A Few New Updates!
PLUS a free resource for you
Hello friends,
It’s been a busy, but fruitful few weeks here at Korpi headquarters. I wanted to talk about a couple brief updates in our lives, plus provide you with a new resource that I’ve published that I think will be of benefit to you.
Brief Updates
First, I would be remiss if I didn’t note that last week my wife Tara began a doctor of ministry (DMin) program at Portland Seminary, studying semiotics under the mentorship of Leonard Sweet. It is a rigorous program under the advisement of a brilliant theologian and semiotician, and I couldn’t be more proud of Tara as she begins this journey!
Second, I just returned from Washington D.C., lecturing this week at an intensive for doctor of missiology (DMiss) students a part of Southeastern University’s DMiss program. It is a new program, a part of the Hoskins School of Mission, designed for ministry practitioners looking to be missionally minded in their ministry context. What’s more, the program is only three years long, so as doctoral programs go, it’s a very efficient use of time. I was privileged to host a panel discussion on women in ministry, and lecture on discipleship and digital missiology. If you’re a ministry practitioner looking for a next step in your educational journey, I highly encourage you to check this program out.
Third, and related to the second, I’ve recently accepted a new role at OneHope to facilitate a collaborative partnership with the World Assemblies of God Fellowship’s Church Planting Commission to coordinate and catalyze the planting of churches around the world. The WAGF has a big vision to see hundreds of thousands of churches planted worldwide over the next ten years and I’m excited to be a part of supporting that work. I will continue teaching at Fuller and leading the research for the Digital Mission Consortia at the Wheaton College Billy Graham Center, as well as trying to keep up with all of the tomatoes my backyard garden is currently producing (I drastically overestimated how many tomatoes we need). :)
A New Resource
Part of my work with the Digital Mission Consortia continues to be researching and assessing various aspects of digital ministry, in the hope that we can help churches more effectively ministry in digital environments. After we published our initial white paper of key findings and best practices (available for free here), one of the pieces of feedback we got early on was the need to help people understand the digital environments themselves. In response, I compiled a new summary paper that is intended, not so much to give “30 hacks to grow your church’s Instagram,” but to help Christians and ministry leaders wrap their heads around this ever-changing digital ecosystem. While that new paper is available on the Digital Mission Consortia’s website (which will also soon have a companion webinar we just held on Wednesday), I wanted to provide this resource free to you as well.
Thanks for your continued friendship and support. The growth of this little publication over the past few months has absolutely floored me. I’m thankful to have you all along for this ride. :)
Todd