FRAMEWORK CATEGORY
Cultivate Community
Christian communities need to be centers of deep listening, where God’s presence is named and life-giving relationships are formed across all dimensions of diversity—both within and beyond the church.
#179: Finding Our Way Back to One Another
Why is Christian community so hard? Jeff Galley & Phil Smith have answers.
#177: Missional Church, Whole Gospel: Beyond the Evangelism vs. Justice Debate
Al Tizon makes the case that reconciliation is the most powerful framework for mission available to the church today.
#176: What the First-Century Church Teaches Us About Belonging Today
Dr. Kristofer Phan Coffman discusses what the early church can teach us about forming Christian community today.
#175: Finding Identity in Christ: An Old Testament Vision for Community
Dr. Kathryn Schifferdecker explores what the ancient Scriptures have to say about who we are and how we're called to live together.
#170: Why Church Community Building Is So Hard (How We Got Here)
The loneliness epidemic has deep roots. Dwight Zscheile and Dr. Jennifer Wojciechowski explore why.
#169: Christian Community in Crisis: How the Church Showed Up When the Twin Cities Needed It Most
Dwight Zscheile and Alicia Granholm bring you inside the last eight months in the Twin Cities of Minnesota.
#168: Ryan Burge on Religious Nones and What They Mean for Your Church
What do the growing numbers of religious nones reveal about the Americans sitting just outside your church doors?
Why Is Christian Community So Hard These Days?
The outworking of cultural trajectories set in place hundreds of years ago
#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.
Digital Ministry as a Fresh Expression of Church
When online action reaches beyond the boundaries of inherited church
Accentuating the Positive in Youth Sports
How churches can support the beautiful and the good found in athletics for kids
