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The Mechanics and Spirituality of Trust
Uncategorized, church leadership, church planter, Church Planting, Leadership, missional church, missional church planting, Missional-IncarnationalTrusting others is always a risk. Many kingdom leaders get burnt and slowly clam up or lose the ability to keep loving and trusting those around us. It is vital for church planters to consider how this issue of “trust” is influencing...
The Gift of Wonder
UncategorizedOne of our beloved writers here on the V3 blog, Christine Sine explores creative practices for delighting in God in her new book The Gift of Wonder. Christine took some time with us to share more about her book and how it can be a resour...
Statistically Significant
Evangelists, Pastors, Prophets, Teachers, Uncategorized, church leadership, church planter, Church Planting, Leadership, missional church, missional church planting, Missional-Incarnational, post-modern culture, religionChristianity Today put out a recent statistic on just how much a decline the religion is facing today … in an astounding trending data set, within the past half century, all of the religions including differing denominations have been ...
Why Diversity Matters in Church Planting
Apostles, Pastors, Prophets, Uncategorized, church diversity, Church Planting, missional church, missional church planting“It is one of the tragedies of our nation, one of the shameful tragedies, that 11 o’clock on Sunday morning is one of the most segregated hours, if not the most segregated hours in Christian America.” Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. At ...
Healthy Practices for Kingdom Leaders
Uncategorized, church leadership, Church Planting, emotionally healthy practices, Leadership, missional, missional church, missional church planting, soul care, v3 movement, webinarLeading in the way of Jesus is beautiful and incredibly vulnerable. We experience both joy and despair, fulfillment and loss, growth and disillusionment. Emotional cuts and bruises are inevitable, yet few of us know how to practice a ...
Narratives in Silence
Uncategorized, church leadership, church planter, Church Planting, discernment, Discipleship Missional Leadership, missional, missional church planting, reflection, self awareness, self care, solitude, soul care“We are shaped by our stories. And these stories, or narratives are running and (often ruining) our lives.” [James Bryan Smith][1] Discerning God’s direction in life is often messy and confusing. The stories that we have picked ...
Re-Imagining Mission
Uncategorized, conference, mission, missional church, missional conference, missional culture, re-imagine missionOver the last two decades, our culture has been in continual flux, shifting at an ever-increasing rate. In fact, quite possibly, the one constant within our culture may be our constantly shifting culture. This has been most notably aided...
Why Listening is the First Step of Evangelism
Evangelists, Uncategorized, church planter, Church Planting, evangelism, Evangelist, Gospel, Leadership, listening, missional church, missional church planting, missional discipleship, missional theology, Missional-IncarnationalNormally we think of evangelism as a process of telling. We are proclaiming or sharing something. And it is that, of course, but I’ve become more and more convinced that effective evangelism starts with listening. Here’s the thin...
Embracing Disillusionment in Church Planting
Apostles, Prophets, Uncategorized, church leadership, Church Planting, discernment, Discipleship, Discipleship Missional Leadership, disillusion, Leadership, missional church, missional church plantingIf you’ve been planting a church for more than a couple weeks, you’ve probably already encountered a good deal of disillusionment. And if you haven’t felt disillusioned yet… well, just wait. Sorry if that sounds ominous. Disillusionment ...
