The Ministry Collaborative always seeks the perspectives, insights, and collective wisdom of ministry leaders in our network. And we always want to share our findings with others so that we can all learn and grow as we seek to carry out our ministries fully and...
Content Curator Adam Mixon continues his conversation with the Revs. David Feltman and Jennifer Lusher (Family Promise, New Ministry Strategies) speaking about the importance of seeking "the common good", the difficulty of confronting false gospels, and why we need to read Scripture in diverse community....
Somewhere along the way, most of us have heard part of the myth of Icarus. The part we have heard usually involves the ingenious inventor Daedalus and his son Icarus, who are trapped together on the island of Crete. Seeking a way off the island, Daedalus crafts wings for...
Content Curator Adam Mixon continues our “When Politics Is Upstream of Faith” series, speaking with the Revs. Jennifer Lusher (Family Promise, New Ministry Strategies) and David Feltman about seeing COVID as a prophetic moment, the pain of the "great divide", and embracing the places we...
The Ministry Collaborative has long been engaged in exploration and conversation about metrics. Metrics of “success” are complex when it comes to church and ministry. How do you measure the vitality of a congregation? was a question posed by staff member Ryan Bonfiglio earlier this...
Program Staff Amy Valdez Barker and Adam Borneman speak with the Rev. Johannes George (St. Mark's Episcopal, Houston) about his harrowing escape from the civil war in Sierra Leone, what that experience taught him about betrayal and trust, and his wisdom for the American context...
The mind fits the world and shapes it as a river fits and shapes its own banks. -Annie Dillard (Living by Fiction) I would love to live Like a river flows, Carried by the surprise Of its own unfolding. -John O’Donohue (“Fluent”) Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. Do...
Program Curator Jennifer Watley Maxell continues our "When Politics Is Upstream of Faith" series, speaking with the Rev. Kate Flexer (St. Michael's Church, NYC) and the Rev. Dr. Albert Russell (Grace Community Church, Millbrook, AL; Tuskegee University) about keeping Christ and Christ's table at the...
Like many others, TMC is acutely interested in how leadership models are rapidly evolving, what this requires, and what it might mean for the future of ministry more broadly. A key component in this exploration revolves around spiritual maturity, wisdom, and faithfulness. Developing leaders who...