Exponential NEXT Podcast

Cracking the Code of 21st Century Ministry Episode 12 — Reactivate Spiritual Dependency Are you listening to the Holy Spirit’s leading on all aspects of ministry? As pastors, we know when we are lead by the Holy Spirit in our ministry sinners are set free, marriages are restored, and disciples are made. But leading a church is also leading a business. That’s a good thing unless it means that the b...

Cracking the Code of 21st Century Ministry Episode 11 — Recommit to Multiplication Multiplication was embedded into the lifestyle of the Early Church. For the earliest believers, multiplication was as natural as breathing. The way it happened was simple and easily transferable to the 21st-century reality. Disciples made disciples. Leaders made leaders. Church made churches. Making multiplication a...

Cracking the Code of 21st Century Ministry Episode 10 — Reconsider Core Values As leaders, we often use “multi” words to describe what we want our congregation to look like — multicultural, multi-generational, multi-ethnic. And, we’re motivated to use all of these “multi” words in our core values — because we want to look like Heaven. But while each of our churches may look different from one anot...

Together Again Episode 4 — Together We Are the Answer to Jesus’ Prayer Featured Guest — GRANT SKELDON, Next Gen Director for Q Ideas Host — CHAD CLARKSON, Co-founder and Executive Director of the Houston Church Planting Network Jesus’ last prayer is recorded in John 17:20-21, and it was for us to be one “Together.” God wants us together forever. We can be the answer to Jesus’ final prayer and help...

Book Tour — When the Universe Cracks Living as God’s People in Times of Crisis When the Universe Cracks is a sweeping, multifaceted look at the role of crisis in the life of faith from an esteemed gathering of pastors, faith leaders, and experts. You’ll find honest and realistic reflections to help you navigate a present trouble or anticipate changes. Inspired by a global pandemic, these writers e...

Together Webinar Series What Unites Us? Feature Guest: DANIEL YANG – Daniel is the Director of the Send Institute, leading and overseeing all of its initiatives. Prior to directing the institute, he planted a church in Toronto where he also helped recruit, assess, and train church planters through the Send Network and the Release Initiative. Host: CHAD CLARKSON – Chad is the co-founder...

Featured Guest — Ralph Moore is the Founding Pastor of the Hope Chapel movement. Host — James Grogan is the senior pastor of Community Church Movement, a growing network of churches founded in Chula Vista, California, which includes congregations in Southern California and Baja California, Mexico. He is the lead pastor of EastLake Church which is the founding church in the Community Church Movemen...

Together: Together with a Network Featured Guests: Brandon Grant — founding and lead pastor of Rise City Church in Lakeside, CA Nathan Hawkins — West Regional Executive for Stadia Church Planting Host: Bill Couchenour Right before Jesus left planet Earth, He reminded His closest followers of His vision for how the mission would be accomplished and gave us this third ‘great’ in John 17:22-23: “…tha...

Together Episode 3 —Together As Family GUESTS: DAVE & ANN WILSON, Co-Founders of Kensington Church HOST: DAVE FERGUSON The Great Collaboration starts with intimacy with God and then is lived out in an intimate marriage and healthy family. Doing life “Together” sees the family as the first priority of ministry and not a distraction from difference making or ancillary to life-changing ministry.

Believing is Seeing with author DR MICHAEL GUILLEN Best-selling author, Emmy award–winning journalist and former physics instructor at Harvard. Is your worldview enlightened enough to accommodate both science and God at the same time? Dr. Michael Guillen, a best-selling author, Emmy award–winning journalist and former physics instructor at Harvard, used to be an Atheist—until science changed his m...

In this webinar, Steve Pike (Urban Islands Project), Jason Bowman (ArtSpeak Creative), and special guest Wes Davis (newlife Church) will discuss how to refocus church habits, from being calendar driven to mission driven.” In the last decades of the 20th century, many churches moved to the suburbs. That was great. That’s where the souls were. But more and more, people are moving back into the...

Minimalist Mega and Micro Episode 3 — Why Does a Micro Church Movement Need a Central Connectivity Beyond Individual Identity? The idea of Micro Church or House Church for many involves individuality, rather than connectivity to a greater whole. Yet, individuality often hinders multiplication, potency, and long-term endurability. In this episode we will discuss the idea of semi-autonomy of House C...

What constitutes a church? What is the difference between a small group of people who gather, and a small church that gathers? In this episode, we will discuss the important clarifications that make a church a church, and separate it from a group of any kind.

In the last decades of the 20th century, many churches moved to the suburbs. That was great. That’s where the souls were. But more and more, people are moving back into the cities. And the culture-shaping “urban mindset” — which is often post-Christian and even pre-Christian — is spreading everywhere. In this webinar, Steve Pike, Dan Serdahl, and Ray Hudson will explore how church planters will ne...

We are the body of Christ — diverse in gifting, diverse in our contexts and diverse in service — but we are united by our commitment to the Lordship of Christ and His mission. When we collaborate and work together, we become a fuller expression of the body of Christ better able to accomplish the Jesus mission.

In Grace Bomb, Pastor Pat Linnell equips us to join a movement of simple obedience with world-changing impact. Grace Bombs are intentional acts of love prompted by the Holy Spirit—offering an extra tip to a hardworking server, giving up a seat on an airplane, or making a meal for the ER nurse next door. When we grace bomb our neighbors, our spouses, or strangers on the street, we are responding to...

Mobilizing Missional Disciples Recalibrate: Forgotten paradigms at the heart of the future church — Featured Guest: BRIAN SANDERS — Founder of the Underground Network Hosts: RYAN HAIRSTON — National Director of Forge America BETH WOLFF — Pastor at Clarksburg Church in Clarksburg, MD — How do we navigate the many challenges we face in order to be the missional church God has called us t...

The work you do today—the company you’ve built, the employees you work with, the customers you serve, the shareholders you report to, all of it—serves as an active part of what God wants to accomplish on earth. You are not alone in this journey. Join other faith-driven entrepreneurs as, together, we identify the values, habits, and traits that empower us to successfully build businesses, serve our...

Living in togetherness is always a part of following Jesus. It wasn't optional for Jesus. It wasn't optional for the first apostles. It wasn't optional for the first Christians, and it's not optional for us! The church was designed to be God's eternal community where we experience reconciliation with Him and with others. Too many church leaders are leading churches but are...

In the last decades of the 20th century, many churches moved to the suburbs. That was great. That’s where the souls were. But more and more, people are moving back into the cities. And the culture-shaping “urban mindset” — which is often post-Christian and even pre-Christian — is spreading everywhere. In this webinar, Steve Pike, Jason Bowman, and Cole Yoakum will explore how church planters will...

The first component of the Great Collaboration is doing life together with God. Before God will create community through you, He must first be in community with you. Only a whole and healthy leader who lives in communion with God can lead their family, team and church into greater experiences of community with God and one another.

What does it take to be a church planter or other ministry entrepreneur? Most leaders start out with passion, a sense of calling, and a focus on building ministry skills. Such things might get some results, but they are not enough to sustain a healthy ministry―or a healthy life. Beyond the vocational capacities every church planter needs, there's a range of capabilities more difficult to meas...

Our bodies are designed to heal. We fall off our bikes and skin our knees—and without effort on our part, the skin looks like new in a few days. But while our skinned knees heal easily, it can sometimes feel like our emotional and relational wounds are left gaping open, broken beyond repair. If our bodies instinctively know how to heal physical injuries, could they also help us understand how to r...

You show up at church every Sunday. You see people you know. You listen to a sermon together. And then you go home feeling just as isolated as you did before. What’s going on? We all know that a church is supposed to be a community. The trick is to actually make it one. Communities don’t happen by chance—certainly not in our Lone Ranger culture that values independence and individualism. A truly C...

Right before Jesus left planet Earth, He reminded His closest followers of His vision for how the mission would be accomplished and gave us this third ‘great’ in John 17:22-23: “…that they may be one as we are one — I in them and you in me — so that they may be brought to complete unity. Then the world will know you sent me and have loved them even as you have loved me…” This is the Great Collabor...