Matt Carter 8 min read
If you read too many statistics on the American church, chances are good you’ll come out pretty depressed about the state we’re in. So what do we do?
Matt Carter 11 min read
We all say that we desire to pastor a missional church. But how do you know you’re successful?
Verge Network 1 min read
Matt Carter talks about four reasons we should be passionate about the nations.
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Matt Carter talks about four reasons we should be passionate about the nations.
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Matt Carter shares four reasons why we should be passionate about the nations.
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Matt Carter shares four reasons why we should be passionate about the nations.
Matt Carter 1 min read
Matt Carter and David Platt share when the Spirit moved their hearts to lead their churches to be churches for...
Matt Carter 1 min read
David Platt and Matt Carter discuss what it means to be a church with a DNA for the nations. Learn how your church can be more involved in spreading the gospel.
Matt Carter 1 min read
What is the biggest thing that you could imagine God could do through you? God can do more than that.
Verge Network 1 min read
Francis Chan, Matt Carter, Alan Hirsch and Odd Thomas all exhort and challenge us to keep Jesus at the center of all we are and do in these inspiring videos.
Verge Network 1 min read
Innovation is the implementation of missional imagination and to do mission as Jesus does it. The goal in this move is for each individual and church to "do it." The outcome of every Christ follower and church living sent lives on mission is a missional movement.
Verge Network 1 min read
We spent several months with leading thinkers and practitioners to answer 7 of the most frequently asked questions about missional communities. Join the conversation!
Verge Network 3 min read
-7 Questions Series-
Question 6: What do Missional Communities do?
Missional communities will vary across contexts, but they must be rooted in gospel; identity first, then methods and theory. What we've found is that if Christians love the gospel, they'll be willing to do incredible things for the sake of making Jesus known to those around them. At The Austin Stone...
Verge Network 1 min read
We asked some of the leading thinkers and practitioners to answer 7 of the most frequently asked questions about missional...
Verge Network 1 min read
-7 Questions Series-
Question 5: How do you train missional community leaders?
We've changed how we're training and discipling our leaders. We've taught them, and we're teaching them, to be self-feeders versus consumers only. We're teaching them how to be self-feeders versus consumers because today in most churches, if you're a typical American Christian...
Verge Network 5 min read
Matt Carter answers the question: What's the Difference between a Missional Community and a Bible Study? This is the second question of our 7 Questions Series leading up to the Exponential Conference. Hear what Matt has to say about challenging our people and releasing them to go on mission.
Verge Network 1 min read
In this video, Pastors Justin Anderson of Redemption Church and Matt Carter of The Austin Stone Community Church talk about the importance of redefining how we do large church and the critical role of missional communities for larger churches.