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Recent Posts:

  • 2023 Denver Regional Gathering
  • Halfway There: What Comes Next?
  • Good News for Imperfect Pastors
  • Leader Profile: Paul Hill
  • Leader Profile: Stephen Redden
  • Becoming a Distributed Church without Becoming a VIRTUAL Church.
  • Becoming a Distributed Church: Why It’s Worth the Shift
  • Leader Profile: Adam Avery
  • A Thought at the Beginning of Lent: She, Out of Her Poverty, Gave
  • Leader Profile: Dustin Bagby
  • Equipped for the Future
  • The Spiritual Discipline of Remembering
  • From the National Director: Our National Gathering, 2020
  • Are You Doing What You Should Be Doing?
  • Leader Profile: Eric Scwartz
  • Disappointment and Christmas
  • Advent Can Be One of the Hardest Seasons for Pastors…
  • ENG 20: Get to Know Our Presenters- Scot McKnight
  • Leader’s Profile: Matthew Shedden
  • How I Discerned The Call To Plant A New Church
  • Leader’s Profile- Gary Alloway
  • ENG 20: Get to Know Our Presenters- Winfield Bevins
  • Surviving The Seven Year Slump
  • ENG20: Get to Know Our Presenters- Keisha Polonio
  • Leader Profile: Adam Wood
  • Reversing Our Way- How Technology Can Keep Us from Doing What We Should (Pt 1)
  • Planter Profile: John Trotter
  • The Missing Piece
  • Ecclesia Speaks- Adam Wood, Garland TX
  • Leader Profile: Chris Breslin
  • Planter Profile: Robert Frazier, Boise ID
  • The Church Planter’s (or everyone’s) Secret Weapon
  • What Do You REALLY Want?
  • Ecclesia Speaks
  • Leader Profile: Doug Moister
  • Why the Disciplines Matter
  • Dallas Willard and Jet-Lag
  • 6 Marks of Vitality for Today’s Church
  • Leader’s Profile- Mandy Smith
  • Our Faith Journeys
  • One Simple Way to Reduce Ministry Stress- Be a Sheepdog, Not a Rabbit.
  • The Difference Between a Mentor and a Coach (and a Therapist and Spiritual Director) and Why You Need One
  • Leaders Profile- Ryan Braught
  • 10 Practical Ways to Cultivate Trust With Your Leadership Team
  • What I Learned After Almost Pretending to Faint Just to Get Out of Preaching
  • Preaching for the Nod
  • One Bi-Vocational Pastor’s Story… and how it could help YOU.
  • Pentecost Offering 2019
  • Kurtley Knight
  • Genesis
  • Meditations on the Ecclesia National Gathering ’19
  • Jim Pace
  • Can Your Church Be the Church That Doesn’t Hurt People?
  • Ecclesia Annual Report- 2018 in Review
  • A Communion Reflection for Lent
  • Authority or Influence?
  • Unless a Congregation Dies
  • 5 Questions to Ask After You Write Your Sermon (But Before You Preach It)
  • New Ministry Spotlight: The Mill Chapel Open Sanctuary
  • News from around the Ecclesia Network
  • New Church Spotlight:  Derik Heumann and Evergreen
  • Ecclesia National Gathering ’19 (@ Missio) is Coming!
  • Review: Advent; the Once & Future Coming of Jesus Christ by Fleming Rutledge
  • New Churches Welcomed to the Ecclesia Network!
  • Ecclesia National Gathering ’18 Round Up!
  • Ecclesia National Gathering ’18 Workshops
  • What You Win Them With is What You Win Them To
  • 2017 Ecclesia Network Annual Report
  • The Surprising Findings About Bible Engagement and What Pastors Can Do About It
  • A Message from Our National Director- January 2018
  • Spiritual Parenting
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  • Genesis Church Planters Training 2017 Recap
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  • An Honest Look at Being White
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  • What do you DO?
  • Busyness… or Gluttony?
  • How the Learning Pyramid Impacts My Preaching and Teaching
  • One Simple Way to Avoid Burnout And Make It For The Long Haul
  • The 4 Questions to Ask People Who Are Leaving Your Church
  • Ecclesia's 2016 Annual Report
  • Ecclesia’s 2016 Annual Report
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  • From the National Director: Pentecost Offering
  • Event w/ Darrell Guder POSTPONED
  • Reaching New Hights
  • Sermon Feedback: 5 Ways to Discern When it’s Legit (and When People are Just Being Nice)
  • Ecclesia Welcomes New Board Member Mandy Smith!
  • New Buildings- New Ministry Opportunities Within Ecclesia
  • One Simple Key to Sane Church Planting: Let Go of Your Ideals
  • If 2016 was a Challenging Year – You’re Not Alone!
  • New Elder Commissioning at Renew
  • Reality Check- Who is the Real Enemy?
  • From the Field: An update From Albuquerque- Jesse & Joanna Harden
  • Welcome New Ecclesia Member Church The Commons
  • The Spiritual Formation of Leaders: Mid-Atlantic Regional Event October 22, 2016
  • Reflection on Ecclesia's Genesis Church Planters Training- Gary Alloway
  • Some Updates from the Network

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