America is changing. By 2042, the U.S. will be a minority-majority nation, and by 2040, nearly 87% of Americans will live in cities. This cultural shift has created both new challenges and unprecedented opportunities for Gospel transformation. This is a call to see the urban landscape as a mission field to be engaged.
Mission isn’t a trip you take, it’s a life you live. While every Christian is called to live missionally, being a missionary means intentionally aligning your time, talent, and treasure for a specific purpose, place, and people. It’s a challenge to shift from an ethnic missiology to a neighbor missiology, one that asks, How do I reach my neighbor, no matter what they look like, talk like, or act like? Join us as we equip everyday missionaries to make an impact and take ownership for where they live, work and worship.
Watch Leadership Network’s Microchurch Next Directors, Rob Wegner and Brian Johnson, with guest Doug Paul from Catapult for Part 1 of, “The State of the Microchurch in the West,” Over the course of three gatherings in 2022 hosted by Leadership Network, Microchurch Networks from across the US gathered to explore three questions, “How did we get here? Where are we currently? Where are we headed?”
In part 1 of this 2 part series, Rob, Brian, and Doug will primarily explore the answers discovered to the first question, “How did we get here?” You’ll hear about the process these networks engaged to discern the critical factors that led to the return of the Microchurch in the West over the past three decades, both within the church world and the cultural contributing factors.
Over the course of three gatherings in 2022 hosted by Leadership Network, microchurch networks from across the US gathered to explore three questions: “How did we get here? Where are we currently? Where are we headed?”
In part 2 of this 2 part series, Rob, Brian, and Doug will address the barriers to success and sustainability discovered by these microchurch networks. As a note, we admit that we don’t have holistic answers to these barriers, but we do see bright spots where networks are creatively exploring solutions. There will also be Q/A time with Rob and Brian following the discussion. Before joining us for the second part of this webinar, we encourage you to read the “State of the Microchurch in the West” which you can find at leadnet.org/microchurch-next.
Dr. Dhati Lewis serves as the Vision and Multiplication Pastor of Blueprint Church as well as the Founder and President of MyBLVD, an organization focused on helping Christian leaders embrace presence, navigate division and lead with passion. Dhati is passionate about bringing contextualized resources to disciple makers through coaching, consulting, cohort training, and church planting. He is married to his best friend, Angie, and they live in Atlanta, Georgia with their children and church family. He is the author of Among Wolves: Disciple Making in the City and Advocates: The Narrow Path to Racial Reconciliation.
