Todd Engstrom, Author at Saturate

Church Discipleship Foundations Leadership Multiplication Pastoring Transitioning

June 20, 2019

The Tension between Organic and Structured Disciple-making

This is an excerpt from a live Question + Response session in our newly launched Missional Church Transition Starter. Did your team ever experience tension between people who want to make disciples, but want it to be organic vs. structured?…

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February 7, 2019

Moving Toward Mission without Division

This is an excerpt from a live Question + Response session in our newly launched Missional Church Transition Starter. How do you continue to move your church into the missional mindset when thirty percent of your church doesn’t want to…

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Church Leadership Pastoring Transitioning

February 22, 2018

Where Are We Now?

Where Are We Now? So we killed missional culture by assuming the gospel, by casting vision without practices, and finally by not loving consumers. Here’s what you can conclude from this series – The Austin Stone is one messed up church. We’ve made…

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Church Leadership Missional Community Pastoring Transitioning

February 15, 2018

We Didn’t Love Consumers

So to this point, we’d committed two cardinal sins – we assumed the gospel, we cast vision without practices. But what about the final group of people we had, that 30% who stuck their heads in the sand when we cast…

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Church Leadership Mission Pastoring Transitioning

February 8, 2018

Casting Vision Without Practice

The first way we killed missional culture was assuming the gospel. Keeping the gospel central also helped the 60% who were frustrated, but we learned another lesson with that group of people.

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Church Gospel Missional Community Pastoring Transitioning

January 30, 2018

We Assumed the Gospel

Read the first post in this series here. May I implore you to learn from our mistakes – don’t ever assume the gospel. In your pulpits, in your core team gatherings, in your elder meetings, or in any ministry environment…

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Church Mission Missional Community Pastoring Transitioning

January 23, 2018

Killing Missional Culture

We had the best of intentions, but had some pretty poor results. In our zeal for movement, we did some serious damage to the people God had entrusted us with. I have been a part of The Austin Stone for almost…

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Church Leadership Missional Community Pastoring Transitioning

October 26, 2017

Institutionalizing the Change

If there is one thing I have learned in the transition to missional community, it is “practice the art of assuming nothing”. Never assume that you, your team, your leaders, or your church have it figured out! To make…

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Church Leadership Missional Community Pastoring Transitioning

October 19, 2017

Building on the Change

Catch part eight of this series here. More important than desiring the fruit of missional ministry is a core conviction that you can’t do ministry another way. At a certain point in the transition to missional communities, you have executed…

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October 12, 2017

Celebrating Wins

Catch part seven of this series here. If you simply report out percentages without stories attached, it is far too easy to forget that you are leading and discipling real people with real problems and the real Jesus is…

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Church Leadership Missional Community Pastoring Transitioning

October 5, 2017

Empowering Others to Act

Catch part six of this series here! One of the greatest barriers to the vision becoming reality is leaders not providing a simple, understandable way to live out the vision for missional communities. If you follow these steps and…

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September 28, 2017

Communicating the Vision for Missional Communities

Catch part five of this series here. Simply because everyone can articulate the same core values does not mean the vision has taken hold. After working hard to craft a vision for missional communities, you’ve got to start thinking about…

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Church Leadership Missional Community Missionary Pastoring Transitioning

September 21, 2017

Crafting a Vision for Missional Communities

Catch part four of this series here. It isn’t just about having a catchy phrase and some branding but having a fully-formed understanding of why you are making a transition and communicating it in a variety of different ways…

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Church Leadership Missional Community Missionary Pastoring Transitioning

September 14, 2017

Forming a Strategic Team to Lead Transition

Catch part two and part three of the series. This team you build needs to be more captivated that your church would become something, rather than simply excited about implementing a new strategy! After you have created a sense of urgency and convinced…

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Church Leadership Missional Community Missionary Pastoring Transitioning

September 7, 2017

Creating a Sense of Urgency

Catch part one and part two of the series. What is most important is open, honest and convincing dialogue about what is true from the Scriptures and where your church simply doesn’t match up. For change to happen, it helps…

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Church Community Leadership Pastoring Transitioning

August 31, 2017

Two Ways to Transition

Catch part one in the series HERE. Generally speaking, if you are considering a transition to missional communities in an existing church, there are two routes you can go: top down or bottom up. Each has their own pros and…

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Church Discipleship Leadership Mission Missional Community Missionary Pastoring Transitioning

August 24, 2017

Transitioning Your Church to Missional Communities

The vision of The Austin Stone has always been “to be a New Testament Church, existing for the supremacy of the name and purpose of Jesus Christ.” Early on as a church, we were committed to the authority of the Bible…

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Church Coaching Discipleship Leadership Missional Community Multiplication Spiritual Growth Transitioning

November 23, 2016

Transitioning Teams of Missionaries to Missional Communities

Enjoy this final post in Todd's Engstrom's short series on how to turn a "small group" culture into a "missional community" culture with the same group of people. In the last post, we looked at the move from small groups…

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November 16, 2016

Transitioning Small Groups to Teams of Missionaries

Post three in a short series on how to turn a "small group" culture into a "missional community" culture with the same group of people by Todd Engstrom. Read part four here. In the last post, we looked at…

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Coaching Discipleship Leadership Missional Community Spiritual Growth Transitioning

November 9, 2016

Transitioning Community Groups to Small Groups

Post two in a short series on how to turn a "small group" culture into a "missional community" culture with the same group of people by Todd Engstrom. Read part three here. In the last post, we looked at…

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November 2, 2016

Turning Group Culture With The Same Group of People

Post one in a short series by Todd Engstrom on how to turn a "small group" culture into a "missional community" culture with the same group of people. Read part two here. Community Group: The primary need of people in…

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