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Good things are happening in Abilene!
The Spiritual Transformation and Discipleship Ministry has been active for nearly three years, with spontaneity at the heart of its mission. Our work is grounded in building relationships and fostering open, authentic conversations. We currently operate in two primary...
Opportunities to serve in Canada, TN, and LA
A few weeks ago we shared two unique opportunities to serve marginalized communities in Newmarket, Ontario, and Union City, Tennessee. Read the details here. Since then, the Carrollton Avenue Church of Christ in New Orleans, Louisiana, has contacted Mission Alive for...
Why does Mission Alive focus on marginalized communities? Part 3
Why Marginalized Communities? Because reaching and serving marginalized communities is foundational to the ministry of Mission Alive, we have spent the last two weeks explaining the "why" behind the ministry. In Part 1, we answered the question of "why" with the...
Listen to the latest edition of Discipleship Conversations
Check out the most recent edition of Mission Alive's podcast, Discipleship Conversations. In this episode, hosts Cheryl Russell and Tiffany Dahlman interview Collin Packer to explore the challenging topic that is on many of our minds this season: Christian...
Why Marginalized Communities: Part 2
Why marginalized communities? In last week's initial installment of the series, "Why does Mission Alive focus on marginalized communities?" (read the article here) we answered this question with examples from Jesus’ life and ministry. This week we dive into how...
Why does Mission Alive focus on marginalized communities? Part 1
From Tod Vogt, Mission Alive Executive Director With some regularity, Mission Alive is asked this question. It is a fair question. Why would a church planting ministry like Mission Alive develop a focus as specific as marginalized communities? Over the next three...
The role discipleship plays in church planting
From Tod Vogt, Mission Alive Executive Director It was about 2016 when Mission Alive developed Discipleship Cohorts (DC) (https://missionalive.org/discipleship-cohorts/ ). We saw that our church planters needed a process to help them develop disciples within their...
Thoughts from Debra Ham, MA board of directors
Mission Alive’s Board and Staff are Christian men and women who have a heart for leading people to God. I feel blessed to be a part of this work. I believe Mission Alive’s focus on reaching people through innovative communities of faith is essential in today’s world....
Update from The Crossing, San Antonio, TX
Bob and Patti Grigg started a faith community 18 years ago in San Antonio, TX. The Crossing is still blessing their community and Bob and Patti have shared a little about how God has been at work there. We invite you to pray for the Griggs and all of Mission Alive's...
Mission813 Giving Day
From Candace Vogt, Founder-Mission813 Our annual Giving Day is only one week away and I want to share with you why Mission813 does what it does. Take a minute to look at the faces in the banner above. Some are the faces of our church planters and leaders. These are...
