Writing Collectives

Anchored by a diverse group of Leading Voices and a regular Writing Team, Missio Alliance Writing Collectives provide space for resourcing and conversation among theological practitioners in the areas of Culture, Formation, Global Church, Theology, and Witness.

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Witness

Relevancy Isn’t Our Only Option

Formation

Liberated by Perfect Love

Formation

Meeting God in our Deepest Places

Formation

Discipleship as Brain-Building

Culture

How the Church Can Help in the Hood

Formation

A Risky Opportunity for Discipleship

Witness

The Mission of Welcoming Our Global Neighbors

Witness

When “Go Home” Is Innocent No More

Formation

Four Surprising Habits for Christian Formation

Formation

The Introverted Missional

Culture

The Church’s Complicity in Mass Incarceration

Global Church

Moving From Death to Life in Rwanda

Culture

A Pastoral Response to the Hug Seen Around the World

Formation

When Ministry Isn’t What You Expect

Witness

In Praise of the Church’s Substance over Style

Formation

The Impact of Western Ego on the Church

Theology

Seeing Jesus with Clarity

Formation

Avoiding Leadership Inferiority Complex

Culture

A Necessary Read: Jemar Tisby and The Color of Compromise

Witness

From Mundane Ministry to the Presence of God

Formation

Dear Church: Your Mission Isn’t to Attract Millennials

Formation

Rediscovering the Natural Church

Witness

What the Church Can Learn from Macy’s

Witness

Radical Hospitality

Witness

Holding Faith and Doubt in Community

Formation

Faith Without Emotion is Dead: Avoiding False Choices When Leaders Fall

Formation

Prophets vs. Pimps: The Tension of Spirit-Led Leadership

Culture

Preventing the #MeToo Pain of Children

Formation

Managing the Dangers of Chronic Anxiety

Formation

How Anxiety So Easily Entangles Us

Witness

Becoming a Just Church

Witness

The Local Church is a Living Sign of Hope

Formation

The Flip Side of Longing

Witness

Immigrants Under Attack: Five Ways the Church Can Respond

Witness

An Unexpected Story of Church Partnership

Formation

Addressing the Elephant in the Church: Seven Necessary Components of Integrated Discipleship

Witness

When to Loosen Our Tongues: How Testimonies Spark Revival

Witness

Your Church Might Be a 501c3 but Your 501c3 Might Not Always Be the Church

Theology

Have We Made Bible Study Too Simple?

Theology

Moving Deeper Into Our Theological Camps: A Warning

Formation

The Economy is Making Many Jobs Obsolete—How Churches Can Be Different

Theology

We are Not Overcome! Calling the Church to Her True Vocation

Culture / Global Church

Global Leadership, Cultural Intelligence, and the Voices We So Greatly Need

Formation

The Poway Synagogue Shooting – We Should All be Surprised by the Surprise

Culture

Celebrating Mother’s Day as a Non-Mom

Global Church / Theology

What We Must Learn from The Global South When it Comes to a Theology of Work

Theology

Why Faithfulness Requires Reckoning with Power

Culture

Grieving for Rachel as Rachel Would Grieve

Formation

Miracles in the Headlines

Witness

Four Practices to Help You (and Your Ministry) Break Free from “Slaveholder Religion”

Theology

Power Dynamics Are Not Enough: A Reflection on Christ the Crucified and Our Confusion of Categories

Formation / From Our Partners

How to Move Your Preaching from “Completion of a Task” to “An Act of Love”

Formation

The Parable of the White Pastor

Theology

Why Biblical Inerrancy Doesn’t Work

Formation

Young Leaders: Here Are 10 Ways to “Lead Up” for Reconciliation and Racial Justice

Awakenings / Witness

These Women Played An Enormous Role in Shaping Christianity—Do You Know Their Names?

Formation

Thinking Differently About Rest: What Communities of Color Can Teach the Church

Awakenings / Witness

3 Ways We Must Reimagine Our Ecclesiology in a Post-Willow Creek World

Culture

8 Reasons the Next Generation Craves Ancient Liturgy

Witness

Mothers are Drowning in Stress—Here are 6 Ways Your Church Can Help