Recently, members of the Lufkin Street Ministries 2540 leadership team traveled to Austin, Texas, to visit Community First! Village, a residential community created to serve individuals coming out of chronic homelessness. Joining me on the trip was one of our...
Spiritual Transformation-Abilene, Texas Starting in 2023, Mission Alive invited Vini and Rachel Montesdeoca to launch an IFC in Abilene, Texas, called Spiritual Transformation. Their IFC (innovative faith community) is less focused on public gatherings for worship and...
Bridging Local Churches and Granting Organizations for New IFCs The Bell Trust, in partnership with Greenville Oaks Church of Christ in Allen, Texas, has awarded Mission Alive a pivotal grant to bolster one of our newest Innovative Faith Communities (IFCs). This...
Mission Alive recently had the privilege of leading two dynamic class sessions at the National Urban Ministry Conference in Little Rock, Arkansas—a yearly gathering that inspires and equips Christian leaders for transformative work in the heart of our cities. Mission...
Our Rural and Small Town Initiative is funded, in part, by a grant from Pepperdine’s Empower and Equip made possible by Lilly Endowment, Inc. At present we have three IFC sites that are part of this program: Lufkin, Texas; Bertram, Texas; Spartanburg, South Carolina....
This May, our many of our IFC leaders will participate in a two-day training with 3eRestoration, led by its founder, Fred Liggin. 3eRestoration is a Christian Community Development Agency that understands that alleviating social displacement is a community-based...
