Hello friends! We are at the end of another year. We have accomplished many things in 2023, and New Church Ministry could not have done it without you. Our first major event this year was an in-person Coaching Academy. This is significant because it was the first in-person Coaching Academy since the end of COVID-19 restrictions. Additionally, … Continue reading A reflection on 2023
New church: a Canadian perspective
Lately, my energy has been low. I’m spread too thin. I’ve been judged harshly. My boundaries have been challenged. There are a lot of changes in life, but not enough of the kind of changes I really need. But at Leadership Academy, something shifted. I was able to breathe more deeply. To feel more connected to something greater. Just hearing the names of some of the new expressions … Continue reading New church: a Canadian perspective
Leadership Academy: Changing the architecture of the church through DisciplesNEXT
KANSAS CITY, MO – Iconic North American architect Frank Lloyd Wright’s “church of the future” proved a fitting setting to introduce DisciplesNEXT, a new framework for church growth in a pandemic-informed ministry context. The three-day Leadership Academy, a hybrid event held at Kansas City, MO’s historic Community Christian Church in late October, drew more than 50 participants, including clergy, laity, and … Continue reading Leadership Academy: Changing the architecture of the church through DisciplesNEXT
A Movement Initiator’s Perspective
A little over three years ago, I was invited to participate in the New Church Ministry’s coaching program as part of our Movement’s covenant with the Pacific Southwest Region of the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). I accepted this invitation and opportunity. However, I did so with a healthy amount of skepticism, hesitancy and even a … Continue reading A Movement Initiator’s Perspective
We are a Movement for Wholeness in a Fragmented World
In the beginning, every church was new. It’s right there in the Book of Acts. Early disciples came together, sharing all things in common, breaking bread with glad and generous hearts. God was doing a new thing: creating a movement for wholeness in a fragmented world. In the beginning, Jesus sent out disciples, two by two, not to … Continue reading We are a Movement for Wholeness in a Fragmented World