Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Understanding APEST”
Today we are going to zombie-proof your missional calling and help you navigate 5Q where you work. At the same time, we are going to show you how to get practical with some of the tables that you find in the 5Q book. Once you get familiar with the shapes of APEST, the core characteristics, you begin to see them functioning all around you.
After an amazing run with real reader reviews and some amazing guest posts, this week we wanted to return to the source and take a deeper look into a question that we run into quite often as we begin our favorite part of 5Q: Equipping and Training the Local Church.
This week, Jon Ritner, Pastor of Ecclesia Hollywood and L.A. Forge Trainer, helps us navigate 5Q through some important waters. One common issue with engaging new paradigms is simply how to move beyond the theory and put it into practice. Today, Jon shares with us how he is using 5Q to create an APEST culture in his home.
This week, we are excited to share with you a guest post by blogger, Jessica Schrock Ringenberg. Her article, What’s In A Name?, originally appeared on themennonite.org and we are re-posting here with the permission of the author. Thanks, Jessica! Another inspiring voice in the 5Q Symphony! We sat in the church office, confused and in tears. It was a scenario …
We are still celebrating the *NEW* release of 5Q: Reactivating the Original Intelligence and Capacity of the Body of Christ ! We would like to take another weekly post and express our deepest gratitude for all of you who have received your copy, read it and then took the time to write a blogpost or leave an Amazon review. Today, …
We are excited to be running a series of post that are excerpts from Alan’s new book, 5Q:Reactivating the Original Intelligence and Capacity of the Body of Christ. If you haven’t purchased your copy, you want to do that today! 5Q is the harmonic equivalent of a Symphony in the Body of Christ and the music of God’s Kingdom needs …
This is an excerpt from Alan’s new book, 5Q:Reactivating the Original Intelligence and Capacity of the Body of Christ. This post will rock your world. Keep reading to discover how. In Ephesians 4, the cosmic and eternal purposes in Christ are unfolding so as to include the fivefold typology at the heart of it. According to the text, the whole point of bequeathing APEST to the …
For all you leaders out there who have read 5Q and are now ready to tweet, preach and train your people to a premature 5Q-end. Please just take a moment. Stop, save the tweet and read the ways below that you can save yourselves and your people lots of bumps and blind alleys. Lead by example – This has to be …
Friend of the blog and the 5Q movement, serial church planter Peyton Jones lends his rapid fire voice and boots on the ground perspective to help us go deeper into the 5QVerse, the residence of the latent power of the church waiting to be rediscovered and activated in your ministry. When Jesus ascended with his work unfinished, he knew that …
In the new book, 5Q:Reactivating the Original Intelligence and Capacity of the Body of Christ, there’s a fantastic excerpt in which Alan interacts with legendary musician and producer, Brian Eno, as he continues to answer the question, “What is 5Q?” and develop new ways of thinking about the Body of Christ through the five fold lens. Chapter Four exclusive excerpt: “I love how the …
