Shared Life in Microchurch Across Relational Status, Life Stage, and Gender.
We believe microchurches are called to operate as spiritual families. This means we find ourselves doing life alongside those coming from a diversity of backgrounds and life stages. How do we honor this diversity and help everyone thrive? How to we learn to make space for all? In this episode, we wrestle through the complexity of this issue and the process of unlearning and relearning. Other Links:Video Podcast - https://www.youtube.com/@renaissancemicrochurchesWebsite - wearerenaissance.orgSign-Up For The Practitioner Pathway Cohort - wearerenaissance.org/training
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Engaging Spiritually Curious People (Interview with Steve Hawley of Hiker Church)
What does it look like to do life alongside and deeply love spiritually curious people? In this episode, Steve Hawley talks about his experience on the Appalachian Trail engaging spiritually curious people. From 2007 until 2024, Hawley helped lead Faith Assembly of God Church in Hyannis. He then felt called to start Hiker Church, a ministry for hikers and outdoor enthusiasts who are spiritually curious. He was also the Appalachian Trail Chaplain for 2025. We actually got to walk with Steve through a cohort to talk about themes of missional living and microchurch, and have been following his transition in this endeavor ever since. Other Links:Video Podcast - https://www.youtube.com/@renaissancemicrochurchesWebsite - wearerenaissance.orgSign-Up For The Practitioner Pathway Cohort - wearerenaissance.org/training
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Being Missional and Showing Hospitality as an Introvert
We often imagine missional people and hospitable folks to be outgoing and driven. Is that true? Are introverts part of the work of mission? If so, what does it look like? In this episode of The Practitioner Podcast, we interview Jace Rasche on his journey over the last eight years in his neighborhood, and the skills he's learned as a missional introvert. Other Links:Video Podcast - https://www.youtube.com/@renaissancemicrochurchesWebsite - wearerenaissance.orgSign-Up For The Practitioner Pathway Cohort - wearerenaissance.org/training
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Getting Comfortable with the Mundane and Ordinary
God's call is often far less grand and spectacular than we've been made to believe. The work of a practitioner is getting comfortable with that which is mundane, ordinary, simple, and rooted. With the right perspective, we'll discover God in the everyday. In this episode, we describe that journey. Other Links:Video Podcast - https://www.youtube.com/@renaissancemicrochurchesWebsite - wearerenaissance.orgSign-Up For The Practitioner Pathway Cohort - wearerenaissance.org/training
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Why Neighboring Isn't Just Missional, It's a Discipleship Journey
Often, we begin the journey into our neighborhoods only imagining how we can serve. One of the surprising outcomes, though, is how often God ends up serving us through our neighbors. In this episode of The Practitioner Podcast, we interview Fabricio Paes on his journey over the last decade in his neighborhood, and how he's become closer to God in the process. Other Links:Video Podcast - https://www.youtube.com/@renaissancemicrochurchesWebsite - wearerenaissance.orgSign-Up For The Practitioner Pathway Cohort - wearerenaissance.org/training
About The Practitioner Podcast: Mission & Microchurch for Everyday People
This podcast is from Renaissance, a network of missional practitioners and microchurches in the Greater Boston Area. Every episode we talk about themes around living on mission and living in microchurch community. Our conversations will be practical, touching on the realities of everyday, ordinary people. This is because our mission is all about cultivating beautiful kingdom people embedded in the everyday stuff of life.
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