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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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September 4, 2017

Tools for The Upcoming Season

It's Labor Day, which means summer officially comes to a close, and we all gear up for the "normal" life that fall brings. The summer has been really busy for us, too, and we want to highlight a few of…

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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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Discipleship Holy Spirit Missional Community Pastoring Spiritual Growth

August 29, 2017

Creating an Environment for Discipleship

In the Story, we watch as Jesus makes disciples, turning fishermen into fishers of men. Then before He ascends into heaven, He gives them the mission to also make disciples who obey His commands. Then over and over in Acts…

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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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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…

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Church Discipleship Leadership Missional Community Pastoring Spiritual Growth Transitioning

August 17, 2017

What’s a Road Map for Transforming Small Groups?

I understand the vision, and I understand the principles of missional communities. I’m bought in! But what is my scope and sequence I need to work through to transition our small groups into missional communities? With so many resources, primers,…

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Church Discipleship Leadership Pastoring Spiritual Growth

August 15, 2017

Walk in a Redeemed Life of Leadership

Not only did we repent and believe the gospel publicly, we also walked in redemption and healing. We set our sights on learning from Jesus what it meant to follow Him while serving His church. As pastors, we must…

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Church Gospel Pastoring Spiritual Growth

August 10, 2017

Weaving Gospel Fluency into Every Sunday Message

The gospel has to be good news to me if I am going to preach it as good news for others. The apostle Paul instructed the church in Ephesus that the means by which we help each other grow up…

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Church Discipleship Identity Leadership Missional Community Pastoring Spiritual Growth

August 3, 2017

Why Do Communities on Mission Fail?

If a missional community leader is not abiding in Jesus, no amount of preparation or equipping can sustain them in leadership. What is the difference between a missional community (MC) that makes it and a missional community (MC) that…

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Coaching Discipleship Leadership Pastoring

July 27, 2017

Learning to Coach

Guest post by Phil Whittall for Saturate I can’t quite remember when I first came across coaching as a leadership concept, but it has been one of those ideas that has slowly invaded my thinking. Last year I read…

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Church Discipleship Leadership Pastoring Spiritual Growth

July 25, 2017

Leading through Repentance and Faith

Repentance is likely something you are used to suggesting to someone in your church or something you typically do after a fight with your spouse or impatience with your children. Have you ever repented of the darkness in your…

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Church Discipleship Leadership Pastoring Spiritual Growth

July 18, 2017

We Need to Believe the Gospel for Ourselves

Christ died for you. You are loved, and you are His son or daughter (1 John 3:1). He has empowered you with His Spirit to be His witness (Acts 1:8). He will work in you and through you as…

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Church Leadership Missional Community Pastoring Transitioning

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…

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Church Discipleship Leadership Pastoring Spiritual Growth

July 6, 2017

We Choose to Believe Lies

When Mirela and I loaded up our belongings and headed to the Pacific Northwest, we were filled with an incredible blend of expectation and zeal. We knew something major was happening, and God was going to let us be…

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Church Discipleship Leadership Pastoring Spiritual Growth

June 20, 2017

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…

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Church Discipleship Leadership Pastoring Spiritual Growth

June 6, 2017

We Choose Distraction

A distraction is something that prevents us from giving full attention to the essential thing in front of us. Our problem isn’t that we give our full attention to something other than discipleship, but that we divide our attention among many things.…

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Church Coaching Pastoring Saturate Podcast

May 31, 2017

Episode 007: Shared Learning and Coaching Cohorts

On this week's episode of The Saturate Podcast, David Achata and Brad Watson talk with Dan Bovenmyer and Ryan Latour about how Saturate coaching cohorts have impacted their lives, teams, and churches.

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May 10, 2017

Episode 004: What does it mean to be “gospel fluent”?

In this episode of The Saturate Podcast, Jeff Vanderstelt and Justin Anderson discuss the meaning of gospel fluency and how to speak the truths of Jesus into the everyday stuff of life.

by Amy Lathrop 0

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Church Community Discipleship Gospel Mission Missional Community Missionary Pastoring

May 9, 2017

Unlearning

Here at Saturate we don't just create new resources, but we collect the best resources from across the Church. We hope all the resources we cultivate and curate serve to equip everyday people, leaders, and pastors to be disciples of…

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Discipleship Holy Spirit Leadership Pastoring Prayer Spiritual Growth

May 2, 2017

Take A Walk . . .

About a year ago I picked up a book from Leonard Sweet and Frank Viola called Jesus Speaks – Learning to Recognize & Respond to the Lord’s Voice. It was ten dollars well spent. I enjoyed the first half of…

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Missional Community Multiplication Pastoring Saturate Podcast Transitioning

April 28, 2017

Episode 002: Multiplying Missional Communities

In this episode of The Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson and Jared Pickney discuss HOW and WHEN do you multiply missional communities? Brad and Jared discuss the things you need in place, as well as practical tips for multiplying well.

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April 27, 2017

How Do We Transition from “Sunday” to “Everyday”

Part 6 in the 6 Questions We Answer Again and Again series. If you fail to pray, you will have missed the most important element of transitioning from Sunday to everyday. When we first began training leaders to start and…

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Church Leadership Missional Community Pastoring

April 20, 2017

Success in Ministry—NOT!

To this day I struggle with the feeling of under-performing. When I was in fifth grade I got cut from my middle school basketball team. I was devastated by the news that left me at home many nights and weekends…

by Steve Hart 0

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Church Community Discipleship Gospel Gospel Shepherding Holy Spirit Leadership Missional Community Pastoring

February 20, 2017

How Do You Create a Culture of Heart Care?

Part 5 in the 6 Questions We Answer Again and Again series. How does a culture like this care for members' hearts? A church organized around missional communities—a vision of church that focuses on getting people wrapped into the…

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January 18, 2017

Pop Culture Catechism (Part 2)

Warning—if you haven't seen or if you plan on seeing Moana, there are spoiler alerts aplenty in this post! In part one of this series, I explained the why and how-to process of using the stories in movies to teach kids…

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Church Coaching Community Discipleship Everyday Rhythms Family Gospel Identity Leadership Life Issues Mission Missional Community Missionary Pastoring Resources Servant

January 11, 2017

What’s Next?

Filled with the excitement of making a covenant, they meet with their pastor who is also “coaching” them through this process. Their first question is, “What do we do now?” Imagine a newly launched missional community lead by a…

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Church Coaching Discipleship Foundations Leadership Pastoring Resources

December 27, 2016

How Do You Train MC Leaders?

(You can read the next part in the How Do We Do It series here.) There are stories out of Dallas, Texas, of an infamous Young Life director who operated like a mafia boss. He was never in the…

by Jeff Vanderstelt 0

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Bible & Theology Discipleship Domains of Society Gospel Gospel Shepherding Leadership Mission Missional Community Pastoring Spiritual Growth

December 19, 2016

Just Give Them Jesus

But we fail if we don’t give them Jesus. The apostle Paul, in his letter to the church in Ephesus, states: “And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for…

by David Achata 0

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Church Church Planting Coaching Holy Spirit Leadership Missional Community Multiplication Pastoring Transitioning

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…

by Tim Parlier 0

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Bible & Theology Church Church Planting Foundations Gospel Pastoring Spiritual Growth

December 12, 2016

Four Steps for a Successful Donor Meeting

(Part three in the Raising Financial Support series from Tim Parlier. Read part four here.) Let's turn our attention from the internal struggle of support-raising and look at a variety of specific pragmatics to help you get and stay funded. This time I…

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Bible & Theology Church Church Planting Foundations Gospel Pastoring Spiritual Growth

December 5, 2016

Despair in Funding

(Part two in the Raising Financial Support series from Tim Parlier. Read part three here.) When dealing with financial support raising, there's an arguably the more painful position: denial. Despair: Although similar to denial, this response emotionally could be called the “low-denial” where…

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Bible & Theology Church Church Planting Gospel Pastoring Spiritual Growth

November 21, 2016

Denial in Fundraising

(Part one in the Raising Financial Support series from Tim Parlier. Read part two here.) It’s hard to be effective in your role when there is a crushing fear in the back of your mind that you won’t be able to pay…

by Brad Watson 0

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Church Discipleship Foundations Leadership Missionary Pastoring Prayer Resources

October 24, 2016

Train, Model, Send

It’s one thing to teach people what to do and how, but it’s an entirely different experience to give them the equipment to do it on their own. When I was 16 my grandfather invited me spend the summer working…

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Church Church Planting Coaching Holy Spirit Leadership Missional Community Multiplication Pastoring Transitioning

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…

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Pastoring Archives | Page 3 of 4 | Saturate

Forming a Strategic Team to Lead Transition

Creating a Sense of Urgency

Tools for The Upcoming Season

Two Ways to Transition

Creating an Environment for Discipleship

Transitioning Your Church to Missional Communities

Spirit Doctor

What’s a Road Map for Transforming Small Groups?

Walk in a Redeemed Life of Leadership

Weaving Gospel Fluency into Every Sunday Message

Why Do Communities on Mission Fail?

Learning to Coach

Leading through Repentance and Faith

We Need to Believe the Gospel for Ourselves

But, How Do We Do It?

We Choose to Believe Lies

We Choose Exhaustion

We Choose Distraction

Episode 007: Shared Learning and Coaching Cohorts

Episode 004: What does it mean to be “gospel fluent”?

Unlearning

Take A Walk . . .

Episode 002: Multiplying Missional Communities

How Do We Transition from “Sunday” to “Everyday”

Success in Ministry—NOT!

How Do You Create a Culture of Heart Care?

Pop Culture Catechism (Part 2)

What’s Next?

How Do You Train MC Leaders?

Just Give Them Jesus

How is a Church-On-Mission Organized?

Four Steps for a Successful Donor Meeting

Despair in Funding

Denial in Fundraising

Train, Model, Send

But . . . How Do We Do It?

Questions? Ask Us.

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