Throughout The Ministry Collaborative’s decade-plus work alongside clergy in Scotland, we were fortunate to be guided by and learn from two gifted pastors, Arthur Christie and Peter Neilson. In recent correspondence with Peter, he shared the following reflection. What I have learned most in our...
TMC Staff Adam Borneman and Amy Valdez Barker speak with Hannah Petersen (Mapping Spiritual Innovation) about her recent work with the Chaplaincy Innovation Lab on the modern landscape of spiritual care, the intersection between innovation and tradition, and the importance of finding new models for...
“The Quiet Revival” - a survey conducted in the UK by YouGov on behalf of The Bible Society UK - claims, “Church attendance [in England and Wales] has risen by 50 per cent over the last six years, busting the myth of church decline.” Moreover,...
Program Staff Adam Borneman and Adam Mixon speak with Lisa Yeager (Oak Tree Ministries) about the dangers of privatized faith, the gift of life abundant, and finding level ground at the foot of the cross....
“When God made His promise to Abraham, since there was no one greater for Him to swear by, He swore by himself, saying, ‘I will surely bless you and give you many descendants.’ And so after waiting patiently, Abraham received what was promised. People swear by...
Congregational and Pastoral Formation Curator Amy Valdez Barker continues her conversation with Malaika Cheney-Coker (Ignited Word) and Shannon Hopkins (Rooted Good) and about unlocking creativity, unfreezing permission structures, and the importance of doing entrepreneurial ministry in community....
Twenty-five years ago, Zygmunt Bauman coined Liquid Modernity to describe a world where “forms of social life cannot keep their shape for long, because they decompose and melt faster than the time it takes to cast them.” That liquid has since thinned and accelerated. In...
Congregational and Pastoral Formation Curator Amy Valdez Barker speaks with Shannon Hopkins (Rooted Good) and Malaika Cheney-Coker (Ignited Word) about the importance of aligning mission with money, shaping a life with margins, and how we can unleash human creativity for the sake of the greater...