For Baptists in Virginia, these new ways of doing church are quite old.
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Gannon Sims
Director, ministry formation and Virginia regional coordinator, Fresh Expressions US.
Gannon Sims is director of ministry formation and Virginia regional coordinator for Fresh Expressions US.
Gannon Sims: A challenge to the new Calvinists
By
Gannon Sims
Director, ministry formation and Virginia regional coordinator, Fresh Expressions US.
The threshold to the Calvinist house is not total depravity. It’s God’s grace.
Gannon Sims: From hostility to hospitality
By
Gannon Sims
Director, ministry formation and Virginia regional coordinator, Fresh Expressions US.
Ministry in a troubled neighborhood led one pastor to start The Well Community, a church just for the mentally ill.
Gannon Sims: Word renovation
By
Gannon Sims
Director, ministry formation and Virginia regional coordinator, Fresh Expressions US.
Our vocabulary, on matters both institutional and faithful, can become dulled.
Gannon Sims: Balance required in traditioned innovation
By
Gannon Sims
Director, ministry formation and Virginia regional coordinator, Fresh Expressions US.
Christian leaders are stepping down from their tractors and back on the land.
Gannon Sims: “Watchfulness” is a better word for leadership than “vision”
By
Gannon Sims
Director, ministry formation and Virginia regional coordinator, Fresh Expressions US.
The transformation of dead space into sacred space shows us the importance of watchfulness.
Gannon Sims: Business as evangelism?
By
Gannon Sims
Director, ministry formation and Virginia regional coordinator, Fresh Expressions US.
“Business leaders will be the evangelists of the 21st century.”
Nurturing Children Through Worship and Prayer Initiative
A new grant is available to support endeavors that help children come to know and love God and grow in faith.
The Nurturing Children Through Worship and Prayer Initiative aims to support programs that help congregations strengthen worship and prayer practices that respect how children experience God and express their faith, include children with disabilities, draw upon the arts, create opportunities for Bible storytelling, and connect worship to the daily lives of children and families.
Proposals are due by 5 p.m. (ET) on May 6, 2024.
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