All tagged ACU Summit
Ministry can sometimes feel like sailing into the wind—navigating competing needs, weary congregations, complex situations, and quiet pressures. And in a world enamored with metrics, driven by measurable outcomes and focused on the correct formula for success, it is easy to forget that the kingdom of God does not advance in this way. It advances by the breath of the Holy Spirit.
It became clear our theme needed to embody the different ways that Jesus would challenge people through his use of parables — Woven Together: The Power of Biblical Narratives.
During The Siburt Institute’s recent Summit on the ACU campus, Illinois author and Wheaton College professor Esau McCaulley challenged the audience with a courageous word of hope.
The Great Commission is not the beginning of a new ministry but the culminating command of a design put into action years earlier.
I am excited by the opportunities that we will have to come together as a larger community and reflect on our theme of Holy Discomfort.
This fall, we will seek to discover what it means to abide with God not only amidst the challenges of life but also through the joys and hopefulness that emanate out of that relationship.
Sheep respond to nurture, and we are sheep according to John’s Gospel. Thus, we know our master’s voice of grace, which causes us to turn our heads and assent to follow.
In stillness and silence, the gut string chord of striving relaxes to the ringing philharmonic of divine sufficiency; it is enough.
We recently announced that Jennifer Schroeder is joining our team in the Siburt Institute. For those of you who don’t already know her, allow me to introduce the new ACU Summit director.
Many children’s ministers are working alone, and this space is designed to give support, encouragement and spark new ideas!
Does a reluctance to ask for help translate to a theology of prayer? It may. This week, 10 other “first things” take the place of the pride that binds.
Small churches must answer the question, “How can we, as a small church, be faithful to what God has called us to be faithful?”
You don’t need me to tell you that our world is fractured and divided. Truth is, it always has been.
What are emerging adults like, and what are their biggest concerns, questions, and the issues they care about most?
In the congregational leadership pathway we will take up the critical question: What does the future look like for Churches of Christ?
What if there was an alternate path that could lead us beyond sectarianism while still allowing us to hold on to all that is valuable in our heritage?
Our role isn’t to “force worship” upon our people, but to prompt them out of the sheep pen and into a space where the kingdom of God does its transformative work.
Whether you show up for Summit or not (although I hope you do!), please remember that you and your church are not alone.
In the New Testament—and still today—the Spirit prompts a worldwide and cross-cultural vision of the kingdom of God.
The historical answer to our question is simple and tragic. We segregate because of the sin of racism.
