https://network.crcna.org/ The Network en Sat, 20 Apr 2024 05:05:34 +0000 Thu, 02 May 2019 14:40:20 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/church-renewal/best-practices/one-small-word-changing-missions One small word can change the entire paradigm of missions at your church. Don’t believe me? Read on! A pastor spent months, even years, praying for mission opportunities for his church. He prayed, “Lord, send us the people that nobody else wants to serve.”  Amy Schenkel https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/church-renewal/best-practices/one-small-word-changing-missions Thu, 02 May 2019 14:40:20 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/church-renewal/missional-steps-churches This is the time of year when many of us make New Year’s resolutions that are intended to be life-changing. The challenge is that most life change does not happen overnight! Amy Schenkel https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/church-renewal/missional-steps-churches Tue, 08 Jan 2019 19:55:11 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/church-renewal/healthy-missional-leaders-will-change-your-church “We live in a reactive culture where even the most well-intentioned people behave in less than healthy ways... Amy Schenkel https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/church-renewal/healthy-missional-leaders-will-change-your-church Tue, 21 Aug 2018 19:58:20 +0000 https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/church-renewal/urgency-change As a mom with two children who now drive themselves, I do not miss the stage of life when I had to get them both out the door to the bus on time five mornings a week. My efforts to create urgency (“You’re going to miss the bus! I can’t drive you today because I have to get to work! Amy Schenkel https://network.crcna.org/topic/church-strategy-mission/church-renewal/urgency-change Tue, 26 Jun 2018 13:56:19 +0000