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Dwight Zscheile

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Faith+Lead Headshot of The Rev. Dr. Dwight Zscheile, VP of Innovation, Luther Seminary.

Dwight Zscheile

Professor of Congregational Mission and Leadership, Luther Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota

Dwight Zscheile is professor of congregational mission and leadership at Luther Seminary. His latest books are The Starter’s Way (with Ed Olsworth-Peter) and Embracing the Mixed Ecology (with Blair Pogue).

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By Dwight Zscheile

Why Is Christian Community So Hard These Days?

The outworking of cultural trajectories set in place hundreds of years ago
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By Dwight Zscheile

Bodybuilding: Equipping God’s People for Ministry

The deeply collaborative New Testament vision for ministry

By Dwight Zscheile

Which Stories Are We Living In?

Deepening the church's life in the story and Way of Jesus

By Dwight Zscheile

Listening to Spiritual Lives in Your Ministry Context

Learning more about the stories and struggles of those entrusted to our care

By Dwight Zscheile

From Performative to Formative Ministry

What would it mean to stop focusing on the institutional church, and instead cultivate discipleship among the whole people of God?
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By Dwight Zscheile

Embracing the Mixed Ecology

How emerging and inherited forms of church belong together

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What is the Mixed Ecology?

Ministry Leadership

Instructor: Dwight Zscheile
Learn what we mean when we talk about a “mixed ecology” of church—and how it can renew your approach to ministry and leadership today.
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Recruiting, Equipping, and Empowering Church Leaders

Faithful Innovation

Instructor: Dwight Zscheile
An on-demand church leadership development course designed to address the growing need to raise up and train lay leaders and ministry volunteers.
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Starting a Fresh Expression of Church

Faithful Innovation

Instructor: Dwight Zscheile
Learn how to start and grow faith communities outside traditional church buildings by blending spiritual practices with everyday life, so you can reach new people and reimagine what church can be in today’s world.

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