Matt Alexander is one of the pastors at Rhythm Church in Miami, Florida. We asked Matt to share a little bit about his experience being in a V3 Learning Cohort. What originally drew you to the V3 learning cohort experience. I initially got connected to V3 through Rhythm’s friendship with JR Woodward. JR had invested a lot of time in our …
Before being part of a team that planted a church in the city, I served as a pastor for over a decade in fairly Hierarchical churches. In the last few years I’ve had to go through a serious overhaul in my understanding of ministry leadership. Today, instead of a place in a hierarchy, I participate in a “Leading Community” that is forging a network of …
Daniel Iwao is a church planter in California and recently participated in a V3 Learning Cohort. Here’s how he described the experience. What originally drew you to the V3 learning cohort experience? What led me to V3 was my relationship that JR built with me. While he was out here on a business trip, he took time out to come …
Chad Jewett is one of the founding Pastors of Restoration Church in Castle Rock, Colorado. We asked him to share a little of his experience participating in a V3 Learning Cohort. What originally drew you to the V3 learning cohort experience? I was drawn to V3 initially from my searching. They appeared to be the only church planting organization who are …
So You Want to Start a Church? First the hard part: 90% of start-ups fail. According to one survey, only 68% the church plants make it to four years.* I’ve planted a church that failed. Ouch. Even though it’s been years it still hurts to write that down. I immediately want to explain to you all the good that happened, the stories …
Are you looking to plant a church? Are you at the early stages of planting? Chances are pretty good that you have some great information about Church Planting. You may have read the books, heard the podcasts or even been to the conferences. Chances are also pretty good you have learned an important lesson: Great information about Church Planting is …
Change is here to stay. Whether we like it or not we need to learn how to mold our lives and those of our congregations so that we bend rather than break. Fortunately there are ways to adapt so that our faith grows and strengthens during these times. Here are some principles I have found helpful: Identify or Establish Stability …
V3 is proud to be a Partner of Missio Alliance. We’re especially excited about Missio’s upcoming event, Being Truly Human: Re-imagining the Resurrectional Life taking place May 7-9. On their website, the event is described this way: The Cross is Not Enough. While obviously of profound significance, the cross seems to have usurped the resurrection as the unique centerpiece of Christian …
Ed Choy is a husband, father, pastor, writer and V3 Church Planter. Currently he’s in the early stages of planting Restoration Church in Baltimore, Maryland. The Restoration website describes their hope for the church to become “a diverse community of faith joining God in the restoration of all things.” As a part of his preparation to plant, Ed has been participating in …
San Francisco, my home for 18 years now, is sometimes called an “Alpha City.” It is strategically and globally linked to the rest of the world through commerce, the financial sector, and especially within the larger region, hundreds of thousands of temporary and permanent immigrants. The top Alpha Cities in North American include New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Washington DC, …