1001 Archives

Apprenticeship 101 for 1001 New Worshiping Communities

Posted May 31st, 2016

When I began the apprenticeship for 1001 [New Worshiping Communities], my coach and I sat in a diner and I scribbled my vision on the back of a placemat.

Building a church without a building

Posted April 21st, 2016

What could your congregation do if it didn’t have to worry about keeping up a building? That’s the question Rev. Eneyas Freitas asked when he started a new worshiping community called Urban Connect in Phoenix. His congregation meets at a new event venue called The Vintage 45 in Phoenix’s warehouse district every Sunday morning.

Discipling movement innovator to speak at ‘Go Disciple Live’ evangelism conference

Posted March 22nd, 2016

Mike Breen helps thousands of churches and leaders develop a missional mindset by Paul Seebeck | Presbyterian News Service Louisville, March 22, 2016—Mike Breen is known around the world as one… Read more »

Building a robust theological framework for new worshiping communities

Posted December 17th, 2015

The Presbyterian Mission Agency recently held a consultation at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary to begin the process of building a robust theological framework for its 1001 New Worshiping Communities movement. To date, more than 300 fellowships have been established through the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) evangelism effort.

From ‘raising good church people’ to ‘becoming good disciples’

Posted June 17th, 2015

A church sells its building to make way for affordable housing and a new worshiping community By Paul Seebeck Arlington Presbyterian Church in northern Virginia is a mile from the… Read more »