Todd Engstrom

Author: Todd Engstrom

  • Stages of Missional Community Development – Overview

    Four Stages of Missional Community It is our hope at the Austin Stone that each and every person is living on mission to make disciples with other believers, but we know most of our people don’t start here. Almost every individual and group is somewhere in the transition from being a consumer to being a…

  • Missional Community Practices – Fitting Them All Together

    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 — How Do I Do This With a Busy Schedule?…

  • Soccer and the Kingdom of God

    I played soccer up until high school, and always enjoyed the game, so when it came time to put Micah into sports, soccer was a natural choice.  After a few stints at the YMCA, we joined our neighborhood league and I volunteered to help coach our team. It’s been an interesting few weeks in the…

  • Missional Community Practices – Third Place

    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 — Third Place – Gathering as Missionaries The third way…

  • Individualism and Community

    I think, therefore I am. One simple phrase that Descartes penned helped define a worldview for a future generation. No longer would humanity be fettered with group-think, old wives tales, and crude explanation. No, we would be released into the glorious future of rationalistic reasoning and society would soar to new heights. Centuries have passed,…

  • Missional Community Practices – Life Transformation Groups

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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…

    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

    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. —– …