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The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill
As you listen to podcasts this summer, there's one you won't want to miss: Christianity Today's "The Rise and Fall of Mars Hill."
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May 28, 2021
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Consumerism is Obsolete
Consumerism is obsolete. Producer-ism is the new reality, and has been already for decades.
April 20, 2021
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Vibrant Congregations
Wherever you are in your church's life, Vibrant Congregations can assist you in discerning your path in ministry and mission.
April 16, 2021
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Discipleship in a Time of Pandemic
A conversation about wise ways to make disciples with some of the leadership team of City Church in Compton, California.
April 12, 2021
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Share Your Experiment!
How is your church experimenting as we come out of the pandemic? Share your experiment and receive a $10 gift card.
April 9, 2021
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A VW Bus, Your Congregation, and Renovation
Our churches have treasured traditions. How do we take those traditions into the 21st century?
April 4, 2021
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Easter is More than We Think - It’s a Whole New World
Easter is the good news of Jesus’ resurrection and the promise of the resurrection to eternal life for all who believe in him. But hidden from view is a greater and more stunning reality.
April 2, 2021
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Sign Me Up to Lose More
Congregations long for February 2020, but a recent Gallup poll (U.S.) shows 2020 as the end of a significant 20-year decline in church membership. To go back is to go the way of decrease.
March 28, 2021
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Can Your Congregation Envision Life Together? (Part 2)
In this post, we go deeper into helping congregations create a "Life Together" picture.
March 22, 2021
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Envisioning Life Together: A Simple Tool
What does life together look like in your congregation? Can members describe it? Creating a "Life Together" picture is one way to help them know.
March 15, 2021
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Three Podcasts to Make You a Masterpiece
Here are three podcasts that strengthen our ministry and carry the extraordinary diversity of God’s masterpiece.
March 6, 2021
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Beanie Babies and Staying Engaged in God’s Mission
How do we maintain enthusiasm for God's mission? Here are four Biblical truths to keep our love for God's mission alive in our congregations.
February 24, 2021
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Leading Renewal as Joyful, Playful Children of the Great King
Taking fresh steps in ministry and mission can be hard. We have to be rooted in being wanted, loved and adopted by God.
February 23, 2021
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Church Now Conversation With David Fitch (March 11)
This conversation will be helpful to pastors and leaders who want to engage a world that doesn't want to engage the church.
February 4, 2021
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Rediscovering Your Church's Call to Mission Begins With Prayer
Your church's calling is to be a light to the world. But how do you get started making plans to recover this purpose? It all starts with prayer.
October 21, 2020
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A Discernment Toolkit With Many Options for Many Seasons and Many Churches
The Crossroads Discernment Toolkit equips churches for Spirit-led, group-engaged, mission-oriented discernment during seasons when hard questions about mission and identity need to be asked and answered.
October 8, 2020
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Figuring Out God in the 21st Century: Deep Roots or New Path?
How do we see God in light of the crises that surround us? Do you look back to find him or look somewhere else?
October 1, 2020
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Is Facebook Evil? How About Tik Tok?
Is Facebook evil? How about Tik Tok? Take time and learn from two resources and decide on your own.
September 28, 2020
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A Prayer for Love
This prayer can help us keep our focus on our neighbor.
September 23, 2020
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Letting Go to Let God Lead: A Crossroads Opportunity (The Mayfair Story)
The Crossroads Discernment Toolkit equips churches for Spirit-led, group-engaged, mission-oriented discernment during seasons when hard questions about mission and identity need to be asked and answered.
September 23, 2020
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Your Church Council: The Nucleus of Renewal?
In Charles Olson's book, Transforming Church Boards into Communities of Spiritual Leaders, he asks: what if there is another way of looking at the work of the church council?
September 20, 2020
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What Divides Us - The Bible and Providence?
Mark Noll’s powerful and insightful book The Civil War as a Theological Crisis resonates with struggles of our day.
September 17, 2020
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Where Is Everybody?
Average church attendance hovered around 50% of what they usually could expect in the summer. Surely things would bounce back in the fall, right? Looks like probably not. So what next?
September 15, 2020
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Unity Is Beyond Us...but God Does What Is Beyond Us
A Prayer for God's work in us to make us one, as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are one.
September 14, 2020
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Meet Winston Visser: Newly-Appointed Catalyzer, Outreach Ministry Developer for Classis Eastern Canada
“Why do we do church in the ways that we do?” The possibilities are as many as the contexts in which we find ourselves.