Starting a Movement

The Description

Too often, church is reduced to the Sunday service, consuming most of our time, energy, and resources. But when worship gatherings become the center, discipleship and mission slip to the margins. What if belonging and everyday relational mission moved back to the center of church life? In this six-week immersion, we’ll explore the four spaces of belonging — public, social, personal, and intimate — and how Jesus modeled them in his own ministry: confiding with the three, training the twelve, mobilizing the seventy, and speaking parables to the crowds. These spaces not only shaped how he formed disciples, but also how movements spread. Together, we’ll imagine church not as another event to attend, but as a creative ecosystem of relationships where disciples are formed, neighbors are welcomed, and movements are born.

The Flow

Week 1: Structure as a Medium: The Four Spaces of Belonging

Week 2: Personal Space: From Small Groups to Equipping Disciples

Week 3: Social Space: From Community to Communities on Mission

Week 4: Intimate Space: From Being Unknow to Being Known

Week 5: Public Space: From Idolizing or Demonizing to Re-imagining

Week 6: Conclusion: Exploring How Creative Ecosystems Can Reshape the Church

*RECORDINGS: Recordings from past live sessions are available to watch, offering real-life examples from actual practitioners.

The Rhythm:

STEP ONE: You will be sent original material and an audio/visual element through an online platform called Engage Spaces.

STEP TWO: Complete the 6-week lessons and materials at your own pace.

STEP THREE: Join a quartley call with the coaches to discuss your learnings and reflections.

The Cost:

$99 for all 6 weeks of immersive training (includes material, and videos).

The Coaches:

Uday Balasundaram Ph.D., EMBA, is an Associate Professor of Missional and Multicultural Ministry at Indiana Wesleyan University, Wesley Seminary, IN. He also shares his passion as an Arts Catalyst with the Lausanne Movement. Uday is the founder of ECCLÉ, a visionary platform dedicated to reshaping missions through the power of creativity. Through ECCLÉ, Uday collaborates with like-minded individuals and organizations to build a more just and beautiful world by providing training, mentorship, and a platform for shared knowledge and resource exchange.

JR Woodward, PhD (University of Manchester, UK) loves to awaken people to join God in the renewal of all things. He is a catalyst who has been passionately starting churches and ministries for the good of the world for over thirty years. He co-founded Missio Alliance and currently serves as the National Director for the V3 Church Planting Movement. He is an adjunct professor at several seminaries and universities, including Central Seminary, Missio Seminary, and America Evangelical University. He is the co-founder of the Praxis Gathering, and serves on six different boards, including Reliant Mission, Missio Alliance, and Fuller Global Mission Advisory Council. He is the author of Creating a Missional Culture and co-author of The Church as Movement. His most recent book, The Scandal of Leadership, is based on his PhD research and written to provide a remedy to the problem of domineering leadership in the church. He loves to surf, travel, read, and skateboard, as well as meet new people. He enjoys photography and film and tries to attend the Sundance Film Festival whenever he can.