NEXT Ventures is a ministry of Exponential NEXT designed to discover, connect, and learn from innovative ministries shaping the future of the church.  This year,

Church revitalization is the process of a congregation working together to become more sustainably healthy, internally independent, and increasingly impactful.  It is often required in older,

Can a denomination become a multiplication movement again?  This is the looming question I’ve been living with over the past eight years of denominational leadership.

The digital revolution and the rise of social media have proliferated hundreds of thousands of subgroups or tribes, each with its own distinctive characteristics and

New expressions and models of the church are springing up daily alongside the tried-and-true, established churches.  Innovation is the lifeblood of progress, and these new

We were almost four years into our second church plant and I was determined to break the 400 growth barrier.  We were hovering in the

The landmark 1962 ruling of Engel v. Vitale removed school-sponsored prayer from public schools.  The justices ruled that it violated the First Amendment’s establishment clause,

The word vocation is derived from the Latin term vocatio, which means a “calling” or “summons.”   A person’s vocation is bigger than their job. It