Join the hundreds of other church planters and leaders who are missional/ externally focused in completing a critical part of the church planning and planting process. A needs assessment is a church planting kit sent to your home that helps you understand community needs.  ‘Understanding Community Needs: Needs Assessment Kit’ helps new churches to [...]

Get connected to the face of Jesus’ compassion in rural America as you explore what is happening with this ministry lead by Steve Donaldson.   Steve is about program, but rather connecting people in places where the resources are few and far between.  You will find a heart of shepherd being expressed in lonely spaces [...]

Writing about and living out a missional lifestyle is the focus of the resources on this website, which include a powerful book and a practical primer.  Visit http://www.tangiblekingdom.com/ to learn more about the challenges and experiences of Hugh Halter and Matt Smay in a missional community.

This is an important work by Alan Hirsch that addresses the heart of what it means to be missional in America today.  You can explore this by buying the book or viewing the online “podule” located at www.shapevine.com under ecourses.  Either way, fasten your seat belt as you prepare to read.

Does the church exist to serve itself, or is it called to something higher? Do we serve the mission or are we primarily engaged in our own maintenance?

If the statistics are to be believed then the American church is sliding ever closer to a dramatically weakened position within this pluralistic nation. With every denominational group in decline, we can only assume that there is something very wrong with what has become normative Christian life. We don’t look or act [...]