The urban context is the most urgent and underdeveloped mission field in North America. I realize that’s a bold statement. By urban, I do not simply mean downtown skylines, trendy neighborhoods, or inner city. I mean dense and diverse communities, particularly majority-minority contexts where cultures, socioeconomic realities, and worldviews collide every day. Today, more than […]
The Problem We’ve all heard the proverb: “If you want to go fast, go alone, if you want to go far, go together.” I have always known this to be wise advice, but I have never experienced it to be truer than when I started working with youth. In our desire to see the next […]
There are moments when I wish every church leader could sit where I get to sit. I get to listen to leaders describe a burden God has placed on their hearts that they simply cannot shake. They see a group of people who are not being reached. They recognize a problem that is not being […]
Networks of churches don’t collaboratively multiply church plants together by accident. It takes discipline, conviction, and consistent, relational rhythms. Networks of churches collaboratively multiply churches together because the leaders who represent the churches in the network, believe everything they have – spiritual leadership, church leaders, attenders and members, financial resources, and church credibility – all […]
