Apostolic Espirit

If you were to hang out at Verve for awhile you’d notice something. In fact, it would get kinda weird. Before our services when our staff and volunteers get together to pray, you’d hear people praying for first timers who will be coming and who need to have their negative stereotypes busted so they open…

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Fragmented vs. Decentralized Ministry

If you’re a pastor and don’t read Will Mancini’s blog, you need to. He’s got one of the best minds for ministry I’ve come across, and he shares really helpful content on his blog. Want a great example? Check this out.

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Unclear Vision

Recently read Chris Hodge’s book, Fresh Air. In it he writes: Our team at Church of the Highlands set a goal to help one thousand churches that had fewer than one thousand people in attendance break that barrier. After working with hundreds of churches over the past few years, we noticed one common problem resurfacing…

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Verve Value 5: Intimacy TO Influence

I mentioned awhile back that at Verve we recently went through a long process of naming our values. We felt very certain about our values – what it is that impassion and guide our decisions and makes us distinctive from other churches – but we wanted to give them words. Clarifying a church’s values bring…

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Verve Value 4: Radical TO Radical

I mentioned awhile back that at Verve we recently went through a long process of naming our values. We felt very certain about our values – what it is that impassion and guide our decisions and makes us distinctive from other churches – but we wanted to give them words. Clarifying a church’s values bring…

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