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.

It is a common question to ask. You need funding for your project. Maybe you even want to learn grant writing yourself. Here is some information to help answer the question, ‘Where can I find free information on grant writing?’
1. Start with the basics: Are you qualified to apply for grant funding? 
The answer, of course, [...]

7When a Samaritan woman came to draw water, Jesus said to her, “Will you give me a drink?” 8(His disciples had gone into the town to buy food. ) 9The Samaritan woman said to him, “You are a Jew and I am a Samaritan woman. How can you ask me for a drink?” (For Jews do not [...]

Expertly Written Master Grant:
The Grant Team, supervised by Master Grant Writer David Mills, will develop high impact grant language that will form the foundation for your future grants. You will accelerate the progress of your grant team with an editable Master Grant that includes a telephone interview with an experienced winning grant writer, an [...]

Federal and National Funding
• USDA Funding
• AmeriCorps
• Senior Corps
• Head Start
• Healthy Marriage (7 grants)
• Individual Development Assets
• Department of Justice Internet Prevention
• Compassion Capital Fund (10 grants about 4 million)
• Workforce Development and Business Start Up in Non Profit Setting
• Mentoring
• Technical Assistance
• Block Grants
• Substance Abuse Funding
• Substance Abuse
• 5 million dollar internet [...]

reFOCUS Community Needs Assessment Kit for Externally Focused Churches

Whether you have firmly established your church as externally focused, or you are on the way there, you need to complete the practical process of understanding community needs in order to find that sweet spot of focused ministry through service. The intersection of the needs of the [...]

Understanding Community Needs, Needs Assessment Kit for New Churches
If you are in the planning, planting or ministering in the first couple of years of new church life, and you want community service and a missional/ externally focused DNA to grow in the church, then completing a needs assessment is critical part of the process. 
Using a [...]