The name Dwelling 1:14 references John 1:14 and the incarnational, missional nature both of Jesus and of those who would follow Him into the world. Dwelling 1:14 is a nonprofit ministry which helps like-minded Jesus-followers connect in their neighborhoods, workplaces and schools for discipling and missional living.  This nonprofit ministry is lead by Greg Finke, (email) an ordained LCMS pastor with more than 20 years experience growing and leading congregations. For the past seven years, he has been discovering how to live missionally, how to disciple missional leaders and how to establish and multiply missional communities.

Every Sunday, your congregation gathers around Jesus through His Word and sacraments, and is then sent out to join Jesus as He carries out His mission in the world. Joining Jesus in His mission is what is meant by missional living.

Dwelling 1:14 helps individuals, families and congregations reorder their lives to seek the Kingdom of God, have more fun, and spend more time enjoying people through missional living. Dwelling 1:14 is not about changing Sunday mornings but about what happens the rest of the week “out there” in the world, where your congregation lives, works and goes to school.  We have found that when people support each other in seeking the Kingdom of God in the places they already live, work and go to school, really cool things begin to happen regularly!

FiveTwo is a training network designed for Christian entrepreneurs equipping them to launch faith-based startups that bring the presence of Jesus into their communities. We help start and re-start churches, social enterprises, and faith-based businesses. Our entrepreneurial training combines Christian theology and lean business startup principles, resulting in faith-based startups that reach people for Jesus and are financially sustainable. We help you grow your God-given dream into a ministry or business that makes an eternal difference.

Mission of Christ Network (“MCN”) is a Christian outreach organization that is devoted to making it possible for non-professional church workers to effectively work internationally in God’s mission.

Our mission is to boldly, intentionally and faithfully make known the light, love, and peace of Jesus Christ, by word and deed, to those around the world who live in spiritual disbelief, darkness and despair. Our objectives are:

• • • To multiply systematic and measurable involvement of congregations, organizations, professional church workers and individual Christians to reach as many people as possible with the precious Gospel of Christ.
    • To remove barriers that diminish effective Gospel proclamation or at least to not allow such barriers to stifle those efforts.

Mission Training Center develops people for God’s mission through training opportunities centered in the Bible and taught through the lenses of God’s mission. Participants confidently and competently reach into the community with appropriate and contextual proclamation and disciple-making ministry, as well as train and develop other apostolic disciples for God’s mission. So, if . . . .

• • • You want to be better prepared to join God in His mission by serving more intentionally in your congregation or community, or
    • Your congregation is in need of well-trained missional leaders, or
    • You are interested in serving in organizations which require or expect a level of missional Biblical competency & knowledge, or
    • You are on a track to enter a seminary program or another organization in order to take further steps toward trained and/or professional ministry . . . .

Consider what Mission Training Center has to offer.

PLI is devoted to empowering leaders for wider influence for the sake of the gospel in their communities and effective leadership in their ministries, by training and investing in multiplying missional leaders. PLI helps leaders revive their understanding and application of the Great Commission in their local context. The result is discipleship lived out in vibrant communities. By God’s guiding, families and congregations are empowered to make deeper connections with non-believers, loving and leading as Jesus did. The result is wider influence for the sake of the Gospel.

The Southern District Mission Committee offers Spirit Kindle Grants to congregations, circuits, and ministries within the District to enable missional outreach when other financial resources are unavailable. The purpose of Spirit Kindle Grants is to partner with congregations to ignite the world with Christ’s love through projects that address evangelistic outreach and/or human care ministry endeavors. Highest priority is given to new and expanded efforts to reach unbelievers and the unchurched in our communities.

These grants will match the cost of a congregation’s outreach efforts up to $5,000.00.

• • • Spirit Kindle Grant Expectations
    • Spirit Kindle Grant Application

For more information, contact Rev. Jason Scheler, Southern District Mission Executive (email or 850-520-0800)