have to bear on their hearts; …
Here at the V3 Movement, we cannot encourage enough the importance of planting churches from a place of community. In fact, we’re not sure it’s even possible in church planting to create something that doesn’t already exist. That is, there’s this funny thing about creating true community: you can’t reproduce what you aren’t. In light of our conviction, we bring you …
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 …
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 …
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 …
The landscape of Christian spirituality in the West is no longer lush with green grass and wild flowers blooming. Instead, across the country we find dry terrain where churches no longer can expect interested seekers–yet most of our solutions for addressing this predicament link to anxiety around our performance and personality. Dan White Jr., V3’s Movement Developer and Coach, addresses …
A few days ago, church planting practitioners from all over the world came together to share stories, strategies, and the Spirit of God with one another in Washington, D.C. Nearly thirty missional leaders including David Bailey, Jon Tyson, Mako Nagasawa, Don Coleman, Lisa Watson, and Debra and Alan Hirsch guided numerous sessions and conversations designed to bridge the span between …
At The Praxis Gathering, The V3 Movement will host a number of key partners. Each of these organizations provides resources and opportunities that benefit missional church planters. One such partner Fuller Seminary. Here’s how they describe their certificate in church planting: If you are engaged in church planting or planning to be, we would love the opportunity to serve you through …