V3 Blog
The “Hole” in Our Support Raising: A Case for Values Based Support Raising
Uncategorized, APEST, church planter, Church Planting, church planting resources, fundraising, missional church, missional church planting, Resources, support raising, values, values based fundraising, values based support raisingSupport raising is a tricky subject for many people. For some, it is an enjoyable part of their ministry, for others it is a terrifying and dreadful requirement. Others see it as an annoying distraction from their “main ministry work,...
V3 Welcomes New Movement Leader to Team
UncategorizedThe V3 Movement is pleased to welcome a new member to the Movement Leader team. Jessie Cruickshank, Movement Leader (Executive) The V3 Movement is excited to announce that Jessie Cruickshank is joining our team as a Movement Leader (Exec...
Join The V3 Movement Team!
UncategorizedThe V3 Movement is hiring a Movement Leader Executive to add to our V3 Movement Leader Team. The Role This role will work in shared leadership with the existing Movement Leaders to oversee the futurehealth and growth of The V3 Movement, ...
Competing for Community
Uncategorized, christian community, church leadership, church planter, Church Planting, church planting resources, Community Formation, community-formation:Community Formation, Discipleship, missional church, missional church planting, missional community, Missional Leadership, popularity, power, pride, productivity, purpose of community, Resources, tight knit communityPurpose of Community When we consider community, what are some things that come to mind in terms of the purpose of community? While many of us can think of the benefits of community in both providing a sense of belonging and a sense of p...
COURAGE IN A TIME OF COVID
Uncategorized, church leadership, church planter, Church Planting, church planting resources, Community Formation, courage, covid, covid-19, Discipleship, missional church, missional church planting, Missional Leadership, pandemic, Post Pandemic Church, ResourcesOur anxiety muscles have grown. We were told to be anxious. We were told that this anxiety should drive our behaviour, and that our lives depended on it. This behaviour created physical space and safety, which in itself was necessary. Bu...
An Ethic of Listening
Uncategorized, church culture, church leadership, church planter, Church Planting, church planting resources, Community Formation, Discipleship, listening, missional church, missional church planting, Missional Leadership, ResourcesIn times where the “cancel culture” goes both directions (a cultural reaction of taking offense and rejecting someone due to their biases and assertions), it takes maturity to listen with hope, love, and faith. We listen with hope kn...
Online Church
Uncategorized, church leadership, church planter, Church Planting, church planting resources, Community Formation, Discipleship, missional church, missional church planting, Missional Leadership, Neighborhood Church, online church, pandemic, pandemic church, ResourcesMost of us have developed a level of proficiency for “Zoom church” and its many lacking facets. To what degree has moving online been helpful to your church? In what ways has it been a hindrance? These pandemic times have made many leade...
A Tribute to a V3 Church Planter: Matthew Gillette
UncategorizedThis past week together we remember the passing of a dear husband, father, friend, and church planter Matthew Gillette. Matt’s life was synonymous with presence. Matt truly knew and exemplified the importance of presence with friends, fa...
Proclamation in Real Life
Uncategorized, church leadership, church planter, Church Planting, church planting resources, community, kingdom of god, missional church, missional church planting, missional community, Missional Leadership, pandemic, Post Pandemic Church, proclamation, public gathering, Public Space, spaces of belongingIn light of what the pandemic has exposed – exposed and not created – it’s been apparent that the public space that Jesus used in proclaiming the nearness of the Kingdom of God, the rule and reign of the very presence of God, has been ...
