Exponential NEXT Ventures has supported and funded more than 70 innovative projects over the past six years. Each year, we invite a handful of our pioneering project leaders to write articles for Innovation NEXT because we love sharing stories of Kingdom impact and innovation as they help create the future of the church. This summer, […]
Something is shifting in the church. Most pastors and church leaders can feel it, even if they struggle to name it. The strategies that once produced momentum do not seem to carry the same weight they once did. Attendance patterns are changing. Institutional trust is lower. Communities feel fragmented. Many leaders are exhausted from trying […]
I was recently asked to share with a group of youth workers about the “challenges and opportunities” facing the next generation. What struck me about the invitation wasn’t the topic itself, but the assumption behind it. They were acknowledging the challenges are real, but so are the opportunities. And our ability to impact the next […]
When Jesus taught His disciples to pray, He was not calling them to passive contemplation but to active participation in the purposes of God. Indeed, the Lord’s Prayer was never meant to end in words alone, but to move us beyond rhetoric to results for the glory of God. At the heart of the prayer […]
