By Christopher Brown and Scott Hagley The Church has a problem: most of its future leaders are being prepared in ways that don’t work and for ministries that don’t exist. Ways that Don’t Work My (Chris’s) first call out of seminary was to be a bivocational church planter. For more than five years, I worked part-time at an independent café …
The Grove Church Planting Residency
By Josh Oxendine, Lead Pastor of The Grove Church I don’t know about you, but I have become an avid mixed martial arts fan. Almost every week there seems to be a new “great fight” to watch. What most people don’t realize is the amount of work that it takes for the fighter to get to the point of peak performance before …
Accept Mark Scandrette's Challenge at Praxis Gathering ’16
Mark Scandrette actually takes Jesus seriously. He believes that Christ’s words are meant to be lived out in the everyday experiences of life. As such, he is a perfect fit for Praxis Gathering 2016: Shaping Disciples for Movement. At Praxis Gathering 2016 we are gathering to recover the act and art of discipleship, and we want you to join us. This unique annual church …
Special Announcement: V3 Partner – New Churches – Launches Missional Church Multiplication Course
Introducing a brand new church planting resource: Missional Church Multiplication One of the dynamic results that developed out of last year’s Praxis Gathering was our relationship with Daniel Im, the Director of Church Multiplication for NewChurches.com and LifeWay Christian Resources, and Dr. Ed Stetzer, the Executive Director of LifeWay Research. This relationship with New Churches has culminated in the visionaries over at NewChurches.com developing and …
Be Inspired by Natasha Sistrunk Robinson at Praxis Gathering ’16
Discipleship is a lost love in our culture of “Go Big or Go Home.” At Praxis Gathering 2016, however, we are gathering to recover the act and art of discipleship, and we want you to join us. This unique annual church planting experience combines real-time practice with rich theology and deep reflection. Participants of all backgrounds, denominations and ecclesial styles will join …
Church Planting and the Refugee Crisis
In the current worldwide refugee crisis, an unparalleled 60 million people have been displaced from their homes. Approximately 20 million are refugees (the highest number since World War II), and the rest are mostly either asylum seekers, stateless persons, or internally displaced from their cities or towns but still living in their country of origin. Just 3 countries, Turkey, Pakistan and …
Work with Deb Hirsch at Praxis Gathering '16: Shaping Disciples for Movement
Discipleship is a lost love in our culture of “Go Big or Go Home.” At Praxis Gathering 2016, however, we are gathering to recover the act and art of discipleship, and we want you to join us. This unique annual church planting experience combines real-time practice with rich theology and deep reflection. Participants of all backgrounds, denominations and ecclesial styles will join …
How to be a Movemental Church Planting Community
As you all know, here at the V3 Movement we are deeply passionate about helping men and women plant churches that reflect the viral, grassroots work of movement. We are not interested in merely starting new worship services. We want to join God in seeding Jesus-centered communities and serve those who plant those communities with resources that make the church …
Praxis Gathering '16: Shaping Disciples for Movement: David Fitch
Discipleship is a lost love in our culture of “Go Big or Go Home.” At Praxis Gathering 2016, however, we will gather to recover the act and art of discipleship. This unique, annual church planting experience combines real-time practice with rich theology and deep reflection. Participants of all backgrounds, denominations and ecclesial styles will join together to plummet deep into the …
Knowing Where It's Worth Planting a Church
I am a product of privilege. In general, I expect to be acknowledged, treated with respect and to have my voice heard. I walk with confidence, use the language of a person who has had the opportunity for a good education, flash my insurance card that gets me good medical care and eat food, wear clothes, and attend events that …