The recent mammoth floods in and around Houston as a result of Hurricane Harvey has left us all reeling. The overwhelming images of devastation and suffering that we see bring us to despair. Relief workers struggle relentlessly to handle the unimaginable onslaught. Deprived of sleep, subsisting on an inadequate diet, confronted by unimaginable horrors, some quickly break down and many …

Meet Amos Yong, the child of missionaries in Asia, born to Pentecostal Christianity. Watch this video to hear how the plurality around him informed his experience of Christ, and his experience of life. To continue hearing from people of radically diverse backgrounds, talking about neighborhood, community and Christ, come to the Praxis Gathering 2017—but sign up soon, because the registration …

This article is a contribution from Daniel Im, who you can meet at Praxis 2017 by signing up HERE. Prices go up on 8/23. I remember walking through my college cafeteria with the Four Spiritual Laws in hand looking for people who might be interested in having a spiritual conversation with me. Sometimes I’d open up the conversation with, “If …

So many of us are so busy and tired that we’ve entirely forgotten what peace and rest feel like. A couple of weeks ago I had the opportunity to speak at a church in Texas called Austin Mustard Seed, and I spoke on rest and Sabbath. It was a great opportunity to refresh my own understanding of what it means …

  As I speak to friends of all ages they tell me they tell me they are slammed by the growing pressure on their daily lives. Are you experiencing a time crunch trying to keep up with work pressure, time for relationships, working out, screen time plus a little time for being present to God and Neighbor? You are not …

Mark Zuckerberg recently suggested that Facebook could (and maybe should) become your church. A lot of pastors and Christian leaders are freaking out about this, but Zuckerberg is merely following to its natural extreme an ecclesiology most evangelical pastors and church planters have bought into for decades. (Skye Jethani has a fantastic collection of tweets about this, by the way.) The …

It is hard to believe that we already into May.  Most of us have our summer vacations planned and the kids activities organized. Churches are expecting less people in the pews and less money in the coffers. Few seem to think about how they will prepare their congregations to grow their faith over the next few months. Some of you …

This is a story from our Learning Cohorts about a church planter named Dan Magan and his church, The Well, in Virginia. If you want to learn more about how you can partner with V3 for the church planting that you feel called to or are involved in, please click here to learn more about our Learning Cohorts. The Well is …