Embracing Teen Curiosity

A Call to Authentic Engagement Recent findings from Barna’s The Open Generation: United States report reveal a compelling trend: over three-quarters of U.S. teenagers (77%) express a desire to learn more about Jesus with 52% being “very motivated”...

The Practice of Spiritual Discernment

Embedded deeply into the practices and training of Mission Alive is the spiritual practice of discernment. Simply, discernment is determining what God is saying to you – about any subject.  Of course, the challenge is to distinguish between God’s voice and the...

Three Ways to Engage

More Than You Know: Three Ways to Engage At Mission Alive, we’re passionate about planting churches, equipping leaders and fostering Christ-led discipleship. When it comes to the Kingdom, all of us believe in the power of connection and community and we want to invite...

Why we do what we do. Core Conviction Part 4

We have chosen to spend four weeks discussing our core convictions because they are the catalysts for what we do. They are why we invest in innovative faith communities instead of buildings. They are why we focus on serving rather than services. Here is a quick recap...

Why we do what we do. Core Conviction Part 3

Happy New Year! I hope that your holiday season was a joyful one. Before I launch into the third part of our series on Mission Alive’s core convictions, I want to quickly review the first two convictions under which Mission Alive operates . 1. God is still...