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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.
Ministry Incubators Welcomes Trey Wince as Project Director
On August 1, Trey Wince—who has served with Ministry Incubators our the past three years as a permissionary and coach—will become Ministry Incubators’ first Project Director and Senior Sales Whisperer. Most recently, Trey served as Director of New Disciples for...
Gift and Social Enterprise: An Interview with Mark Sampson (The Distillery Podcast)
Shari Oosting, host of Princeton Theological Seminary's podcast, The Distillery, recently interviewed Mark Sampson from Matryoshka Haus. We think it's definitely worth sharing with you! Listen to the Interview Titled "Gift and Social Enterprise," the episode...
The Hard Truth about Innovative Cultures (Harvard Business Review)
We recently read this abstract from an article by Gary Pisano in the Harvard Business Review, and it makes some excellent points about the realities of the behaviors that produce great innovative performance! We think you'll find it helpful. You can read the full...
WonderSpace: A Journey of “Finding,” Not “Founding”
We're excited to introduce you to Stephanie Freemyer, whose team incubated the idea of an indoor play space called WonderSpace as participants in one of our 2018 Hatch-a-thons! Stephanie hails from Marion, IN and also serves as Children's Ministry Director at College...
A Walk Through Rat Park, Part 2
This is Part 2 of a 2 part series by Ministry Incubators’ own Shari Oosting. You can find Part 1 here. Claudio Oliver, a Brazilian pastor and farmer, reflects on poverty and the nature of short-term mission trips. In reflecting on years spent working with homeless...
A Walk Through Rat Park
This is Part 1 of a 2 part series by Ministry Incubators' own Shari Oosting. One of the great things about missional enterprise is how it provides an approach to wicked problems. By that, I simply refer to problems that are complex in nature, enduring over time, and...