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Wes Gunn honored with honorary degree
Wes Gunn Receives an Honorary Doctor of Divinity Mission Alive is thrilled to celebrate one of our long-time leaders, Wes Gunn, who was recently awarded an honorary Doctor of Divinity from Mission India Theological Seminary in Nagpur, India. Wes originally teamed with...
A Kingdom Perspective on Taxes
Jesus and Taxes: A Kingdom Perspective Even in Jesus’ time taxation was a part of life. In Matthew 22:21 Jesus said, “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s and to God what is God’s.” This reminds us that while we are responsible citizens who contribute to society, our...
March is National Women’s Month
March is Women’s History Month. Across the world women are being celebrated for the impact they have made in our world. Women who were ready to speak for others through actions and engage faith in very real terms. Women, many of whose names are familiar, like Corrie...
The Challenge of Listening to God Through Scripture
The Challenge of Listening to God Through Scripture Steve Shaffer, Director of Discipleship and Coaching Since I was a child, I was taught to read the Bible as the primary way of listening to God. It was interesting to me when people said things like, “I’ve read this...
About two-out-of-three Americans identify as Christian
How do you “know” if you have a vibrant, life-giving walk with Jesus? What does it mean to say that you are a Christian? Recent findings from Pew Research Center's Religious Landscape Study that evaluates trends impacting religion in 2023-24 indicate that two out of...
Celebrating Growth and Community Impact at River City Christian Community
Celebrating Growth and Community Impact at River City Christian Community River City Christian Community in partnership with the Riverwalk Church of Christ set out to plant a network of house churches in Wichita, Kansas in 2011. Our story over the past 14 years has...
Knowing God through scripture
From Steve Shaffer, Director of Coaching and Discipleship Reading scripture is central to the identity of disciples. After all, how can we follow God without knowing God, and how do we know God without listening to what he has said? While we can certainly learn about...
Sheep or goat?
It only requires a surface reading of any of the Gospels to realize that Jesus paid special attention to those at the margins of society. In 1st Century Jewish culture those at the margins were women, children, foreigners, those with handicaps, those thought of as...
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" and 25% "somewhat...
Consider your need for Catalyze Coach training
Perhaps you have never given much thought to the value of coach training because you don’t ever see yourself being a coach. I’d like to challenge you to consider your need for coach training. I’ve heard it said that the essence of relationships is conversation....
