Missional Examen
The Ignatians believed and taught that discernment (what to do and how to live within God’s mission) came out of an awareness of how God moved uniquely through their days, relationships...Read more
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Head, Heart, & Hands Discipleship
Discipleship is a holistic enterprise. Any discipleship process that leads people to become more like Jesus will address the head, heart, and hands—what people know, what people feel and believe...Read more
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Rhythms for Intentional Discipleship
Over the last few years, I’ve been increasingly convinced that forming resilient disciples in our culture is going to take a lot more than good Sunday services and healthy small groups...Read more
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Spirit Lead
This five day “devotional” helps create a moment of pause and reflection with God while you consider your life within the church, listen to the Spirit, and ask: “What is God calling me to? How is He calling me to…
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Gospel Fluency Handbook Videos
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How Do We Engage in Spiritual Warfare Everyday?
The moment you begin to follow Jesus and live on His mission to make disciples, you will find yourself in the middle of a spiritual war...Read More »
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How Do You Learn to Listen to the Spirit and Hear from God?
God does not want you to just have a relationship with your Bible. Rather, he wants your Bible to lead you to commune...Read More »
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AUDIO – Preparing Room
Audio: Advent is a fresh invitation from God to prepare room in our hearts, minds, souls, and bodies to worship Him.
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Intro to Gospel Shepherding
In this course, Abe Meysenburg overviews an approach to gospel shepherding and explains how it differs from a therapy mindset.
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Intro to DNA Groups
In this course Abe Meysenburg overviews DNA Groups and their importance to discipleship, and explains how to form them
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Sharing a Better Story
In this course, Soma church leaders Brad Watson, Chris Gonzalez, and Jared Brient discuss the power of story, and help followers of Jesus share the story of God.
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Preparing Room
Advent is a fresh invitation from God to prepare room in our hearts, minds, souls, and bodies to worship Him.
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Gospel Rooted
A gospel-drenched 10-week devotional that both stirs the reader's heart towards God and forms the reader in gospel identity and fluency.
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Enneagram Spiritual Formation Plan
Cultivating a gospel-fluent culture is the foundation for all missional community movement. So, how do you preach and teach gospel fluency?
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Our Common Struggle
Have you longed to see the Spirit send new churches, communities, and disciples to new areas of your cities and regions? Do you believe God called you to invest deeply in the leaders who will guide those discipleship environments or…
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Gospel Clarity: A Personal Study
You can watch videos, listen to sermons, and hear people in community talk about the gospel, but another important environment to learn the gospel is by yourself, personally grappling with the...
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Sabbath Rest
One of the biggest hinderances to living on mission is our complete exhaustion born out of a belief that we can do life apart from God. We falsely believe we can do the things of God apart from God...
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Wise with Money
For many of us, hearing the word "budget" sends chills down our spine; others are filled with glee at the prospect of organizing yet another thing. But our budgets are more than a dreaded or ...
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Practicing Rest and Solitude
While you might consider life as a disciple to be filled with activity, one of the more important invitations Jesus gives us is rest. Solitude and silence work together in disciplining our hearts...
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Am I Wise?
We cannot live on mission if we don't have time, energy, capacity, or spiritual depth to follow Jesus. Wisdom is the skill and art of discerning how to make space for the most meaningful things in...
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The Gospel Story: A Passover Meal Experience
What can you do to make your weekly meeting special during Holy Week? This is a guide to help communities share the Passover meal based on the story of Exodus, the Last Supper, and the death of Jesus.
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Lent: Living Through Dying
A Six-Week Community Guide Through Lent - The death and resurrection of Jesus Christ are at the very heart of Christianity. The good news of the gospel The good news of the gospel is that God has acted...Read More »
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Making Space
The discussions and exercises in this 8-week interactive handbook provide a step-by-step immersion of your mind, heart, soul, and life in the gospel.
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Personal Annual Reflection and Plan
Surrounded by family gatherings and parties, the frantic holiday season typically drowns out the beginning of the new year. Wedged somewhere between layovers, hangovers, and leftovers....Read More »
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Advent Community Guide
We designed this devotional as a way to help you think about the themes of Advent and Christmas. There is one devotional reading for each week of Advent, and one for a Christmas Day....Read More »
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Leader’s Cheat Sheet
If you’re a leader of a community on mission, you might regularly scratch your head and wonder: "What am I supposed to be doing each week? What is my role in shaping this community?” Read More»
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Speak the Truth in Love: A Gospel Shepherding Tool
How do I speak the truth in love? This is one of our primary tasks as a disciple who makes disciples..... Read More »
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Asking Good Questions: A Gospel Shepherding Tool
Questions help us understand our hearts. Your life has likely been altered by a powerful question that helped you unlock .... Read more »
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Listen for the Heart: A Gospel Shepherding Tool
90% of good discipleship and shepherding is listening. When you’re engaging a person’s story and life.... Read more »
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Listening to the Spirit
How do I bear fruit in keeping with repentance? The Spirit will always call us to live out our gospel identity.... Read more »
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Studying the Bible
How do we read the Scriptures in community and with God at the center? In other words, how can we engage the Bible together.... Read more »
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Gospel Fluency | Speaking the Truths of Jesus
Even if they want to, many Christians find it hard to talk to others about Jesus. Is it possible this difficulty is because we’re trying to speak a language...Read more »
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Gospel Fluency Pocket Guide
Are you a leader wanting to give your community a kickstart into the concept and practice of gospel fluency...Read More »
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The “Meal” Exercise
This exercise might be a little different for some communities! Some of the most important conversations... Read more »
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Fruit to Root Exercise
Many of the attitudes, sins, and behaviors we want to change are symptoms of deeper areas of false belief.... Read more »
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True Story
This 6-week version was written by Soma pastors to help groups engage the big movements of God’s redemption and restoration.... Read more »
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