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ChurchDiscipleshipFoundationsGospelIdentityMissionPastoringYouth & Teens

September 13, 2018

Teenagers Are Not The Future of The Church

  If the kingdom of heaven belongs to children and adolescents, then the church must believe and behave as if their presence matters. Regrettable Words When I was in full-time youth ministry I felt part of my job was to…

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by Jeff Vanderstelt 1

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DiscipleshipFoundationsGospelIdentityMissionMissional Community

September 11, 2018

Exposed by the Mission

Yes, we can pretend to have it all together while sitting in a pew on Sunday or while impressing one another with our knowledge of Scripture. But mission exposes our inadequacies and need for grace. If you are in a small Bible…

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by Jeff Vanderstelt 0

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DiscipleshipFoundationsGospelMissional CommunitySpiritual Growth

September 4, 2018

Listening Well

  I recently observed a conversation a few Christians were having with a man who has yet to come to faith in Jesus. It was amazing to me, and saddening, to watch the Christians missing the point of this man’s…

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by Amy Lathrop 0

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ChurchMissionMissionaryMultiplicationPastoring

August 30, 2018

Both/And

  This is a guest post by Chad Davis. Chad serves as Pastor of The Venue Church in Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The Venue Church is a diverse body of believers seeking to cultivate followers of Christ in Gospel-Centered Communities.  He is…

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by Brad Watson 0

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DiscipleshipFoundationsGospelMissionMissional CommunityMissionary

August 28, 2018

Living on Mission

  Most Christians have nagging thoughts that they “should tell people about Jesus” but they don’t know where to start. Honestly, the first dozen times I told people about Jesus was on a stage not a sidewalk. The stage’s safety…

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by Tim Parlier 0

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Everyday RhythmsGospelLeadershipMissionMissionaryMultiplicationYouth & Teens

August 23, 2018

Saturating our College Campuses

  Saturate's vision is to see a gospel saturation movement happen in North America and beyond. We want to partner with God, like-minded churches, organizations, and individuals as He brings about the vision of seeing every man, woman, and child…

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by Brad Watson 0

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DiscipleshipFoundationsGospelGospel ShepherdingMissional CommunityResourcesSpiritual Growth

August 21, 2018

Discipling Each Other

  The most meaningful relationships in life are symbiotic: the people involved mutually benefit, encourage, and foster growth in each other. Growing as a disciple requires this kind of relationship by the power of the Holy Spirit and through the…

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DiscipleshipFoundationsGospelLeadershipMissional CommunityResourcesUncategorized

August 14, 2018

Leading a Missional Community

  The Hard Part My wife and I started our first missional community nine years ago. In retrospect, starting it was the easy part. Co-leading a community toward health over the long haul was the hard part. See, there’s a…

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by Brad Watson 0

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DiscipleshipFoundationsLeadershipMissionMissional Community

August 7, 2018

Starting a Missional Community

  When he first came to be part of our church, I would have never guessed he would be attending our four-week training: “How to Start and Lead Missional Communities.” He was professional, career driven, traveled a bunch, and my…

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by Nathan Cedarland 0

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FoundationsGospelIdentityMissionMissionarySpiritual Growth

August 2, 2018

Sabbath Action

  “Man was created on the sixth day right before God rested, so man was created as it were to enjoy the weekend with God.” – Michael Wilcock Summer Camp and the Already but Not Yet Reality During most of…

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by Ben Connelly 0

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ChurchChurch PlantingMissionMultiplicationPastoringUncategorized

July 31, 2018

Leaving an Enduring Legacy

A Sending Church By all accounts, the Church at Antioch described in the Bible was a “good" church, in a hard but rich mission field.  The capital of Syria and a major Roman military and trade city by the A.D.…

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by Jeff Vanderstelt 0

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ChurchDiscipleshipGospelLeadershipMissionPastoring

July 26, 2018

It Starts with the Life of the Preacher

This post is part of a teaching series on Catalyzing Mission through Preaching. Read part one, part two, part three, part four and part five. You Must Be on Mission The only way to preach missionally is to have relationships with friends and neighbors who do not…

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by Tim Parlier 0

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DiscipleshipGospelLeadershipLife IssuesMissional CommunityYouth & Teens

July 24, 2018

It Must Be Image Rich

  If you haven’t read the prior articles in this series, it might be helpful to review to give you some context.  This is a continuation flushing out the E.P.I.C. generation acronym.  (Experiential, Participatory, Image-rich, Connected).  The goal is to…

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by Jeff Vanderstelt 0

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ChurchDiscipleshipLeadershipMissionMissionaryPastoringTransitioning

July 17, 2018

Changing Your Preparation

This post is part of a teaching series on Catalyzing Mission through Preaching. Read part one, part two, part three, and part four. Preaching to catalyze mission requires the preaching to be thinking about the mission of God, the particular nature of mission in their church,…

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by Jeff Vanderstelt 0

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ChurchGospelLeadershipMissionMissionaryPastoringTransitioning

July 10, 2018

Preaching to Equip People for the Mission

This post is part of a teaching series on Catalyzing Mission through Preaching. Read part one, part two and part three.   When you preach to catalyze your congregation toward missional effectiveness, you are modeling what it looks like to speak the gospel to neighbors, coworkers, and…

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by David Achata 2

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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…

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by Jeff Vanderstelt 0

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ChurchGospelLeadershipMissionMissional CommunityPastoringTransitioning

July 3, 2018

Preaching for Unbelief

  This post is part of a teaching series on Catalyzing Mission through Preaching. Read part one and part two. Your church will never be more missional than its leaders. Your preaching will not be fruitful in leading people into mission if you’ve…

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by Jeff Vanderstelt 1

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DiscipleshipMissionMissional CommunityPastoringTransitioning

June 26, 2018

Preaching Matters

  This post is part of a teaching series on Catalyzing Mission through Preaching. Read part one here.   I believe the goal of preaching must be mission; the mission of making disciples who make disciples. When you preach you have to…

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by Jeff Vanderstelt 3

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ChurchDiscipleshipGospelLeadershipMissionMultiplicationPastoringTransitioning

June 19, 2018

Sundays Matter

This post is part of a teaching series on Catalyzing Mission through Preaching. We Need Each Other Corporate worship gatherings matter for mission. We’re called to not give up meeting together, but to encourage one another and spur each other toward love…

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by Amy Lathrop 0

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DiscipleshipFoundationsGospelLeadershipMissionMissional Community

June 15, 2018

The Pre-Flight Warning

  This is a guest post from Brian Johnson. Brian Johnson is with the staff team of Westside Family Church in Lenexa, KS. Currently, Brian oversees and leads worship for one of Westside’s campuses. He’s also a part of a…

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by Jeff Vanderstelt 0

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DiscipleshipEveryday RhythmsFamilyGospelMission

June 14, 2018

Making Space for Strangers

Who are Strangers? Hospitality is making space for people to be with us and to become within community—to be who they are and to become more like Christ. In Scripture, strangers are people who live in a society other than…

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by Sunee Hillyer 0

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DiscipleshipEveryday RhythmsLeadershipMissional CommunityPastoringTransitioningUncategorized

June 8, 2018

Saturate Summer Reading List

  With Summer just around the corner our team wanted to share with you a few of our current favorite books when it comes to leadership, missional living, and everyday discipleship. If you're on the search for something to read…

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by David Achata 0

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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…

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by Todd Morr 0

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ChurchDiscipleshipFamilyGospelMissional Community

June 5, 2018

Being Family

  This is a guest post from Dave Miles, planting pastor with Soma Blue Mountains in Sydney, Australia. Six years ago, Dave, his wife Glenda, and a wonderful team of people planted Soma Blue Mountains. Then, last year, they helped plant…

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by Tim Parlier 0

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Everyday RhythmsGospelLeadershipMissionYouth & Teens

June 1, 2018

It Must Be Participatory

  If you haven’t read the first or second part of this series, it might be helpful to review to give you some context of this series.  This is a continuation diving into the E.P.I.C. acronym.  (Experiential, Participatory, Image-rich, Connected). …

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by Paul Whaley 0

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ChurchLeadershipMissional CommunityPastoringTransitioning

May 31, 2018

Transitioning in the Bible Belt

  This is a guest post by Paul Whaley. Paul is the Lead Teaching Pastor of Summit Crossing Community Church. He has helped to lead out in transitioning Sc3 community groups from primarily being inward focused to becoming missional communities over…

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by Amy Lathrop 0

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Everyday RhythmsGospelMissional CommunityMissionary

May 22, 2018

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…

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by Brad Watson 0

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LeadershipMissional CommunitySaturate Podcast

May 16, 2018

Episode 044: Leading Big Missional Communities

In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with Justin Bindel of Ekklesia Salt Lake City about the challenges and opportunities of leading big missional communities and communities in different contexts.

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ChurchCommunityIdentityMissional CommunityPastoringSocial Justice

May 15, 2018

The Cost of Feasting

  This post is guest written by Tim Cain. Tim is an elder over preaching, leading missional communities, training up and discipling leaders, counseling, and casting and protecting the vision of Kaleo Church in El Cajon, CA. Tim has a B.A. in pastoral studies…

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by Paul Dean 0

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ChurchLeadershipMissional CommunityPastoringTransitioning

May 10, 2018

There is No Going Back

  After experiencing the joy of life together on mission, there is no going back to an isolated life or a faith that only has an expression for a few hours on a Sunday. Eight years ago our church, Soma…

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by Brad Watson 0

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CommunityDiscipleshipMissionMissional CommunityPastoringSocial Justice

May 8, 2018

What God Has Done With Us

  This post is guest written by Tim Cain. Tim is an elder over preaching, leading missional communities, training up and discipling leaders, counseling, and casting and protecting the vision of Kaleo Church in El Cajon, CA. Tim has a B.A. in pastoral studies…

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by Todd Morr 0

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ChurchMissional CommunityPastoring

May 3, 2018

Reaching Japan

  This is a guest post from Yoshito Noguchi, Pastor of SOMA Fuchu in Tokyo. Yoshi moved to Tokyo with his wife Ami and 3 children, Yuka(10), Nana(8), Atsuto(4) to plant a missional community. Now he has a team including people…

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by Brad Watson 0

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CommunityDiscipleshipGospelMissionMissional CommunitySocial Justice

May 1, 2018

Sharing Your Table

  This post is guest written by Tim Cain. Tim is an elder over preaching, leading missional communities, training up and discipling leaders, counseling, and casting and protecting the vision of Kaleo Church in El Cajon, CA. Tim has a B.A. in pastoral studies…

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by Brad Watson 0

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CommunityDiscipleshipGospelMissionSocial Justice

April 24, 2018

Serving the Poor Isn’t Enough

  This post is guest written by Tim Cain. Tim is an elder over preaching, leading missional communities, training up and discipling leaders, counseling, and casting and protecting the vision of Kaleo Church in El Cajon, CA. Tim has a B.A. in pastoral studies…

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by Rachel Swartley 0

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DiscipleshipGospelIdentityMissional Community

April 10, 2018

How Missional Community Life Exposes Unbelief

  When we feed our hearts with the gospel and allow God to influence our lives rather than the world’s theology, we will be strengthened to fulfill our calling to make disciples. Sooner or later every MC faces a standstill;…

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by Todd Morr 0

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ChurchLeadershipMissional CommunityPastoringTransitioning

April 5, 2018

Moving From Sunday to Everyday

  Transition - noun: a movement, development, or evolution from one form, stage, or style to another. That’s our hope for the upcoming Transitions Conference in August! That every leader and church attending would gain clarity on how to effectively equip…

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