Family, Not Competitors: An Interview with Matt Metzger

Our friend Matt Metzger shares his own story about how destructive it can be when Christian leaders live in competition with one another, and how healing and powerful it can be when we realise we’re all a part of the same family. Gabriella Llewellyn Gabby has been involved in missions and church planting most of…

Working for Revival

“People want revival, but don’t want to do the work that goes into it.” This statement from a missional leader in Michigan resonated with me the rest of the night. It is easy to get caught up in the warm and fuzzies of church experiences, in the excitement the Holy Spirit fills us with, and…

“Pastor” Where You Are

Yesterday we had the immense privilege of chatting with church-planter Joe Woodruff. It’s probably not an over-exaggeration to say we all sat around leaning in like kids listening to an epic story as he shared from his wealth of experience as a pastor.   If you had to distill the message of As Family We Go…

Shoulder to Shoulder, Face to Face: Overcoming Competition in Ministry

“We were all sitting in a circle, and they asked us to go around and share how many people we had at our Easter Sunday Services,” he looked down at this hands as he shared. “There has to be a way church planters and pastors can celebrate the work God is doing without it feeling…

Field Notes (Week 1)

It’s cold and snowy here in Fargo, North Dakota, and the green, mossy raininess of the Pacific Northwest feels far away. But the conversations, prayers, and meetings with God’s people are still rumbling deep, low, and powerfully in our hearts. They’ve changed us, and helped us see what we already believe to be true— that…