Author: Todd Engstrom
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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…
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The Lobby Conference
This week I will be spending time with many of the best and brightest small group thinkers in the country at The Lobby. I’m so thankful for our gracious hosts, North Point Community Church, and my friend Bill Willits. What questions would you love to ask guys like Steve Gladen, Bill Donahue, and many of the…
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Upcoming Series and New Ideas
It’s been a joy to unpack some of the nuts and bolts of missional communities, and I’ve loved the feedback I’ve received from many of you. I’ve compiled the different series together on my resources page here: https://toddengstrom.com/resources In the coming months, I’ll be working through: Coaching Missional Communities Assessing Missional Communities Missional Community Core…
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Stages of Missional Community Development – Conclusion and Data
As we have led missional communities at The Austin Stone, we’ve found there are some common transitions in the life of our communities, and this series is discussing those four stages. They are: Community Group Small Group Team of Missionaries Missionary Team —– As I have unpacked the different stages that most communities go through,…
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Stages of Missional Community Development – Missionary Team
As we have led missional communities at The Austin Stone, we’ve found there are some common transitions in the life of our communities, and this series is discussing those four stages. They are: Community Group Small Group Team of Missionaries Missionary Team —– Missionary Team Definition A new community often forms into a Community Group,…
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Stages of Missional Community Development – Team of Missionaries
As we have led missional communities at The Austin Stone, we’ve found there are some common transitions in the life of our communities, and this series is discussing those four stages. They are: Community Group Small Group Team of Missionaries Missionary Team —– Team of Missionaries Definition As a Small Group begins to implement the…