Pivot in Structure
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#173: Church Community Building Starts with Discipleship
What does real church community cultivation actually require? For most churches, the honest answer is: more than we’re currently doing.
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#166: Setting the Table: How Missional Church Happens at Dinner
Verlon Fosner shares how dinner church creates a fundamentally different entry point for faith by recovering the ancient practice of gathering around Jesus’ table.
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#162: How to Recognize Church Planters Already in Your Congregation
John McGinley shares how they’re equipping everyday disciples to plant new worshiping communities in gyms, schools, neighborhoods, and workplaces.
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#155: Gratitude and Thanksgiving: A Blessing Grounded in God’s Presence
In this special Thanksgiving episode, Luther Seminary professor Dr. Lois Malcolm offers a powerful seven-minute blessing that reframes what gratitude and thanksgiving really mean.
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#154: Church Plant Leadership Skills: The Starter’s Way to Contextual Ministry
Rev. Dr. Dwight Zscheile and Rev. Ed Olsworth-Peter explore church plant leadership skills that begin with deep listening to the Spirit and to the neighborhood—not blueprints or programs.
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Sardine Tins and Other Holy Spaces
The walk of faith in a post-Christian world
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#136: Fresh Expressions: From VBS Burnout to Vibrant Community Ministry (Part 2)
Shannon Kiser reveals how fresh expressions transformed her church from event-driven ministry to authentic neighborhood relationships.
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Stewardship and the Mixed Ecology
Figuring out a sustainable way forward
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Your Community is Calling: Practical Steps to Cultivating a Mixed Ecology in Your Context
In this members-only workshop with the Rev. Dr. Dwight Zscheile, Your Community is Calling: Practical Steps to Cultivating a Mixed Ecology in Your Context, you’ll learn how to take that first faithful step. Together, we’ll explore what a “mixed ecology” of church really is, and why it’s vital for reaching neighbors who might never feel…
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The Myth of Homogeneity
How embracing diverse expressions of church unlocks new vitality
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#117: Church Community Service Transformed: Connecting Neighbors over Laundry
Nancy Dyson from St. John’s Episcopal Church shares how her congregation’s Laundry Love ministry emerged organically from listening to their neighbors’ actual needs.
