by Geoff Hsu | Nov 12, 2021 | Church, City, Leadership, Resilience |
This week has been full of energy and excitement for those who long to see new church startups in town. This past Thurs, the San Diego Church Planting Movement (SDCPM) hosted lunches across San Diego County in an effort to provide encouragement and support for pastors...
by Geoff Hsu | Jul 10, 2021 | Church, City, Entrepreneurship, Mission, Stories |
Tim Captain is the thoughtful and courageous pastor of First Christian Church. The congregation is located in National City, home to a lot of heavy industry related to the naval shipyards. Decades of pollution has stained this part of San Diego. Asthma rates are among...
by Geoff Hsu | Dec 11, 2020 | Church, City, Formation, Leadership, Mission |
Flourish San Diego Receives Grant to Help Pastors Thrive December 7, 2020 Flourish San Diego has received a grant of more than $220,000 to extend its work to support the well-being and resiliency of pastors and church planters. It is part of Lilly Endowment Inc.’s...
by Geoff Hsu | Sep 28, 2019 | Calling, Church, City, Culture, Mission, Shalom |
It was a beautiful Friday morning to be on the campus of Point Loma Nazarene University. We have been in conversation with the good people with the Center for International Development. Together, we have shared a common desire to serve the poor by pairing our good...
by Markus Watson | Mar 27, 2018 | Big Story, Calling, Church, City, Collective, Culture, Discipleship, Formation, Gospel, Greenhouse, Leadership, Mission, Shalom, Theology, Vocation |
Why does Flourish San Diego exist? What do we hope to accomplish? In this post, I simply want to lay out as clearly as I can why we do what we do. It’s All Because of Jesus Before I say anything else about Flourish San Diego, I have to begin by saying that...
by Markus Watson | Jan 24, 2018 | Calling, City, Culture, Discipleship, Formation, Mission, Vocation |
Vocational Connection Groups—which I began to discuss in this post and in this post—can be the key that unlocks a church’s ability to discern how God is calling them to engage their community. I call them Vocational Connection Groups because they involve three...
