Verge Network 1 min read
In this 2 minute video clip, Jeff Vanderstelt and Caesar Kalinowski explain why a Missional Community is not primarily a Small Group.
Verge Network 3 min read
Is there a more fruitful way to disciple than simply giving all we can to as many as possible? Find out in the Part 2 of this series on disciple-making.
Mike Breen 1 min read
Insight and advice on how to practically launch, sustain and multiply Missional Communities, from the authors of the new book, Launching Missional Communities-- A Field Guide.
Verge Network 2 min read
Here is a second list of 25 simple ways to engage your neighbors. Not all of these are for everyone, but hopefully there will be several ideas on the list that God uses to help you engage your neighbors.
Alan Hirsch 1 min read
Communitas is the community, the brotherhood, that is born out of an adventure, an ordeal, a challenge or a mission....
Mike Breen 8 min read
I think the fruit of our lives will reveal the root of our lives. So if we are creating disciples who are far from the people we see in scripture as the rule and not the exception, we must ask ourselves why this is the case and how we can change that reality.
Verge Network 1 min read
There is much confusion about the meaning of the word “missional.” Does the word just refer to social justice? Does...
Mike Breen 5 min read
It's time we start being brutally honest about the missional movement that has emerged in the last 10-15 years: Chances are better than not it's going to fail. Find out why.
Francis Chan 1 min read
Francis Chan delivers this inspiring message at the Exponential: On The Verge Conference 2011. The church in the west in...
Verge Network 1 min read
In this short clip from Exponential 2011: On the Verge, Jeff Vanderstelt, of SOMA Communities, speaks on How to Lead a...
Verge Network 1 min read
Check out this clip of Jo Saxton at Exponential 2011: On the Verge, as she fields the question: "What do you do with children in your missional community?"
She offers great insight into the mindset, flexibility, and creativity required by parents to bring their children into God's mission. In fact, kids may be the best evangelists in your group!
Verge Network 1 min read
Alex Absalom gives us the keys to an effective Missional Community.
Mike Breen 1 min read
Mike Breen reminds us that "Attractional" and "Missional" are two ends of the same spectrum, and that missional communities need to be attractive in their missional work.
Verge Network 1 min read
There is an undercurrent of anxiety in the evangelical world, and a hunger for something new. And we’re sensing the...
Jeff Vanderstelt 1 min read
In this training session Jeff unpacks the Gospel and what it looks like to be fluent in the Gospel. In other words, the Gospel has to become second nature if we are to engage in the mission of God effectively.
Alan Hirsch 1 min read
In this video Alan Hirsch answers the question: “How do we truly build community?”...
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
Imagination is key in order for God's people to see the mission as Jesus sees it. The goal in this move is for each individual and church to "see it." Once a follower or church is able to "see it" then a missional movement is possible.
Verge Network 1 min read
Lawson and Paul talk about how God is using their Missional Community from The Austin Stone to make disciples in their current context with international students at The University of Texas at Austin.
Verge Network 1 min read
Jeff Vanderstelt and his Missional Community at Soma share their heart for wanting to see Jesus glorified in their neighborhood and all of Tacoma.