Ascending Leaders Presents: The Discipleship Podcast for Church Leaders

Mike and Aaron continue delving into the topic of the four stages of discipleship, highlighting some notable distinctions within each stage. This is the second part of their discussion on the four stages of discipleship. Mike Johnson is the Ascending Leaders Founder and President. Rev. Aaron Hansz is the Assistant Pastor of Discipleship at Grace (ECO) Presbyterian Church and an Associate Disciples...

How often are you putting Jesus in the decisions you make? Ascending Leaders Founder and President Mike Johnson sits down with Rev. Aaron Hansz to talk about what true spiritual maturity means and how REVEAL breaks things down into four "sections" of discipleship to make things easier to understand. Rev. Aaron Hansz is the Assistant Pastor of Discipleship at Grace (ECO) Presbyterian Church and an...

Did you know discipleship is more powerful when it's done in circles rather than rows? Ascending Leaders Founder and President Mike Johnson engages with Rev. Harry Vein, a retired UMC pastor and certified discipleship coach, in a conversation about how doing discipleship in close circles provides a deeper, more meaningful discipleship experience.

Ascending Leaders Founder and President Mike Johnson dialogues with Rev. Harry Vein, a retired UMC pastor and certified discipleship coach, on what discipleship is truly about. Listen to Rev. Harry Vein, as he clarifies what discipleship means and why there is so much confusion surrounding this term. If discipleship isn't about having wonderful church programming, then what is it?

Ascending Leaders Founder and President Mike Johnson dialogues with Rev. Bob Johnson, retired executive pastor of Chapelwood United Methodist Church and Ascending Leaders Discipleship Coach, on the profound but true reason why discipleship matters. Listen to Rev. Johnson, as he highlights the major points surrounding the "why" of discipleship.

Ascending Leaders Founder and CEO Mike Johnson partners with Teresa Rossy, former Director of Adult Discipleship at Chapelwood United Methodist Church, Houston, TX, in a robust conversation about the vital, often missed concepts of building a vibrant, Christ-centered discipleship church. Together, they delve into a delightfully, eye-opening conversation about what the New Testament says about disc...

  Join our President Mike Johnson and our Church Liasion Audra Dezfulian as they discuss Worthwhile Reads on Discipleship. Click Here for an list of the books mentioned in this Episode.  

Our Guest this Episode: Harry Vein Harry retired in 2022 from serving churches throughout the Texas Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church for the past 40 years. He served churches in Houston (Chapelwood - my home church), Cleveland (FUMC), Brenham (FUMC), Cypress UMC and Spring Faith UMC.  Throughout his ministry, Harry loved leading people into an intimate relationship with Christ that...

Janet Ables is the Minister of Development (Leadership, Curriculum and Women) at CityView Bible Church in Round Rock, Austin, Texas and she also serves as the interim Student Pastor.  She made the "exodus to Texas" just before the pandemic in 2019 and before coming to Texas she served for over 15 years in vocational ministry in California. The bulk of this was within the scope of women's ministry...

Emmanuel Kwizera, M.A. '23, is a Billy Graham scholar in the M.A. program for Evangelism and Leadership at Wheaton College. He first arrived on campus with his family in 2021 after spending years working in Kenya as an evangelist. He is originally from Rwanda, the son of missionary evangelists. In 1994, he survived the brutal genocide that ripped the country apart and led to the death of over one...

Listen as Mike Johnson, Founder and President of Ascending Leaders, interviews Professor Wendy Mohler-Seib about engaging practices for online discipleship. Look for ideas you can implement in your setting.

Listen as Mike Johnson, Founder and President of Ascending Leaders interviews Professor Wendy Mohler-Seib about engaging practices for online discipleship. Look for ideas you can implement in your setting.

The big question out there is this: how will churches use internet interaction positively, even after they are back to in person gatherings? Ascending Leaders is most interested in what that will look like to improve discipleship in churches. Thus episode 31 is about  A Promising Example of an In-Person/Online Hybrid Small Group.  Our guests Jon Harrison and his wife Katie Lee. Jon is the pastor o...

The big question out there is this: how will churches use internet interaction positively, even after they are back to in person gatherings? Ascending Leaders is most interested in what that will look like to improve discipleship in churches. Thus episode 31 is about A Promising Example of an In-Person/Online Hybrid Small Group. Our guests Jon Harrison and his wife Katie Lee. John is the pastor of...

For this episode of the discipleship podcast --episode 30, Mike is interviewing two men well experienced with the church and technology. They will talk about what may be the technological options for churches out there after they get past the initial surge of bringing ministry online, Mike is interviewing the President & Systems Architect Steve Bauserman and Project Manager Chris Stieb from the AC...

For this episode of the discipleship podcast --episode 30, Mike is interviewing two men well experienced with the church and technology. They will talk about what may be the technological options for churches out there after they get past the initial surge of bringing ministry online, Mike is interviewing the President & Systems Architect Steve Bauserman and Project Manager Chris Stieb from the AC...

Listen to Mike Johnson and his guest Pastor Mike McClenahan from Solana Beach Presbyterian Church as they discuss getting through to lead pastors and solo pastors 1) their need to be on the journey themselves 2) the need to keep discipleship in front of the church and 3) some ways that can be done.

Listen to Mike Johnson and his guest Pastor Mike McClenahan from Solana Beach Presbyterian Church as they discuss getting through to lead pastors and solo pastors 1) their need to be on the journey themselves 2) the need to keep discipleship in front of the church and 3) some ways that can be done.  

In episode 28, Ascending Leaders Founder and  President Mike Johnson is interviewing Pastor Matt McClure of Prairie City Christian Reformed Church, Prairie City, Iowa church member Darin Graber, about the effective "Youth Advocate program." 

A free 90-minute webinar with a focus on congregation-wide discipleship. This webinar was featured as an exclusive live interview with Bill Hull on January 15, 2020. 

In episode 28, Ascending Leaders Founder and  President Mike Johnson is interviewing Pastor Matt McClure of Prairie City Christian Reformed Church, Prairie City, Iowa church member Darin Graber, about the effective "Youth Advocate program." 

This episode 27 is quite special. Bruce Abbott, our podcast producer, was able to catch Mike quite unaware and ask him some pointed questions about why Ascending Leaders does what it does.  

Join Mike Johnson and his guest Terry Looper as they discuss  Hearing and Surrendering to God's Guidance in Decisions in part one of our podcast.

Join Mike Johnson and his guest Terry Looper as they discuss  Hearing and Surrendering to God's Guidance in Decisions in part one of our podcast.

Join Mike and Bob a they discuss The Value of Taking the spiritual Temperature in part 2 of our podcast.