V3 Blog
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 ...
Looking Back, Moving Forward
Uncategorized, covid, covid-19, discernment, Discipleship, pandemic, Post Pandemic Church, reflection, spiritual disciplines, spiritual formation, spiritual health, spiritual practices, spiritualityA good friend asked me recently “If you were pastoring a church today what would you preach on?” My quick response was “How do we love God and neighbor in a post pandemic future?” As I pondered his question a little more deeply h...
A Gospel That Feels Like Good News
Uncategorized, church leadership, church planter, church planter resource, Church Planting, evangelism, Evangelist, Good News, Gospel, missional church, missional church planting, missional community, missional discipleship, Missional Leadership, missional resource, missional theology, Missional-Incarnational, Resources, V3 WebinarsWhen our Gospel is focused merely on the after-life, today’s unchurched find our message irrelevant, and possibly intolerant. In this webinar, discover a clear, field-tested way to present a larger vision of the Gospel — one closer t...
Finding Sacred Space and Sacred Time This Summer
Uncategorized, prayer, sacred space, spiritual health, spiritual practices, spiritualityChurching is changing, the world is changing and we are changing and it seems that everywhere we turn we are being reminded of these changes. The pandemic has changed the way we viewed sacred space and sacred time too. We are hungering f...
Communities on Mission Immersion
Uncategorized, church leadership, Church Planting, community, Community Formation, immersion, missional church, missional church planting, missional community, Missional LeadershipA 5-week Praxis Immersion on Multiplying Sent Communities w/ JR Woodward & Eun Strawser About This Immersion Not all missional communities are created equal. Just because we label something missional, doesn’t make it missional. While e...
Anti-Asian Racism and Your Church
Uncategorized, anti-racism, Asian Americans, BIPOC, black lives matter, church diversity, church leadership, Church Planting, church planting resources, Community Formation, Discipleship, discipleship pathway, imago dei, Incarnation, Institution, intercultural, intercultural church, intersections, Justice, lament, Leadership, missional discipleship, Missional-Incarnational, principalities and powers, racial justice, racism, self awareness, systemic racismIt’s not supposed to be this way. Asian Americans have received a stark reminder over the past year that we, too, must deal with the terms and conditions imposed by white supremacy. Empowered by racist epithets like “China virus” or “kun...
