Mar 5, 2024 | Mission Alive
At the Christian Scholars Conference in June, 2022, Mission Alive’s founder, Dr. Gailyn Van Rheenen, was honored with a series of academic papers written to follow the three phases of his ministry: Mission work in East Africa Teaching missions at Abilene...
Mar 5, 2024 | Mission Alive
Last spring, National Public Radio published an article claiming that in 2019 more churches closed than opened. A lot more. Furthermore, they referenced a study conducted by the Public Research Institute that claimed the average congregation size declined by more than...
Jan 30, 2024 | Mission Alive
A message from Rex Butts, lead minister for the Newark Church of Christ, NJ I have served as a minister among Churches of Christ for almost twenty-five years. With some lament, I may be among the last generation of full-time vocational ministers. Very few students at...
Jan 16, 2024 | Catalyze Coaching, Mission Alive
From Steve Shaffer, Director of Coaching and Discipleship “Your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven…” In God’s loving generosity, he created humanity with free will and then pours himself out to show his love in hopes that love frees us to...
Jan 6, 2024 | Mission Alive
Happy 2024! Can you believe it? Time does indeed fly by quickly. 2024 marks Mission Alive’s twentieth year of mission! For 20 years, we have been recruiting, assessing, training, and coaching leaders to start new, innovative churches. For 20...
Jan 6, 2024 | Mission Alive
We are excited to announce the further development of Mission Alive Canada (MAC). We now have charitable status with the Canadian government, and we have chosen an executive committee of three people to spearhead our planning. These are small steps but necessary ones...
