The Saturate Podcast

In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Jeff Vanderstelt and Chuck DeGroat explore the profound journey of healing spiritual and emotional trauma. Chuck offers a reframing of God’s questions in Genesis 3 as compassionate invitations to self-reflection and growth. Discover practical insights on vulnerability, self-compassion, and the restorative power of God's presence to address trauma holistical...

Join Jeff Vanderstelt and Doug Paul this episode of the Saturate Podcast as they explore the art of kingdom innovation and its transformative impact on Christian leadership. Discover how to overcome barriers like fear and the "curse of knowledge" through practical, time-bound experiments that drive change. Learn actionable steps from Paul’s five-phase innovation process to help leaders adapt, grow...

Discover how churches can ignite true spiritual growth by engaging both the mind and heart in this conversation with Michel Hendricks and Jeff Vanderstelt. Learn why joy is essential for character formation and how a discipleship model can help communities thrive. Packed with practical insights, this episode will inspire you to cultivate a culture of love and emotional maturity that mirrors Jesus.

Join Jeff Vanderstelt and Mindy Caliguire of Soul Care as they explore how leader health fuels gospel saturation, and share insights from Mindy’s new book, Ignite Your Soul. Discover how to thrive amidst burnout, embrace spiritual formation, and foster collaboration in ministry. This powerful conversation will inspire you to balance soul care with impactful leadership.

In this episode, Jeff Vanderstelt sits down with Neal McGlohon and Craig Tuck to explore the powerful vision of gospel saturation in Charleston, South Carolina. Together, they discuss the Cypress Project’s mission to equip church leaders and planters for Kingdom work that extends beyond their individual churches, fostering collaboration across the city. This conversation dives into the five key in...

In this episode, Jeff Vanderstelt and Jennie Allen dive into the topic of emotional health, revealing why true vulnerability and processing emotions in community are essential—especially for leaders. Jennie opens up about her personal journey toward emotional wholeness, sharing insights from her book Untangle Your Emotions. She also sheds light on a remarkable movement among college students and y...

In this episode, Jeff Vanderstelt and John Mark Comer discuss what it means to be a disciple of Jesus. True discipleship of Jesus is a relational process of deep, loving attachment with God and others. People can tend to emphasize one aspect of being a disciple, whether that is correct theology, spiritual practices, small groups, or church attendance, but at its most basic level, it's about being...

In this episode, Jeff Vanderstelt and Hugh Halter discuss Brave Cities, a way of being the Church in a small, covenant community of friends who live in close proximity, who build works of justice, and whose businesses bless the city they are in. The conversation centers around what it means to build a kingdom ecosystem rather than Sunday-centric, formulaic versions of church. They emphasize the im...

In this episode, Daniel Yang and Jeff Vanderstelt discuss the need for the Church to make shifts in light of changing demographics and the unique needs of younger generations. Daniel believes that the traditional approach to church planting, while effective in the past, may no longer be sufficient to reach the next generation. They talk about the importance of embracing new models and perspectives...

In this episode, Jeff Vanderstelt talks with Sharon Hamill about the story of Pray Seattle, a movement that seeks to transform the heart of the city through prayer. Sharon describes how they've seen God leading and going before them, uniting the Church in the city through times of prayer, and moving in beautiful and unexpected ways.

In this episode, Jeff Vanderstelt and Nic Harding, Director of Kairos Connection, a city-reaching network in the UK, discuss the importance of unified gospel city movements and explore how churches can work together to reach every person in their communities with the gospel. Nic also shares his personal experience establishing a church in Liverpool, where he saw the vital role of missional communi...

What does it look like to create simple, Kingdom expressions of Jesus that form into disciple-making microchurches? How do we lead people to be on mission in their unique context? How can you create space at your table for people to meet Jesus in community? Steven Barr was led by Jesus to help Disney cast members around the globe develop Kingdom expressions where people get to meet Jesus in the co...

aul instructed Timothy to keep a close watch on his life and doctrine so that he would save both he and his hearers. Today we are seeing both a growing awareness and openness from leaders to care for their own soul. In this episode, Jason Kovacs, Executive Director and Counselor with the Gospel Care Collective, shares with Jeff Vanderstelt some very helpful and practical processes. He uses these t...

Has the mission of Jesus ever felt more like striving and less like thriving? The culture we create is connected to the kinds of leaders we are. If we are not emotionally and relationally healthy, we will make disciples who are emotionally and relationally unhealthy as well. In this last episode of the 180 Series, Jeff Vanderstelt shares some of his own personal journey toward emotional and relati...

Have you ever found yourself getting worn out and weary trying to live out the mission of Jesus? Continuing with our 180 Series, one of the shifts we need to make back to disciple-making is from striving to thriving. In this episode, Jeff Vanderstelt considers how this involves moving from flesh to Spirit, from working with only our power and skills to living from the power of the Spirit that rais...

Disciples become like those they are following. As we make disciples of Jesus, the ones we lead can take on our character and practices. This is an important reason why a leader's journey toward spiritual and emotional health matters. In this episode, David Achata shares with Jeff Vanderstelt his journey of heart transformation and its significant impact on the key relationships around him. Listen...

In order to return to disciple-making, we must make a shift from merely attending events and programs, to attaching to God, self, and others through our disciple-making spaces. This requires mindfully engaging in spiritual practices with the goal of lovingly attaching. During this episode, Jeff Vanderstelt describes practical ways to engage several spiritual practices that invite attachment.

So many things have changed in our post-pandemic world, including the Church, how we make disciples, and lead others to do the same. How does the Church become stronger, healthier, and more engaged in everyday mission? Daniel Im addresses this question in his new book, The Discipleship Opportunity: Leading a Great Commission Church in a Post-Everything World. During this episode, Jeff Vanderstelt...

In order to return to disciple-making, we must make a shift from attending to attaching. Merely attending events and meetings will never develop disciple-making disciples. We need to lead people to attach to God and others in significant, transformative ways. Working from an understanding of social spaces, Jeff Vanderstelt looks at the ministry of Jesus and discerns five key spaces that He engaged...

Jesus was clear that we are to make disciples who make disciples. However, many of us don’t feel skilled or effective at it and often feel like we’re getting in the way. Kirk Freeman wrote the book Threads to show how anyone can weave everyday disciple-making into the fabric of their life and ministry. In this episode, Kirk shares how we can make space and create opportunities for people to meet a...

If we are going to return to disciple-making, we need to make a shift from merely informing people to equipping ministers. So much of our training merely gives people ideas or concepts. However, research shows this is not the most effective way of training people. Informing is a necessary part of equipping but it is only one part. We need to create much more holistic forms of equipping that are D....

If we are going to return to disciple-making, we need to make a shift from merely informing people to equipping ministers. Part of that process is considering the diversity of our equipping. Are we equipping people in the way Paul instructed the church in Ephesus? He was clear that if we are to grow up into a full expression of who Jesus is, we need to be equipped by apostles, prophets, evangelist...

In this second of ten episodes, we consider the first of the five shifts we must make to return to disciple-making. We need to shift from just reaching people to making disciples who make disciples. To accomplish that, we must build an effective disciple-making pathway that leads and develops people through a formation process. We'll explore the various stages, starting with moving from spirituall...

In this, the first of ten episodes, we consider the first of the five shifts we must make to return to disciple-making. We need to shift from just reaching people to making disciples. However, we cannot make what we cannot state. What is your definition of a disciple? Does it sound like what Jesus called His first disciples to? In this episode, we consider the essence of what a disciple of Jesus i...

Can you dream of a day when every man, woman, and child in your context has repeated opportunities to meet Jesus through His people on mission everywhere, everyday? In this episode, Jeff Vanderstelt walks through the biblical vision for gospel saturation and the key elements on which we must unify and collaborate to see it realized in our context.