Mobilized Church Podcast

CS Lewis once famously said that most Christians fall into one of two camps as it relates to spiritual warfare: they either deny its existence or they become fascinated with it. In today’s episode, we discuss the functional, not the fantastical, aspects of spiritual warfare within the mission and how this important topic can mean the difference in unlocking our missional activities. 

On this podcast, we have talked a lot about the importance of building a missional culture within the church but the question is this: how do you know if you truly have a missional culture? It’s easy to mistake the activity of committed people for missional living, but they are not synonymous. In today’s episode, we discuss the markers of a true missional culture. 

One of the challenging things we face as missional people is how we engage our current culture that is increasingly more secular. Andy Crouch addresses this in his book, “Culture Making”, where he identifies the four ways Christians have typically responded to culture, which has produced cultural wars. The questions is as God’s missional people how do we engage our harvest field without feeling li...

One of the challenging things we face as missional people is how we engage our current culture that is increasingly more secular. Andy Crouch addresses this in his book, “Culture Making”, where he identifies the four ways Christians have typically responded to culture, which has produced cultural wards. The questions is as God’s missional people how do we engage our harvest field without feeling l...

Since we started this journey in 2016, one of the amazing things we have discovered is that there is clearly a move of the Holy Ghost that is drawing people into apostolic discipleship and multiplication. Everywhere we go we encounter people who have been on a similar journey and who are hungry to see God do even more than what we have experienced. It is clear that this is not just a passing fad o...

As we’ve discussed before the gospel of Jesus is not contrarian but it is confrontational. In a world that has become increasingly sensitive and often views speech and beliefs as violence, how do we effectively present the message of Jesus and discipleship in a way that brings about real transformation in people’s lives? That’s our topic for today. 

Today we are discussing how the decentralization of the mission is necessary for the church to reach the world on a scale that equals the great challenge before us.

It is possible to do spiritual things such as the lifestyle we live or doing the mission and still have motives that are driven by personal affirmation. If we don’t allow Jesus to change what we care about, we can easily be driven by perceived measures of success in every area of our life including the mission. Today we discuss this tension about where we get our affirmation from and how that driv...

On today’s episode, we are very excited to interview Pastor Jay Jones, who is a church planter, a visionary, a next-level thinker, and a multiplication leader. In 2000, Jay and his wife Angela launched The Pentecostals in Kentwood, MI which is a thriving apostolic movement with another campus in Burton Heights. He also currently serves as the District Secretary for the UPCI Michigan District. You...

In John chapters 7 through 12, we see people constantly questioning the identity of Jesus primarily because he did not fit their expectations based on tradition. But Jesus’ response was simply that he didn’t testify of himself but the works that he did and the approval of the Father was his source of validation. In today’s podcast, we explore how churches and believers in the 21st century seek val...

We all recognize that we are living in very tumultuous times. Politically, economically, socially, and most definitely spiritually. A valid question that can and should be asked is if the church growth model of the last 50+ years is going to be able to withstand the spiritual pressure of the hour. Some have suggested that discipleship/disciple-making/multiplication is a passing fad. But is it poss...

Every committed Jew had heard the importance of standing for and staying in the “old paths” and the traditions that had been handed down for generations. But then we read a parable Jesus shares in Luke 5:36-39 about the old wineskins and new wineskins, which created a significant amount of tension because they saw it as contradictory to the law. But Jesus was abundantly clear that He came not to d...

Since we were kids, we’ve heard the mantra, “This is the revival generation.” And while we recognize that every generation possesses massive missional potential, it certainly seems as though this current generation is poised for a multiplication revival that can truly turn this world upside down. Today we talk about why that is and what we can do to maximize that potential.

In the book of acts, the New Testament church often prayed for boldness. We are living in a day where I Spiritual Conversations are conducted in an increasingly secular culture. Today we explore how the church can be bold with the gospel while having conversations with not at people.

Over the course of the last couple of years we have discussed a lot of details as it pertains how to be and make disciples and the process of how that happens. But we must never forget that to produce a true apostolic culture, we must have the influence of the Holy Spirit in everything we do. We cannot get so technical and master all of the concepts and principles that we think we can do it withou...

Today marks our 100th episode and nearly two years of recording The Mobilized Church Podcast. First of all, we want to say THANK YOU to all of our listeners and those who engage with us on a weekly basis. Secondly, we want to have a conversation about “the why” of  this podcast. Recent statistic reaffirm what we know: fewer people than ever in American history are identifying as Christians and yet...

Matthew chapter 8 begins by saying, “When he had come down out of the mountain…” he immediately heals a leper, then the Centurion’s servant, then Peter’s mother-in-law, and then he healed the multitudes, We see this pattern happen many times in scripture: Jesus comes out an environment of truth and power to take that to the people who needed it most. This is the embodiment of mobilization. We, as...

We are living in a fallen and broken world and as a result we have all been hurt by someone and something. Unfortunately, many have been hurt in a place where healing is supposed to occur, in the church. This has led many to become disillusioned with the modern church. In today’s episode we tackle the challenging topic of dealing with hurts in our own lives, as well as living on mission to bring h...

We are living in a world where people want all of the benefits without a high level of commitment in all areas of life. But the value system of the kingdom is that if we are going to follow Jesus, He requires total and complete surrender of every area of our lives. The question is this: how do we make fully devoted followers of Jesus (disciples) in this kind of environment?

In the modern church era, we have typically attempted to produce change in people by getting them to believe the “right things.” If we can just get them enough new or better information, they will change what they believe and thus experience life-change. But the Bible is abundantly clear that the Jesus-model is to address the heart issues and if you get people to love and value what Jesus does, it...

You’ve heard us refer to concepts like fruit to root, behavior modification, changing what you care about, etc. Today we are going to bring all of these concepts together to demonstrate why it is so vital for us to consistently experience true transformation so that we can flourish in freedom.

Over the years, there have been a lot of trends as it pertains to small group meetings for the purpose of discipleship and multiplication. But are these biblical and are they fulfilling the purpose of building fully devoted followers of Jesus that are living on mission? In today’s episode we discuss each of these in comparison to the apostolic model given in scripture. 

Just last night it was leaked that it appears the Supreme Court of the United States is about to issue a ruling overturning Roe vs Wade, which has caused a massive backlash and protests on both sides. The question is, as disciple-makers, how do we respond particularly as it relates to issues that involve strong emotions and opinions? In today’s episode we discuss how you can stand for the value sy...