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 …
Jesus final instructions might sound simple: Go and make disciples. Yet, there is often confusion about what a disciple is, and what is means to be a disciple-maker. The V3 Movement is committed to equipping you make disciples, plant churches and start a movement. In this video, Tim Catchim answers common questions that will help you do just that! “I …
Power is a tricky thing. I remember as a teenager discovering I had some speed and athleticism. I was no Superman, but I was a fast little goober that could throw the ball on target. That was enough in my small school to push me to the front. I made the football team and found I had power on the …
Lord knows the week of Easter can exist as a stressful, challenging, frustrating, adrenaline-laced time for most pastors. It continues to surprise me how much administrative work resurrection creates for the local church pastor. While Holy Week can generally be busy for the pastor, the workload can be particularly challenging for church planters, given that they often work with smaller …
It’s Holy week and Jesus journey towards the cross has begun. Many of us have already processed around the church on Palm Sunday. We have already bought our Easter eggs and hot cross buns, diverting our attention from the real meaning of Easter to its commercialized version. How many of us are sucked in? The Most Subversive Week of Jesus …
For the last few years Dan White Jr, others and I have been part of a national initiative concerned with one goal: helping church planters recover the essentials for cultivating communities of disciples who are sent deep into their cities to embody the Gospel of the Kingdom. It seems fairly simple, but it is not. Culturally, we are swimming in …
Sunday was International Women’s Day, a day to celebrate the achievements of women around the world while calling for greater equality. It is not a day that many churches seem to highlight, but I think it raises the question: how well do we do with gender equality in our congregations? A couple of days ago, I was chatting with a friend …
Discipleship is one of those words that is…well…let’s be honest…worn out! It triggers so many things for so many people. For example, I was recently in a conversation with someone who, after I used the word discipleship, asked why I still used that term. He said “Why don’t you just use the term ‘spiritual formation.’” To be honest, sometimes I …
It’s time to get ready for Lent but I am not giving up chocolate or coffee. Lent is not about denial or sacrifice. It is about letting go of all that prevents us wholeheartedly following Christ. I have recently updated Lenten resource lists on my blog. It’s a rather frustrating task because we don’t really need more to read or …
Our friends at Missio Alliance are hosting their Annual Gathering May 7-9, 2015. Here’s how they describe it one the event website: BEING TRULY HUMAN: RE-IMAGINING THE RESURRECTIONAL LIFE The Cross is Not Enough. While obviously of profound significance, the cross seems to have usurped the resurrection as the unique centerpiece of Christian faith, practice, and even how we understand the nature …