Todd Engstrom

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  • Missional Community Practices – Life Transformation Groups

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    This series of posts provides an overview of each of the missional community practices we foster at The Austin Stone: An Overview of the Practices and a Story Different Kinds of Gatherings The Family Meal Life Transformation Groups A Third Place Putting the Gatherings Together — Life Transformation Groups – Gathering as Disciples This leads…

  • Top 5 Posts for March

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    For the month of March, these are the most visited posts here: A Philosophical Reason for Missional Communities A Theological Reason for Missional Communities What is a Missional Community? – Other Definitions What is a Missional Community? – Definition A Pragmatic Reason for Missional Communities My favorite to write was Consumerism and Community. Let me…

  • Missional Community Practices – The Family Meal

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    This series of posts provides an overview of each of the missional community practices we foster at The Austin Stone: An Overview of the Practices and a Story Different Kinds of Gatherings The Family Meal Life Transformation Groups A Third Place Putting the Gatherings Together — The Family Meal – Gathering as a Family Most…

  • Missional Community Practices – Different Kinds of Gatherings

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    This series of posts provides an overview of each of the missional community practices we foster at The Austin Stone: An Overview of the Practices and a Story Different Kinds of Gatherings The Family Meal Life Transformation Groups A Third Place Putting the Gatherings Together — I’m eager for this series because it is primarily…

  • Missional Community Practices

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    The next series I want to work through are the practices of missional communities.  I’ve worked through why The Austin Stone pursues missional communities, and how we define them, and now I want to get to the nuts and bolts of what we actually do. Briefly, missional communities at The Austin Stone: Gather as a…

  • It’s a…

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    BOY!!! It’s my great joy to introduce to you Owen Ryan Engstrom! He is 7 lbs, 1 oz, and 19.75 inches long, and completely healthy! We are praising God and rejoicing in His goodness to us! Join us in praising God! Psalm 96:6-86 Splendor and majesty are before him;strength and beauty are in his sanctuary.7…

  • What is a Missional Community? – More Than a Bible Study

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    This is the fifth and final post in the series “What is a Missional Community?”  We have defined a missional community as: A community of Christ followers on mission with God in obedience to the Holy Spirit that demonstrates tangibly and declares creatively the Gospel of Jesus Christ to a specific pocket of people. —– …

  • Four Kids – Jim Gaffigan

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    As we prepare for the arrival for baby #4 tomorrow, we’ve been doing plenty of work.  We’ve also been asking friends with four kids about what to expect, and we received a ton of wisdom. I’m thankful for friends, but I think Jim Gaffigan provides the best insight in the video below: Tomorrow begins a…

  • What is a Missional Community? – Pocket of People

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    This is the fourth post in the series “What is a Missional Community?”  We have defined a missional community as: A community of Christ followers on mission with God in obedience to the Holy Spirit that demonstrates tangibly and declares creatively the Gospel of Jesus Christ to a specific pocket of people. —– Finally, we turn to…

  • What is a Missional Community? – On Mission with God

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    This is the third installment in the series “What is a Missional Community?”  We have defined a missional community as: A community of Christ followers on mission with God in obedience to the Holy Spirit that demonstrates tangibly and declares creatively the Gospel of Jesus Christ to a specific pocket of people. —– When we…

  • Interview on Discipleship with Eric Geiger

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    My friend Eric Geiger interviewed me on his blog on the topic of discipleship recently.  Below is an excerpt: Discipleship is meeting someone where they are, and taking them where Jesus wants them to go. This definition has served for me as a fundamental axiom in discipleship, in leadership development, and in organizational leadership. The…

  • What is a Missional Community? – Definition

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    Over the next two weeks, I’ll be unpacking how we define missional communities at The Austin Stone.  See the previous posts here: Part 1 – Other’s Definitions of Missional Community Part 2 – A Vision for Missional Community —– Our vision sets the stage for us to talk more about a missional community. We are often…