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Church Is Messy: Take Your Next Step and Trust the Process

Church Is Messy: Take Your Next Step and Trust the Process

Update: 2025-09-03
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In the final episode on our series on the mission, vision, and values of Autumn Ridge Church, Rick and Svea discuss values seven and eight: 7) take your next step and 8) trust the process.

Topics discussed in this episode:

  • 00:00 Intro
  • 02:37 Values 7 and 8: 7) Take your next step, and 8) Trust the process.
  • 07:28 Direction over speed.
  • 08:17 There is a logical progression, but there is no checklist in next steps.
  • 10:36 Some logical and some intangible next steps.
  • 18:30 Trust the process.
  • 20:41 Is the process internal or external?
  • 22:49 What does it look like to trust God when we're not seeing results?
  • 24:32 How can we discern the difference between being patient and passivity when it comes to spiritual formation?
  • 25:47 How are these two values in harmony and in tension with each other?
  • 32:25 Each of the values is a faithful summary statement of some aspect of the gospel.
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Church Is Messy: Take Your Next Step and Trust the Process

Church Is Messy: Take Your Next Step and Trust the Process

Rick Henderson and Svea Merry