Author: Todd Engstrom
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Assessment of Missional Communities – Leader Self-Assessment
If the mantra “what you measure is what you value” is true, then we need to have a way to measure and assess the health and effectiveness of missional communities. The series that follows will summarize how we assess missional communities at The Austin Stone. Philosophy of Assessment Leader Self-Assessment Coach Assessment —– Leader Self-Assessment…
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Assessment of Missional Communities – Philosophy
If the mantra “what you measure is what you value” is true, then we need to have a way to measure and assess the health and effectiveness of missional communities. The series that follows will summarize how we assess missional communities at The Austin Stone. Philosophy of Assessment Leader Self-Assessment Coach Assessment —– Philosophy of…
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Gospel, Community, Mission and Summer
Community, Mission and Summertime Summertime always prompts images of grilling in the backyard, vacation road trips, watching baseball, and adventures in the neighborhood. In the church, it’s often a season where we “take a break” from ministry and community. I’ve always found that idea somewhat odd when I consider my identity in Christ. I don’t…
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Coaching Missional Communities – Who Coaches?
I am in a series of posts on coaching, specifically as it applies to missional communities. The posts in this series are: Philosophy of Coaching The Gospel and Coaching Coaching Questions Who Coaches? —– Who Coaches? In order to provide quality coaching that is effective for missional community leaders, it is critically important that a…
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Coaching Missional Communities – Coaching Questions
I am in a series of posts on coaching, specifically as it applies to missional communities. The posts in this series are: Philosophy of Coaching The Gospel and Coaching Coaching Questions Who Coaches? —– Basic Coaching Questions In addition to providing a grid to interpret and counsel, we also have a standard conversation template we…
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Coaching Missional Communities – The Gospel Foundation
I am in a series of posts on coaching, specifically as it applies to missional communities. The posts in this series are: Philosophy of Coaching The Gospel and Coaching Coaching Questions Who Coaches? —– The Gospel and Coaching Practically speaking, we utilize two primary tools to guide our coaching time, but we are always driving…
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Top 5 Posts for April
For the month of April, these are the most visited posts here: Fitting the Practices of Missional Community Together Missional Community Practices – Life Transformation Groups Missional Community Practices – The Family Meal Individualism and Community Missional Community Practices – Third Place My particular favorite for this last month was actually the series on the…
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Coaching Missional Communities – Philosophy
I am beginning a series of posts on coaching, specifically as it applies to missional communities. Primarily, I will be discussing: Philosophy of Coaching The Gospel and Coaching Coaching Questions Who Coaches? —– Philosophy of Coaching In order to understand our philosophy of coaching at The Austin Stone, I need to zoom out and provide…
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An Interview with Eric Geiger
My friend Eric Geiger did a short Skype interview with me on the topic of the Gospel and Community. I’d love to hear your thoughts!
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The Lobby – Day 2
Today has been another encouraging and challenging day of conversation, and has left me with some good thinking to do. Session 5: Mission and Community We began the day today talking through the idea of mission, and how it plays out in community. My friend Spence Shelton gave me the opportunity to share the story…
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The Difficulty of Balancing Ministry and Discipleship
I’ve found that it can be extremely difficult to continually cultivate the centrality of discipleship, or the process of selectively investing a small number of individuals in order to teach obedience to what Jesus taught (Matthew 28:18-20). I tend to think of Ministry and Discipleship in two different grids: Ministry Discipleship Reactive Proactive Low relational…
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The Lobby – Day 1
It’s been a great day gathering with so many thoughtful and humble leaders here in Atlanta. Today was centered around four different discussions: Session 1: Disciple Making Our first discussion centered around the idea of making disciples, and Rick Howerton provoked some good healthy discussion and serious reflections on whether or not our systems were…