The Delight of Small Ministry in Small Places
A few years ago, a ministry friend and partner of mine was attending the Exponential conference in Orlando when he overheard a conversation between two prospective church planters that went […]
LNP 47 | Microchurches for the Next Generation
Older paradigms of student ministry were focused on centralized expressions that required the next generation to be good inviters. Gen Z believers are hungry for more. They recognize they’re living […]
Microchurches for the Next Generation
Every year, more than one million young people will walk away from the Christian faith. The young people in America are considered to be the first post-Christian generation in our […]
Informal and Formal Disciplemaking: Movements Require Both
Moses tells the people of Israel in Deuteronomy 6:4-5, “The Lord, your God, the Lord is one,” and “Love the Lord your God with all your heart, all your soul, […]
LNP 42 | “What Do We Do With The Kids?!” 4 Rhythms that Will Begin to Answer the Question
Hugh Halter and his family have been involved in forming and leading microchurch networks for the last three decades. They’ve wrestled with every question you can imagine. The one question […]
Righteous Brood: Making the Mission of God a Family Story
It was a Friday, and I was outside working on a building we were in the process of renovating in Alton, Illinois. Our family had moved after our first church […]
Cultivating Kingdom Imagination
In 2022, we slowly emerged from the collective grief and trauma of the COVID-19 global pandemic and we were yet again face-to-face with the endemic of racism. As we were […]
LNP 37 | State of the Microchurch in the West – Part 2
Join Leadership Network’s Microchurch Next directors Rob Wegner and Brian Johnson, with guest Doug Paul from Catapult, for Part 2 of “State of the Microchurch in the West.” Over the […]
Microchurch Movements: The Starting Point Is Returning to Jesus
In 2020, we (KC Underground) felt a particular passion to begin equipping leadership teams in the systems and structures that have shaped our team. We had learned so much from […]
The Uncommon Church
As an apostolic leader, I have always been drawn to the “build,” the “starting from nowhere.” Watching something come forth out of the ground enthuses me. I feel the same […]
