Author: Todd Engstrom

  • Top 5 Posts for July

    For the month of July, the Missional Communities Practices Series continued to be the most read posts.  As for content posted in July: Questions to Answer in Transition A Theological Reason for Missional Community What Next for a New Missional Community? Establishing Healthy Rhythms in a New Missional Community The First Four Weeks of a…

  • When to Multiply a Missional Community?

    Multiplication is a critical piece of effectively making disciples, and foundational to a movement. This series of posts will explore different different questions about multiplying a missional community: Why multiply missional communities? When to multiply a missional community? When NOT to multiply a missional community? How to multiply a missional community? —– When to Multiply…

  • Multiplying Missional Communities

    Multiplication is a critical piece of effectively making disciples, and foundational to a movement.  This series of posts will explore different different questions about multiplying a missional community: Why multiply missional communities? When to multiply a missional community? When NOT to multiply a missional community? How to multiply a missional community? —– Why Multiply A…

  • Considering Multiplication in a New Missional Community

    At The Austin Stone, the process of connection to multiplication follows a general pattern that usually takes approximately two years. It generally goes something like this: What’s Next? The First Four Weeks Processing a Preferred Future Establishing Healthy Rhythms Thinking Critically about the MC Considering Multiplication This series of posts will explore what comes after…

  • Thinking Critically About a New Missional Community

    At The Austin Stone, the process of connection to multiplication follows a general pattern that usually takes approximately two years. It generally goes something like this: What’s Next? The First Four Weeks Processing a Preferred Future Establishing Healthy Rhythms Thinking Critically about the MC Considering Multiplication This series of posts will explore what comes after…

  • Establishing Healthy Rhythms

    At The Austin Stone, the process of connection to multiplication follows a general pattern that usually takes approximately two years. It generally goes something like this: What’s Next? The First Four Weeks Processing a Preferred Future Establishing Healthy Rhythms Thinking Critically about the MC Considering Multiplication This series of posts will explore what comes after…

  • The Gospel Project and the ESV Bible

    Last year, I had the opportunity to contribute to the formation of The Gospel Project with my friend Halim Suh.  The Gospel Project is an integrated, flexible curriculum that presents a comprehensive gospel-centered theology for churches.  They asked me to share the following, and I’m happy to do so: — The Gospel Project is now…

  • Considering a Preferred Future

    At The Austin Stone, the process of connection to multiplication follows a general pattern that usually takes approximately two years. It generally goes something like this: What’s Next? The First Four Weeks Processing a Preferred Future Establishing Healthy Rhythms Thinking Critically about the MC Considering Multiplication This series of posts will explore what comes after…

  • The First Four Weeks of a New Missional Community

    At The Austin Stone, the process of connection to multiplication follows a general pattern that usually takes approximately two years. It generally goes something like this: What’s Next? The First Four Weeks Processing a Preferred Future Establishing Healthy Rhythms Thinking Critically about the MC Considering Multiplication This series of posts will explore what comes after…

  • What’s Next For a New Community?

    At The Austin Stone, the process of connection to multiplication follows a general pattern that usually takes approximately two years. It generally goes something like this: What’s Next? The First Four Weeks Processing a Preferred Future Establishing Healthy Rhythms Thinking Critically about the MC Considering Multiplication This series of posts will explore what comes after…

  • Questions to Answer in Transition

    I’ve primarily been focusing on missional communities over the last few months, but I wanted to take a quick break and post on another topic. Recently I’ve had a number of conversations with people who are interested in pursuing vocational ministry or who are in a season of transition.  These conversations have given me the…

  • Missional Community Values – Declare

    This series will explore the values that shape missional communities at The Austin Stone.  These values are rooted in the gospel and driven by our motivations to love God and love people.  In this series, I will explore: Why Values? The Word Prayer Demonstrating the Kingdom Declaring the Gospel —– Declaring the Gospel The idea…