Author: Todd Engstrom
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Mission in the Suburbs || Outreach Magazine
I’m proud of my friend Jon Dansby for having his article “7 Ways To Do Mission in the Suburbs” published over at ChurchLeaders. Check it out here!
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Creating Environments for Launching Missional Communities – Part 2
Over the next few weeks, I will be featuring a number of posts from my teammates here at The Austin Stone on a variety of topics related to missional communities. This is a two part series from our Downtown PM Campus Connections Director, Tyson Joe. To see part 1, go here. —– Environments Conducive to Missional Communities Connections at The…
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Communicating the Vision for Missional Communities
The Austin Stone didn’t begin as a church committed to missional communities. Through several years, we have transitioned our church from a traditional community/small group model to our current model of missional communities. This series of posts will help you understand how we made that transition over time: Transitioning Your Church to Missional Communities Two Ways to Transition…
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Crafting a Vision for Missional Communities
The Austin Stone didn’t begin as a church committed to missional communities. Through several years, we have transitioned our church from a traditional community/small group model to our current model of missional communities. This series of posts will help you understand how we made that transition over time: Transitioning Your Church to Missional Communities Two Ways to Transition…
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Creating Environments for Launching Missional Communities – Part 1
Over the next few weeks, I will be featuring a number of posts from my teammates here at The Austin Stone on a variety of topics related to missional communities. This is a two part series from our Downtown PM Campus Connections Director, Tyson Joe. —– Environments Conducive to Missional Communities Connections at The Austin…
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Forming a Strategic Team to Lead Transition
The Austin Stone didn’t begin as a church committed to missional communities. Through several years, we have transitioned our church from a traditional community/small group model to our current model of missional communities. This series of posts will help you understand how we made that transition over time: Transitioning Your Church to Missional Communities Two Ways to Transition…
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Creating a Sense of Urgency
The Austin Stone didn’t begin as a church committed to missional communities. Through several years, we have transitioned our church from a traditional community/small group model to our current model of missional communities. This series of posts will help you understand how we made that transition over time: Transitioning Your Church to Missional Communities Two Ways to Transition…
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Mobilizing Your Community to Sunday Service Teams
Over the next few weeks, I’ve asked several members of our team at The Austin Stone to write on different aspects of missional community in different contexts and ministries. Today, Brendan Thompson is going to share some learning points from practicing missional community in conjunction with service teams, specifically in our Children’s Ministry. Brendan serves as our Children’s…
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Two Ways to Transition Your Church
The Austin Stone didn’t begin as a church committed to missional communities. Through several years, we have transitioned our church from a traditional community/small group model to our current model of missional communities. This series of posts will help you understand how we made that transition over time: Transitioning Your Church to Missional Communities Two Ways to Transition…
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Transitioning Your Church to Missional Communities
The Austin Stone didn’t begin as a church committed to missional communities. Through several years, we have transitioned our church from a traditional community/small group model to our current model of missional communities. This series of posts will help you understand how we made that transition over time: Transitioning Your Church to Missional Communities Two…
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Parenting, Education and Mission
Recently, I was chatting with a member of our church who has been intentionally living on mission for several years amongst unreached people groups in Austin. He has children that are similar in age to mine, so we struck up a conversation about school. In that conversation, I was incredibly challenged by his faithfulness to…
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Suburbs and Missional Communities
Over the next few weeks, I’ve asked several members of our team at The Austin Stone to write on different aspects of missional community in different contexts. Today, Jon Dansby is going to share some learning points from practicing missional community in the suburbs of Austin. Jon serves as a campus pastor at our St.…