Keystone Conversations

Join Pastor Brent and Greg Baker, the Founding Director of The Church Ambassador Network, as they discuss a biblical lens to guide you as we enter into the Iowa Caucus. Along the way they discuss the work of the Church Ambassador Network, a non-partisan work that began in Iowa to connect local church pastors to those in government roles.

Tune into an conversation with Pastor Brent, Lay Elders Erik Carlson, and Kyle Thomas as we delve into 'Prepare' - our annual kickoff event dedicated to prayer, fasting, and worship. More than just divulging the mechanisms and details, our team imparts the transformative impact that 'Prepare' has had on their lives. Join us and share in the journey.

Christmas is an incredible season to help your kids to know and follow Jesus. Join Brent Minter and his wife Kari as they discuss how to take advantage of the season to disciple your kids during Christmas.

In this episode, Pastor Brent and Pastor Randy provide key results and insight from this year’s Keystone Survey, our annual opportunity to gather feedback from the Sunday community. In addition to providing context as to why Keystone does this annually, the pastors describe how these insights will inform and influence church leadership moving forward.

In this episode, Pastor Brent and Pastor Randy provide insight into the leadership structure at Keystone including why we have elders and what they focus on. In addition, the pastors describe how potential elders are identified and the vetting process they undergo prior to a vote of affirmation by our members.

Get to know Matt Mabry, our newest staff member and church planting candidate.  

In this episode, Pastor Brent, Pastor Matt and Pastor Randy celebrate God's gift of our new building and some of their key first impressions. In addition, the pastors look ahead to our new sermon series focused on the Sermon on the Mount and some early insights.

In this episode, Pastor Brent, Pastor Matt and Pastor Randy summarize Keystone’s Equip Essential event covering transgenderism and sexuality. In addition, the pastors tackle questions from our people that were not able to be addressed at the event including theology & practice, family relationships and biology. Show resources: https://mcusercontent.com/0578a7289ab1ad9886aeeaaa4/files/587a2b9a-...

In this episode, Pastor Brent and Elder Kyle Thomas have a conversation about their recent trip to Japan. They are fresh off a mission trip to Japan and discuss their experience in country. The conversation includes how we got introduced the gospel need in Japan and the emerging vision God is developing in our church. Show Notes: https://keystone-conversations.transistor.fm/episodes/why-should-you...

In this episode, Pastor Brent, Pastor Matt and Pastor Randy celebrate Easter weekend and all the ways God is blessing the people of Keystone. In addition, Pastor Brent and Pastor Matt provide insight into our next sermon series, “Flourishing in the Kingdom”, why that is such an important topic in our culture currently and what we hope to accomplish together by examining the parables of Jesus.

In this episode, Pastor Brent and Pastor Randy discuss the recent Keystone Equip event that focused on committing to mature manhood. In addition, Pastor Brent provides insight and wisdom into a variety of questions surrounding men committing to maturity in a round of “Ask Brent Anything”. Resources Mentioned in Episode: 1. Link to Equip Essential 2. Link to Desiring God article 3. Link to Chart

In this episode, Pastor Brent and Pastor Randy share a recent shared experience that crystallized for them a powerful metaphor from nature about turning ‘into the storm’. In addition, they provide insight into how lessons from that metaphor can be applied to the real storms of our life.

In this episode, Pastor Brent and Salt Director Joe Nealis discuss the role and importance of Salt Ankeny, Keystone’s college ministry, to our vision to help people know and follow Jesus. In addition, they provide insight on The Salt Network and celebrate the recent Salt Conference held in Des Moines where thousands of students gathered. Resources Mentioned in Episode:  The Salt Network: https://w...

In this episode, Pastor Brent examines the frustrating gap between our picture of flourishing and the reality of where we are at. In addition, he provides a practical model regarding how to plan to flourish and “feed the ox”. Resources Mentioned in Episode: Link to   Flourishing Chart  

In this episode, Pastor Brent and Pastor Randy discuss the importance and priority of global missions from both a theological and personal perspective. In addition, they detail the three primary strategies Keystone is utilizing to minister to the 3.4 billion unreached people globally. Resources Mentioned in Episode: IMB Prayer App - https://apps.apple.com/us/app/imb-pray/id427708834 Joshua Project...

In this episode we are going to introduce you to our new worship ministry lead: Eric Hays.  We are excited for you to get to know him.  

In this episode, we discuss the origins of Prepare, the three main foundations of Prepare, and why our people should invest the time to take advantage of this unique opportunity.

In this episode, we discuss the epidemic of exhaustion we are seeing across our church family and provide three practical steps on how we can navigate life stresses.  Hosted by Randy Woodbury and Brent Minter.  

Join us as we explore how we as individual families and the church family can faithfully shepherd the next generation to know & follow Jesus. In this episode, we discuss the pressures we feel as parents/caregivers, using small moments to model our faith, and the tension between grace and truth.  Hosted by Randy Woodbury, Brent Minter, Erin Carlson, and Matt Frey.