The following is a summary of The Mission Matters podcast episode with Dr. Jolene Erlacher that first aired on May 15, 2024. Watch the full podcast with Matthew Ellison and Ted Esler here. Jolene is the co-author of Mobilizing Gen Z: Challenges and Opportunities for the Global Age of Missions and founder of http://leadingtomorrow.org.   […]

“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing.” – […]

. As a coach, I have walked with churches through many hard, but holy, conversations, but when I started coaching Covenant Presbyterian Church in Nashville, TN last fall, I had no idea what would unfold. When tragedy struck their school and church in March, we paused coaching indefinitely, but in May, they decided they were […]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Jeff Lewis Joins Sixteen:Fifteen as Mobilization & Discipleship Strategist (effective Monday, December 4th, 2023) December 4, 2023 – Sixteen:Fifteen, a leading Christian non-profit committed to equipping local churches and organizations for global outreach, proudly welcomes Jeff Lewis as its newest team member. As Mobilization & Discipleship Strategist, Jeff will leverage his extensive […]

This time of year, we think a lot about harvests and thankfulness. But for many of us, it’s easy to forget the food on our tables today had to grow from seed months ago. And the fields it was grown in were probably cultivated years ago. Harvests don’t happen by accident. At Sixteen:Fifteen, it’s our […]

Matthew Ellison interviews Robert Wassel (Pioneers), Jeremy Wynne (Fellowship Bible Church – Topeka, KS), and Luke Womack (AIRO) at the MissioNexus Missions and Church Leaders Conference in Orlando, FL in September 2023. Among other topics, they talk about how change comes about by pain, pleasure, or leverage (Wassel), how a church says no to good […]