by Ministry Incubators | Dec 18, 2015 | Blog
PEOPLE WHO INSPIRE US – We think they’ll maximize your creativity, because they sure do a number on ours Whether you are planning a dozen worship services, preparing for Christmas parties or working on finals, this is the time in Advent when we all need just a...
by Kenda Creasy Dean | Sep 15, 2015 | Blog
It’s a pendulum swing: the self-sustaining fellowship of believers, and the practice of begging—two time-worn ways we have learned to support ministry. Whenever we get seduced by the risks of one, somebody shoves the pendulum in the opposite direction. A quick...
by Kenda Creasy Dean | Aug 14, 2015 | Blog
Anna (not her real name) is a fellow lifer in youth ministry. We’ve been friends for more than two decades. Last summer over ice cream, I was telling her about Ministry Incubators. I couldn’t tell if I heard a twinge of betrayal in her voice when she said: “I just...
by Ministry Incubators | Aug 2, 2015 | Blog
The Texas Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church is hosting a conversation for church leaders (lay and clergy) ready to strategize new ways to do church. There is little question these are challenging days for the church. Programs that always seemed to work...
by Ministry Incubators | Jul 2, 2015 | Blog
Join us for a Hatch-a-thon on February 25-27, 2016 at Lake Junaluska Conference and Retreat Center in Lake Junaluska, North Carolina. Join others who are nursing an entrepreneurial idea for youth ministry or the church in general, and who want to “test drive” the idea...
