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Jon Davis

How to Leave a Small Church Better Than You Found It Jon Davis | 25 Jan 2024 Powerful lessons from a three-and-a-half-year, bi-vocational call to a small church in a small town.
Should Your Church Start a Dinner Church? Jon Davis | 26 Jul 2023 You’ve read some articles and some books. You’ve been in some webinars and on-line classes. You’ve attended some training in person. You’ve taken some prayer walks and begun a process...
Turning Tables: How to Help Your Congregation Warm Up to Dinner Church Jon Davis | 21 Jun 2023 If you’re excited about starting a new expression of church, such as a Dinner Church, you may find it challenging to discuss this with people in your congregation. New things,...
Fresh Expressions in the Anglican Stream Jon Davis | 1 Jun 2023 When you understand the history and the heart of the Anglican Church, it is no wonder that an international, multi-denominational missional movement like Fresh Expressions found its start in England.
This Shape Changes the World Jon Davis | 7 Apr 2023 The meaning and message of Easter can sometimes get lost in the world in which we live. There are competing narratives and events that crowd out resurrection and new life....
“Why,” “Cravings” and Other Essential Starting Points for Ministry Leaders with No Leadership Team Jon Davis | 22 Jan 2023 We know for any organization to survive and prosper you need to have a team of people working together. Maybe you don’t currently have a team but you know you...
Advent, Christmas and Epiphany: Finding Missional Opportunities in The Cycle of Light Jon Davis | 27 Nov 2022 I spend a lot of my life paying attention to rhythms. The seasons; Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter, loom large as they usher in familiar patterns and moments that transport me...
Advent: Casting Aside Distractions Jon Davis | 14 Nov 2022 Christmas, a moment designed by the Church to remember the miracle of God becoming man, has drifted into an existential consumerism. It is about things and even more so trying...
Hurricane Ian: Support for Dinner Churches and Others Jon Davis | 5 Oct 2022 I have lived in Florida for over 35 years and have weathered more than a dozen hurricanes and been part of recovery and rebuilding work following severe and massive storms....
How to Talk to People About Dinner Church Jon Davis | 29 Aug 2022 If you are excited about starting a new expression of church, such as a Dinner Church, you may struggle to discuss this with people in your congregation. New things, new ways...
Community Dinner: How a Small Church Started is Meeting New People Jon Davis | 6 Jun 2022 In Cedar Key, Florida the pandemic brought a pause to ministry events and gathering of people. We did not stop dreaming, hoping and planning for a new missional focus reaching...
Traditional Churches: Four Steps for Starting New Things and Reaching New People Jon Davis | 8 Feb 2022 Take a look around the majority of traditional, mainline denominational church and what do you see? Empty pews, empty classrooms, empty bank accounts; a skeleton congregation compared to the good old...