Building Redemptive Community

09/01/2026

Love God. Love Others. Make Disciples. That’s where Building Redemptive Community begins.

We’re grateful to Dan B. Allender, Ph.D., Professor of Counseling Psychology and co-founder of The Seattle School of Theology & Psychology , for his generous endorsement of Building Redemptive Community.

08/25/2026

Today, we’re beginning a new series sharing why leaders are talking about Building Redemptive Community.

At the heart of this book is a conviction that redemption begins personally, but it was never meant to remain there. As God restores our hearts, we are invited to step into the larger story He is writing: loving God, loving others, and using what He has entrusted to us to help renew the people and places around us.

We’re honored to begin with Morgan Snyder, author of Becoming a King and founder of Become Good Soil, whose friendship with Rob spans decades. https://becomegoodsoil.com/

His words speak beautifully to the heart behind this message, and the invitation before all of us.

What message are you living before you ever speak it?

08/20/2026

We’re grateful to Embracing Brokenness Ministries for this conversation with Steve Adams and Robert about what it means to participate in God’s redemptive work.

We each have a role to play...and gifts, talents, and resources God has given us to make an impact for His Kingdom.

What might your role be?

Watch the full conversation here:

https://youtu.be/EKZ1r1pwqig?si=4WWy8Hc-Hm2h9jt9

08/18/2026

For the past 13 weeks, we’ve been asking questions about what it means to build redemptive community.

But the question was never simply, “What’s broken?”

It’s “What are we called to do about it?”

We each have gifts, talents, resources, relationships, and places where God has uniquely positioned us to make an impact. Building Redemptive Community means stepping in, stepping up, and putting those things to work; physically, relationally, and spiritually.

So we’ll end this series where Building Redemptive Community ultimately leads us:

The time is now.

What is one brave, practical step you can take this week to begin?

08/17/2026

What might change in our communities if the Church more fully embraced its responsibility to care for the “least of these”?

This conversation with Steve Adams and Robert G. Loughery gets to the heart of Building Redemptive Community, the call for the Church to move beyond Sunday morning and re-engage in the public square and the marketplace, becoming the hands and feet of Christ in the places where we live, work, lead, serve, and invest.

Building Redemptive Community means stepping in and stepping up, actively participating in the physical, relational, and spiritual renewal of our communities and investing in the lives of those around us.

The Church was never meant to simply observe from the sidelines. We are the Church. And it’s time to build.

There’s much more to this conversation. Watch the full discussion here: https://youtu.be/EKZ1r1pwqig?si=sWJ4UBzVFhEvMjIE

08/13/2026

SAVE THE DATE | October 13, 2026 | Cairn University

What would it look like if the Church re-engaged in our communities, not simply to talk about what is broken, but to help restore and renew what has been lost?

Building Redemptive Community starts with a restored heart. From there, Rob Loughery challenges the body of Christ to re-engage in the public square and marketplace and to become actively involved in renewing our communities spiritually, relationally, and physically.

This October, we’re bringing that conversation to Cairn University.

If you’ve ever wondered what role God may be calling you to play in the places where you live, work, worship, and serve, we hope you’ll join us.

“It’s time now to act, to build redemptive community. Will you join me?” — Robert G. Loughery

Register here: https://www.buildingredemptivecommunity.com/conference-registration

08/12/2026

“Without a restored heart, individually and personally, there is no redemptive community.” — Robert G. Loughery

That conviction is at the heart of Building Redemptive Community and this conversation with Steve Adams.

Rob’s challenge to the Church is not simply to recognize the brokenness around us, but to step in and step up, using the gifts, talents, and resources God has given us to make an impact for His Kingdom.

It starts with allowing Christ to restore our own hearts. And from there, becoming actively engaged in renewing our communities; physically, relationally, and spiritually.

Thank you to Steve and Embracing Brokenness Ministries for helping us continue this important conversation.

Watch or listen below.

What if the renewal of our communities does not begin with politics...

08/11/2026

Throughout this series (this is post 12 of 13), we’ve been asking questions meant to start a conversation about faith at work, and what it might look like for each of us to take an active role in Building Redemptive Community around us.

In his recent book, Robert G. Loughery writes that Building Redemptive Community requires us to be actively engaged in renewing the physical places in our neighborhoods, as well as the relational and spiritual community around us.

And that kind of investment isn’t limited to writing a check.

We each have gifts, talents, and resources God has given us that can be invested for Kingdom impact. Sometimes that means stepping in, stepping up, and seeing a place, or a need that others have learned to walk past.

So, today’s question: What’s one place in your neighborhood that feels neglected, and what could “investment” look like to make a change in that place, besides just money?

Maybe it’s time, expertise, relationships, creativity, leadership, or simply a willingness to get involved.

What comes to mind where you live or work? We'd love to hear from you.

Want to go deeper? Continue the conversation in Rob’s book, Building Redemptive Community; What Christians Can Do to Make Community Great Again. Get your copy here: https://a.co/d/01pc8FJj

08/04/2026

We'll start!

Physically: We'll keep creating places where people naturally gather and belong.

Relationally: We'll look for ways to provide opportunities for our neighbors to know each other a little better.

Spiritually: We'll look for ways to point people toward the hope and restoration found in Christ.

How about you? If building redemptive community is physically, relationally, spiritually, what's one step you can take in each? Or even just one?

07/28/2026

The future of our communities won't be shaped by louder voices or stronger opinions, but by men and women whose hearts have been transformed by Christ.

What would it look like for the church to re-engage in the public square without performing, posturing, or picking fights with people? We would value any thoughts you might have.