Redeemer Network Podcast

Why does the Redeemer Network exist? What are we actually trying to accomplish? And how do we grow without losing sight of what matters most? In the first episode of Season 3, Jordan Elder sits down with Dusty Thompson and Brandon Barker to revisit the story behind the Redeemer Network and unpack the three priorities that have shaped its mission from the beginning: training, funding, and supportin...

Host: Jordan Elder, Redeemer Network President Guests: Kyle Ogle (Center Church Brenham) and Dave Bruskas (Watermark Community Church) The second season will shift focus to sharing stories of God at work within our network. We’ve got a great lineup of pastors/planters/leaders scheduled to come on to share with us real-world examples of God's work through our church planting, replanting, and r...

Host: Jordan Elder, Redeemer Network President Guest: Jason Hatch (Redeemer Midland) and Craig Parish (Living Stones, Reno, Nevada) The second season will shift focus to sharing stories of God at work within our network. We’ve got a great lineup of pastors/planters/leaders scheduled to come on to share with us real-world examples of God's work through our church planting, replanting, and revi...

Host: Reid S. Monaghan, Founder & President - GospelUnderground.org Guest: Zach Tharp, Church Planter - Redeemer Church in Brownwood, TX The second season will shift focus to sharing stories of God at work within our network. We’ve got a great lineup of pastors/planters/leaders scheduled to come on to share with us real-world examples of God's work through our church planting, replanting,...

Host: Reid S. Monaghan, Redeemer Board Member, President of The Gospel Underground Guests: Brady Bowman and JR Favela The second season will shift focus to sharing stories of God at work within our network. We’ve got a great lineup of pastors/planters/leaders scheduled to come on to share with us real-world examples of God's work through our church planting, replanting, and revitalization eff...

Host: Jordan Elder, Redeemer Network President Guest: Dusty Thompson and JR Vassar The second season will shift focus to sharing stories of God at work within our network. We’ve got a great lineup of pastors/planters/leaders scheduled to come on to share with us real-world examples of God's work through our church planting, replanting, and revitalization efforts in Texas and beyond. Show Note...

Host: Jordan Elder, Redeemer Network President Guests: Justin Smith (New City Church in Austin, TX), Chris Cummings (Doxa Church, Tucson, AZ), Reid Monaghan (Gospel Underground and Redeemer Network) The second season will shift focus to sharing stories of God at work within our network. We’ve got a great lineup of pastors/planters/leaders scheduled to come on to share with us real-world examples o...

Host: Jordan Elder, Redeemer Network President Guests: Jeremy Buck, Lead Pastor, Redeemer Pampa & Patrick Bowler, Lead Pastor, Valley Life Church The second season will shift focus to sharing stories of God at work within our network. We’ve got a great lineup of pastors/planters/leaders scheduled to come on to share with us real-world examples of God's work through our church planting, re...

Host: Jordan Elder, Redeemer Network President Guests: Murray Van Gundy and Steven Lewis The second season will shift focus to sharing stories of God at work within our network. We’ve got a great lineup of pastors/planters/leaders scheduled to come on to share with us real-world examples of God's work through our church planting, replanting, and revitalization efforts in Texas and beyond.

Listen in to the third session of our 2024 conference featuring our main speaker, JR Vassar. JR Vassar (ThM, Dallas Theological Seminary) is the lead pastor at Church at the Cross in Grapevine, Texas. From 2005 to 2013, he served as the founding and lead pastor of Apostles Church in New York City. JR and his wife, Ginger, have three children. He is the author of Glory Hunger: God, the Gospel, and...

Listen in to the second session of our 2024 conference featuring our main speaker, JR Vassar. JR Vassar (ThM, Dallas Theological Seminary) is the lead pastor at Church at the Cross in Grapevine, Texas. From 2005 to 2013, he served as the founding and lead pastor of Apostles Church in New York City. JR and his wife, Ginger, have three children. He is the author of Glory Hunger: God, the Gospel, and...

Listen in to the first session of our 2024 conference featuring our main speaker, JR Vassar. JR Vassar (ThM, Dallas Theological Seminary) is the lead pastor at Church at the Cross in Grapevine, Texas. From 2005 to 2013, he served as the founding and lead pastor of Apostles Church in New York City. JR and his wife, Ginger, have three children. He is the author of Glory Hunger: God, the Gospel, and...

Jordan Elder, Ky Martin, Jeremy Buck, and Justin Smith  discuss the tenth of ten health metrics for a healthy church: Globally-Engaged. In this first season, pastors and leaders from the Redeemer Network will discuss all ten health metrics. From beginning to end, creation to new creation, God’s plan has always been the redemption of the nations. From every tribe, tongue, and nation, God is forming...

Brandon Barker, Jason Hatch, and Dave Bruskas discuss the eighth of ten health metrics for a healthy church: Leader-Developing. In this first season, pastors and leaders from the Redeemer Network will discuss all ten health metrics. Much of the Old Testament is the story of Israel rising and falling with her leaders. Jesus proved to be the Leader God’s people had been waiting for, and the New Test...

Jordan Elder, Joe Guenther, and Ricky Garzon discuss a healthy church's seventh of ten health metrics: Disciple-Making. In this first season, pastors and leaders from the Redeemer Network will discuss all ten health metrics. Being a disciple of Jesus means two things; the gospel has changed your life, and you are in a dynamic relationship with Jesus, progressing in your walk with him. Discipl...

Jordan Elder, Paden Behrens, JR Cochran, and Sarah McLean discuss a healthy church's sixth of ten health metrics: City-Reaching. In this first season, pastors and leaders from the Redeemer Network will discuss all ten health metrics. The polis (translated city and town) is missionally strategic and packed with theological meaning in the New Testament. Used 70 times in Acts and Revelation, cit...

Jordan Elder, Robert Livingston, and J. R. Favela discuss a healthy church's fifth of ten health metrics: Holy Spirit-Empowered. In this first season, pastors and leaders from the Redeemer Network will discuss all ten health metrics. The church is redeemed by Jesus’ blood and sealed by the Spirit, assuring Christians of their salvation. A healthy church rests in this assurance while recognizi...

Brandon Barker, Cody McMurray, and Jordan Elder discuss the fourth of ten health metrics of a healthy church: Deacon-Supported. In this first season, pastors and leaders from the Redeemer Network will discuss all ten health metrics. With Jesus as the True Servant, God has given his church deacons to support the elders and the church in caring for the church’s needs. Deacons are faithful and mature...

Jordan Elder, Paden Behrens, Austin Lawrence, and JR Cochran discuss the third of ten health metrics of a healthy church: Elder-Led. In this first season, pastors and leaders from the Redeemer Network will discuss all ten health metrics. With Jesus as the Chief Shepherd, God has given the church elders to shepherd and oversee the church, who humbly provide direction, protection, and care. These el...

Brandon Barker, Jordan Elder, and Jeremy Buck discuss the second of ten health metrics of a healthy church: Missional-Ecclesiology. In this first season, pastors and leaders from the Redeemer Network will discuss all ten health metrics. Brandon Barker is the executive director of the Redeemer Network. Jordan Elder is the pastor of preaching and vision and an elder at Redeemer Church in Round Rock,...

Listen in on the panel discussion on conflict and conflict management at the 2023 Redeemer Network Conference featuring Dusty Thompson, David Miller, Brandon Barker, and Leanne Lagasse. Leanne Lagasse is an HR and Business consultant specializing in organizational health and leadership. Learn more at www.leannelagasse.com Dusty Thompson is the Lead Pastor and Elder at Redeemer Church in Lubbock an...

Listen in to the final session of our 2023 conference from our main speaker. Ross Lester is a campus pastor and elder at The Austin Stone Community Church in Austin, Texas. Previously, he served as the lead pastor of Bryanston Bible Church and as the network director of Acts 29 Southern Africa. He is married to Sue, and they have two children. Occasionally, he blogs at www.theresidentaliens.com

Listen in to the second session of our 2023 conference from our main speaker. Ross Lester is a campus pastor and elder at The Austin Stone Community Church in Austin, Texas. Previously, he served as the lead pastor of Bryanston Bible Church and as the network director of Acts 29 Southern Africa. He is married to Sue, and they have two children. Occasionally, he blogs at www.theresidentaliens.com

Listen in to the first session of our 2023 conference from our main speaker. Ross Lester is a campus pastor and elder at The Austin Stone Community Church in Austin, Texas. Previously, he served as the lead pastor of Bryanston Bible Church and as the network director of Acts 29 Southern Africa. He is married to Sue, and they have two children. Occasionally, he blogs at www.theresidentaliens.com

In this episode, Jordan Elder, Dusty Thompson, and Brandon Barker discuss the heart behind the podcast.