Resources on David Fitch

David Fitch | Missio Alliance

Article about Church Life and Leadership

David Fitch, church planter and pastor, discusses the difference between "Looking for a Project" and "Developing a Presence" and how that shapes congregational formation and discipleship within a local context.

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Love Your Neighbor, Evangelism, Missions

Missional Church is Nothing But …

David Fitch | Missio Alliance

Article about Church Life and Leadership

David Fitch argues against a conception of missional church as just regular Sunday worship with some justice projects added on. Rather, missional church is focused on being present among our contexts.

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Church, Justice, Missions, Evangelism

Evangelism or Witness?

David Fitch | Missio Alliance

Article about Preaching

David Fitch challenges pastors and congregations to consider how the verbal proclamation of the gospel (evangelism) must complement a living embodiment of God's work (witness).

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Evangelism, Missions, Witness, Ecclesiology

Proclaiming the Gospel as Reality-Creating Event

David Fitch | Missio Alliance

Article about Preaching

In this article, David Fitch offers three observations about evangelical proclamation and challenges us to approach this powerful task with simple humility.

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Evangelism, Gospel, Proclamation

The Kingdom Starts With Communities

David Fitch | Missio Alliance

Sermon Preparation or Illustration, Book Quote

In this article about why sending out individual missionaries is all wrong, David Fitch explains why churches should focus on sending out church communities. The article can be used in a sermon series on missions.

Jeremiah 29:4-7; 1 Peter 2:9, 3:15-16

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Church, Kingdom Of God, Community, Missions

The Missional Order of St Fiacre at Life on the Vine

David Fitch | Missio Alliance

Article about Church Life and Leadership

Taking inspiration from gardening, David Fitch's article presents the Rule of a missional order that hopes to plant Christian communities. The Rule presents ideals centered upon fellowship, communal worship, and simplicity.

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Missions, Evangelism, Missional

Cultivating Missional Rhythms in Community

David Fitch | Missio Alliance

Article about Church Life and Leadership

How can we cultivate missional rhythms of life and discipleship among our people? David Fitch shares a list of practices to avoid and practices to direct a congregation’s imagination toward holistic, relational worship.

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Missions, Evangelism, Daily Living, Discipleship

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Against Decaffeinated Belief

David Fitch | Missio Alliance

Article about Worship and the Sacraments

In this article, David Fitch warns against the attractional model of Sunday worship and encourages the kind of worship that helps people live out their missional calling to advance God's kingdom.

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Consumerism, Evangelism, Missional

What the Missional Church is Missing

David Fitch | Missio Alliance

Scripture Meditation or Sermon

"The gospel is wide, deep and huge." David Fitch argues for declaring the gospel as "what God has done in Christ for the world" (e.g., Luke 4:18-19; Colossians 1:13-23), much broader than personal forgiveness.

Luke 4:18-19; Colossians 1:13-23

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Missions, Gospel, Evangelism, Freedom

How Apologetics Hurts Our Witness

David Fitch | Missio Alliance

Scripture Meditation or Sermon

Drawing on the work of Stanley Hauerwas and Charles Pinches, David Fitch suggests that "Christian apologetics trains us to think we have the answers before listening to the questions."

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Witness, Apologetics, Evangelism, Listening

“I feel like I’m a project to you”

David Fitch | Missio Alliance

Article about Church Life and Leadership

The perception of a "pastor" had changed in recent generations. In this article, David Fitch offers three observations to help us understand the way the officer of pastor may be perceived today.

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Care, Pastor, Evangelism, Compassion

Missiology’s Relationship to Ecclesiology

David Fitch | Missio Alliance

Article about Church Life and Leadership

This article argues that the Christian mission is unthinkable without the involvement of the church for the church is God's chosen means of engaging with the world.

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Ecclesiology, Contextualization, Evangelism, Missional

Looking for the Poor in the Suburbs

David Fitch | Missio Alliance

Article about Church Life and Leadership

This down-to-earth article explores a particular suburb and locates places where the poor may be found and where there are great needs. It could be useful for sparking imagination about where to look in other contexts.

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Missions, Suburbs, Evangelism, Missional