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Church Planting Discipleship Leadership Pastoring Prayer Spiritual Growth

November 3, 2022

Enjoying Jesus and Serving Jesus

Every good journey begins with a fresh awareness. An awakening perhaps. This article is written for those in ministry whose enjoyment of Jesus is missing in the current season. It is for those who deeply desire to ENJOY JESUS and…

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Discipleship Gospel Shepherding Mission Pastoring Spiritual Growth

October 11, 2022

Soul Care as Mission

I have a few friends that I meet with regularly that are not (currently) believers in Jesus. We grab coffee and talk about life, the world, and God. When we meet, I ask them about what’s going on in their…

by Jeff Vanderstelt 0

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Church Church Planting Discipleship Leadership Multiplication Pastoring Spiritual Growth

June 22, 2022

Equipping Disciples for Transformation

When you look at the equipping ministry of Jesus, and then consider common equipping practices today, it is clear that many of us have gaps in our approach. So much of our training merely informs people, leading them to gain…

by Micah Lang 0

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Church Discipleship Gospel Leadership Pastoring

June 6, 2022

A Call to Fight for the Joy of Unity

“Behold, how good and pleasant it is when brothers dwell in unity! It is like the precious oil on the head, running down on the beard, on the beard of Aaron, running down on the collar of his robes! It…

by Micah Lang 0

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Discipleship Leadership Pastoring Prayer Spiritual Growth

March 29, 2022

Pastor, Prioritize the “Mini-Retreat”

Craving a “Date” with Jesus Pastoral ministry comes with some of the greatest joys and deepest sorrows. I remember a particularly draining season, filled with all kinds of discouragements. I was doubting my own effectiveness at discipling others, feeling the…

by Jeff Vanderstelt 0

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Church Discipleship Leadership Pastoring

March 1, 2022

Culture Makers

Since the beginning of creation, humanity has been creating and cultivating—bringing into existence new ideas and new life, while simultaneously establishing a culture where ideas and life either flourish or flail. As Andy Crouch states in his book Culture Making,…

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Church Planting Discipleship Leadership Missional Community Pastoring Spiritual Growth

November 22, 2021

Missional Community Living

“For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven.” - King Solomon, Ecclesiastes 3:1 This past weekend my two boys and I road-tripped deep into Appalachia, passing through North Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, and Kentucky. Our…

by Jeff Vanderstelt 0

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Church Domains of Society Everyday Rhythms Gospel Leadership Mission Pastoring

November 15, 2021

Gospel City Hubs

We don’t go to church; we are the church. Our goal is not to get people to just come to our church gatherings. Our goal is to remind and equip the Church, God’s people, to be the means through which…

by Micah Lang 0

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Church Discipleship Leadership Pastoring

September 23, 2021

Pastor, Let Your Plans Get Interrupted

When Plans Get Interrupted I am bi-vocational. That means I regularly wish I had more time to devote to all that I need to do (and want to do). My first year as bi-vocational pastor of my church was a…

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Church Discipleship Leadership Pastoring

September 7, 2021

Deacons

We are so excited about the release of our newest resource “Strong Church: Video Series + Workbook” that we want to offer everyone a glimpse into this new content. The Strong Church Video Series + Workbook is designed to assist you,…

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Church Discipleship Leadership Pastoring

September 2, 2021

Leadership Development

We are so excited about the release of our newest resource "Strong Church: Video Series + Workbook" that we want to offer everyone a glimpse into this new content. The Strong Church Video Series + Workbook is designed to assist you,…

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Church Discipleship Gospel Leadership Pastoring

August 23, 2021

15 Commitments of a Strong Church

“WE ARE ALL START-UPS NOW” This was Andy Crouch’s insightful prediction early on about the coming fallout for organizations in light of the COVID-19 global pandemic. While many did not want to believe this was their situation, coming into Fall…

by Jeff Vanderstelt 0

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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 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 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…

by Kevin Platt 0

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Discipleship Foundations Gospel Missional Community Pastoring Spiritual Growth

February 24, 2021

What Story Am I a Part Of?

Written by Kevin Platt and Chris Gonzalez If you have ever led a missional community or a congregation of missional communities, you have fielded some form of at least a few, if not all, of these questions: Who is God?…

by Brad Watson 0

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Church Leadership Missional Community Pastoring

December 10, 2020

Leading Churches Through This COVID Season

This is Part 2. See more responses in the previous post here. We reached out to a few churches from different cities and contexts and asked them to share how they are navigating COVID. We hope their responses encourage…

by Jeff Vanderstelt 2

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Church Discipleship Gospel Leadership Pastoring Spiritual Growth

October 6, 2020

Our Job Is Not to Be Jesus

Pastoral ministry can be a hazardous occupation. Many get into this work with a noble and godly calling: to bring glory to Jesus by shepherding and equipping his flock to make disciples who make disciples. However, too many of…

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Leadership Pastoring Spiritual Growth

July 15, 2020

Practical Questions to Identify Leadership Idols

As a leader, I find my heart constantly running after new gods; the things in which I pursue greater satisfaction, greater security, and greater significance. Only Jesus can save me from such rampant idolatry. However, I must be intentional…

by Duke Revard 0

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Church Current Events Discipleship Gospel Missional Community Pastoring

April 27, 2020

Care in the Family of God

This post is part of a series on Caring and Sharing Hope during COVID-19. If you haven't yet, read the first post in the series here. What Might a “Care Call” Look Like? Prepare Well and Ask Good Questions…

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Church Current Events Discipleship Gospel Missional Community Pastoring

April 23, 2020

How to Care & Share Hope

What if the thing most remembered about 2020 was the way that the church responded? What if our churches became more famous for love, both internally and externally? After all, love — for God, for one another, for neighbors,…

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Church Current Events Gospel Leadership Pastoring Spiritual Growth Uncategorized

April 7, 2020

Leading Well

It was not a question I ever expected; it was not a question I ever thought I’d have to answer. A half-week into the COVID-19 lockdown, I ended an email to a pastor with the phrase, “Let me know…

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Church Planting Discipleship Foundations Leadership Multiplication Pastoring

March 3, 2020

Creating a Culture of Leadership Development

What are the most strategic ways to use your time in ministry? Next to corporate and individual prayer, I would argue that leadership development is the highest leverage way to spend your time. When others can do more, we…

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Church Church Planting Discipleship Gospel Identity Pastoring

February 3, 2020

The No. 1 Threat to Pastors and Church Planters

One of the (innumerable) benefits of reading through the Bible every year is that God causes me to notice different things than in previous years. As most pastors acknowledge, there is no end to the depths to which we…

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Church Church Planting Coaching Leadership Pastoring

January 29, 2020

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…

by Carey Crawford 0

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Church Mission Missional Community Multiplication Pastoring

January 6, 2020

The Multiplication Factor

Healthy families raise their children then send them out to begin families of their own. Healthy churches mature disciples then send them out to begin new faith families and start new churches. Picture this scenario. A married couple has…

by Michael Lum 0

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Discipleship Everyday Rhythms Gospel Missional Community Missionary Pastoring

October 15, 2019

Good Things and Good News

“As it is written: “How beautiful are the feet of those who bring good news! (Romans 10:15b)” How glorious a thought that God has invited us into His mission to seek and save the lost (Luke 19:10) through the…

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Discipleship Foundations Gospel Pastoring Spiritual Growth

August 12, 2019

Grace is Hard to Grasp

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Church Church Planting Domains of Society Gospel Pastoring

July 18, 2019

The Gospel Must Happen to Me

“Mexicano, que tu hace aquí”, the boy yelled from twenty feet away. The question hit me like a train. For the first time in three decades the question was not framed in a way that brought me shame, guilt,…

by Todd Engstrom 0

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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?…

by Brad Watson 0

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Church Discipleship Everyday Rhythms Gospel Mission Missional Community Pastoring

June 6, 2019

Rethink the Ideal Missional Community

The way the Spirit leads us and uses us will vary, but we can all participate in gospel communities on mission. When our missional community was just Mirela and me, mission was pretty simple. We shopped, ate, and recreated locally within…

by Abe Meysenburg 0

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Discipleship Foundations Gospel Pastoring Spiritual Growth

May 30, 2019

How Do I Grieve?

This post is a part of a two-part series on Grief and the Gospel. In case you'd like to go back, here's part one: Not Alone in Our Grief. Evidently, it matters how we grieve. Paul mentions a godly grief…

by Abe Meysenburg 0

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Discipleship Gospel Identity Pastoring Spiritual Growth

May 23, 2019

Not Alone in Our Grief

A Gospel Guide Our theology does more than an adequate job of explaining the reality of the broken world in which we find ourselves. We know that God didn’t design the world to work this way, that sin has devastated…

by Atanasio Segovia 0

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Church Church Planting Discipleship Gospel Missional Community Pastoring

May 16, 2019

Gospel Saturation in Mexico

Seems like the perfect place to get carjacked or kidnapped”, I thought while driving down the street. In the distance, dozens of apartment buildings pierced the skyline. A single street to get in or out. It’s the area of…

by Nathan Cedarland 0

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Church Discipleship Family Gospel Leadership Pastoring

April 4, 2019

Why The Family of God Needs Visible Definition

A Formal Agreement about Gospel Partnership Matters We’ve explored official church membership from a fresh angle and looked at a biblical precedent for the formal process of recognizing gospel partners. Now, let’s survey some of the key reasons this…

by Nathan Cedarland 0

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Church Family Leadership Pastoring

March 28, 2019

Is Formal vs. Family a False Paradigm?

In part one, we evaluated some erroneous views of membership and aimed at a clear biblical definition. In this second segment, we'll explore the scriptural basis for a formal membership process and see how this fits within a family/missional…

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Enjoying Jesus and Serving Jesus

Soul Care as Mission

Equipping Disciples for Transformation

A Call to Fight for the Joy of Unity

Pastor, Prioritize the “Mini-Retreat”

Culture Makers

Missional Community Living

Gospel City Hubs

Pastor, Let Your Plans Get Interrupted

Deacons

Leadership Development

15 Commitments of a Strong Church

5 Ways To Equip Disciples as Gospel Ministers

Recovering My Humanity

We Choose Exhaustion

What Story Am I a Part Of?

Leading Churches Through This COVID Season

Our Job Is Not to Be Jesus

Practical Questions to Identify Leadership Idols

Care in the Family of God

How to Care & Share Hope

Leading Well

Creating a Culture of Leadership Development

The No. 1 Threat to Pastors and Church Planters

Why Leaders Need Teams

The Multiplication Factor

Good Things and Good News

Grace is Hard to Grasp

The Gospel Must Happen to Me

The Tension between Organic and Structured Disciple-making

Rethink the Ideal Missional Community

How Do I Grieve?

Not Alone in Our Grief

Gospel Saturation in Mexico

Why The Family of God Needs Visible Definition

Is Formal vs. Family a False Paradigm?

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