Together Webinar Series What Unites Us? Feature Guest: DANIEL YANG – Daniel is the Director of the Send Institute, leading and overseeing all of its initiatives. Prior to directing the institute, he planted a church in Toronto where he also helped recruit, assess, and train church planters through the Send Network and the Release Initiative. […]
Featured Guest — Ralph Moore is the Founding Pastor of the Hope Chapel movement. Host — James Grogan is the senior pastor of Community Church Movement, a growing network of churches founded in Chula Vista, California, which includes congregations in Southern California and Baja California, Mexico. He is the lead pastor of EastLake Church which […]
Together: Together with a Network Featured Guests: Brandon Grant — founding and lead pastor of Rise City Church in Lakeside, CA Nathan Hawkins — West Regional Executive for Stadia Church Planting Host: Bill Couchenour Right before Jesus left planet Earth, He reminded His closest followers of His vision for how the mission would be accomplished […]
Together Episode 3 —Together As Family GUESTS: DAVE & ANN WILSON, Co-Founders of Kensington Church HOST: DAVE FERGUSON The Great Collaboration starts with intimacy with God and then is lived out in an intimate marriage and healthy family. Doing life “Together” sees the family as the first priority of ministry and not a distraction from difference […]
Believing is Seeing with author DR MICHAEL GUILLEN Best-selling author, Emmy award–winning journalist and former physics instructor at Harvard. Is your worldview enlightened enough to accommodate both science and God at the same time? Dr. Michael Guillen, a best-selling author, Emmy award–winning journalist and former physics instructor at Harvard, used to be an Atheist—until science […]
In this webinar, Steve Pike (Urban Islands Project), Jason Bowman (ArtSpeak Creative), and special guest Wes Davis (newlife Church) will discuss how to refocus church habits, from being calendar driven to mission driven.” In the last decades of the 20th century, many churches moved to the suburbs. That was great.That’s where the souls were. But […]
Minimalist Mega and Micro Episode 3 — Why Does a Micro Church Movement Need a Central Connectivity Beyond Individual Identity? The idea of Micro Church or House Church for many involves individuality, rather than connectivity to a greater whole. Yet, individuality often hinders multiplication, potency, and long-term endurability. In this episode we will discuss the […]
What constitutes a church? What is the difference between a small group of people who gather, and a small church that gathers? In this episode, we will discuss the important clarifications that make a church a church, and separate it from a group of any kind.
In the last decades of the 20th century, many churches moved to the suburbs. That was great.That’s where the souls were. But more and more, people are moving back into the cities. And the culture-shaping “urban mindset” — which is often post-Christian and even pre-Christian — is spreading everywhere. In this webinar, Steve Pike, Dan […]
We are the body of Christ — diverse in gifting, diverse in our contexts and diverse in service — but we are united by our commitment to the Lordship of Christ and His mission. When we collaborate and work together, we become a fuller expression of the body of Christ better able to accomplish the […]
In Grace Bomb, Pastor Pat Linnell equips us to join a movement of simple obedience with world-changing impact. Grace Bombs are intentional acts of love prompted by the Holy Spirit—offering an extra tip to a hardworking server, giving up a seat on an airplane, or making a meal for the ER nurse next door. When […]
Mobilizing Missional Disciples Recalibrate: Forgotten paradigms at the heart of the future church — Featured Guest: BRIAN SANDERS — Founder of the Underground Network Hosts: RYAN HAIRSTON — National Director of Forge America BETH WOLFF — Pastor at Clarksburg Church in Clarksburg, MD — How do we navigate the many challenges we face in order […]
The work you do today—the company you’ve built, the employees you work with, the customers you serve, the shareholders you report to, all of it—serves as an active part of what God wants to accomplish on earth. You are not alone in this journey. Join other faith-driven entrepreneurs as, together, we identify the values, habits, […]
Living in togetherness is always a part of following Jesus. It wasn't optional for Jesus. It wasn't optional for the first apostles. It wasn't optional for the first Christians, and it's not optional for us! The church was designed to be God's eternal community where we experience reconciliation with Him and with others. Too many […]
In the last decades of the 20th century, many churches moved to the suburbs. That was great.That’s where the souls were. But more and more, people are moving back into the cities. And the culture-shaping “urban mindset” — which is often post-Christian and even pre-Christian — is spreading everywhere. In this webinar, Steve Pike, Jason […]
The first component of the Great Collaboration is doing life together with God. Before God will create community through you, He must first be in community with you. Only a whole and healthy leader who lives in communion with God can lead their family, team and church into greater experiences of community with God and […]
What does it take to be a church planter or other ministry entrepreneur? Most leaders start out with passion, a sense of calling, and a focus on building ministry skills. Such things might get some results, but they are not enough to sustain a healthy ministry―or a healthy life. Beyond the vocational capacities every church […]
Our bodies are designed to heal. We fall off our bikes and skin our knees—and without effort on our part, the skin looks like new in a few days. But while our skinned knees heal easily, it can sometimes feel like our emotional and relational wounds are left gaping open, broken beyond repair. If our […]
You show up at church every Sunday. You see people you know. You listen to a sermon together. And then you go home feeling just as isolated as you did before. What’s going on? We all know that a church is supposed to be a community. The trick is to actually make it one. Communities […]
Right before Jesus left planet Earth, He reminded His closest followers of His vision for how the mission would be accomplished and gave us this third ‘great’ in John 17:22-23: “…that they may be one as we are one — I in them and you in me — so that they may be brought to […]
Mobilizing Missional Disciples Repentance: The catalyst for individual formation (discipleship) and community transformation (mission) — Featured Guests: CANDACE LEWIS — President-Dean of Gammon Theological Seminary JAIME JIMENEZ — Pastor of Mission and Mercy at Christ the King Presbyterian Church Hosts: RYAN HAIRSTON — National Director of Forge America BETH WOLFF — Pastor at Clarksburg Church […]
What is the difference between a small group and a house church? And what is the difference between a small group leader and a house church pastor? Some people simply adjust nomenclature, and accomplish no real change at all. Both consist of smaller groups of people, who have leaders. But, the distinctions create significant differences. […]
The vision of the church as the body of Christ does not pertain only to one local church. The body of Christ is made up of many churches, and each part of Christ's body has something unique to offer the rest. When we open ourselves up to learn from one another and work together in […]
It’s time to get creative with space! A building can be more than a place for weekly services. Your location can generate revenue and create community connection & transformation. In fact, you may not even need a physical space. If the pandemic taught us anything about faith communities, it proved “church” is not limited to […]
If you want to reach your community, then one of the first steps is making sure that your neighbors know you exist. Raising awareness through marketing will help ensure that you won’t wind up being your neighborhood’s best kept secret. In this webinar, Sean Cronin and Patrick Bradley will sit down with Chris Pasik, lead […]
With so many responsibilities and distractions vying for our attention, too many of us have built unhealthy cycles of rest. As a result, we burn ourselves out, striving and straining against God's intent for our lives. We can only sustain a life of purpose if we learn to truly rest.
America has become a beautiful mosaic filled with many colors and ethnicities—but does your church reflect this change? Are you longing to be a cross-cultural leader who can guide the church into a multicolored world for the sake of the gospel? If so, Building a Multiethnic Church will give you the tools to embrace an invigorated community […]
What are the “New Frontiers in Nonprofit Fundraising” that Christ-centered ministries and churches are pressing into as they navigated the COVID-19 pandemic and the changing landscape that has resulted? Which ideas and strategies to fund the mission are gaining the most traction in these new frontiers? In this informative webinar, Warren Bird and Chris Willard […]
What made Jesus' teachings different from those of the Pharisees? Authority. Passion. Conviction. “To be the Leader, you do not have to be the most brilliant. You do have to be the most passionate.”
Digital ministry has opened up a wide range of possibilities for church leaders to reach new people and engage those already involved in their church. However, it has also added an unexpected layer of complexity that can make leveraging technology difficult. In this practical webinar, Joel Pazmino will interview Jeff Reed, director of digital church […]
