Recent Articles
Where Mission Meets Momentum: Mission Alive’s 2026 Board Meeting
Each June, our board of directors gathers in the Dallas/Fort Worth area for a time of connection, discernment, and shared vision. This time is always meaningful, but this year carried a unique energy from the very beginning. Instead of our usual Friday evening dinner,...
See How God Connected the Dots
Mission Alive is often asked to assist in finding leaders to serve in missional ministry opportunities in partnership with existing churches and organizations. In early 2025, the Carrollton Avenue Church of Christ in New Orleans, Louisiana, asked our help in finding a...
Meet the president of our board of directors
Charles Pierson has served on the board since 2018, becoming president in 2019. He received a BS and a MBA from Vanderbilt University. Charles is the Executive Director of The Sumners Foundation, which encourages citizens to be involved in self-governance. They award...
The Transformation Journey: A New Ministry Framework
True ministry in marginalized spaces is not a program to be delivered; it is a community culture to be inhabited. To guide our efforts, we use a framework called Marginalization Responsive Ministry, which visualizes human growth not as a straight line, but as an...
Meet two more of our dedicated board members
Meet two more of our dedicated board members: Jason Locke Jason joined the board in 2023. He and his wife, Julie, live in Fresno, California, where Jason serves as the minister at the College Church of Christ. Jason earned a BS in Mechanical Engineering from Tennessee...
MA Leaders Present at 2026 Christian Scholars’ Conference
The 2026 Thomas H. Olbricht Christian Scholars' Conference (CSC), held June 3–5 at Pepperdine University, featured significant contributions from Mission Alive leaders Tod Vogt, Steve Shaffer, and Andy Johnson. Their involvement aligned with the conference theme, "On...
Meet our Board of Directors
Meet two more of our dedicated board members: Michael Martin Michael is relative newcomer to the board, joining in 2024. Michael is an attorney and partner at the law firm of Myers, Widders, Gibson, Jones & Feingold, LLP. Before receiving his Juris Doctor from...
The Art of Restoration
Breaking the Spiral of Marginalization Marginalization creates a devastating, self-reinforcing spiral. When a person's perceived worth is diminished by their environment, it becomes incredibly difficult for them to believe in a viable future. Without a future to look...
Meet our Board of Directors
Our board of directors is the backbone of our mission. They help guide that mission with wisdom gained from a variety of backgrounds and experiences. These men and women of faith are an invaluable part of Mission Alive. Over the next few weeks we will be sharing a...
Foundations for Flourishing: Understanding Value, Agency and Hope
Every human being is made in the image of God (Imago Dei). This is an unchanging, ontological reality, meaning we are all inherently valuable, meaningful, and good. In addition, God created humanity with choice (agency), value and purpose (tend the earth), and a...
