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Discipleship Foundations Mission Missional Community

July 29, 2021

3 Key Environments to All-of-Life Discipleship

All-of-life discipleship—learning to follow, trust, and obey Jesus in the everyday stuff of life and training others to do the same—requires submitting to and obeying God’s Word in three key environments: life on life, life in community, and life…

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Saturate Podcast

July 28, 2021

Genuine Community with Trillia Newbell, Daniel Im, Jeff Christopherson, and Atanasio Segovia

In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Ben Connelly talks with Trillia Newbell, Daniel Im, Jeff Christopherson, Atanasio Segovia about his recent book, Genuine Community. The church isn’t meant to be a collection of strangers. God intends for you to…

Discipleship Family Missional Community

July 27, 2021

Jesus is Both the Motive and the Goal

This is an excerpt of Chapter One from Ben Connelly's newest book A Field Guide for Genuine Community, © Moody Publishers, 2021. Get your copy here or wherever you buy books. “We've Filed for Divorce.” That bombshell froze…

Discipleship Gospel Identity Mission

July 20, 2021

A Life of Discipleship

Part of our own discipleship is “paying it forward”: seeing God not only work in us, for our own discipleship, but also seeing him work through us, for others’ discipleship The person and work of Jesus cannot remain as…

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Discipleship Family Missional Community

July 15, 2021

We Are a Spiritual Family

This is an excerpt of Chapter One from Ben Connelly's newest book A Field Guide for Genuine Community, © Moody Publishers, 2021. Get your copy here or wherever you buy books. Throughout over twenty years of helping lead…

Saturate Podcast

July 14, 2021

Genuine Community with Bob Goff, Doug Logan, and Melissa Ice

In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Ben Connelly talks with Bob Goff, Doug Logan, and Melissa Ice about his recent book, Genuine Community. We all know that a church is supposed to be a community. The trick is to…

Everyday Rhythms Gospel Missional Community Missionary

July 13, 2021

Hospitality As Mission

As we enter in and entwine our lives with others through the practice of hospitality we get to experience both the "sweet" and "hard" of following Jesus. We get a taste of the Kingdom and we get to show…

Everyday Rhythms Family Mission Missionary Servant

July 8, 2021

The Trials of Incarnational Living

How many times have I thought, “Lord, why did you call me to this?” A little over a year ago my family moved into the overlooked neighborhood our missional community had been serving for four years—the same neighborhood where…

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Church Discipleship Family Gospel Missional Community

July 6, 2021

There Must Be Something More

This is an excerpt of Chapter One from Ben Connelly's newest book A Field Guide for Genuine Community, © Moody Publishers, 2021. Get your copy here or wherever you buy books. Most of the Bible’s commands that translate into…

Bible & Theology Church Coaching Discipleship Gospel Leadership Pastoring Spiritual Growth

June 29, 2021

5 Ways To Equip Disciples as Gospel Ministers

Church leader? Your job is not to do the ministry for the church, but to equip the church to be gospel ministers. Habakkuk 2:14 speaks of a day when “The knowledge of the glory of the Lord will cover the…

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Church Family Missionary

June 24, 2021

From Spiritual Orphans to Spiritual Sons

JTNDaWZyYW1lJTIwd2lkdGglM0QlMjI1NjAlMjIlMjBoZWlnaHQlM0QlMjIzMTUlMjIlMjBzcmMlM0QlMjJodHRwcyUzQSUyRiUyRnd3dy55b3V0dWJlLmNvbSUyRmVtYmVkJTJGOVlTYWZXZ3lOLVElMjIlMjB0aXRsZSUzRCUyMllvdVR1YmUlMjB2aWRlbyUyMHBsYXllciUyMiUyMGZyYW1lYm9yZGVyJTNEJTIyMCUyMiUyMGFsbG93JTNEJTIyYWNjZWxlcm9tZXRlciUzQiUyMGF1dG9wbGF5JTNCJTIwY2xpcGJvYXJkLXdyaXRlJTNCJTIwZW5jcnlwdGVkLW1lZGlhJTNCJTIwZ3lyb3Njb3BlJTNCJTIwcGljdHVyZS1pbi1waWN0dXJlJTIyJTIwYWxsb3dmdWxsc2NyZWVuJTNFJTNDJTJGaWZyYW1lJTNF Spiritual Orphans "How many of you have been mentored?". "Not really" answered the majority of the mexican pastors on the call. The question and answers illustrate a common problem in the Latino Church. When it comes to leaders,…

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Church Gospel Pastoring Spiritual Growth

June 22, 2021

Recovering My Humanity

This fall, Jeff Schulte, founder of Tin Man ministries and Jeff Vanderstelt will be hosting Gospel Fluency for the Heart events. These events are designed to help us learn how to re-engage our emotions, experience Jesus as the healer…

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Church Discipleship Foundations Missional Community

June 16, 2021

Why Join Soma School?

Soma School is a gospel-centered, missional ecclesiology immersion experience which exists to see pastors, planters, and leaders thoroughly gripped by the gospel. Soma School is a combination of white-board theology sessions, personal processing, and immersion within the life of a…

Discipleship Foundations Gospel Holy Spirit Missional Community Spiritual Growth

June 14, 2021

How Do Spiritual Gifts Help Us Make Disciples?

Today we are releasing a sneak peek at one of four new videos in the Q+A series with Jeff Vanderstelt. We love getting to interact with your questions at live events, and want to bring that experience online through…

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Discipleship Mission Missional Community Missionary

June 10, 2021

Jesus’ Call to Come as We Are

Prior to meeting Jesus, we were lost and broken in desperate need for a Savior. However, such a necessity was not bound to our pre-salvific state. As believers who securely hold salvation by the name of Christ and are…

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Church Planting Everyday Rhythms Family Mission Missionary

June 8, 2021

Following God on Mission in Queretaro, Mexico

The Story of Soma Queretaro "How are we going to do this?" my friend asked after agreeing to join me in planting a church in Queretaro City, Mexico. It was clear that this was not a simple move from one…

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Mission Missional Community Missionary

June 3, 2021

The Call to Mission

Regardless of which ditch we have a tendency to fall in, regardless if we are more like Child 1 or Child 2, God in His love pursues us and sanctifies us with His grace and His truth as He…

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Church Leadership

June 1, 2021

A Lament Over the Disunity of the Church

Author’s Note: I love the Church. When and where she is healthy, I celebrate with joy. Where she remains broken and dysfunctional, I grieve with a pain that is emotional, spiritual, and deeply personal. She often hurts me, and…

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En Español Liderazgo Plantación de Iglesia Recursos

May 28, 2021

20 Expectativas del Equipo Plantador

20 Expectativas del Equipo Plantador Muchos de los problemas que encuentra una iglesia años después de haber sido plantada, son causados por expectativas incumplidas desde sus primeros días. Este recurso ayuda a los plantadores de iglesias a evitar este error…

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Church Discipleship Pastoring Spiritual Growth

May 27, 2021

We Choose Exhaustion

Throughout the years, I have come across a growing number of people on the cusp of burnout in communities and organizations across the spectrum of the gospel-centered discipleship movement. Many were close friends, few were acquaintances, and one of them…

Discipleship Foundations Gospel Missional Community

May 25, 2021

How Do You Hear From God?

Today we are offering a second sneak peek video into a new series with Jeff Vanderstelt that dives into your most asked questions. We love getting to interact with your questions at live events and have been encouraged by your response…

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Discipleship Gospel Shepherding Life Issues Spiritual Growth

May 20, 2021

Living on Mission This Summer

School is wrapping up, the days are getting longer, and with COVID restrictions easing, we are looking forward to making the most of this summer! Plans are being made for vacations, weddings, camping trips, family reunions, and playing in…

Discipleship Foundations Gospel Missional Community

May 19, 2021

Are Missional Communities Just a Passing Fad?

We love getting to interact with your questions at live events and this year we are bringing that experience online in our new Q+A Series. How do you disciple in a busy, individualistic culture? How do you learn to…

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Saturate Podcast

May 19, 2021

Leading the Church Post Crisis

In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Duke Revard talks with Dawson Jones about leading the church post-crisis. When things go wrong, people quickly become disoriented. Leaders are responsible to gain clarity and to reorient people into a new reality.…

Gospel Leadership Spiritual Growth

May 13, 2021

Toss Your Net

After working tirelessly only to see so many potential hopes, dreams, and plans for ministry fall apart, this past year has left many burnt-out and tempted to question their direction from the Lord. Additionally difficult, our culture has fostered…

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Faith and Work Missionary

May 11, 2021

Gospel Saturation through Education

Do you want to see your community saturated with the gospel? A great place to start is considering how your vocation can promote the flourishing of your community and making disciples. In this guest blog post, Daniel McDonald shares…

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Discipleship Gospel Shepherding Life Issues Spiritual Growth

May 6, 2021

A Call to Taste the Bread of Life

“Who will help me plant my seeds?” asked the Little Red Hen. “Not I,” said the dog. “Not I,” said the cat. “Not I,” said the duck. “Then, I will plant them myself,” said the Little Red Hen, and…

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Saturate Podcast

May 5, 2021

What We Measure While on the Mission

In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Duke Revard talks with Jared Pickney on the critical role of metrics as we pursue the Great Commission together. People work on what you measure, people duplicate what you celebrate. Jared shares how…

Church Church Planting Multiplication

May 4, 2021

One Thing Many Pastors Lack

One thing that many pastors say they lack is true, deep friendships. Many don't feel they have peers in ministry; several feel like they have allies, but not true confidants. A priority in Saturate's Regional Residencies is to develop…

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