Microchurches

Welcome back to Microchurches! We're kicking off 2025 hearing from our very own microchurch leaders as they tell us more about their journey of being called, sent, and remaining faithful in their microchurch. In this episode, you'll hear from Dotti Groover-Skipper from HeartDance Foundation - a microchurch that exists to care for those impacted by human trafficking and the sex industry. To...

Thanks for listening to Microchurches Podcast this week! In this episode we're continuing in our Microchurch Stories series with Jewel Photopolus from Safe Families for Children, a microchurch that exists to support and strengthen families, prevent child abuse and neglect, and reduce the number of children unnecessarily entering the child welfare system. To learn more about Safe Families for C...

Thank you for tuning in to Microchurches Podcast this week! In this episode we're continuing in our Microchurch Stories series with Sammy Ortiz of Community Collective, a microchurch made up of a few different communities serving underestimated youth, people of color, and a spiritual family in their neighborhood. You'll hear about challenges, lessons, and stories that he's experienced along the wa...

Welcome back to Microchurches, thanks for listening! In this mini series, we're hearing from microchurch leaders as they discuss their journeys of calling and saying "yes" to Jesus. In this episode, you'll hear from Lori Martin of Revive & Restore - a microchurch seeking to build relationship through serving those without homes or resources and sharing hope with those in need. To learn more ab...

Happy New Year! Thanks for tuning in to the Microchurches Podcast, where we're currently in a season around calling within microchurches, and in this episode, we're jumping into a new section in hearing stories from microchurches where we live, work, play, and anywhere God calls us to. Today, we're joined by John Leslie of Apartment Life - a microchurch devoted to cultivating meaningful relationsh...

Welcome back to the Microchurches Podcast! If you've ever wondered about what microchurches look like in some of the darkest places in our communities, or how they get started - this episode is for you. In this week's episode, we'll hear from Lurlene Diaz from Created Women , a microchurch committed to the restoration of vulnerable women involved in the sex industry, as well as Lindsey Carr from T...

Thank you for tuning in to Microchurches Podcast this week! In this episode we're continuing in our Calling Embodied series with a conversation about microchurches where we play. In this episode, you'll hear from Kason Kedersha, who leads a microchurch called Ever Lassing - a place where ultimate frisbee players can gather for worship, community, and mission. Resources mentioned: Calling Lab by Ta...

Thanks for listening to Microchurches Podcast! This week we're we're continuing in our Calling Embodied series. In this episode, we'll hear from Steven Barr as he shares about his experience working at Disney and answering the Lord's call to reach and mentor the very cast members around him. Resources mentioned: Calling Lab by Tampa Underground and Microchurches by Brian Sanders. New episodes ever...

Welcome to Microchurches Podcast where we're kicking off a new series on Calling Embodied. In this particular episode, we'll hear stories and lessons from John Leslie from Apartment Life and Jeremy Stephens about what it looks like to love your neighbors in microchurch life. Resources mentioned: Calling Lab by Tampa Underground, Microchurches book by Brian Sanders, and Parties Resource by Jeremy S...

Thanks for listening to this episode of Microchruches! This is the last episode in our Calling Lab series, where we've looked in-depth at each element of our Calling Lab experience, and hear about what Stacy Gaskins and Jeremy Stephens have learned in walking with people who are discerning God's calling on their lives. In this episode, we'll talk about the Counselor Input part of Calling Lab, wher...

Thanks for tuning in to another episode of Microchruches. We started off this new season with a series on a resource we get asked about a lot, which is our Calling Lab. In this episode, we're continuing our conversation with Stacy Gaskins and Jeremy Stephens to hear about one particularly important part of the Calling Lab experience: Listening Prayer. You'll hear about how God might speak to us ar...

Welcome to another episode of Microchurches! We're currently in a series going through the different elements of our very own Calling Lab. In this particular episode, we'll continue hearing from Stacy Gaskins and Jeremy Stephens and we start diving into the inner-triangle, starting with emotions, and how they can reveal a unique aspect of our calling. If you want to learn more about Calling Lab, y...

Welcome back to another episode of Microchurches! We are continuing the series on our resource the Calling Lab, with Stacy Gaskins and Jeremy Stephens. In this episode, we will get to hear about one particular tool that is part of the Calling Lab experience: Opportunity (or Narrative) Analysis. We discuss how our story and the experiences God has brought us through may point to opportunities in th...

Welcome to another episode of Microchurches! We're currently in a series talking about our resource, we're the Calling Lab, with Stacy Gaskins and Jeremy Stephens. In this particular episode, we'll dive into the vocational assessment part of the Calling Lab experience, and discuss Ephesians 4, gifting, and even share some stories about how this part of calling has been played out in the Undergroun...

Thanks for tuning in to another episode of Microchruches. We started off this new season with a series on a resource we get asked about a lot, which is our Calling Lab. In this episode, we'll be joined by Stacy Gaskins and Jeremy Stephens to hear about one particular tool that is part of the Calling Lab experience: Personality. The Calling Lab aims not to over-emphasize personality or to define ou...

Welcome to Season 5 of Microchurches! Thanks for joining in with us this fall and we're starting off strong with a series around a resource that we get asked about a lot, which is our Calling Lab. In this episode, we'll be joined by Stacy Gaskins and Jeremy Stephens to hear about what a Calling Lab experience is meant to be, and the ways it is meant to help people discern specific calling in their...

Welcome back to the Microchurches Podcast! We are almost ready to launch Season 5 on October 2nd, 2024. But in the meantime, we have a bonus episode with special guest Rich Robinson, where we'll talk through the four-phase framework outlined in his new book, All Change, to navigate adaptive challenges and help ministries, churches, and organizations to dream, discover, design, and deploy to un...

Thank you for joining us for this final episode of Season 4 of Microchurches! In this episode we'll hear from Jeremy Stephens on how microchurches can understand and navigate the tension of the organic life and the organized elements of the microchurch and, more specifically, how we get the organized elements to serve the organized life of the microchurch. Resources mentioned: Microchurch Diag...

Thanks for tuning into this episode of Microchurches! Continuing in our Microchurch Conversations series, this week we'll hear from Stacy Gaskins as we talk through giftings within a microchurch, and more specifically how tools like APEST can help microchurch communities mature and more fully and effectively fulfill their calling. Resources mentioned: 5Q by Alan Hirsch, Primal Fire by Neil Col...

Thanks for listening to this episode of Microchurches. This week we begin a new series of conversations around microchurches, and more specifically, discussing some tools and frameworks for people as they operate in their microchurches. In this particular episode, you will hear from Lucas Pulley as we learn about Social Spaces, and how understanding and recognizing these levels of proximity and in...

Welcome to another episode of Microchurches! This week we will hear from Brian Sanders as we dig into collaboration within the Church and even through our microchurches. We'll dive into the opportunities, benefits, barriers, and potential for Kingdom impact through collaboration. Resources mentioned: Five Keys to Cross-Organizational Collaboration by Brian Sanders New episodes every Wednesday!...

Welcome back to this episode of Microchurches, which is a Part 2 from our previous conversation discussing leadership transitions within a decentralized network. This episode is a continuation in our Network Conversations series. This week we are joined my Jeremy Stephens and Taylor McCall, as well as Joshua Benadum and Lucas Pulley from our last episode. We'll continue to unpack the benefits...

Thanks for listening to Microchurches! This week we'll be continuing in our Network Conversations series with a two-part conversation with Lucas Pulley and Joshua Benadum. We'll discuss the concept of leadership transition, specifically in the context of more decentralized church models. And don't forget to tune in next week for Part 2 of this conversation! New episodes every Wednesday...

This week we're kicking off a new series called Network Conversations. In this particular episode, we'll chat about microchurch networks with Joshua Benadum of Dwell Community Church and Matt Ulrich of Greenhouse Church in Gainesville. Specifically, you will hear about the dynamic between their microchurches and their macro expression of church for their respective communities. To learn mo...

Thanks for listening to this episode of Microchurches! We're excited to continue in our series of hearing from networks around the country doing small expressions of the church in their own context. In this episode, you will hear from Shaunna Sturgeon of Watershed Collective in Iola, Kansas. Shaunna and her community are empowering local missionaries in a rural context. She'll share about...