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Hatchlings
Hatchlings is our blog dedicated to inspirational client stories and big ideas in ministry innovation. From astrophysics to farming to the church down the street, we believe that God-breathed, wild ideas can come from anywhere.
Must Read – Seth Godin on Starting a Business with $1,000 and 90 Days
While definitely a click-baity title, this article and podcast by Louis Grenier featuring Seth Godin is a must read or listen for missional entrepreneurs at any stage. In it, he covers 5 fundamental principles that we would all do well to take to heart: Market with...
Reimagining Young Adult Ministry
I knew this student who planted a church, almost on accident. He had gotten so connected at our church that, when he left to go back to school after a semester at home, he was sad to leave us behind. "There just aren’t any churches near campus that fit well for us...
Matt Overton: Should your social enterprise be for-profit, nonprofit or a hybrid?
This article was first published in Faith & Leadership on September 5th. You can find the original article here. This week’s post comes from our friend Matt Overton, associate pastor for youth and family ministry at Columbia Presbyterian Church in Vancouver,...
Processing Harvey
This week's blog post is from Meredith Mills, a 2015 Hatch-a-thon participant who started a great ministry called gastrochurch based in Houston, Texas. She was kind enough to write a post that talks about her experience with a non-traditional ministry in the midst of...
Matt Overton: Why I started a social enterprise at my church
This article was first published in Faith & Leadership on April 18th. You can find the original article here. This week’s post comes from our friend Matt Overton, associate pastor for youth and family ministry at Columbia Presbyterian Church in Vancouver,...
Project Funding Within the United Methodist Church
For the last couple of weeks, we have been talking quite a bit about finding funding for your project. If you missed those posts, we talked about a couple different sources of funding. You can find those posts here and here. If you weren't already aware, Ministry...