More by David Achata

by David Achata 0

0

DiscipleshipFoundationsGospelHoly SpiritIdentityLeadershipPastoring

July 12, 2018

Uniquely Positioned

  “Calling is the truth that God calls us to himself so decisively that everything we are, everything we do, and everything we have is invested with a special devotion… to his summons and service.”  —Os Guinness, The Call In…

Read More

by David Achata 2

0

DiscipleshipGospelIdentityLeadershipMissionPastoringSpiritual Growth

July 5, 2018

God’s Calling, Man’s Driving

  If you’re a leader reading this, be encouraged: your mission is to teach people to be content with waiting on the Lord. “For consider your calling, brothers; not many of you were wise according to worldly standards, not many…

Read More

by David Achata 0

0

Church PlantingCoachingLeadershipMissional CommunityPastoring

June 7, 2018

The Right Questions

  This is a guest post by Brian Ottinger. Brian is a pastor and planter of a new missional community church in Charlotte, NC called Convergence Church. The Lord saved Brian in a radical way over seven years ago. God…

Read More

by David Achata 0

0

CoachingLeadershipPastoringTransitioning

May 24, 2018

From Vision to Reality

  My name is Marshall Benbow, and I am the discipleship pastor at Grace Community Church in Greensboro, NC. We are a church of about 500 in a Bible Belt city of about 250,000 people. Over the years through the…

Read More

by David Achata 0

0

CoachingDiscipleshipHoly SpiritLeadershipPastoringTransitioning

April 12, 2018

Why Coaching is Essential to Movements

Getting the church to be what it was meant to be—a family on mission—doesn’t happen only through teaching and talking. People already have enough information; they need application. One of the first ministry opportunities I ever had was to lead…

Read More

by David Achata 0

0

ChurchCoachingLeadershipPastoringTransitioning

March 27, 2018

When You’re On a Larger Team

  This is a guest post by Aaron Kampman. Aaron has been part of a Saturate coaching cohort for a little over a year.  As a former NFL athlete,  Aaron has a lot of experience with coaching and its benefits.  From high school through…

Read More

by David Achata 0

0

Church PlantingCoachingDiscipleshipFoundationsLeadershipPastoringTransitioning

March 20, 2018

Coaching Like a Ninja

  This is a guest post by Brian Mease. Brian is a husband and father of 3, has been in Pastoral Ministry for over 15 years.  As a graduate of Liberty University and a seminary dropout, his truest ministry passion is…

Read More

by David Achata 0

0

CoachingDiscipleshipFoundationsLeadershipPastoringTransitioningUncategorized

March 13, 2018

You Don’t Know What You Don’t Know

  This is a guest post by Johnathan Schroeder.  Johnathan is husband to Jill and the father of Judah (7) and Jessah (2). In 1995 God began a work in Johnathan, God showed Johnathan his useless pursuit of acceptance and…

Read More

by David Achata 0

0

ChurchCoachingLeadershipPastoringTransitioning

March 6, 2018

Revealing a Better Teacher

This is a guest post by Nick Crawford. Nick serves as the Family & Groups Pastor at Fondren Church in Jackson, Mississippi, where he works to see disciples made, matured, and multiplied across all generations. Nick came to Jackson from…

Read More

by David Achata 0

0

CoachingDiscipleshipGospelLeadershipPastoring

February 20, 2018

The Call and the Commission

  When Jesus's commissions are read together, we get a more accurate picture of a King who cares for the broken. If our strategies don’t include the care and healing of the whole man, we’ve missed the real commission. Discipleship is about more than beliefs and practices, it’s the process of…

Read More

by David Achata 1

0

CoachingDiscipleshipLeadershipPastoring

December 26, 2017

The Call & The Confusion

  This is why the answer to helping others reach maturity isn’t more training, but more shared life. It’s in the sharing that we offer up our lives as Jesus offered up His life for us. What if the key…

Read More

by David Achata 1

0

DiscipleshipFoundationsGospelHoly SpiritIdentityMissionSpiritual Growth

November 16, 2017

The Call & The Power

  Apart from God’s miraculous intervention, my teaching will only go so far. Our methods alone are dead ends. We’ve got to pray for this power. “For the weapons of our warfare are not of the flesh but have divine…

Read More

by David Achata 0

0

DiscipleshipGospel ShepherdingMissional CommunitySpiritual Growth

October 3, 2017

The Call & The Wilderness

  Scripture shows consistently that when God calls someone, he sends them to the wilderness. If it’s an important enough category for God, then we need one too.  Moses, Israel, David, Elijah, the Apostle Paul, even Jesus all were sent…

Read More

by David Achata 0

0

CommunityDiscipleshipFamilyGospel ShepherdingHoly SpiritIdentityLeadershipMissional CommunityMissionaryPastoringServantSpiritual Growth

August 22, 2017

Spirit Doctor

  Leaders, please set aside your objective plans for a moment. Helping people address their inner lives is probably the most important thing you’ll ever do. Many years ago I took my first trip to West Africa. On one of…

Read More

by David Achata

0

ChurchLeadershipMissional CommunityPastoringTransitioning

July 11, 2017

But, How Do We Do It?

  We’re excited to share a resource that’s been many years in the making. But, How Do We Do It? comes as a result of many years of consulting with churches looking to be faithful to their mandate to make disciples…

Read More

by David Achata 2

0

Bible & TheologyCommunityDiscipleshipLeadershipMissional CommunitySpiritual Growth

June 1, 2017

Do You Want To Leave?

  The bi-line of this blog states that this post was written by me, David Achata. Really it's a collective piece my wife, Amy, and I wrote together. I'm amending the bio for this post to read officially, "Written by David and Amy Achata."…

Read More

by David Achata 0

0

Bible & TheologyDiscipleshipFaith and WorkHoly SpiritIdentityLeadershipPrayerSpiritual GrowthUncategorized

May 4, 2017

Re-Ordering Your Loves

  Restlessness is an indicator that something’s gotten out of whack. (Part three in the Everyday Sabbath Rest series from David Achata.) About 1,600 years ago, Augustine of Hippo prayed to God, saying, “You have made us for yourself, and our…

Read More

by David Achata 0

0

CommunityDiscipleshipHoly SpiritIdentityLeadershipMissional CommunityPrayerSpiritual Growth

April 6, 2017

Making Space for Heart Renewal

  (Part two in the Everyday Sabbath Rest series from David Achata.) The Holy Spirit grows people so they can work from a rested place. We’re prone to unbelief. Doubting God is in charge and that He’ll care for the needs of…

Read More

by David Achata 0

0

Bible & TheologyDiscipleshipEveryday RhythmsGospelIdentityLeadershipLife IssuesMissionMissional CommunityMissionaryPrayer

March 9, 2017

There Is Rest Waiting For You

A non-rested person has little capacity to live in Christ’s way. Like the first disciples, what many of us need is for Jesus to stand and still the storm (Mark 4:35–41). And like those first disciples, standing in awe of who…

Read More

by David Achata 0

0

ApologeticsArts & CultureBible & TheologyDomains of SocietyFaith and WorkFoundationsIdentityMissionary

February 1, 2017

Work as Spiritual

  Whether you’re a student, a stay-at-home mom, or a white-collar executive, most of your life is spent working. Whatever your work, this means your Christian identity is almost always being formed under unideal and inconvenient circumstances. In times past,…

Read More

by David Achata 0

0

ApologeticsArts & CultureCommunityDiscipleshipDomains of SocietyFaith and WorkLeadershipMissionMissionarySpiritual Growth

January 3, 2017

Reweaving What Is Torn

  Where are the dry places that need life? Habakkuk 2:14 tells us a day is coming when the knowledge of the Glory of the Lord will fill the earth like the water covers the sea. Recently I woke early…

Read More

by David Achata 0

0

ChurchChurch PlantingCoachingHoly SpiritLeadershipMissional CommunityMultiplicationPastoringTransitioning

December 14, 2016

How is a Church-On-Mission Organized?

  (You can read the next part in the How Do We Do It series here.) Life is the program, and everyday is the mission.  At one of the recent Saturate Every Day events, Jeff Vanderstelt and I were answering…

Read More

by David Achata 0

0

Arts & CultureDomains of SocietyFaith and WorkGospelIdentity

November 30, 2016

Serve God By Serving Others

(Enjoy this first blog in a new series called Redeemed Work by David Achata. You can read part two here.) God changes our identity so our work is no longer about personal advancement. Recently I sat in a hotel bar with a…

Read More

by David Achata 0

0

CommunityDiscipleshipEveryday RhythmsIdentityLeadershipMissionMissional CommunityPrayer

November 7, 2016

Prayerful Planning for the Extrovert (and Introvert)

  In the world of missional communities and church-planting, there’s a real misconception that to be effective you’ve got to be blowing the doors off your house every week. I wasn’t born a planner, but out of necessity I’ve gotten…

Read More

by David Achata 0

0

Everyday RhythmsMissional Community

October 7, 2016

Unforced Rhythms of Grace

  Life has rhythms. Learning to go with these rhythms was how Jesus organized His life. Jesus criticized His opponents in this area once by saying, “You know how to interpret the appearance of earth and sky, but why do you…

Read More

by David Achata 0

0

GospelHoly SpiritLeadershipMissionMissional CommunityPrayer

September 12, 2016

You’re Starting a Missional Community? Listen.

  Being faithful isn’t a daily grind we have to strategize. “For the Father loves the Son and shows him all that he himself is doing.” John 5:20 This text is one of the most compelling parts of scripture. It’s…

Read More

by David Achata 0

0

ChurchChurch PlantingCoachingHoly SpiritLeadershipMissional CommunityMultiplicationPastoringTransitioning

August 23, 2016

But . . . How Do We Do It?

  (You can read the next part in the How Do We Do It series here.) The problem is that most people aren’t asking, not to mention listening.  When I became a part of the Soma Family of Churches, I…

Read More

by David Achata 0

0

ChurchLeadershipPastoring

July 11, 2016

Two Reasons Why Leaders Need Teams

  Life will bring unexpected hardship and, at some point, you will find yourself with diminished capacity. God’s design was that his children wouldn’t be alone—this design is spread all over the pages of scripture. For those called to the…

Read More

by David Achata 0

0

ChurchFamilyGospel ShepherdingHoly SpiritLeadershipPrayerSpiritual Growth

June 10, 2016

Making Decisions in Community

  Have you ever had to make a weighty decision on your own? It can be agonizing, wondering if you are going about it in the right way or not. Unfortunately, this is how most people make decisions in our…

Read More

by David Achata 0

0

ChurchCoachingDiscipleshipHoly SpiritLeadershipMissional CommunitySpiritual Growth

May 16, 2016

Why Are Questions So Powerful?

  Think back to some of your most powerful times of growth. Maybe a friend or mentor challenged something you said by asking, “how can that be true?” Maybe a spouse confronted you by saying, “tell me more about what…

Read More