Very few are talking about it yet, but thousands of pastors are opting for a Bi-Vocational lifestyle. This doesn't have to mean doing two things poorly. It means leveraging all of life into one calling.
Check out this video for Hugh Halter and Matt Smay's new book "And: The Gathered and Scattered Church."
By all appearances, it looks like we are “doing†church better than we ever have. In the past thirty years the number of mega-churches has increased from under 100 to over 7,500. In the past ten years the number of multi-site churches has increased from under 100 to over 2,000. By the numbers...
We spent several months with leading thinkers and practitioners to answer 7 of the most frequently asked questions about missional communities. Join the conversation!
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Question 7: What are some stories of struggle and success that are common to Missional Communities?
First, I think we have to fight as much as we can against what we would view as success because at the end of the day...
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Question 6: What Do Missional Communities Do?
That's a really good question. Sometimes, people are trying to make it look more intense than it is. All it really means is that you have some friends that you live fairly close to, sharing spontaneous life together. In our environment, we try to coach three aspects...
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Question 5: How do you train missional community leaders?
The first line of training is to actually model the behavior. So, within our church here and, what we help other churches do is to identify some existing leaders you have in your church that tend to...
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Question 4: How do you transition your small group to missional community?
Hugh Halter answers our question and looks at calling people to mission from the start. Listen to the interview and join the conversation!
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Question 3: How do you transition your group to be more missional?
Hugh Halter answers our question and looks at tithing your people rather than taking everyone with you.
Listen in as Stew interviews Hugh Halter on Question 2 of the 7 Questions Series: How is a Missional Community different from a traditional Bible Study? Hugh will also be joining us for future questions in the series, so stay tuned!
Over the coming weeks, we will be asking some of the leading thinkers and practitioners to answer 7 of the most frequently asked questions about missional communities. In this PODCAST installment, Hugh Halter tackles the question, “What is a missional community?â€
What do you think about Hugh’s definition? Does it leave you with any additional questions? Join the conversation…
Over the coming weeks, we will be asking some of the leading thinkers and practitioners to answer 7 of the most frequently asked questions about missional communities. In this installment, Hugh Halter tackles the question, “What is a missional community?â€
What do you think about Hugh's definition? Does it leave you with any additional questions? Join the conversation...