The Pillar Network

In this episode, Brandon Langley interviews Jonathan Leeman about his book, Authority. They discuss what a biblical view of authority looks like, its importance in training leaders in the local church, and more.

In this episode, Pillar's Regional Director Dave Kiehn joins Pillar's Hispanic Coordinator Victor Rodriguez and Pastor Juan Hernandez of Rescue Mission Church to discuss the challenges facing Latin American churches and how God is moving in and through Pillar in the Spanish speaking world.

In this episode, Brandon Langley talks with Landon Dowden and Josh Wredberg about the importance of live exposition. They discuss the joys, challenges, and more.

In this episode, Ken Mbugua gives a talk on suffering for the gospel from 2 Timothy 1:1-14. Ken is the Senior Pastor of Emmanuel Baptist Church in Nairobi, Kenya and the managing director for Ekklesia Afrika. Ken originally gave this talk at our 2024 Pillar International Conference in Scotland.

In this episode, Brandon Langley talks with Ken Rucker and Shawn Branscum about being Kingdom-minded when it comes to the challenges, sacrifices, and joys of sending out church plants. 

In this episode, Dave Kiehn hosts a panel discussion with Nate Akin, Ben Lacey, Juan Sanchez, and Steven Wade, on some of the most pressing topics of today. This content was originally recorded at the 2024 Pillar Fellowship at the SBC in Indianapolis, Indiana.

In this episode, Dave Kiehn talks with Nate Akin, Ben Lacey, and Juan Sanchez about the SBC 2024, Office of Pastor, pragmatism, cooperation, and more. 

In this episode, Liam Garvie talks with Phil Newton & Rich Shadden about pastoral leadership, raising up future elders, and their new book, “Mending The Nets”.

In this episode, Dave Kiehn talks with Nate Akin about his new book, confessions, Baptist convictions, Christian Nationalism, complementarianism, and more.  Amazon Link: https://a.co/d/jji4UIM  

In this episode, Doug Van Meter gives an encouraging talk on persevering in the ministry, investing in future generations, and more. Doug is a member of our network and serves at Brackenhurst Baptist Church near Johannesburg, South Africa. He originally gave this talk at our 2024 Pillar International Conference in Scotland.

In this episode, Nate Akin, Clint Darst, Eric Bancroft, Dave Kiehn, & Martin Smith field questions on church planting and revitalization. This audio is from a network-wide Zoom call from March 27, 2024. 

In this episode, Dave Kiehn and Liam Garvie talk with two of our international pastors about church planting and how the gospel is advancing. 

In this episode, Dave Kiehn meets with some of the Pillar Network's regional leaders across the United States to talk about strategy and regional plans to connect pastors with one another to coach each other to grow, to encourage the health of the church, and to collaborate together for the sake of the Kingdom.

In this episode Nate Akin, Dave Kiehn, Steven Carne, and Cody Snyder talk about a primary aim of the Pillar Network. That aim is partnership, associating, and cooperating to plant churches together.

In this episode, Nate Akin, Liam Garvie, and Paul Rees talk about Pillar expanding beyond the U.S., initial meetings, why they decided to join with the work of Pillar, and more.

In this episode Nate Akin, Ken Lewis, and Jeremy Chasteen talk about the early days of Pillar including why they joined up with the work, enjoyable things about a startup network, how things have changed over the years, partnerships, and more.

In this episode, Nate Akin talks to the founders of the Pillar Network about our origins, why they started a church planting network, and more.

In this episode, Nate Akin, Liam Garvie, & Dave Kiehn introduce this new podcast, along with discussing Pillar’s DNA & mission.