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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.
Watch Mark and Kenda on the Sustainable Ministry Show
Mark and Kenda were recently featured on the Sustainable Ministry Show to talk about exciting things happening in the world of youth ministry, Ministry Incubators and Hatchathons. Interested in missional entrepreneurship and attending a Hatchathon? Registration...
SNEAK PREVIEW – Flipping Church
SNEAK PREVIEW Flipping Church: How Successful Church Planters are Turning Conventional Wisdom Upside Down, ed. Mike Baughman Download Now Mark and I had the privilege of writing the forward for Mike Baughman’s new book, Flipping Church (Discipleship Resources, 2016)....
Places that Inspire Us #3
Fresh Expressions (UK) “seeks to transform communities and individuals through championing, resourcing, and multiplying new ways of being church. . . alongside more traditional congregations.” If you can get past the title, it’s not a bad model to teach mainline...
Unbalancing Your Priorities
When Jesus, Jack, and Curly All Say the Same Thing By Mark DeVries and Laura Addis I’ve heard that until sometime in the late 1800’s, the word “priority,” (an Old English word meaning “first thing,” the thing that comes “prior to”) could never be found in the plural....
Special Edition of People Who Inspire Us
In this special edition of our People Who Inspire Us series, Mark talks with Meghan Easley about Missional Entrepreneurship. Registration is now open for one of our upcoming Hatch-a-thon: March 2-4, 2016 Hatch-A-Thon Institute for Youth Ministry...
Places that Inspire Us #2
Ideo is the world’s most powerful design firm with an open-source philosophy and a playful website that promises, “Solve anything creatively.” Ideo put design thinking on the map and is pretty much out to save the world. More resources here than a human can swallow,...