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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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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4 Leadership Perspectives
Over the years we’ve discovered that some key components to a good missional community are good collaboration and teamwork among a leadership team of at least four people...
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Coaching Cheat Sheet
When coaching missional community leaders, it can be helpful to have a few good tools in your back pocket. We’ve made this “cheat sheet” to be just that...
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Field Guide for Genuine Community Tips for Group Leaders
We’ve created this brief resource to equip you with some best practices for leading your group’s weekly discussion as you walk through the Field Guide for Genuine Community...
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Holy Week Community Communion Guide
Holy Week is almost here and we have the opportunity to remember in our missional communities that what Jesus accomplished for us two thousand years ago matters in our lives today. This guide helps communities share their need for Jesus…
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Knowing Your Mission Field
One of the best things an everyday follower of Jesus can do is spend time prayerfully getting to know his or her mission field. From high-level and objective statistics, to ground-level and subjective stories,
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Making Space for Parenting & Family
This guide was created to help fathers and mothers think through the implications of the gospel on parenting and family. We’re asking the big question: how can we make space to care for and raise our children with great intentionality?
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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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B.L.E.S.S.
In everything you do, God is present. Everywhere you go, you are a child of God, a servant to Jesus, and a sent one by the Spirit. Everything counts. Christ plays in the everyday stuff of life.
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Gospel Fluency Sermon Outlines
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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Saturate Sermon Outlines
One way people can be introduced to the importance of the gospel applied in community and on mission is through teaching. While people often need much more than a sermon, a book, or a seminar, getting a grasp of the…
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Family Meal: Ideas, Tips, and Plans
A cornerstone for many missional communities is a weekly meal together. Not only is that a time when the community hears stories, prays, talk about mission, or any number of things, it's also a meal with food!
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Leading Community to Feasting with the Poor
While we instinctively know we’re called as Christians to serve and care for the poor, the opportunities and challenges often stop us in our tracks. We don’t know what to do, whom to do it with...
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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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10 Ways to Serve Others
We encourage disciples to seek out at least one opportunity each week to bless or serve others in their neighborhood, work, school, or everyday place. Here is a list of ideas to serve Jesus...
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10 Ways to Relationally Connect with Others
Spend relational time with a friend, neighbor, or co-worker who doesn't know Jesus and get to know some of his or her story...Read More »
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10 Questions to Help You Listen to Others
Missional work starts and ends with relationship. Conversations create the backbone of healthy relationships. ..Read More »
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How to Make a Plan for the Holidays
While the holidays can be a very busy season, they are also especially ripe with missional and communal opportunities. What if this year, you intentionally crafted a plan within your community to grow in your collective love...Read More »
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Coloring Sheets
Enhance the understanding of each story with the Story of God for Kids downloadable coloring pages!
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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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Planning a Weekly Meal or Meeting
While many communities set aside one night each week to gather, share a meal, and have meaningful conversation, we often walk through these moments without much intention. Read More »
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Common Mission Cheat Sheet
We created this simple handout for our leaders on common mission as a "cheat sheet" on mission. Intended to be a refresher and a clarifier...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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Story of God Training
This training guide provides tips and tools for leading a group of people through any of the Story of God resources...Read more »
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Where Do I Go from Here?
Your Missional community walked through a Field Guide laying the foundation for being... Read more »
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Leadership Development Plan
A leadership development plan helps leaders create, for themselves, a plan to grow...... Read more »
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4 G’s
Our actions always flow from our beliefs. We are, at times, more aware of this connection and at other times less aware, but it is always true. What we believe affects the way we live. Read More
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Guía de DNA – Español
Esta guía está diseñada para ayudar a equipar a cada persona que se ha comprometido a un grupo de ADN...Read more »
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Gospel Fluency Principles & Practices
This guide is designed to help the church to equip all believers for ministry as outlined in Ephesians 4:11-16... Read more »
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How to Share Your Story
Do you know how to tell your gospel story? Or how to see as the hero of your story? Every person you encounter... Read more »
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Discipleship Starter Guide: Discover. Nurture. Act
This guide is designed to help equip every person who is committed to a DNA group in the basics of gospel shepherding. It explains the three steps each DNA group should walk through each time they meet – Discover, Nurture,…
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