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Apologetics Current Events Discipleship Domains of Society Faith and Work Gospel Leadership Mission Missional Community

June 22, 2017

Engaging Brokenness

Maybe culturally accepted religious practice and the “return to Judeo-Christian values” many yearn for have done more harm than good to people's pursuit of true holiness and understanding of the life of following Jesus. Peter writes the following to…

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Discipleship Life Issues Missional Community Saturate Podcast

June 21, 2017

Episode 010: Making Disciples in a Hurried Life

In this episode of The Saturate Podcast, Brad and Jared discuss the nearly overwhelming challenge of balancing life in a community and the busyness of life and family. How do you give each thing the proper time, energy, and…

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Community Discipleship Everyday Rhythms Family Holy Spirit Identity Missionary Servant Spiritual Growth

June 8, 2017

Five Biblical Priorities for Every Disciple

We live in a fast-paced and distracted world. Often we're distracted from the ways God has designed us to live and distracted from the daily priorities He wants us to pursue. As a follower of Jesus for almost forty years and…

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Holy Spirit Missional Community Saturate Podcast

June 7, 2017

Episode 008: Seeking Missional People

In this episode of The Saturate Podcast, Brad talks with Todd Morr (Director of International Partnerships with Saturate) about the smallest and often forgotten aspect of missional community life: the individual person. Also, check out our new resource by…

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Bible & Theology Community Discipleship Leadership Missional Community Spiritual Growth

June 1, 2017

Do You Want To Leave?

The bi-line of this blog states that this post was written by me, David Achata. Really it's a collective piece my wife, Amy, and I wrote together. I'm amending the bio for this post to read officially, "Written by David and Amy Achata."…

by Jared Pickney 1

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Community Discipleship Family Leadership Missional Community Spiritual Growth

May 25, 2017

Community: Real Messy

Community is essential to our spiritual formation. “At the core of our being is this truth, we are designed for and defined by our relationships. We were born with a relentless longing to participate in the lives of others.…

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Coaching Discipleship Holy Spirit Leadership Missional Community Saturate Podcast Spiritual Growth

May 24, 2017

Episode 006: Why is Coaching important for Missional Communities

On this week's episode of The Saturate Podcast, David Achata joins Brad to discuss the role of coaching: what it is, what it is not, and its role in creating healthy and effective missional communities.

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Bible & Theology Church Community Discipleship Everyday Rhythms Family Gospel Kids Life Issues Missional Community Missionary Servant Spiritual Growth

May 11, 2017

Making Disciples as a Special Needs Parent

How was a family like ours supposed to live out the practice of discipleship? The instruction in Matthew 28:19 seemed impossible for us. Roughly six years ago, a miserable “stomach flu” turned into cause for celebration; I was pregnant…

by Brad Watson 0

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Bible & Theology Discipleship Domains of Society Gospel Gospel Shepherding Holy Spirit Kids Missional Community Pastoring Saturate Podcast Spiritual Growth Women Youth & Teens

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 Leadership Mission Missional Community Missionary Saturate Podcast Servant

May 3, 2017

Episode 003: Avoiding Missional Burnout

In this next episode of The Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson and Jared Pickney discuss causes of missional burnout and ways that we can rest.

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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.

by Jeff Vanderstelt 1

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Church Church Planting Coaching Discipleship Gospel Holy Spirit Leadership Missional Community Pastoring Prayer Resources Transitioning

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…

by Jared Pickney 0

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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 Brad Watson 0

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Apologetics Church Domains of Society Family Gospel Kids Mission Spiritual Growth

April 11, 2017

What’s the Point of the Resurrection?

Jesus breaks the human cycle of self-destruction. One question you might have is “Why?” What’s the point of the resurrection? Is it just a way of getting attention? Was it meant to prove something? To get at the “why”…

by David Achata 0

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Community Discipleship Holy Spirit Identity Leadership Missional Community Prayer Spiritual Growth

April 6, 2017

Making Space for Heart Renewal

(Part two in the Everyday Sabbath Rest series from David Achata.) The Holy Spirit grows people so they can work from a rested place. We’re prone to unbelief. Doubting God is in charge and that He’ll care for the needs of…

by Brad Watson 0

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Bible & Theology Church Discipleship Everyday Rhythms Leadership Life Issues Mission Missional Community Saturate Podcast

April 5, 2017

Episode 001: Do Missional Communities Really Work?

In this first episode of The Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson and Jared Pickney discuss common objections and difficulties people have with missional communities.

by Tim Parlier 4

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Church Church Planting Faith and Work Gospel Leadership Mission Missionary Spiritual Growth

March 28, 2017

What NOT to Do When Raising Support

(Part seven in the Raising Financial Support series from Tim Parlier.) Don't stop chasing the dream God put in your heart. In this seventh and final edition of this series, I’m going to leave you with a list some of the biggest “Don’t…

by Wendy Alsup 0

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Bible & Theology Domains of Society Gospel Identity Mission

March 21, 2017

Strong Helpers to a Broken World

What did Christ’s life and death bring that empowers you and me to live confidently as God’s strong helpers (Genesis 2:18) in a broken world? Although the gospel is a bigger concept than one blog post this size can…

by Bucky Buchstaber 0

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Foundations Life Issues Mission Spiritual Growth

March 16, 2017

Who’s Your Giant?

When we live in reliance on God’s unending power, the opportunities to accomplish great things for Him become endless, despite our human limitations. Miracles become a reality, and what used to be perceived as an ordinary humdrum life immediately opens…

by David Achata 0

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Bible & Theology Discipleship Everyday Rhythms Gospel Identity Leadership Life Issues Mission Missional Community Missionary Prayer

March 9, 2017

There Is Rest Waiting For You

A non-rested person has little capacity to live in Christ’s way. Like the first disciples, what many of us need is for Jesus to stand and still the storm (Mark 4:35–41). And like those first disciples, standing in awe of who…

by Tim Parlier 0

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Apologetics Domains of Society Everyday Rhythms Mission Missionary Uncategorized

February 28, 2017

Jesus in Normal, Everyday Conversations

Recently in our Saturate Online Community discussion forum a question was proposed:”Why don’t we talk about Jesus in our normal, everyday conversations?” I believe this is a layered challenge rooted with varying levels of fears, unbelief, lack of equipping,…

by Amy Lathrop 0

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Community Domains of Society Everyday Rhythms Leadership Mission Missional Community

February 20, 2017

Missional Rhythms in Urban Contexts? Here’s What We Do

Answers from Saturate’s Online Community - get answers like these and more by signing up for Saturate's free Online Community. How do you approach the dynamics and difficulties of living within these missional rhythms in urban contexts? Recently, I wrote…

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…

by Jeff Vanderstelt 0

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Arts & Culture Bible & Theology Church Community Discipleship Domains of Society Faith and Work Family Identity Mission Missional Community Missionary Spiritual Growth

February 15, 2017

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…

by Wendy Alsup 10

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Bible & Theology Community Domains of Society Family Gospel Holy Spirit Leadership Life Issues Mission Missional Community Missionary Servant

February 8, 2017

The Gospel and Risk

What if? What if the worst-case scenario happens? The single mom steals some silverware, the foster child hits you with a toy, the homeless person steals your wallet? What then? We live in a risky world. The American church seems…

by Brad Watson 0

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Community Discipleship Domains of Society Everyday Rhythms Faith and Work Family Gospel Leadership Mission Missional Community Missionary Servant

February 5, 2017

How Do You Choose a Common Mission?

(You can read the next part in the How Do We Do It series here.) How does your community move from sitting quietly and neatly in a comfortable living room to engaging the people of your city with the…

by Brad Watson 0

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Bible & Theology Community Discipleship Domains of Society Ethics Faith and Work Gospel Identity Life Issues Mission Missional Community Servant Spiritual Growth

January 30, 2017

Sharing Life with Refugees

As your Facebook feed fills your heart with a zeal that borders anger, you will likely wonder: What can I do? The refugee crisis cannot be ignored. It’s found in every newspaper in every corner of the world. Politicians win…

by Brad Watson 0

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Community Discipleship Domains of Society Faith and Work Identity Leadership Mission Missional Community Missionary

January 25, 2017

Scattered

There is and always has been an individual and communal aspect to mission. Mission is done in community. A community shares the load of the mission of making disciples. It takes a group to demonstrate Jesus to others. A…

by Jeff Vanderstelt 0

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Baptism Bible & Theology Church Community Discipleship Domains of Society Gospel Holy Spirit Identity Missional Community Missionary

January 23, 2017

We are Missionaries

What God has done to us, He wants to do through us. We have the Spirit of God in us so that we might be empowered, just as Jesus was. We are His missionaries, filled and anointed by His…

by Derek Hiebert 0

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Apologetics Arts & Culture Bible & Theology Community Current Events Discipleship Domains of Society Everyday Rhythms Kids Leadership Life Issues Mission Pastoring Spiritual Growth Youth & Teens

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…

by Bucky Buchstaber 0

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Community Discipleship Domains of Society Family Gospel Gospel Shepherding Identity Missional Community Spiritual Growth

January 16, 2017

Pride and Prejudice

Change happens through relationship; the come-as-you-are, warts-and-all, Christ-like-love kind of relationship. One of humanity’s greatest needs is to know and be known, to be in deep relationships. God is a very relational God, and as image-bearers of Him we…

by Brad Watson 0

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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…

by Tim Parlier 0

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Church Church Planting Faith and Work Gospel Leadership Mission Missionary Spiritual Growth

January 9, 2017

100% Funded in 2017, An Action Plan

(Part five in the Raising Financial Support series from Tim Parlier. Read part six here.) Our world needs you. Specifically, they need Jesus. But for some reason I’ll hopefully one day understand, He chose to use knuckleheads like us to introduce Him…

by Amy Lathrop 13

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Discipleship Foundations Life Issues Missional Community

January 5, 2017

Did You Miss Something? (Plus a Giveaway)

We’re here. The new year—2017. What is one thing you hope to look back at this time next year and say, “Look at what God did!”? Answer this question in the comment section for the chance to win one of…

by David Achata 0

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Apologetics Arts & Culture Community Discipleship Domains of Society Faith and Work Leadership Mission Missionary Spiritual Growth

January 3, 2017

Reweaving What Is Torn

Where are the dry places that need life? Habakkuk 2:14 tells us a day is coming when the knowledge of the Glory of the Lord will fill the earth like the water covers the sea. Recently I woke early…

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Missional Community Archives | Page 5 of 7 | Saturate

Engaging Brokenness

Episode 010: Making Disciples in a Hurried Life

Five Biblical Priorities for Every Disciple

Episode 008: Seeking Missional People

Do You Want To Leave?

Community: Real Messy

Episode 006: Why is Coaching important for Missional Communities

Making Disciples as a Special Needs Parent

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

Unlearning

Episode 003: Avoiding Missional Burnout

Episode 002: Multiplying Missional Communities

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

Success in Ministry—NOT!

What’s the Point of the Resurrection?

Making Space for Heart Renewal

Episode 001: Do Missional Communities Really Work?

What NOT to Do When Raising Support

Strong Helpers to a Broken World

Who’s Your Giant?

There Is Rest Waiting For You

Jesus in Normal, Everyday Conversations

Missional Rhythms in Urban Contexts? Here’s What We Do

How Do You Create a Culture of Heart Care?

Exposed By the Mission

The Gospel and Risk

How Do You Choose a Common Mission?

Sharing Life with Refugees

Scattered

We are Missionaries

Pop Culture Catechism (Part 2)

Pride and Prejudice

What’s Next?

100% Funded in 2017, An Action Plan

Did You Miss Something? (Plus a Giveaway)

Reweaving What Is Torn

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