V3 Blog
New Call, Who ‘Dis?
Pastors, church leadership, Discipleship, Missional Leadership, ResourcesI officially started my new call as the head pastor on July 1st, 2022. I am all official now, reverend and everything. It has been a really long road for me to get to where I am and I am so thankful to be here. Overall, the people have b...
Cultivating a Culture of Sabbath
UncategorizedWhen I was on staff at a larger church some years ago, there was a mandatory requirement of each staff member every seven weeks to take a Sunday off. Completely off. We were highly encouraged to not even step foot in the building. Rather...
New Paradigms in Church Planting: Freeing Our Imagination to Plant Differently
Uncategorized, church leadership, church planter, Church Planting, church planting conference, missional church, missional church planting, Missional LeadershipWe (Eun Strawser and I) are excited to host this church planting pre-conference at Awakenings 2023 in Chicago, IL in April. Together we will look at the following shifts to help us imagine a new way to plant in our current cultural momen...
How Should We Gather?
Uncategorized, church leadership, church planter, Church Planting, Community Formation, Discipleship, missional church, missional church planting, missional discipleship, Missional Leadership, post-pandemicHow have church gatherings changed as a result of the global pandemic? I am making an assumption here, of course, that your community has changed in some manner in an effort to connect to the needs of marginalized people, particularly th...
Build a Better Mousetrap?
Uncategorized, church leadership, church planter, Church Planting, Community Formation, Discipleship, missional church, missional church planting, missional discipleship, Missional Leadership, post-pandemicThe well-known idiom, “if you build a better mousetrap, the world will beat a path to your door” is often attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson. What he actually said was, “If a man has good corn or wood, or boards, or pigs to sell, or...
Come and Follow Me
Uncategorized, church leadership, church planter, Church Planting, Community Formation, Discipleship, missional church, missional church planting, missional discipleship, Missional LeadershipAs Jesus walked beside the Sea of Galilee, he saw Simon and his brother Andrew casting a net into the lake, for they were fishermen. “Come, follow me,” Jesus said, “and I will send you out to fish for people.” At once they left t...
Reclamation Bread
Uncategorized, church leadership, church planter, Church Planting, Community Formation, missional church, missional church planting, Missional LeadershipWhen I ended my previous ministry, I took up the spiritual practice of baking bread. It wasn’t entirely new to me; I had made bread plenty of times before. This time, though, I had a strong sense that the Spirit was inviting me to exper...
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...
