News Archive - Missio Alliance

Dialogical Preaching: The Convergence of Conversation and Proclamation in Public Space

2 days ago

Do you sense that God’s spirit should speak from within a community during the sermon? Are you looking for a way to incorporate conversation into your public preaching? For the sake of mission in post-Christian spaces, should the one-way monologue…

Free Webinar Series: Discipling Four Complicated Emotions: Fear, Grief, Anger, Shame

3 weeks ago

We are in the midst of an unprecedented time due to the great disruption caused by COVID-19. Fear, grief, anger, and share are at heightened levels and most Christian communities are ill-equipped to disciple people through these complicated emotions. In…

Strengthening the Soul of your Leadership in the Midst of Crisis With Ruth Haley Barton

4 weeks ago

We’ve all heard these flight attendants’ instructions: “Should there be a change in cabin pressure, oxygen masks will drop from the ceiling. If you are traveling with a child, please put your own mask on first before helping the child…

Thou Shalt Not Be a Jerk… A Christian’s Guide to Engaging Politics

2 months ago

It’s an election year, which means that the current political climate will be on full display from now through November. Are there particular ways Christians should think about engaging politics that are distinct and unique? Eugene Cho—author, speaker, and founder…

Reframation: Four Important Questions (and Answers) For YOUR Ministry Context

2 months ago

We live in a world that is constantly on a pilgrimage, searching and longing for so much more. Yet, followers of Jesus struggle to articulate the story of God in a way that brings clarity and understanding to these longings,…

Announcing Imago: Reflecting God in Leadership

3 months ago

Introducing an an online event centered on the topic of women and men in shared leadership.…

Future Conversations: 10 Era-Defining Church Issues and How To Talk About Them- A FREE Missio Webinar w/ Doug Paul

4 months ago

Seeing the possible futures helps us better understand how we might lead in the present. It’s the start of a new decade, and many of us are looking towards the future and wondering what comes next… and how we’ll lead…

Announcing The Jesus Way book series from Our Newest Partners, Herald Press!

4 months ago

The Jesus Way is good news for all people, from all times, in all places. But what does it mean to walk the Jesus Way? How can we who claim the name of Christ reflect the image of God in…

FULLER Formation Teams Up With Missio Alliance for a New Online Learning Opportunity

4 months ago

Many Christians want to dig deeper in their faith, but they don’t know where to start or how to fit it in their busy schedules. Now, Missio Alliance and FULLER Formation have partnered together to provide unparalleled resources for individuals…

Podcasting For Everyone—a Free Missio Webinar!

5 months ago

So you’ve thought about starting a podcast but don’t know how to begin… This free webinar will give you the nuts and bolts of what you need! Come to our webinar featuring Seminary Dropout host Shane Blackshear to learn… The…

New Podcast Partnership: Managing Leadership Anxiety with Steve Cuss

7 months ago

Missio Alliance is pleased to announce a partnership with the podcast Managing Leadership Anxiety: Yours and Theirs featuring Steve Cuss. Pastors, church and denominational leaders, not to mention business owners, nonprofit leaders, and parents regularly encounter internal and group anxiety…

Announcing the Monday Morning Pastor Podcast

8 months ago

Missio Alliance is pleased to announce a partnership with the Monday Morning Pastor podcast featuring J.R. Briggs and Doug Moister. The Monday Morning Pastor (MMP) podcast has just entered its second season of weekly conversations created to encourage and equip…

Missio Alliance Turns 7 – Where Are We & What’s Ahead?!

1 year ago

Here at the start of 2019, Missio Alliance turns 7 years old! As the father of a 7-year-old myself, I have some perspective on this season of life. Observing my daughter, I see a growing awareness of, and confidence in,…

Friends University Announces Partnership with Missio Alliance!

1 year ago

Partnerships are the fuel that Missio Alliance runs on, and we couldn’t be more excited than to announce our new partnership with Friends University! Friends University, with its profound commitment to Spiritual Formation, has a long history of spurring the…

Thursday: How Your Church Can Have a Meaningful Neighborhood Presence this Fall

2 years ago

With school, holidays and the changing weather, Fall is full of great opportunities to for your church to have a meaningful presence in your neighborhood. Unfortunately, churches don’t always have a plan for how to take advantage of these opportunities.…

Watch: African Americans and Evangelicalism (Free Webinar)

2 years ago

The American religious and political landscape has experienced serious upheaval since the 2016 election. Since then, many have been rethinking their relationship with Evangelicalism. In this free webinar, you’ll hear from Natasha Sistrunk Robinson and Santes Beatty provide guidelines and…

Missio-IVP Book: Travis Collins

2 years ago

In partnership with InterVarsity Press Missio is glad to announce the Book Launch from Travis Collins, “What Does It Mean to Be Welcoming?“ FROM OUR FRIENDS AT IVP: Is your church wrestling with LGBT questions? Pastor Travis Collins has walked…

A Conference for Our Black Lives: Why You Should Come to the Call and Response Conference

2 years ago

A Personal Call Sometime in 2016, JR Rozko, who directs the efforts of Missio Alliance, asked me if I was interested in doing a workshop at their upcoming conference in Alexandria, Virginia. I agreed, and when he asked me what…

Telling a Better Story of Gender Dynamics: #ChurchTogether 2018

2 years ago

We don’t have to look far to see a story of brokenness between men and women—it shapes us into caricatures. It tells us we’ll never get along. This old story of gender dynamics is told daily in our culture and,…

Free Webinar: Multi-Ethnic Missional Planting with V3 Movement

2 years ago

We’re excited to announce a free Webinar from our partners at the V3 Movement: Multi-Ethnic Missional Planting on June 20, 2018. God’s spirit is awakening us to the beautiful mess of being a diverse church together. Everybody seems to be…

Do White Evangelicals Need to “Wake Up?” (Video)

2 years ago

In this video, pastor and author Daniel Hill discovers something that—depending on your ethnic and cultural background—seems straightforward: White people have culture. As simple as that may sound, it has profound implications. In fact, not understanding what white culture and…

Does Your Church Have a Future? (Alliance Partner Spotlight)

2 years ago

Partnerships are the bedrock of Missio’s identity and ministry. These partners support and inform our work and we, in turn, want to help draw special attention to the ways in which they are engaging and equipping the church and church…

Announcing the Betwixt Podcast featuring Deb Gregory!

2 years ago

Missio Alliance is pleased to share our platform with podcasters who share our vision of A Church Reimagined for a World Recreated. Our newest podcast is Betwixt from documentary filmmaker Deb Gregory. In upcoming episodes, you’ll Deb will bring you…

Three Christmas Gifts for You!

2 years ago

With Advent drawing to a close, here are three Christmas gifts from Missio Alliance and our friends. 25% Off Every Resource This week only, you can download any Missio Alliance Resource for 25% off. Including plenary’s and workshops from N.T.…

Your Invitation Behind the Scenes of Missio Alliance

2 years ago

If you’re like us, the Missio Alliance Board of Trustees, you often wonder to yourself about the organizations you affiliate with and support, I wonder what’s really going on behind the scenes? If you’ve ever asked yourself that question about…

Free Download: Should the Church Pursue God’s Justice Through the State? (Fitch and Graham)

2 years ago

With questions of Church and State back in the news cycle, this is a good time to revisit a key passage for the season of Advent, Isaiah 9:6-7. For to us a child is born, to us a son is…

Free Download: Fighting the Devil & His Demons (with Greg Boyd and Greg Brewer)

2 years ago

All people in Christian ministry are engaging in spiritual warfare. Sometimes the warfare is more overt than at other times, but it is always present. How does the fact of spiritual warfare affect how and what we do as leaders?…

Free Weekly Resource – Created for Communion: Spirit-led Healing Prayer

2 years ago

Using Genesis 1-3, Carey and Gannon Sims create space for listening as we seek to hear God’s voice and put it into practice. This resource is free for you to download from 11/27 to 12/3. You can download any of…

Free Weekly Resource – Stay Woke: The Holy Spirit, Justice, and Community Transformation

3 years ago

In this Plenary session from the Awakenings conference, Charles Montgomery examines John 7:7-15, and share how the “Paraclete” not only compels us to engage in matters of social justice but also empowers Christ’s Church to share the Kingdom with the…

Free Weekly Resource – Anointed Revolt: The Spirit, The Believer, and the Cosmic Conflict

3 years ago

In this message from the Awakenings conference, Greg Boyd explores the Spirit-filled life of Jesus to discern how the Spirit empowered Jesus to revolt against ungodly and unjust systematic aspects of his culture as well as against the cosmic powers…

Free Weekly Resource – Mere Evangelicalism: Defining a Fracturing Movement

3 years ago

Peter Choi presents a historical and theological frame for making sense of change and continuity in evangelicalism and plot a course for the future. This resource is free for you to download from 11/6 to 11/12. You can download a…

Always Reforming: A Series on the Reformation 500 Years Later

3 years ago

The art piece displayed is titled “Ecclesia Dances Across History,” shared here with heartfelt thanks to Mandy Smith. 500 years ago, an outspoken German monk approached the doors of his hometown church and nailed to it a list of 95…

Free Download: The Reformed Tradition: Past, Present, Future

3 years ago

On the 500th anniversary of Luther’s launch of the Protestant Reformation, we present this free resource from our event Young, Wrestling and Always Reforming. This Conversation Forum features Moses Chung, Peter Choi, Frank James, Shannon Kiser and is hosted by …

ANNOUNCING: Malone University, Our Newest Alliance Partner

3 years ago

As we continue to build partnerships with significant Christian organizations and institutions who share our prayer and passion for “A Church Reimagined for a World Recreated,” we are so pleased to welcome Malone University to our fellowship of Alliance Partners!…

Free Weekly Resource – Redefining Success and Finding Opportunity in Failure

3 years ago

Join pastors and authors, Mandy and J.R., as they raise questions about our theology of failure and definitions of success and share their stories of healing from failure. This resource is free for you to download from 10/23 to 10/29.…

Free Weekly Resource – Transforming Disciples into World Changers

3 years ago

Tammy Dunahoo shares how to pull back the misconceptions and recall the power of transformation that causes a small group of disciples to “turn the world upside down.” This resource is free for you to download from 10/16 to 10/22.…

Free Weekly Resource – Greater Works: Living with a Naturally Supernatural Power

3 years ago

An incredible panel of speakers— Donnell Wyche, MaryKate Morse, Tammy Dunahoo, Tara Beth Leach, and Todd Hunter—explore how a recovery of life in the Spirit leads to a more robust discipleship for followers of Jesus. This resource is free for…

A Resource During Our Grief, “Preaching to the Human Story,” Howard-John Wesley and Brian Zahnd

3 years ago

Today, our hearts break at the news coming out of Las Vegas. We grieve the violence that has taken lives and caused injuries and created pain too deep to explain in words. We have no answers to give, only prayers…

Introducing Geoff Holsclaw, the Newest Member of the Missio Alliance Writing Team

3 years ago

We are pleased to welcome Pastor Geoff Holsclaw to the Missio Alliance Writing Team! Geoff brings a tremendous amount of experience and scholarship to us. He has been a Co-Pastor at Life on the Vine, a missional church in the…

Free Weekly Resource – Young, Wrestling and Always Reforming: Reimagining Women in Leadership

3 years ago

A a fresh take on women and Leadership with Frank & Carolyn James. This resource is free for you to download from 9/25 to 10/2. You can download any of the individual talks from the conference here, or just grab…

Watch: Five Voices of a Growing Movement for Women and Men Leading Together

3 years ago

I confess I can be a little jaded about technology because of all the ways it breaks down community. But recently I got to spend the afternoon with five fabulous folks in California, all without leaving my home in Ohio.…

Free Weekly Resource – Dismembered Trinity: Truncated Gospel Living

3 years ago

Ruth Padilla DeBorst leads this session about God as the supreme Community-of-Love . It’s free for you to download from 9/18 to 9/24. You can download any of the individual talks from the conference here, or just grab the whole…

Announcing: Our Newest Leading Voice, Ruth Padilla DeBorst, and New Writing Collective, Global Church

3 years ago

I first met Ruth Padilla DeBorst in the Fall of 2010. I was fortunate to be a participant in an historic congress of global Christian leaders convened by Lausanne in Cape Town, South Africa, and Ruth was one of the…

Free Download: “Hearing God in Our Informational Echo Chambers” with Swoboda and Morse

3 years ago

Each week, Missio Alliance gives away one free resource from our library. This week’s resource is from Drs. MaryKate Morse and A.J. Swoboda and is available for a free download from 9/11-9/18. You can download any of the individual talks…

Free Weekly Resource: Utilizing the Charismatic Gifts in a Mission-Based Church

3 years ago

This is Mia Chang and Verlon Fosner’s talk from this year’s Awakenings summit. It’s free for you to download from 9/4 to 9/10. About the Resource There is an idea that the gifts of the Spirit are best reserved for…

Announcing: Meet Juliet Liu, Our New Editorial Director

3 years ago

Two years ago Missio Alliance launched an experiment in online publishing. Rather than maintaining a traditional “blog” or simply being a platform for individuals to host their own writing, we established four Writing Collectives and began to grow a diverse…

FREE Resource: N.T. Wright “The Healing Stream of New Covenant”

3 years ago

This free resource is from this year’s Awakenings conference and will be available for free download from 8/28 to 9/3, so don’t wait! Here is N.T. Wright’s full session, “The Healing Stream of New Covenant.” You can download any of…

SheLeads is happening on October 28… and 29… and 30 and…

3 years ago

Given that we’re preparing for our second annual SheLeads Summit, it might be easy to imagine SheLeads is an event. But based on the conversations we’re having with friends all over the country, we see that SheLeads is not only…

Free Weekly Resource: Church on Fire: Engaged in Spirit-Baptized Imagination and Participation

3 years ago

This week’s free resource comes from the Awakenings conference this year, featuring Cherith Nordling. This resource will be free to download from 8/21 to 8/27. About the Resource How then, do we live the life of the Spirit as participants…

SheLeads Registration is Open!

3 years ago

I’ve heard many say that they sensed something significant at work at the Awakenings Gathering in April. Some of those experiences of the Spirit took place during the scheduled sessions and some took place in the hallways and nearby cafes.…

ANNOUNCING: Plough, Our Newest Alliance Partner

3 years ago

We’re incredibly excited to announce a new addition to our growing fellowship of Alliance Partners – Plough! Plough, the publishing arm of the Bruderhof communities since 1920, is an independent publisher of books on faith, society, and the spiritual life…

Free Download: Will the Rest of the Church Listen to the Spirit’s Work Among Black Evangelicals?

3 years ago

Esau McCaulley and Natasha Sistrunk Robinson talk from Awakenings is this week’s featured resource, free from 8/11 to 8/17. This talk discusses a fresh expression of Christianity in the United States the speakers have called “Black Evangelicalism.” About the…

Free Download: “Leading with Spiritual Authority” by Jo Saxton

3 years ago

Jo Saxton’s talk from SheLeads 2016 is this week’s featured resource, free from 8/7 to 8/13. This talk discusses what leadership means to women, from Jo Saxton who specializes in women’s leadership and helping other’s reach their potential. About…

Be the first to know when the SheLeads site launches!

3 years ago

Want to know more about SheLeads? The SheLeads event page will launch soon. Drop us your email and we’ll let you know just as soon as it launches with more information and registration options.…

FREE Download: Carolyn Custis James

3 years ago

In anticipation of SheLeads 2017, this week’s free resource is Carolyn Custis James’ talk, “The Blessed Alliance,” from last year’s Summit. You can access all of the SheLeads 2016 Recordings HERE. About the Resource From the beginning of time, God’s…

Announcing: 2017 SheLeads Presenters

3 years ago

One of my favorite ways to spend summer days is to wander a quiet art museum. So it was with sadness, when a friend asked me if I’d seen any good art lately, that I had to answer, “No.” But…

Free Weekly Resource: Chi Chi Okwu, SheLeads

3 years ago

The annual SheLeads Summit is Missio’s gathering to promote women in church ministry. You can get a growing list of our #SheLeads17 participants here. About This Week’s Resource This week’s resource is from Chi Chi Okwu, called Leading as Women…

Free Weekly Download: Contemplative Charismatics: A Non-Dualistic Approach

3 years ago

For this week only (July 16-24, 2017), this resource is completely free! Click HERE to download it. About the Resource In this workshop, Brian Zahnd and Rich Villodas will explore the complementary nature of the contemplative and charismatic traditions. You…

FREE DOWNLOAD: A Church Reimagined for a World Recreated (Leroy Barber)

3 years ago

For this week only (July 10-17, 2017), this resource is completely free! About the Resource After speaking about the beautiful diversity that God intends for his people to embrace and enjoy as a testament to the gospel made possible in…

Meet Mandy Smith, This Year’s SheLeads Summit Director

3 years ago

Welcome Mandy Smith! We are incredibly excited to announce that Mandy Smith will be directing this year’s SheLeads Summit! Besides serving as the Lead Pastor of University Christian Church and offering a vital voice as a prolific member of the…

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