This week marks the 18th anniversary of Steve’s dedicated service to Mission Alive. After receiving his coach training credentials from Transformational Leadership Coaching and serving as a coach mentor with TLC, Steve became aware of Mission Alive. He joined...
HOPE How long does it take to rekindle hope? Hope can be a dangerous place to stand. Without proof, without assurance, without means to insure the outcome, it can be somewhat reckless to believe that things can get better. The belief in hope gets harder with each...
Advent: Participation and Anticipation The integration of the traditional four-week period known as Advent by mainstream evangelical churches represents a notable shift in contemporary church practice. Even churches that have held a pronounced aversion to a formal...
Ready for 2026! Late in October, the Mission Alive team took a 2-day retreat to pray and set goals for 2026. Here are some of the highlights from our goal-setting retreat. We believe God is leading Mission Alive to: Start 3 new innovative faith communities (IFCs)...
2025 has been a record-setting year! We started more new IFCs (Innovative Faith Communities) in 2025 than in any single year of the past 15 years. We received more funding from grants than at any time in Mission Alive’s history. We added more new team members to...
IFCs ICF M813 DCs RSTI CCT BOD Acronyms. They make communication more efficient, but only if you know what they mean. At Mission Alive, we have been know to throw around an acronym or two, so to make sure we all speak...
