Brief Led by Vic and Tanya Stander this multi cultural church is based in the Greater Toronto area. They are excited to see God use them to reach their community through their shared meeting space and church office, and have recently revamped their values and are calling their members and attendees to adopt those more deeply for the sake of … Read More
Common Ground’s resource library is now available to you
A new initiative, launched by Common Ground Church in Cape Town, aims to take its best resources and give them away for free. We asked Julie Williams, who is heading up the project, to give us some background on Common Resources and elaborate on what is available… If you’re a church leader, you’ll know how valuable it is to find … Read More
TBT: Evangelisgm – Lex Loizides
Every Thursday, we share a Throwback-Thursday resource on our blog. These resources come out of the Advance conference recording archive, stretching back to the first gatherings held in 2015. This is a recording from the Advance Global Conference 2015, by Lex Loizides. The conference was hosted in Cape Town, South Africa. Lex Loizides leads the city congregation of Jubilee Community … Read More
TBT: On mission together – Daniel Yu
In today’s #TBT resource, Daniel Yu teaches on the contribution of each generation to mission. Daniel and Marcia Yu planted into Chiang Rai, Thailand two years ago, out of Southlands church in Southern California. In this session Daniel parallels the story of Jonathan and his armor bearer, his own family’s journey to planting in Thailand, and the way each generation … Read More
Broken for Blessing: The Underrated Potential of a Medium-Sized Multiplying Church
Alan Frow, lead Elder of a fantastic, multiplying Advance partner church in Southern California has just published his third book, Broken for Blessing: The underrated potential of a medium-sized multiplying church. We asked Alan to send us some background to his new book, and to give us an overview of the themes he covers. Here follows Alan’s blog post, originally … Read More
TBT: Love the church – Mbonisi Malaba
In today’s TBT resource, Mbonisi Malaba, of One Tribe Church in Nairobi, exhorts us to love Jesus’ bride, as Jesus does. He introduces the topic with a brief enactment of a wedding ceremony, and challenges listeners to commit to sacrificial patience, perseverance and celebration of the church, acknowledging that our relationship with the local church is not always easy.
In case you missed it | July
Every month, we publish a summary newsletter of activity from in and around the Advance community. This month, we released the Conference Highlights reel from our recent Global gathering in Cape Town. We caught up with the Duff family in Newcastle, England as well as the Gould clan in Utah. We also share a couple of photos of Advance leaders … Read More
TBT: Living with Gospel intentionality – Lois Franks
In today’s TBT resource, Lois Franks calls us to “Live with Gospel intentionality”. Lois and Ben planted into the Rhondda Valley’s of South Wales a few years ago, and have been steadily growing a healthy church in a community facing significant socio-economic challenges. Despite the challenges, she reflects on her own experiences and the many opportunities their church has discovered … Read More
An update from the Duff’s in Newcastle, England.
Mike and Esole Duff have been leading the charge at Cornerstone, Newcastle for 7 years now. Check out this update on their progress, next steps for Cornerstone Church NCL and some ideas for maintaining a healthy lifestyle after a couple of years in leadership.
Common Ground Langa, Cape Town
Brief In early 2018, Ziba and Shadi Mbense planted a Common Ground congregation, into the suburb of Langa in Cape Town, South Africa. The church evolved from a discipleship group, that was started to support members of a job readiness training program run by Common Ground’s social justice arm, Common Good. Read more about the church here. Prayer points Spiritual … Read More