V3 Blog
Do the De-Churched Need the Church?
Uncategorized, church leadership, Church Planting, de-churched, missional church, missional church plantingHalf of my church plant is comprised of people who’ve never really grown up with a church community. We gather monthly, and at one service I had the audacity to experiment. I broke the room up into sections based on religious affiliation...
Mid-Sized Communities for Mission
Uncategorized, Church Planting, free webinar, Mid-Sized Communities, missional church planting, Movement, the V3 MovementWhat is a Mid-size Community? The Church is familiar with small groups but mid-size communities are another story. We need to explore an old but new vehicle for being present in the world, for the sake of God’s mission. Belonging is ea...
Disruptions in Creating
Apostles, Pastors, Prophets, Uncategorized, Church Planting, disruption, failure, innovation, kenosis, missional community, missional theology, Movement, riskThe way Christians die is the most contagious aspect of what being a Christian means. – William Frazier a Maryknoll Priest I can’t help it, I just love starting new things. I always love getting in at the ground level of something new...
How to Know When It's Time to Quit Your Church Plant
Uncategorized, church leadership, Church Planting, discernment, v3 movementI recently talked with a church planting couple I used to coach, and they’re planning to shut down their church plant and move on to something new. This might seem like the worst ending to a church planting story, but I actually encourag...
Discerning the Way Ahead
Uncategorized, christian community, discernment, reflection, Spritiual Practices, The Gift of WonderJanuary is a month of discernment for me. I don’t just make resolutions I spend considerable time discerning God’s path ahead and working out how I will keep myself on track. It is something I think every Christian community should c...
Awakenings Gathering Pre-Con with V3
UncategorizedSTARTING MISSIONAL CHURCHES FROM SCRATCH New passion is bubbling up around the world to birth new faith communities that take the neighborhood seriously. There is a growing groundswell of leaders discovering the abundant possibilities of...
Become More Attached to Your Place
Uncategorized, missional church, missional church planting, Missional Leadership, Missional-Incarnational, neighborhood, Neighborhood Church, Place-based Church[The following is a guest post from our friend Steve MacDouell. Steve teaches at Fanshawe College, is the co-founder of Good City Co., as well as a Senior Editor at The Localist. He is from Woodfield—a neighborhood in Central L...
Spiritual Friendship
UncategorizedDiscerning God’s direction in life is tricky business. The culture that surrounds us, the opinions and prerogatives of others, and the noise of our own hearts makes it difficult to hear God’s path many times. We need friends to help ...
Epiphany
Uncategorizede·piph·a·ny manifestation or appearance a moment of sudden revelation or insight. My family will celebrate anything. No, really, anything. All the major holidays, of course, but also the first/last day of school, the longest/shortest ...
