Formation · Leadership & Equipping
Guides and practices for pastors, elders, facilitators, teams, and others learning to lead faithfully.
Leadership, Shared Purpose, and the Shalom of Christ A meeting can go remarkably well. The agenda is completed, reports are received, decisions are made, and everyone does what they were assigned to…
Open resource →Explore how anxiety, tension, and uncertainty can become part of faithful communal discernment.
Open resource →Reflect on the relationships and practices that form a faithful community within and beyond the church.
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Receive a future larger than institutional survival and wider than familiar boundaries.
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Discern what must be carried, changed, repaired, or released under Christ.
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Look beyond easy measures to the recognizable fruit of faithful common life.
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Notice what kind of community your shared life is forming.
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Receive the church as Christ’s, exercising responsibility without anxious ownership.
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Begin by noticing where Christ is already at work and what it would mean to join.
Open resource →The Ordinary Work of Christian Leadership In Mark 6, Jesus and the disciples are confronted by an enormous crowd. The day is growing late, the people are hungry, and there is nowhere…
Open resource →Focus, Flexibility, and the Work Before Us Scripture Facilitator note: The bold questions are the primary conversation prompts. The additional questions are optional. Let the group’s discussion determine where you spend your…
Open resource →The Slow Work of Forming Healthier Christian Communities With assistance from Judy Mitchell and Josh Daum Why Doesn’t Anything Really Change? It happens almost every Sunday. Worship has ended. People gather around…
Open resource →Juneteenth and the Gospel of Shalom Deliverance, Discipleship, and Learning to Listen A Public Discipleship Discussion, 004 June, 2026 The God Who Hears What is the central story of our faith? Christians…
Public Discipleship
Open resource →Foundation #1: God’s Mission “The good news of the Gospel is that the triune God…creates, redeems, sustains, rules, and transforms all things and all people.“ F-1.01 God’s Mission The work of ministry…
Open resource →Discerning God’s Future in a Time of Change Focus on Relationships Prayer The book of Haggai takes place during a pivotal moment in Israel’s history. The exile has ended. Some of God’s…
Open resource →Discerning the Line Between Wisdom and Avoidance A Righteous Risk Conversation May, 2026 There is a form of faith that looks responsible but is quietly resistant. It is careful. Measured. Patient. It…
Righteous Risk
Open resource →Between Distance and Witness Public Discipleship in a Difficult Conversation A Public Discipleship Discussion, 003 May, 2026 In recent years, conversations around LGBTQIA+ life in the church have often settled into familiar…
Public Discipleship
Open resource →Luke 10 and the Risk of Letting Go A Righteous Risk Conversation April, 2026 After these things the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them ahead of him in pairs to every…
Righteous Risk
Open resource →Building Relationships As we come to this fourth conversation, we turn to a story that feels strikingly familiar to many of us—the journey on the road to Emmaus Luke 24:13–35. Two disciples…
Open resource →Building Relationships In Scripture, faith is not formed only in moments of clarity or blessing. It is often forged in loss, uncertainty, and the long middle where nothing seems to resolve. The…
Open resource →Building Relationships In Scripture, we are rarely formed alone. Again and again, we see that who we become is shaped through relationships—through people who walk with us, challenge us, protect us, and…
Open resource →Building Relationships Names Matter In the Bible, names are not just labels—they carry identity, story, and calling. Sometimes a name tells you where someone has come from. Sometimes it reveals who they…
Open resource →Preparing for ministry without losing the center When something important is approaching, ministry teams often become consumed with the work around the work. Messages need answered. Materials need gathered. Food must be…
Open resource →001 Mission in the Front Seat: Keeping Vision and Relationships Ahead of Management and Structure A Leadership Conversation, 001 March 10, 2026 Church boards spend enormous amounts of time discussing budgets, staffing,…
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