On July 22-23, 2021, the Send Institute Missiologist Council held a two-day summit to discuss and develop a framework for…
No one should plant alone. Church planting is one of the most difficult and lonely callings there is. Over and over I meet aspiring…
Apples and Oranges? For some time now a conversation has been floating at the edge of denominational and church consulting circles. What should we…
Many missiologists, mission-minded church leaders, and practitioners have talked about the church engaging in the seven spheres of society. To refresh your memory on…
I had the honor of planting The City Church in Fort Worth ten years ago. I did not participate in a church planting residency…
We’re rapidly approaching a new stage in the COVID-19 pandemic that we might call the mid-term. Roughly defined, this is the span of time between this fall and early 2021. There are a couple of principles that I think are critical for you if you are going to develop leaders who are equipped to navigate
Persons also belong to societies, and anthropologists have long noted and studied the social institutions found in every culture. These social institutions together enable a society to grow and thrive but also to dominate and control. The first institution is that of association, which is the systems by which people connect to each other. We
The work of community engagement and organizing has become a crucial skill for church planting teams. During the pandemic, church leaders were faced with not only asking how their churches were doing but also how their communities were doing. Now to consider the theme of Holistic and Locally Present Engagement in the Long-Term, let’s begin with
What does it look like for us to launch decentralized churches once we are past the COVID-crisis? The pandemic has revealed that there is a significant over-reliance on the Sunday gathering in the ways we conceptualize the church. By placing too much emphasis here, we underestimate many of the other aspects of the life of
I have been home since March 13, 2020, a few days before the government called for “sheltering in place” nationwide. That is a total…