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.”
Louisville Institute now accepting 2024 program applications
The Louisville Institute is excited to announce that applications are open for the 2024 grant and fellowship funding season.
Since 1990, LI has funded more than 2,700 grants and fellowships totaling $57.7 million to those who lead and study North American religious institutions, practices and movement. Their grantees and fellows include pastoral leaders, researchers, early career and seasoned scholars and many others in the United States and Canada whose work resonates with LI’s mission to bridge church and academy.
There are seven funding opportunities available for 2024.
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