Keeping It Simple

Welcome back to another episode of Keeping It Simple! In this episode, Scott and Luis had the privilege to sit down with Ivan Marti, the Christian and Missionary Alliance (C&MA) national director of church multiplication and leadership development. Rev. Ivan Marti was born in Puerto Rico and, in 2018, he became the Assistant Vice-President for Church Multiplication and Leadership Development o...

Welcome to Keeping It Simple Season 3 Episode 16 with our good friend Rob Wegner of the Kansas City Underground. The Kansas City Underground is a micro church network and disciple making movement in Kansas City that seeks to fill Kansas City with the beauty, justice, and good news of Jesus. Additionally, Rob works for NewThing and Leadership Network. Rob is a husband and a father who desires to se...

Welcome back to another episode of Keeping It Simple ! We have had a recent hiatus but are bringing back more episodes for your enjoyment and equipping people in the micro church space. In this episode, Scott and Luis sat down with a good friend, Matthew Erikson, and heard the latest from Hope Church (Oak Harbor) and were able to reflect on the seasons of a micro church community. This is a great...

On this episode of Keeping It Simple, Luis sat down with Caleb and Deanna Kytonen to talk about house churches in Seattle. Caleb and Deanna started a house Church network in Seattle called Open Home Church. Prior to this they met in college at Whitman, and both worked with college students for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship for 10 years, starting new chapters at the Evergreen State College, Uni...

Welcome to another episode of Keeping It Simple! Luis interviews Scott about his simple church/ micro church experience in this episode. The conversation ranges from how Scott got into micro church stuff, his experience in starting new simple churches, and the practical reality of co-vocational living. Scott is a current resident of the Simple Church Collective and actively practicing starting new...

Welcome to Season 3: Episode 12 where Luis interviews church-planting friends, Dave and Elena Reynolds. Dave and Elena Reynolds have served in church planting for over three decades. They have launched three churches and sent out many planting teams.  They have launched two planting centers and a national Greenhouse Church movement.  They currently work with Alliance Church Multiplicatio...

Welcome to Keeping It Simple Season 3: Episode 11. This time around Luis sat down with Micah Dodson. Micah is an amateur luthier, a distance runner, a father of three adult children, a husband of one, and a church planting strategist. Micah and Kristen Dodson have served in church planting for over 20 years in the Northwest. Having served in Suburban, Urban, and largely post-Ch...

Welcome to the episode! In this episode, Scott and Luis interviewed fellow Seattle local, Colton Meo. Colton Meo received a Bachelor's degree in Biblical Studies and Theology, a Master's in Preaching and Pastoral Ministry, and another Master's in Pastoral Care and Counseling, all from Biola University. He currently resides in North Seattle and works as a Volunteer Coordinator at a living room...

Welcome to Keeping It Simple Season 3: Episode 9. After a brief holiday break, Scott sat down with Luis and Melissa Sanchez to talk about their neighborhood simple church: Sunday dinner. In this episode, we hear a bit of the origin story of Sunday dinner, the highs and lows of a year of simple church work, and what the future may have in store for them. There is a lot of gold in this conversation!...

Welcome to Keeping It Simple Season 3: Episode 7. In this episode, Luis interviewed Tim Gaydos, the Seattle Sounders and Mariners chaplain! A native of the Pacific Northwest, Tim is passionate about serving the City of Seattle and building meaningful relationships with people in this great city. Tim is a recognized leader who strives to create open conversations to bring purposeful change; to...

Welcome to Season 3: Episode 7 of Keeping It Simple. In this episode, Scott missed this one but Luis interviewed Steve Pike, author of the New Wave: Discovering the 21st Century Church and experienced micro church leader. Steve Pike currently serves as the Catalyst for the Next Wave Virtual Community  https://nextwave.community  , an online community of church leaders committed...

Welcome to Keeping It Simple Season 3: Episode 6. This season has been focused on the everyday disciple maker in the micro church. Justin is a normal guy living on mission in Boise, Idaho. Justin Arent lives on the Central Bench in Boise with his wife and two children. He works as an IT manager, plays guitar and enjoys tinkering with technology. He leads a Sojourn Alliance microchurch. He is...

Welcome to Season 3: Episode 5 of Keeping It Simple. We have another great interview with Hugh Halter (check out Season 2: Summer Episode 3 for our other interview with Hugh). In this episode, the conversation centers around bi-vocational/co-vocational living and business as mission. What is business as mission? Give the episode a listen as find out! The conversation turns to the idea of a kingdom...

Welcome to Season 3: Episode 4 of Keeping It Simple. In this episode, Scott and Luis interviewed the executive director of the Tampa Underground, Lucas Pulley. We released an episode over the summer talking about the specifics of the Tampa Underground (give summer episode 2 a listen).  Lucas Pulley is Executive Director of Underground Network, an experimental community made up of over 100 mic...

Welcome to Season 3: Episode 2 of Keeping It Simple. This season our focus is on the everyday person on mission. We will have interviews with different practitioners, especially normal people living and leading in the micro church space. In this episode, Scott and Luis interview Ashley Barnett of the Kansas City Underground. Ashley helps lead a micro church amongst the homeless population in...

Welcome to Season 3: Episode two of Keeping It Simple! This season our focus is on the everyday person on mission. We will have interviews with different practitioners, especially normal people living and leading in the micro church space. In this episode, Scott and Luis interview Kira and Ricardo Rivera. Kira and Ricardo Rivera are teachers in the Seattle Area. They are passionate about their wor...

Welcome to Season 3 episode one of Keeping It Simple! This season our focus is on the everyday person on mission. We will have interviews with different practitioners, especially normal people living and leading in the micro church space. In this episode, Scott and Luis talk about the necessary things needed to participate and lead in the micro space and set the trajectory of this season. Tha...

Welcome to the third summer release of 2022 of Keeping It Simple! In this episode, Scott and Luis had the chance to speak with Hugh Halter, a church planter and micro church leader for the last 15 years. Hugh has significant church planting experience in Portland, Denver, and now in a town outside of St. Louis- Alton, Illinois. Hugh Halter has been a church planter, and kingdom entrepreneur f...

Welcome to the second summer release of 2022. In this episode, Scott and Luis had the joy of interviewing Lucas Pulley. Lucas Pulley is Executive Director of Underground Network, an experimental community made up of over 100 microchurches in Tampa Bay and serving dozens of similar decentralized & empowering movements around the world. Lucas has 12 years of experience planting microchurches and...

Welcome to the first summer release of 2022. In this episode, Scott and Luis had the fun and honor of interviewing their friend, Matt Rosenberg. Matt Rosenberg is the Rabbi at Restoration in Seattle, WA. He received a B.A. in Religion from Nyack College. Matt is passionate about sharing the message of Yeshua with his Jewish people and the nations all over the world beginning in Seattle. He is a th...

Welcome to Season Two: Episode 30 - this is the Season Two Finale. In this episode, Scott and Luis take on the question why mirco and why right now? In the spring of 2022, it is important to identify the Simple Church Collective's direction and the purpose of our work. Throughout the episode Scott and Luis talk through some of the most challenging questions of why behind the micro expression of th...

Welcome to Season Two: Episode 29. In this episode, Scott and Luis have a conversation with our friend, Ralph Moore. Ralph was previously on an APEST series episode: the apostle. But in this episode Ralph shares the incredible story of multiplication from Hope Chapel, which has planted more than 2,600 churches globally. Hope Chapel is one of the few level 5 churches in North America. This story is...

Welcome to Season Two: Episode 28. This episode consists of a conversation between Scott and Luis debriefing the apest series. We spent 7 episodes on the idea of apest. The apest series is based on Ephesians 4:11-12, " 11  And he [Jesus] gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers , 12  to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up th...

Welcome to Season Two: Episode 27. In this episode, our great friend, Brian Johnson, area director of the Kansas City (KC) Underground rejoins to help close the apest series. The apest series is based on Ephesians 4:11-12, " 11  And he [Jesus] gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers , 12  to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up t...

Welcome to Season Two: Episode 26, we are in the midst of our apest series based on Ephesians 4:11-12, " 11  And he [Jesus] gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers , 12  to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ" (ESV). Apest is an acronym for apostle, prophet, evangelist, shepherd, and teacher. This episode is a...