Substack Seminary Archive

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Q4: Technology and Collaboration. October 5 - November 19, 2026

Articles by Loren Richmond Jr. :

• 4 tech tools I’m using in ministry right now
  Not specifically ‘church software’, but very useful for ministry.

Livestream replays by Pastor Sierra Ward:

Q3: Theology & Community. August 3 - September 14, 2026

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Articles by Loren Richmond Jr. :

• What is your organization actually designed to produce?
  Your mission may say one thing. Your structures may be saying something else.
  

• What is the end of the journey?
  Christian formation needs a destination without controlling the path
  

• People want to know how to get in
  Why belong requires boundaries - and clear ways to cross them
  

• What are you actually welcoming people into?
  Why welcome is more than the first interaction
  

• Is your ministry about doing - or being?
  What chaplaincy taught me about the heart of ministry
  

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Livestream replays hosted by Pastor Sierra Ward:

• Everyone Has a Rule of Life - From “YOLO” to “TEXAS FOREVER” - What’s Ours?
  A conversation about Practice
  

• It’s like bringing your boyfriend to meet your parents
  A conversation about Welcome
  

• Substack Seminary Q3 (Theology and Community) starts Monday!
  From August 13, 2026

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Q2 2026: Structure & Business Model. April 13 - May 24

What Substack Seminary means to me

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What does “thriving” actually look like?

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Sustainability isn’t the same thing as faithfulness

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Why sharing your ministry feels so hard

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What transformation are you actually aiming for?

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You can’t speak to everyone

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What’s in a name?

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January 12 - February 23, 2026

Q1 2026: Unstuck Church - why the system needs to change. January 12 - February 23

Why new work rarely gets funded

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When Your Calling Outgrows Your Community

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You Can’t Imagine the Future Alone

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When Churches Refuse to Talk About the End

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Sometimes the Faithful Thing Is to Stop

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Why Viability Matters More Than Growth Right Now

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What makes this work so hard is why this space exists

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Doing Less with Less

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Writing for Substack Seminary

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What does it mean to be a minister in a church that no longer works like it did in the 1960s (or even the early 2000s)?

We started Substack Seminary because the ministry we’re doing didn’t seem to fit into any model of training and development for ministry.

And because we didn’t see any one else trying to equip today’s ministers for the Future of Church.

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Who we are:

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