The 2016 Fresh Expressions National Gathering
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View ArticleTheology On Mission #18: Boasting in Weakness – The Source of Our Ministries
Can you “boast in your (ministry) weakness”? Author, speakers and pastor Mandy Smith discusses how vulnerability and limitation is the true source of ministry effectiveness. Let us all learn to embrace...
View ArticleTheology On Mission #19: Mission or Institution? Our Denominations
Initially revival and mission movements, why do most denominations lose their founding Spirit and settle into an established Letter? “You make void the word of God by our traditions” says Jesus (Mark...
View ArticleTheology On Mission Podcast #19: Preaching Or Teaching? (David Fitch)
“What’s the difference anyway?” you might ask when it comes to preaching and teaching. In this special episode, pastor and professor David Fitch talks about this difference between preaching and...
View ArticleTheology On Mission #19: Should the Church Protest?
Are you a soldier of reconciliation, or a crusader of some other cause? What is the role of the church in a culture of injustice? What is the church’s witness within a world of fear? When the fear of...
View ArticleTheology On Mission Podcast – The Mission of Preaching: Audio from 2015...
Here are all five *special episodes* recorded at this year’s Missional Commons which focused on “The Mission of Preaching” (hosted by NORTHERN SEMINARY and ECCLESIA NETWORK). All of the Episodes:...
View ArticleTheology On Mission #18: What Do You Gather Around – Practices Or Ideas?
What makes your community tick? What is the glue holding you together? Is it what you THINK of God or what you DO with God? Kicking off the New Year David Fitch and Geoff Holsclaw talk about how...
View ArticleTheology On Mission #19: The De-Radicalization of MLK
Have we lost the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr? Have we assimilated him into the American Dream, losing the Dream he had for America in the process? David Fitch and Geoff Holsclaw sit down with...
View ArticleTheology On Mission #20: Seeing Another Story
What is the core of discipleship? Does information + action = discipleship? Is there something missing from this equation? Fitch and Holsclaw discuss the important aspect of “seeing yourself in another...
View ArticleTheology on Mission #21 Lent: Punishment or Preparation?
Is Lent a time of punishment or preparation? Is Lent at time for binding the flesh or building up faith? Remember that you will die. After Fitch confesses that he’s been wearing the same clothes for...
View ArticleTheology on Mission #22: “Enjoy The Show”: Worship And Church Planting
“Enjoy the Show!” and other things that shouldn’t be said about a worship service. David Fitch and Geoff Holsclaw talk about whether 1) a worship service is a central, peripheral, or complimentary part...
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The State and Future of Bivocationalism in Ministry (Join the Survey!)
In recent years the idea and practice of bivocationalism in ministry has risen in prominence. While this has been an ongoing, yet sporadic conversation here at Missio Alliance, it’s fascinating to...
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Top 10 Articles for International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day is a world-wide effort to… Celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievement of women. Yet let’s also be aware progress has slowed in many places across the...
View ArticleNew Partnership Announcement: Welcoming CRC Home Missions as Our Newest...
Missio Alliance is excited to announce a new partnership with the Home Missions arm of the Christian Reformed Church! As we continue to build strategic partnerships with denominational bodies, schools,...
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Inaugural Theology & Mission Lectureship
The needs facing the Church in our day are vast and complex. Engaging them faithfully requires the (re)development of missionary thinking, instincts, and skill-sets. Few seminaries are as committed to...
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Free Download: Fighting the Devil & His Demons (with Greg Boyd and Greg Brewer)
All people in Christian ministry are engaging in spiritual warfare. Sometimes the warfare is more overt than at other times, but it is always present. How does the fact of spiritual warfare affect how...
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Your Invitation Behind the Scenes of Missio Alliance
If you’re like us, the Missio Alliance Board of Trustees, you often wonder to yourself about the organizations you affiliate with and support, I wonder what’s really going on behind the scenes? If...
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Three Christmas Gifts for You!
With Advent drawing to a close, here are three Christmas gifts from Missio Alliance and our friends. 25% Off Every Resource This week only, you can download any Missio Alliance Resource for 25% off....
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Announcing the Betwixt Podcast featuring Deb Gregory!
Missio Alliance is pleased to share our platform with podcasters who share our vision of A Church Reimagined for a World Recreated. Our newest podcast is Betwixt from documentary filmmaker Deb...
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Does Your Church Have a Future? (Alliance Partner Spotlight)
Partnerships are the bedrock of Missio’s identity and ministry. These partners support and inform our work and we, in turn, want to help draw special attention to the ways in which they are engaging...
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