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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....
New Catalyze Coach training begins soon! Use this LINK to learn more about the power of coaching and to register today!
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...
We all struggle with forward motion. Catalyze Coaching helps.
There is a song by Reliant K that includes the lyric, “...I struggle with forward motion, we all struggle with forward motion. ‘Cause forward motion is harder than it sounds…” We all struggle with forward motion because growth and change are always easier said than...
