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Bob Hyatt

Preaching When Everything Has Changed Bob Hyatt | 6 Jan 2021 About 20 years ago I was helping out a friend who was the young adults pastor at a medium-sized church in the Portland, OR area. The pastor and main Sunday...
Becoming a Distributed Church without Becoming a VIRTUAL Church. Bob Hyatt | 1 Apr 2020 One of the things I have thought a lot about over the last two decades is the intersection of technology and church, particularly as it relates to how church communities...
An Ash Wednesday Meditation Bob Hyatt | 26 Feb 2020 Ash Wednesday begins Lent by reminding us that the journey towards the Cross is one every Christ-follower must make- step by step, selfish impulse by selfish impulse. And Ash Wednesday also reminds us that the time is finite, limited because it reminds us of our mortality.
FX Resource: Creating a Culture of Multiplication in the Inherited Church Bob Hyatt | 14 Feb 2020 Many average-sized churches have assumed that they don’t have the resources or numbers to plant new churches. But what if you don’t have to have a congregation of 1000+ to...
New- Michael Beck on the Blended Ecology (Listen) Bob Hyatt | 10 Feb 2020 Thinking Outside the Church: Episode 3 “Blended Ecology (Both/And Church)” Ben talks with Michael Beck, who is the Director of Remissioning at Fresh Expressions, and the co-pastor Wildwood United Methodist...
FX Resource: How to Raise Up Church Leaders for Uncharted Territory Bob Hyatt | 31 Jan 2020 In traditional models of church, leadership is a matter of training people to take charge in the existing system. But in a new, fresh expression of church you can’t take...
FX Resource: Essential Keys for Coaching Pioneer Leaders Bob Hyatt | 24 Jan 2020 “What would it look like for you to move this idea to action?” The question was the kick in the pants I needed from a coach who had helped me...
FX Resource: How “Normal” People Can Become Pioneering Missionaries Bob Hyatt | 17 Jan 2020 What is the difference between Pioneering Missionaries and “Normal” People? Not much. In fact, Pete Atkins has been training normal people for years to pioneer fresh expressions of church for their friends...
How Fresh Expressions Demonstrate Something Vital Bob Hyatt | 28 Jan 2019 One of the most beautiful things about fresh expressions is that they make the God of the Universe, the God who is present to all of us, more accessible to people who would never walk into a traditional church service for one reason or another.

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