Why We Must Reimagine Church

#ItSeemsToMe...We Must Reimagine Church

The Church; the Body of Christ has critical blind spots:

-resistance to finding ways to express the unity all Christ-serving congregations…we override the call for unity to preserve our theological brand

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Consumeranity: A Subtle but Serious Dis-Ease that Infects the Church

Consumeranity: A Subtle but Serious Dis-Ease that Infects the Church

Phil Miglioratti @ Reimagine.Network

A “What? SoWhat? NowWhat?” Overview

{Warning Label: Consumeranity is a Dangerous Infiltration of Consumerism With Christianity}

WHAT?

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Uncommon Conversations Phil Miglioratti and Angie Ward “A New Paradigm for Church and Mission”

Uncommon Conversations

Phil Miglioratti and Angie Ward

“A New Paradigm for Church and Mission”

"The answer to the crisis of the North American church

will not be found at the level of method and problem solving."

Darrell Guder

Beyond Church

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Deconstructing or Reconstructing?

Confessions of a Deconstruction-Minded Christian

Phil Miglioratti

"Deconstructing."

Sounds like a painful process.

And, it is, whether it applies to demolishing a building or taking apart a system of belief “in order to expose biases, flaws o

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After Verbal Inspiration

A Writer’s Note on What Got Dislodged—and What Comes Next

Daniel Rushing

I finally wrote the blog I had been avoiding for years—and now I can’t stop thinking about what it disl

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5 Possible Paths to #ResetCHURCH

FIVE POSSIBLE PATHS FOR 21ST CENTURY CHURCHES

BY MARTIN THIELEN

June 3, 2025

It’s no secret that organized religion is in trouble. Over the past few decades the American church has seen a free fall in membership, attendance,

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Guest Post: #ReExamine The Gospel

5 Views on the Gospel

NOTE: I post this as a simple example of how even within Evangelicalism, there are various and sometimes widely divergent theological perspectives. This is my call for humility within our dogmatic "certainty." {Phil Migli

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Could Spiritual Curiosity be an Invitation from the Holy Sprit?

Spiritual Curiosity

Key thoughts that came out of a recent small group discussion

“At that time the disciples came to Jesus and asked, “Who is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” He called a child, whom he put among them,

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A Template to Contemplate Intercession

A Template to Contemplate Intercession

Phil Miglioratti

Interactive Praying is

Intercession not Interjection
Praying for and with

Invite prayer champions

Team with others
Build a team

Include others to

Disciple them
Discern from them

Instruct w

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Is Your Church Flourishing?

Jim Morgan

Over the last 25 years, nearly 40 million Americans have stopped attending church – the most significant decline in any quarter century in our nation’s history. Any church growth seen today occurs primarily

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There are No Shortcuts in Poverty Alleviation

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Generosity isn’t always charitable. Compassion isn’t always kind. Intentions don’t determine effectiveness. We shouldn’t feel good about some of our “good” deeds.

Poverty alleviation is tricky. Th

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A Template to Express The Unity of The Church (without requiring total theological conformity)

EXPRESS THE UNITY OF THE CHURCH

Not Conformity-of-Theology but . . .

Phil Miglioratti

{PRELUDE}

#ItSeemsToMe... when Jesus prayed for the unity of the #Church,

he was not expecting total conformity (the mix of his disciples were diverse for that time

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Pondering the Ignorance & Arrogance of Syncretism...That Infects Evangelicalism

Pondering the Ignorance & Arrogance of Syncretism...That Infects Evangelicalism

by Phil Miglioratti

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I offer my observations as descriptive, not judgmental.

Ponderable. Educational.

As we seek to be "renew

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We See Through a Glass Darkly

We See Through a Glass Darkly

Phil Miglioratti

"This Changes Everything"

#ItSeemsToMe… the Apostle Paul has made it perfectly clear we should not consider our translations-interpretations-applications of Scripture as perfectly clear.

We see thru a

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A Prayer. For A Child About To Be Abused

A Prayer. For A Child About To Be Abused

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Dr. Dan's

Monday Morning
Manna

Monday Morning Manna: Abuse or Use

I just heard that child abuse was on a dramatic rise.

Somewhere there is a person planning to

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City Impact Roundtable: Insights & Ideas form Thought-Leaders & Practitioners

City Impact Roundtable: Insights & Ideas from Thought-Leaders & Practitioners

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WHO…

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Phil Miglioratti served as a pastor, prayer coach, citywide convener/facilitator/blogger (City Impact R

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Evangelical Perturbation: The Emergence of a Socio-Politicized Theology

Evangelical Perturbation:

The Emergence of a Socio-Politicized Theology

Phil Miglioratti

Perturbation:

“a deviation of a system from its regular or normal state or path,

caused by an outside influence.”

WHAT is my problem?

How can we evangelic

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Discipleship Foundations: The Resurrection

Discipleship Foundations: The Resurrection

I BELIEVE IN JESUS’ RESURRECTION

from the desk of Rande Wayne Smith; D.Min., Th.M., M.Div.

… based on 1 Corinthians 15:12-20

I have a confession to make … I love to google. And that’s a dangerous

thin

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The #Remaking of Theological Education

The Remaking of Theological Education

Guest-Post by Ed Stetzer

{with thanks to Church Leaders}

April 8, 2025

The news of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School’s plan to leave Chicagoland and to merge with Trinity Western University in Canada marks

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A Consultant-Style Interview for Leaders of Struggling, Stuck, and Dying Churches: "Don't Revitalize. ReMission!"

Phil Miglioratti Interviewed Josh Hayden,

author of "Remissioning Church: a Field Guide to Bringing a Congregation Back to Life"

"They don't need revitalization. They need remissioning."

PHIL >>> Josh, what type of congregations/churches are

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Why We Must Reimagine Church

Consumeranity: A Subtle but Serious Dis-Ease that Infects the Church

Uncommon Conversations Phil Miglioratti and Angie Ward “A New Paradigm for Church and Mission”

Beyond Church

Deconstructing or Reconstructing?

Guest-Post: Reexamine

After Verbal Inspiration

A Writer’s Note on What Got Dislodged—and What Comes Next

5 Possible Paths to #ResetCHURCH

FIVE POSSIBLE PATHS FOR 21ST CENTURY CHURCHES

BY MARTIN THIELEN

Guest Post: #ReExamine The Gospel

5 Views on the Gospel

Could Spiritual Curiosity be an Invitation from the Holy Sprit?

Spiritual Curiosity

Key thoughts that came out of a recent small group discussion

A Template to Contemplate Intercession

Is Your Church Flourishing?

Is Your Church Flourishing?

There are No Shortcuts in Poverty Alleviation

A Template to Express The Unity of The Church (without requiring total theological conformity)

Pondering the Ignorance & Arrogance of Syncretism...That Infects Evangelicalism

We See Through a Glass Darkly

A Prayer. For A Child About To Be Abused

City Impact Roundtable: Insights & Ideas form Thought-Leaders & Practitioners

Evangelical Perturbation: The Emergence of a Socio-Politicized Theology

Discipleship Foundations: The Resurrection

The #Remaking of Theological Education

A Consultant-Style Interview for Leaders of Struggling, Stuck, and Dying Churches: "Don't Revitalize. ReMission!"

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