TMC Program Staff Adam Borneman, Jennifer Watley Maxell, Mark Ramsey, and Beth Daniel speak about the promises and pitfalls of digital technology for churches, its personal and communal impacts, and how the church is uniquely equipped for such a time as this. Read Adam Borneman's blog...
TMC Staff Mark Ramsey and Jennifer Watley Maxell continue their conversation with the Rev. Dr. Reggie Blount (Oikos Institute for Social Impact, Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary) about partnering with those outside church's doors, the importance of seeing social impact as an act of discipleship, and...
TMC Staff Mark Ramsey and Jennifer Watley Maxell speak with the Rev. Dr. Reggie Blount (Oikos Institute for Social Impact, Garrett Evangelical Theological Seminary) about the spiritual yearnings of young people, the importance of knowing them personally, and our unhelpful tendency to "pastor adults and...
Executive Director Mark Ramsey speaks with Drs. Allison Norton and Scott Thumma (Hartford Institute for Religion Research) about the latest results from their five-year study into congregational life from the pandemic and beyond, including what the data says - and doesn't - about rising church...
TMC Program Staff Adam Mixon and Adam Borneman continue their conversation with the Rev. Sherrad Hayes (Union Baptist Church, West Point, GA) about the disruption of the Gospel, learning not to see efficiency as the goal, and the importance of fostering genuine encounters with the...
TMC Program Staff Adam Borneman and Adam Mixon speak with the Rev. Sherrad Hayes (Union Baptist Church, West Point, GA) about the "long game" of spiritual transformation, the difference between the immediate and the urgent, and the importance of our core identity in Christ. Episode Transcript. ...
TMC Program Staff Jennifer Watley Maxell and Adam Borneman follow up our earlier conversation about facilitation, discussing Jesus' model of letting silence linger; understanding that information itself is not transformative; and how learning to move toward tension together can be productive and faithful. Listen to the...
TMC Program Staff Adam Borneman, Jennifer Watley Maxell, and Mark Ramsey talk with Elizabeth Lynn (Shifting Ground) about creating space for deeper reflection, alignment vs. agreement, and why facilitation is a critical tool for all areas of ministry. Contact TMC Staff about Facilitation Training. Episode Transcript....
TMC Program Staff Ryan Bonfiglio, Adam Mixon, Mark Ramsey, and Adam Borneman discuss the April data from the Hartford Center for Religion Research on church attendance trends, as well as what it might - and most certainly doesn't - tell us about ministry today. Read the...