At Noon Eastern on Tuesday, August 4, we will host a free webinar featuring church planter, pastor, author, professor and The Praxis Gathering Presenter David Fitch. Fitch B. R. Lindner Chair of Evangelical Theology at Northern Seminary Chicago, IL. He’s married to Rae Ann and they have one child, a son Max. He is also the founding pastor of Life on the Vine Christian Community– …
In Martin Scorsese’s 2011 film Hugo, young Hugo Cabret is orphaned after his father, a master clockmaker, passes away. Hugo is left on his own to navigate life, but it isn’t as though his father left him with nothing. Hugo carries on his father’s technical mind and passion for working on machines. It is through the lens of clock making …
The V3 Movement is proud to introduce… Praxis Gathering 2015 presenter Debra Hirsch. In addition to extensive experience within the church planting movement, Debra Hirsch is a speaker, counselor, and author whose combination of rigorous study and relational communication makes her an excellent person to engage with regarding missional church matters. Among her many credentials are the cofounding of the Forge Mission Training …
The Praxis Gathering is a unique three day event for church planters and missional practitioners to learn from each other. Register now and win four free books: Creating a Missional Culture, The Forgotten Ways, The Permanent Revolution, The Forgotten Ways and Viral Hope.
John Chandler takes to his microphone on the SermonSmith podcast to interview missional veteran Dan White, Jr. and inquires into Dan’s “unique prospect on a more dialogical approach to preaching” (Chandler). Join John and Dan as they discuss dialogical preaching, from the social environs that formed the Early Church’s approach in light of Pentecost, to Dan’s reshaped understanding of preaching after looking at its theological roots. This conversation is a church planting resource not …
Around the world, in churches big and small, ministry leaders are challenged by the growing reality that their churches are losing influence in their communities and losing the interest of their congregants. Over coffee or around conference tables these leaders are asking questions like – What are we missing? Who are we missing? What needs to change? How can we …
As one who just a few years ago wrote a book entitled, Creating a Missional Culture, I think it is important for us to understand an overview of the history of what is called the “Missional Church.” Craig Van Gelder and Dwight J. Zscheile in their book, Missional Church in Perspective, published recently in the last couple years, are just …
The ever-passionate Beau Crosetto joins us here at The V3 Movement once again! This time he shares some practical ways of getting past the discomfort we may sometimes feel when inviting the unchurched to church! Three minutes and four seconds from now you’ll see why Beau is the apt author of the book, Beyond Awkward! As you heard in the video, contact Beau with your questions–he loves answering …
A careful reading of the scriptural story reveals that gratitude is an essential virtue that defines the people of God. Gratitude is written all over the Psalms, for instance, as well as interwoven into the Apostle Paul’s letters. Although many of our churches celebrate the Eucharist on a weekly basis – a celebration of gratitude for the gift of Christ …
In Luke Ten’s paradigmatic text followers of Jesus are instructed to “Remain in the same house…” The work of the church is not a “bait and hook” strategy, a onetime service project, short term mission or volunteer opportunity in a space. We’re being sent to a place, to become part of the very fabric of the neighbourhood; to take up …