https://www.winterlaunchlab.org/our-passion daily 0.75 2021-09-22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87909cfd9a0028323ad47f/1607382604431-7HXMS1VYNUOX5ZBXO9HL/woman+making+tea+-+our+passion.jpg Our Passion - Our Passion Change is the new constant in our social systems: from technology to the global pandemic to shifting social structures, everything is in flux. Strategic adaptation enables us to not just survive but thrive amid disruptive change. At the Winter Launch Lab, we innovate around complex problems. We've worked with non-westerners to share Jesus with unreached people groups and with evangelicals who are working to mitigate against climate change. Innovation moves us to assist health professionals during the coronavirus pandemic and people sharing the gospel message in the Buddhist world. The spiritual application of Innovative problem-solving in complex systems is our core skill set. We use and teach it to help introduce a holistic gospel to everyone, especially with those living past the borders of world Christianity. The Winter Launch Lab is part of Frontier Ventures. Our passion has its roots in our founder, Ralph Winter. He pioneered the change in mission strategy from national approaches to the “hidden peoples” context. His thinking led to the creation of the Joshua Project and the Perspectives course on Global Missions Movement. https://www.winterlaunchlab.org/transformation-collaborative daily 0.75 2020-12-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87909cfd9a0028323ad47f/1607386913823-J2014OXIHJF0EVRE9C4J/transformationcollaborative-logo+large.png Transformation Collaborative https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87909cfd9a0028323ad47f/1607450040315-DDY9NL4DQHS78F5I558M/tcolab+phases+web.png Transformation Collaborative https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87909cfd9a0028323ad47f/1607449674357-S5KT2R0RYYZ5MT0HDCDF/tcolab+process+circle+website.jpg Transformation Collaborative https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87909cfd9a0028323ad47f/1607467052840-006JGUG68ZAU409M1V0A/team+process+web.jpg Transformation Collaborative https://www.winterlaunchlab.org/home daily 1.0 2025-04-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87909cfd9a0028323ad47f/1607445633091-9TYAADP0JY3IBRQ49CRO/jumpstart+logo+2.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87909cfd9a0028323ad47f/1607445357854-IKZN50QSAQTSQRO1BTK6/unstuck+logo+2.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87909cfd9a0028323ad47f/1607445656364-3BL944E2PAMIDX1C8TFR/transformation+collab+logo+2.png Home https://www.winterlaunchlab.org/donate daily 0.75 2024-01-10 https://www.winterlaunchlab.org/unstuck-peer-consultation daily 0.75 2021-09-23 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87909cfd9a0028323ad47f/1607445930926-ZP6E518S9JXAU06D0QHT/unstuck+logo+large+2.png Unstuck Peer Consultation https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87909cfd9a0028323ad47f/1586811911950-Q8KJ8Y03HIBZT2N9OM2B/QRI+Peer+Consultants+painting.png Unstuck Peer Consultation - The Peer Consultants Peer consultants help you to see your challenge from new angles, considering other interpretations of the problem and ways forward. The Winter Launch Lab will provide the process facilitator and a notetaker so you can focus on listening for new insights and next steps to consider. Our peer consultants are drawn from Frontier Ventures, particularly the Ralph D. Winter Launch Lab. https://www.winterlaunchlab.org/adaptive-leadership daily 0.75 2021-09-22 https://www.winterlaunchlab.org/jumpstart-initiatives daily 0.75 2020-12-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87909cfd9a0028323ad47f/1607459353285-OI204M8J7WFRJXVZA7LD/jumpstart+logo+large+web.png Jumpstart Initiatives https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87909cfd9a0028323ad47f/1607459919962-70BKZSSI3VIZD3OW7EWV/divergenceconvergence+web.jpg Jumpstart Initiatives https://www.winterlaunchlab.org/scripture-rooted-innovation daily 0.75 2021-09-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87909cfd9a0028323ad47f/1631561056380-N6KGJCICQRA0EABX7C8U/process+and+postures+-web_6.jpg Scripture Rooted Innovation - Make it stand out Peter’s journey is far more complex than following a simple set of instructions from God. Each step of the way as God speaks and leads there is also interpretive space for Peter, Cornelius, and others to make sense of what God is doing. Peter’s message in Cornelius’ house reveals careful discernment that brings together what he has heard in a vision, his current context, and his re-interpretation of Scripture. God confirms the message through the pouring out of the Spirit; Peter interprets this confirmation with baptism. It is an interplay of God leading and humans making sense of it and taking the faithful next steps. That is also how prototyping works: we learn and discern in small iterative cycles of faithful steps as we continue to seek God’s direction. The Jerusalem Council is a pivotal moment of discerning the movement of the Spirit in the world. It demonstrates patterns of listening to voices in the context, gathering feedback on how God was blessing new ministry initiatives (among Gentiles), and reflecting on Scripture and tradition. In response they decided together, with the consent of the whole church, how to take faithful steps to make Gentile inclusion widespread. Pray for sensitivity to discern how God is already moving and speaking and for wisdom to understand and take faithful next steps as you participate with God and follow His lead. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87909cfd9a0028323ad47f/1631561126129-CCR7IXRTF4XXTPG0BPDY/process+and+postures+-web_3.jpg Scripture Rooted Innovation - Make it stand out The first and second greatest commandments demonstrate an open-hearted posture toward God and people. First, the command to love God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength points toward an all-encompassing love. When we love in this way, we not only honor and worship God, but we desire to be shaped by God’s thoughts, feelings, and perspective. Therefore, we seek God’s perspective on challenges through prayer and reflection on Scripture. We first seek to understand God’s perspective, so that we can prayerfully discern ways forward that create space for God to express his character and blessing in the world. The second commandment, to love your neighbor as yourself, is about considering others’ perspectives and experiences of the challenge. As we seek understanding, we empathize with others’ needs and hopes so that we can better discern how God might be leading us to respond so they experience his blessing. In prayer, express your love for God and desire to understand God’s heart and perspective. Ask for grace to empathize well with the experiences of our neighbors who are impacted by the challenge. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87909cfd9a0028323ad47f/1631561132675-BSI384Y8F1QK3YI7R2F1/process+and+postures+-web_5.jpg Scripture Rooted Innovation - Make it stand out In the Garden Jesus lays down his will before the Father, choosing to follow God’s leading to bless the world, though it would lead to his own death. For us, an open will is submission to discern God’s will and obediently follow Jesus wherever he leads. It enables us to let go of control and to be open to unforeseen possibilities that could lead toward sustainable innovation. An open will is reflected in honestly coming before God, asking him to lead us toward new expressions of His blessing in the world. Paradoxically, as we participate in God’s mission with surrendered wills and open hands, he also invites our own creativity and imagination to bear on challenges. With open hands, express to God your desire to choose and follow his will and vision for blessing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87909cfd9a0028323ad47f/1631561043073-WAQUGYLQ8X42EQPLX059/process+and+postures+-web_1.jpg Scripture Rooted Innovation - Make it stand out Jesus asks his disciples, “Do you still not perceive or understand? Are your hearts hardened? Do you have eyes and fail to see? Do you have ears and fail to hear? And do you not remember?” The disciples had seen Jesus feed the crowds of 5,000 and the 4,000, yet in the boat with one loaf of bread they still viewed their situation through a limiting set of assumptions that missed who Jesus is and how he provides. With any complex challenge, the first step toward discerning innovative ways forward is to seek understanding. Like the disciples, we often only see partially, and our own assumptions and expectations can prevent us from understanding what Jesus wants to do. A shift in our perception may completely change how we understand the challenge or the range of potential ways forward. As you seek understanding around your challenge, pray for God to give you wisdom, understanding, and fresh insights. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87909cfd9a0028323ad47f/1631561049017-MNDRNHKAWQDINBKQYOTY/process+and+postures+-web_4.jpg Scripture Rooted Innovation - Make it stand out After seeking understanding, we need to bring all of our understanding before Jesus and worship him. We will have better perspective to reflect on the challenge and what he might want to do next if we pause and focus on seeing who he is—God’s beloved Son. It is a reminder that the challenge, our callings, and in fact all of who we are, is in God's hands—not ours. Fruitful ways forward will emerge from God’s presence among us. Like Peter, we are tempted to build or do things for Jesus for which he is not asking. Seeing Jesus, we may be stirred to take action. Or seeing needs, we may desire to run straight from our understanding of a challenge to designing ways forward. The Father responds, saying, “This is my beloved Son; listen to him!” Pray for God to continuously and gently remind you to value faithful worship, waiting, and listening in Jesus’ presence over quick action and achievement. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87909cfd9a0028323ad47f/1631561120247-6V4H0CG0I1EXWISQDRAB/process+and+postures+-web_2.jpg Scripture Rooted Innovation - Make it stand out An open mind is about the ways we see and listen. The disciples were not able to see their present lack of food in light of Jesus’ demonstrated ability to provide for the masses. Their years of experience as people who eat food made it difficult to have an open mind to reconsider everything they thought they knew about provision. In a similar way, our own experience and understanding can limit our own openness to see, hear, and engage with new perspectives. We want to move past the natural tendency of finding evidence that mainly confirms our biases, expectations, and assumptions about the challenge or ways forward. This is about moving toward generative and prayerful dialogue with openness and faith to see things afresh. Ask God to give you an open mind filled with faith to see how God is already present and consider many possibilities for ways forward. https://www.winterlaunchlab.org/initiativesoverview daily 0.75 2024-01-16 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e87909cfd9a0028323ad47f/1632286721435-7ACTHHX93H7A6RXY9D3U/david-emrich-GN0gSnMFp6k-unsplash.jpg Overview - Focus on fullness of life in Jesus At the Winter Launch Lab, we innovate, working with adaptive challenges. We’ve worked with non-westerners who want to share Jesus with unreached people groups and with evangelicals who are working to mitigate against climate change. Innovation moved us to assist health professionals during the coronavirus pandemic and people sharing the gospel message in the Buddhist world. The spiritual application of innovative problem-solving in complex systems is our core skill set. We use and teach it to help introduce a holistic gospel to everyone, especially with those living past the borders of world Christianity. Innovation that brings change to a society starts with people who have been changed. We embrace the mission of Frontier Ventures that is to nurture new ways for people at the borders of world Christianity to experience the fullness of life in Jesus. As a result, we seek new holistic and sustainable ways to address societal needs. Currently, we are involved in three long-term projects and we are activity looking to add more. Here they are below. https://www.winterlaunchlab.org/resources daily 0.75 2021-09-22