Beyond the Bridge to Nowhere: Disciple-Making With Emerging Adults Outside the Church

“You have to understand how shocked I am to be in this interview.I assured my husband, when we were engaged, that I would never join a church staff.” Stacie was a vibrant, passionate, highly gifted thirty-something. We were pursuing her as our Associate Pastor of Disciple-making. She was currently a doctoral philosophy student, a veteran…
Disciple-Making With Adults Inside the Church

Roles are essential in every human context. Roles define expectations and responsibilities, and structure the division of labor. Roles enable the implementation of shared vision and mission; they shape conversations. As a result, how a community’s leadership The role of emerging adults as conceived and communicated by a local church’s leadership is of paramount importance.envisions…
Tapping our Spiritual Potential: Some Thoughts and Questions

Sunday morning service had concluded, transitioning to a scene similar to church gatherings all over the world. Adults stood conversing, children ran laughing and playing, and the pastor extended warm welcomes to first-time visitors. I was one of those visitors, a guest speaker welcomed into the open-air church in the rural suburbs of Kampala, Uganda….