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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.
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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?
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 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 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.
September 8, 2020
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Crossroads Discernment Toolkit: Not Just for Hard Times
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.
August 28, 2020
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The History of the Crossroads Discernment Toolkit
Designed to equip churches for Spirit-led, group-engaged, mission-oriented discernment, the Crossroads Discernment Toolkit was birthed out of a unique collaboration between Resonate Global Mission and the CRCNA's Pastor Church Resources.
August 17, 2020
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Moved 4 Ways: Confession and Renewing Your Congregation
Could it be that without confession there can't really be deep renewal?
August 17, 2020
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Is Your Congregation Vibrant?
Building a Vibrant Congregation is about living out God’s amazing vision of the way things are supposed to be.
August 5, 2020
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The Church Without Jesus
The church must have Jesus, not artificially wrapped through human thought, but who lives from the beginning until now and forever.
July 29, 2020
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'Resilience' Is a Beautiful Word
As we anticipate society “going back to normal,” I encourage you to consider what ways your church has shown resilience. In what ways are you healthier because of how you adapted?
July 24, 2020
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Restart Churches: Seeing What’s Next for your Congregation
Restart Churches gives important insights into how churches can wisely and practically restart their life as a congregation.
July 9, 2020
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A First Step for Making the Missional Shift
How do churches move from a consumer to a missionary mentality? This missional shift is far from easy and will take a long time, but here's one important first step.
June 29, 2020
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A Thought on the Age of Apostasy
While experiencing the crisis of COVID-19, I felt the preciousness and the necessity of true worship.
June 11, 2020
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Scattered: Leveraging the Decentralization of the Moment
Jesus' kingdom is a decentralized kingdom. How might that shape church life through COVID-19 and beyond?
July 9, 2019
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On the Journey of Belonging
This journey started over thirty years ago when we received a call from a mom who asked us if her son could come to our church. Today, twenty five percent of our congregation is persons with developmental disabilities.
April 29, 2019
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Discussing Church Planting and Revitalization at Inspire 2019
What does it look like to strengthen our churches and bring a robust gospel to our communities? We'll be discussing this important topic at Inspire 2019 in August.
January 31, 2019
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Classis Renewal - Church Planting and Revitalization Need to Go Together
Church Planters tend to think church planting is the only way to go. Those in established churches tend to be more concerned about church renewal. Is there a middle ground between the two?
September 19, 2018
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With Eyes That See and Hearts of Love: Wisdom on Sharing the Gospel
The second post in a series of three on Reformed evangelism, focusing on the teaching of J.H. Bavinck in his book, An Introduction to the Science of Missions.
September 10, 2018
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A Call To Reformed Evangelism
Evangelism serves the building of the Church, and the building of the Church provides the foundation for witnessing to the Kingdom of God in all of life, and such witness fulfills our created purpose as image-bearers of God in His world.
August 21, 2018
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Healthy Missional Leaders Will Change Your Church
I have conducted a number of job interviews in which I noticed that I could tell within ten minutes if the candidate has participated in FaithWalking. How? These candidates are well differentiated, they handle conflict in healthy ways, they listen carefully, and they know themselves well.
August 7, 2018
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Staying Connected With Sporadic Attenders
Self-identified North American church goers attend church, on average, just once per month. Providence CRC recognized this challenge and is choosing a proactive approach to keep people connected even when they not present on Sunday mornings.
July 30, 2018
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Deacons and Church Renewal
Most churches experiencing church-wide renewal also experience renewal among their deacons. They move away from financial management, administration and governance and toward stewardship, mercy and the pursuit of justice.