The Ephesiology Podcast

On this episode of the Ephesiology Podcast, Michael and Andrew are joined for a final episode with Dr. Steve Leston, president and CEO of To Every Tribe , a mission agency focused on preparing teams to church plant in complex areas of the world. On today’s podcast, Steve discusses the shape of missions in the future as we anticipate where trends in missions might lead us. We begin, however,...

On this episode of the Ephesiology Podcast, Michael and Andrew are joined for a final episode with Dr. Steve Leston, president and CEO of To Every Tribe , a mission agency focused on preparing teams to church plant in complex areas of the world. On today’s podcast, Steve discusses the shape of missions in the future as we anticipate where trends in missions might lead us. We begin, however,...

On this episode of the Ephesiology Podcast, Michael and Andrew are joined for a fourth episode with Dr. Steve Leston, president and CEO of To Every Tribe , a mission agency focused on preparing teams to church plant in complex areas of the world. On today’s podcast, Steve discusses the topics of nationalism and technology along with their impact on the shape of missions. If you have a questi...

On this episode of the Ephesiology Podcast, Michael and Andrew are joined for a fourth episode with Dr. Steve Leston, president and CEO of To Every Tribe , a mission agency focused on preparing teams to church plant in complex areas of the world. On today’s podcast, Steve discusses the topics of nationalism and technology along with their impact on the shape of missions. If you have a questi...

On this episode of the Ephesiology Podcast, Michael and Andrew are joined for a third episode with Dr. Steve Leston, president and CEO of To Every Tribe , a mission agency focused on preparing teams to church plant in complex areas of the world. Today, Steve is walking us through a force shaping missions: at risk families and children. He challenges us with the question, “are we prepared to...

On this episode of the Ephesiology Podcast, Michael and Andrew are joined for a third episode with Dr. Steve Leston, president and CEO of To Every Tribe , a mission agency focused on preparing teams to church plant in complex areas of the world. Today, Steve is walking us through a force shaping missions: at risk families and children. He challenges us with the question, “are we prepared to...

On this episode of the Ephesiology Podcast, Michael and Andrew are joined once again by Dr. Steve Leston, president and CEO of To Every Tribe , a mission agency focused on preparing teams to church plant in complex areas of the world. Today, we focus on the importance of understanding context rather than simply replicating models that might work in one area, but not in another. The forces that Ste...

On this episode of the Ephesiology Podcast, Michael and Andrew are joined once again by Dr. Steve Leston, president and CEO of To Every Tribe , a mission agency focused on preparing teams to church plant in complex areas of the world. Today, we focus on the importance of understanding context rather than simply replicating models that might work in one area, but not in another. The forces that Ste...

On this episode of the Ephesiology Podcast, Michael and Andrew are joined by Dr. Steve Leston, president and CEO of To Every Tribe , a mission agency focused on preparing teams to church plant in complex areas of the world. Our topic today and for the next two podcasts is missions in a post-everything world. Today, Steve walks us through the shifting sands of the last 30 years in missions and look...

On this episode of the Ephesiology Podcast, Michael and Andrew are joined by Dr. Steve Leston, president and CEO of To Every Tribe , a mission agency focused on preparing teams to church plant in complex areas of the world. Our topic today and for the next two podcasts is missions in a post-everything world. Today, Steve walks us through the shifting sands of the last 30 years in missions and look...

On this episode of the Ephesiology Podcast, Michael and Andrew reveal a new theological education initiative in partnership with the Movement Leaders Collective. The founders, Alan Hirsch and Rich Robinson, join the podcast to talk about the significance of this collaborative initiative for movement thinkers. As we are fond of saying, “To shift the tracks of history requires leaders who are...

On this episode of the Ephesiology Podcast, Michael and Andrew reveal a new theological education initiative in partnership with the Movement Leaders Collective. The founders, Alan Hirsch and Rich Robinson, join the podcast to talk about the significance of this collaborative initiative for movement thinkers. As we are fond of saying, “To shift the tracks of history requires leaders who are...

On this episode of the Ephesiology Podcast, Prof Matt Harbour joins Andrew and Michael to talk about the Jesus ads at the Super Bowl. Prof Harbour and Michael recently co-authored an article on the Christology of He Gets Us that will appear on March 1 in the Journal of the Evangelical Missiological Society. Andrew probes the two for their insights into the manner in which Jesus is communicated by...

On this episode of the Ephesiology Podcast, Prof Matt Harbour joins Andrew and Michael to talk about the Jesus ads at the Super Bowl. Prof Harbour and Michael recently co-authored an article on the Christology of He Gets Us that will appear on March 1 in the Journal of the Evangelical Missiological Society. Andrew probes the two for their insights into the manner in which Jesus is communicated by...

On this episode of the Ephesiology Podcast, we catch up with Heath Haynes, movement director of the Bridge: HTX . Heath shares about the life of the church after the pandemic and how the Lord used the pandemic to bring clarity to their work in Houston. A part of the clarity has been the implementation of APEST and recognition of people’s gifting to be implicated in Kingdom mission. If you ha...

On this episode of the Ephesiology Podcast, we catch up with Heath Haynes, movement director of the Bridge: HTX . Heath shares about the life of the church after the pandemic and how the Lord used the pandemic to bring clarity to their work in Houston. A part of the clarity has been the implementation of APEST and recognition of people’s gifting to be implicated in Kingdom mission. If you ha...

On this episode of the Ephesiology Podcast, we catch up with Daniel Yang. Daniel is the Director of the Billy Graham Center’s Church Multiplication Institute at Wheaton College. Join Andrew and Michael as they talk with Daniel about the future of church multiplication, the influence of the generations, and the impact of the pandemic on Christianity in America. Daniel offers some strategic in...

On this episode of the Ephesiology Podcast, we catch up with Daniel Yang. Daniel is the Director of the Billy Graham Center’s Church Multiplication Institute at Wheaton College. Join Andrew and Michael as they talk with Daniel about the future of church multiplication, the influence of the generations, and the impact of the pandemic on Christianity in America. Daniel offers some strategic in...

Happy New Year! We are back with our first podcast of 2023 and one of our favorite guests: Jeff Christopherson. Join us as Andrew and Michael (if he stays awake after returning from South Asia) talk with Jeff about church planting in Canada and his new book, Once You See: Seven Temptations of the Western Church (100M Publishing, 2022). Jeff shares some perspectives on the state of evangelicalism i...

Happy New Year! We are back with our first podcast of 2023 and one of our favorite guests: Jeff Christopherson. Join us as Andrew and Michael (if he stays awake after returning from South Asia) talk with Jeff about church planting in Canada and his new book, Once You See: Seven Temptations of the Western Church (100M Publishing, 2022). Jeff shares some perspectives on the state of evangelicalism i...

There’s a famine in the land. It’s not the kind of famine we usually associate with the needs in the majority world. It’s a theological famine depriving church leaders and pastors from theological instruction that can help them mature biblically sound disciples, develop New Testament leaders, and multiple theologically orthodox churches. Find us on your favorite podcast app Just search “Ephe...

There’s a famine in the land. It’s not the kind of famine we usually associate with the needs in the majority world. It’s a theological famine depriving church leaders and pastors from theological instruction that can help them mature biblically sound disciples, develop New Testament leaders, and multiple theologically orthodox churches. Find us on your favorite podcast app Just search “Ephe...

On this Ephesiology Podcast, Andrew and Michael talk with Robert Elkin, director of training for Redeemer City to City in New York. Among a variety of topics, Robert shares about the failure of his first church plant and the lessons he learned which helped in the launch of a second church. Also, the 2022 State of Theology results highlight observations about American religious belief and Robert ad...

On this Ephesiology Podcast, Andrew and Michael talk with Robert Elkin, director of training for Redeemer City to City in New York. Among a variety of topics, Robert shares about the failure of his first church plant and the lessons he learned which helped in the launch of a second church. Also, the 2022 State of Theology results highlight observations about American religious belief and Robert ad...

On this Ephesiology Podcast, Andrew and Michael respond to one listener’s question about the importance for pastors and church leaders to think like a missionary. Perhaps more importantly, they discuss the role of APEST in equipping the entire church with skills and abilities to cross cultures, speak to cultural issues, do the work of an evangelist, as well as care for those in the church and teac...