1. Meeting Change in Culture and Community
Status Quo wouldn’t be an accurate description of American culture today. In fact, “status quo” is short for “status quo ante bellum,” or “the state before the war.” Status quo is not just...
2. Resourcing Missional Communities
Whether your effort is housed in a serving church or a non profit that is rooted in faith tradition, developing new resources is a primary step toward sustainability–and things are changing in our economy. Finding new resources...
3. Missional New Churches
David Mills is helping start healthier new churches that transform communities through service.
Across the nation, a movement of church planting is growing. These new churches are targeting communities and locations where new churches...
4. Technology Fit for the Mission
Rapid change in the opportunities and habits of technology users means that to connect with people for ministry, service and resource development we have no choice but to find the right technology fit. The emerging generation is...
5. Emerging Strategic Opportunities
Culture and technology are providing opportunities to accelerate our mission and impact. By understanding and engaging effectively, we can speed the light and connect with hidden people groups.. By coming alongside to provide “accelerators”...
Your Community–Stretcher or...
Does your community, neighborhood, school need a coffin or s stretcher– that’s up to you…and at least 3 of your friends. One of Jesus’ encounters found in Mark chapter 2 gives...
Scaffolding and Ministry Platforms
A ministry platform is a program, service or endeavor that we put in place to give us entre’ to new relationships within the surrounding culture. An attractional approach to ministry will build...
What’s Changed?
Have you ever awoken from a good sleep and just knew that the season had changed? Evidently birds and other animals have this sense– a realization that goes beyond what is directly observed. (If...
On Demand Video Training for Needs...
Complete Video Preparation for Leaders Planning a Needs Assessment
Compassion by Design has offered training helping church planters, pastors and outreach leaders to understand their community and its...
Fruit and Vegetables, Health and Clear...
Interesting study in Germany found that increased intake of fruits and vegetables have a direct impact on health and keeping your wits. This study clearly shows the link beyond any connection to other...
About DM
Compassion by Design Founder, David W Mills, is a two time church planter with a passion to help churches successfully win the un-churched and establish themselves with credibility and impact that surpasses traditional outreach methods. This approach is clearly “outside the box” when it comes to how we grow churches—but uses approaches that have built in community credibility and place the church leaders and congregation face-to-face with those they seek to reach.
