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Kids and the Family Meal
Perhaps the single most frequently asked question I receive with respect to missional communities is “what do we do with our children?”. For this next series, I’m going to focus on answering that question from multiple…
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Missional Communities and Kids
Perhaps the single most frequently asked question I receive with respect to missional communities is “what do we do with our children?”. For this next series, I’m going to focus on answering that question from multiple…
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Jesus and Mission
I’ve spilt quite a bit of digital ink over the last few months working through the reasons why we pursue missional communities, the core practices of missional communities, leadership systems for missional communities, and a variety…
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Identifying a Mission
How Do We Identify a Mission? In a comment from the post on “How to Multiply a Missional Community“, I was asked: Would you consider a post on identifying the mission and the process of clarification,…
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How to Multiply a Missional Community
Multiplication is a critical piece of effectively making disciples, and foundational to a movement. This series of posts will explore different different questions about multiplying a missional community: Why multiply missional communities? When to multiply a…
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When Not to Multiply a Missional Community
Multiplication is a critical piece of effectively making disciples, and foundational to a movement. This series of posts will explore different different questions about multiplying a missional community: Why multiply missional communities? When to multiply a…
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Top 5 Posts for July
For the month of July, the Missional Communities Practices Series continued to be the most read posts. As for content posted in July: Questions to Answer in Transition A Theological Reason for Missional Community What Next…
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When to Multiply a Missional Community?
Multiplication is a critical piece of effectively making disciples, and foundational to a movement. This series of posts will explore different different questions about multiplying a missional community: Why multiply missional communities? When to multiply a…
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Multiplying Missional Communities
Multiplication is a critical piece of effectively making disciples, and foundational to a movement. This series of posts will explore different different questions about multiplying a missional community: Why multiply missional communities? When to multiply a…
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Considering Multiplication in a New Missional Community
At The Austin Stone, the process of connection to multiplication follows a general pattern that usually takes approximately two years. It generally goes something like this: What’s Next? The First Four Weeks Processing a Preferred Future…
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Thinking Critically About a New Missional Community
At The Austin Stone, the process of connection to multiplication follows a general pattern that usually takes approximately two years. It generally goes something like this: What’s Next? The First Four Weeks Processing a Preferred Future…
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Establishing Healthy Rhythms
At The Austin Stone, the process of connection to multiplication follows a general pattern that usually takes approximately two years. It generally goes something like this: What’s Next? The First Four Weeks Processing a Preferred Future…