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Living Missionally Amidst COVIC-19
Uncategorized, church leadership, church planter, church planter resource, Church Planting, church planting resources, church response, covid-19, missional church, missional church planting, missional community, missional culture, missional resource, Missional-Incarnational, pandemicThe Covid-19 pandemic is disrupting life as we have known it. It will take radical social distancing for us to flatten the curve. What does it mean for the people of God to be a blessing to their neighborhood and networks in a time that...
Are You Ready for the Corona Virus?
Uncategorized, church leadership, church planter, Church Planting, church response, community, coronavirus, covid-19, missional church, missional community, Missional-IncarnationalLast Wednesday, I went to Costco for my usual fortnightly visit, arriving early to avoid the crowds. Or at least, I thought I was. The place was crowded and people were loading carts with what looked like a year’s supply of toilet pape...
Processing Pain as a Planter & Pastor
Uncategorized, church leadership, church planter, church planter resource, Church Planting, church planting resources, free webinar, missional church, missional church planting, missional resource, pastor care, soul care, V3 Webinars, webinar, women church planterBeing Pastor or Planter involves embracing a ministry vocation that includes a consistent encounter with the conflicts and challenges most spend their life trying to avoid. While leading people to the beauty of Christ, we concurrently fa...
Is it Time to Cancel the Church Service?
Uncategorized, church leadership, church planter, Church Planting, church service, Leadership, mission, missional, missional church, Missional Church Place-based Church Culture, missional church planting, missional community, missional discipleship, missional ecclesiology, Missional-Incarnational, rohadiThere’s a story from American folklore that Henry Ford, after launching the Model T, declared consumers could pick any color they wanted…so long as it was black. To me this sounds like the same approach Christian worship has taken. It ...
Heart For The One
Uncategorized, church leadership, church planter, Church Planting, church planting resources, missional church, missional church planting, missional community, missional discipleship, missional resourceIf you’re following along with the ministry of Jesus, He spoke of seeking — searching for with all your might and with urgency — only two things. He tells His followers to seek first the Kingdom of God (Matthew 6:33) which feels l...
Parking Spaces and The Kingdom
Uncategorized, church leadership, church planter, Church Planting, missional church, missional church planting, missional community, missional culture, missional discipleship, Missional-Incarnational, servant leadershipAt 57 years old, a lot has changed in my perspective of things. Life looks different, the future takes on the priority of legacy-leaving, and my idealism has taken on more grace. The other thing that has exited my priority list is the ne...
The Planter’s Life: Ben Atkins
Uncategorized, church leadership, church planter, church planter resource, Church Planting, podcast, the planter's lifeWe are thrilled to feature Ben Atkins on this episode of The Planter’s Life. Ben Atkins is an innovative and compassionate Planter all the way from Canning Town, UK with Saint Matthias Canning Town. You can watch here, listen on...
On Stopping
Uncategorized, church leadership, church planter, Church Planting, church planting resources, missional church planting, sabbathDo you practice a regular rhythm of Sabbath? Do you “Sabbath”? What does it even mean when we use “Sabbath” as a verb? In fact, what is Sabbath? Something Important Generally speaking for many of us, when we hear the word “Sabbat...
Missional Metrics
Uncategorized, church leadership, church planter, church planter resource, Church Planting, Leadership, metrics, missional, missional church, missional church planting, missional community, missional culture, missional ecclesiology, missional metrics, Missional-IncarnationalA couple weeks ago I woke up, ate breakfast with the family, and walked my son to elementary school. From there, my 3-year old daughter and I walked to the local cafe, as we usually do. After properly caffeinating, I responded to a few e...
