FORMATION

An Advent Invitation: Recalling God’s Promises with Every Breath

This year, members of the Missio Alliance team will be offering weekly Advent devotionals on the themes of Promise, Prophecy, Peace, and Praise and contemplating how we are to live missionally in accordance with each theme. Our first reflection comes from Krystal Speed, our operations strategist.

CULTURE

A Nation Waits: The Great Rebuke for the Church to Ponder

The beginning of November meant we were all waiting for answer to the question of who will become our next president. As of today, Donald Trump has still not conceded to President-elect Joe Biden. As part of our series "A Nation Waits", David Fitch wrote a prolific piece on the future of the church.

CULTURE

Whiteness, Social Identity, and American Evangelicalism: An Analysis of the 2020 Presidential Election

A stunning reflection from Dr. Robert Chao Romero where he notes, "Virtually every white Christian denomination in the US—Catholic, Protestant, mainline, evangelical, and Pentecostal—was complicit in the racial segregation of America and the perpetuation of whiteness as a legal category and social identity."

THEOLOGY

Why Biblical Inerrancy Doesn’t Work

The language of inerrancy grows out of an evangelical anxiety of elevating a human critique of Scripture over the intended divine revelation within the text. Derek Vreeland navigates the problem of the quest for objectivity.    

MANAGING LEADERSHIP ANXIETY

S5E16 – Tod Bolsinger

Steve Cuss often talks about the value of listening to leaders who live and know resilience. In this episode, he explores race, resilience, and leadership culture with Tod Bolsinger, MDiv, PhD, the Executive Director of the De Pree Center Church Leadership Initiative, a Senior Fellow of the De Pree Center for Leadership, and Associate Professor of Leadership Formation at Fuller Theological Seminary. 

MANAGING LEADERSHIP ANXIETY

S5E15 – Angie Ward & Emilie Knauss

Dr. Angie Ward and Emilie Knuass join Steve Cuss to talk about being a woman in church leadership. They discuss gender dynamics and the pressure to diminish.

ADVENT RESOURCE