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New Podcast Alert! Rural Renewal Launches March 13 20 Feb 2023 Revival is happening in small-town churches. Many of Jesus’ followers across rural regions are uncovering exciting possibilities as they explore creative and practical approaches to loving their neighbors. Hosted by...
Redeeming Denominational Division: What To Do When You’ve Lost Your Spiritual Home 13 Feb 2023 This article is co-written by Christopher Backert and Michael Beck. In a few years, when we look back on the last three decades, one of the most significant forces shaping...
Why Rural Churches Need Fresh Expressions with Tyler Kleeberger 8 Feb 2023 Rural Churches in North America are facing an overwhelming variety of difficulties. How might a fresh expressions help? In this episode, you’ll gain a deeper understanding of how the fresh...
Five Things You Already Do That Could Become a Fresh Expression of Church Kris Beckert | 6 Feb 2023 Discover how to use common church activities as a starting point for fresh expressions of church. Learn about five possibilities, from church league softball to Christmas pageants, and how they can help you connect with non-believers and build relationships. Start reaching out to your community today!
An Anglican and Pentecostal on How to Pray with Verlon Fosner & Jon Davis 25 Jan 2023 Why is it that some pray to great effect, while others see little, and still others struggle to pray at all? Verlon Fosner and Jon Davis come from vastly different Christian traditions,...
“Why,” “Cravings” and Other Essential Starting Points for Ministry Leaders with No Leadership Team Jon Davis | 22 Jan 2023 We know for any organization to survive and prosper you need to have a team of people working together. Maybe you don’t currently have a team but you know you...
Five Lessons Learned From a Church Embedded in The Walt Disney Company Steven Barr | 17 Jan 2023 Could you imagine a church family of more than 1,600 people actively growing as disciples, spread across six continents, in multiple cultural settings and languages, without a building or a single paid staff?
Liturgical Mission with Winfield Bevins 11 Jan 2023 Modern missional movements have often viewed the historic Christian traditions with suspicion. The old traditions may be beautiful, the thinking goes, but they’re too insular, focused primarily on worship and...
Blinded By the Light? It’s a good thing. Kris Beckert | 18 Dec 2022 Several years ago, the church I served held a summer outdoor movie series for the community. There were some nights we had to wait until almost 9pm to start the...
Love Languages and Church Remissioning with Michael Beck 14 Dec 2022 What if the key to congregational renewal is knowing their “love language?” Michael Beck, in his efforts to help three different congregations experience renewal, learned that different churches are different. In...
When Discipleship Is More Than A Class Matt Lake | 12 Dec 2022 Life is filled with significant lessons. When you think back over your life, what would you say are some of the biggest lessons you have learned? Even more importantly, how...
Advent: Sometimes it’s a both/and Kris Beckert | 11 Dec 2022 One of my favorite trails in the park near my house growing up was a connector trail from the main parking area that crossed a dam and led to a...

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