The Porterbrook Network

The popularity of missional community is rising among evangelicals, and yet, the American church is nowhere near a missional tipping point. I’ve faced missional highs and missional lows. Along the way, I’ve considered a number of things that are absolutely necessary for us to endure the transition to missional church. How should we respond to the challenges of missional community? ...Continue

One of the questions I'm asked most is: "How do you keep missional communities healthy?" "How do you help them grow?" At Austin City Life, we've learned this one the hard way. Some of the mistakes we've made include: Installing (unqualified) leaders too fast Multiplying without vision or a clear process Making mission a project and unclear in focus We've rectified these failures ...Continue

Have you ever sat in group discussion with and found it incredibly difficult to get a good conversation going? I've found it can be very challenging to move conversations along, especially when you're trying to go deep and get to the gospel. Here are a few principles that might help. Listen to Their Story In order to promote good gospel conversations in small group gatherings, it is ...Continue

Due to the tight timeline and low registration numbers, the GCM Collective has decided to postpone the GCM Collective Conference until 2011. We apologize for any inconvenience. It is our hope that by allowing adequate time for planning and promotion, that the 2011 conference can be attended by as many people as possible. Prior to the 2011 conference, The GCM Collective plans to host a ...Continue

As church leaders it can be difficult to read the books we need to read. We are often overwhelmed with emergency reading—reading in areas of the church where we are deficient (e.g. children’s ministry, church discipline, missional church, counseling, best practices). We scour blogs and books for practical insight, inevitably digesting half-baked ideas and practices. If we ...Continue