A2A Cultural Distinctives: Innovative Ministry

Church Change

Innovative Ministry from Phillip Mutzelburg Whenever we articulate this very descriptive word “innovation” in connection with church work we are thinking of being a church that is ground breaking, advanced, or pioneering. This is our heritage, and something we should be proud of, and something we should determine to keep as distinctives in our churches. […]

A2A Cultural Distinctives: Celebrating Uniqueness

by Phillip Mutzelburg This article continues the series on the distinctives of A2A. They represent what the National Leadership Team believe the Holy Spirit confirmed to us at a retreat with our spouses early in the present year. IntroductionAs I begin I want to extend my comments in the introduction of my last article. Apostolic […]

A2A Cultural Distinctives: Disciple Making

by Phillip Mutzelburg Disciple Making ​This article continues the series on the distinctives of A2A. They represent what the National Leadership Team believes the Holy Spirit confirmed to us with our spouses early in 2017. It is arguably the most difficult to make comment on without including models and examples. The purpose of these articles […]

A2A Cultural Distinctives: Healthy Leadership

by Phillip Mutzelburg This article continues the series on the distinctive of A2A. To help with continuity of thought, I include again the six distinctive we sincerely hope and pray will gain traction throughout the churches of the movement. Innovative Ministry Celebrating Uniqueness Disciple Making Healthy Leadership Spirit Empowered Mission Walking in Humility Defining Healthy […]

A2A Cultural Distinctives: Spirit Empowered Mission

by Phillip Mutzelburg Most bible based Christian churches would claim to do “Spirit empowered mission” and this claim is not argued as all Christ followers have the indwelling Holy Spirit to guide them in mission from the moment of conversion. A2A would consider that there is an extra dimension of the Holy Spirit available to […]

A2A Cultural Distinctives: Walking in Humility

with Phillip Mutzelburg Walking in HumilityIntroduction I begin this discussion by teasing out some remarks I made on the subject of humility in the first article of this series, Identifying our Distinctives. The nature of our humanity defaults to the dark side, and it creates a competitiveness in us that wants to get to the top […]