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Mission813 Giving Day is near
Mission813 Giving Day is almost here! The Mission813 Women are excited to announce this year's Giving Day goal of $50,000. Our efforts will help bring Evan Tardy onto the Mission Alive staff full-time while also funding several immediate ministry needs. Why is this a...
Rural and Small Town Initiative
Pepperdine University's Empower and Equip program, supported by a generous grant from Lilly Endowment, Inc., aims to revitalize Churches of Christ in rural areas and small towns across the United States by enhancing ministerial resources and leadership. As a grant...
Building Relationships Through Our Community Garden
Back in November 2025, we shared with you the early stages of The Table-Irving's community garden. Here's how it looked then. And here is how it looks now! One of our guiding principles at The Table–Irving is simple: "Everything we do is about building relationships."...
RSTI Update–Lufkin, Texas
For the last 7 years, our Rural and Small Town Initiative (RSTI) in Lufkin, Texas, Lufkin Street Ministries 2540, led by Jason and Sarah Hollinger, has addressed the needs of people experiencing homelessness through consistent presence, food, and basic needs. As part...
Economic Justice is not a Modern Trend
At Mission Alive, when we encourage every Innovative Faith Community (IFC) to pursue economic justice as a part of proclaiming the gospel, we are not embracing a modern trend toward social works. From the moment God first called a people His own, faithfulness...
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...
