The Brown To Green Podcast

Kelly Schwartz joins Lori and Lauren today from Hannibal, Missouri. They discuss what the Lord taught them over the season of rest, and Kelly shares some of the challenges that come with being a disciple-maker who moves into a church body that isn’t familiar with the culture and language. A favorite take-away - Jesus “remodeled” her heart. Tune in today to laugh, cry and gasp with the ladies.

Charlie Blair is a veteran disciple maker, and this episode should be called “The Learning Circle.” Seriously. He discusses with the guys at length the often unspoken details of the learning circle that can only be experienced. They also share stories of freedom that come from seeing men fully walk through a circle. Charlie Blair is a treasure trove of wisdom. You’ll definitely learn something fro...

Originally from Chicago, now planted in Kansas City, Josh Jackaway is a pastor at Serve Community Church and a disciple maker everywhere he goes. Stanton and Michael sit down with him on this episode. Josh believed for quite some time that because he was a pastor, the burden of sharing the gospel was on him. But an encounter with Chris Moix opened his eyes to understanding that the body of the chu...

Lori and Lauren have an open, honest and vulnerable conversation with the wonderful Bobbie Holbrook. She’s a 78-yr-old great-grandma who is making disciples of Jesus. She talks about how she felt “too old” when she was first invited into a disciple-making group. She gets a little teary when she talks about her late disciple-leader, Rachel Moix, and shares a little advice Rachel gave her that she s...

Lisa Nighswonger wears several important hats. She heads up Mosaic Retreat, a ministry serving foster and adoptive moms. She’s the wife of a pastor, Todd, who is the Lead Pastor of a large church in Simi Valley, California. And to top it all off, she’s the mom of four, ranging in age from 14 to 5. Lori and Lauren sit down with her and talk about her ministry, being a mom, and ministering the gospe...

Daniel Sweet, Lead Pastor at Calvary Church in Norman, OK, grew up in a non-Christian home nestled in a poor, crime-ridden area of Tulsa.  At a party when he was fifteen, he was shot in the head at point-blank range. Miraculously, he survived, and his parents moved to a different school district. He would meet a friend who introduced him to Christ, and his life would take on a completely diff...

Join Lauren and Lori as they grill the latest guest, Jennifer Toney. She’s a stay-at-home mom of three kids, who hails originally from Enid, OK. She and her family found their way to Harrah Church in 2018. She talks about the challenges of coming to know the Lord in college, during a time when nobody was around to come along beside her in her new journey with Christ. She navigated that journey alo...

At just 17 years old, Nathan Kouri is the youngest guest to join us on the podcast. He entered into a discipling relationship when he was just 15 years old, and in a very short time he will don the hat of D-Group Leader himself. He talks about the differences between Student Disciples (Stu-D) at Harrah Church and his D-Group. You’ll even get a peak into what his parents thought when he told them h...

Come along on a fun ride with our friend Danielle Standifer. She’s a single mom “beauty operator” who’s making disciples of Jesus. She tells us how the Lord sent a light (in the form of a woman) to her when she was in a deep, dark pit, and how that woman taught her to be a disciple of Jesus. Now she’s discipling a group of women in her home. So join Lauren and Lori as they laugh their way through...

Morgan Greer was a vocational pastor living in Southern California when the Lord pressed him to learn more about planting churches. That landed him in Kansas City in 2014, where he met Josh Jackaway and Chris Moix, and this was his introduction to disciple making. He talks to Stanton and Travis about what it was like to be asked if he would stay up all night and pray with some men; his own struggl...

Ashley Murphy is a disciple-maker, a missionary, and a servant of the Most High God. Listen in as she talks to Lauren and Lori about what it’s like to become a disciple-maker, her mission trips to Ecuador, and what happened when she told the Lord she would never work in childcare again. Also, as a single woman, she touches on what it’s like to be married only to the Lord. Ashley is a treasure, and...

Join Lauren in studio with Ashley Fitzpatrick and Sebrina Kays, who both have just launched their first disciple making groups (D-Group) in their homes. They share: what it’s like to find people of peace to invite into their D-Groups; several pillars of faith to remind them of the ways the Lord has moved in their lives; and how their obedience has been used by the Lord to transform their household...

David and Mimi Reeves Michael Farris sits down in studio with David and Mimi Reeves.  David is from Kentucky, and Mimi is from France. They met through mutual friends while in college, and now they’re on a mission as husband and wife to make disciples across the globe. You’re definitely going to love this one! Learn more about David and Mimi at: https://iminc.org/missionaries/david-reeves/

Michael and Travis visit with Rick Rosas of Overland Park Community Church in Overland Park, KS. He shares about being addicted to video games, lust and anger, and how it would take several years after meeting a woman, now his wife, but in 2017, he fully accepted Jesus as his Lord and Savior. His transformation while being discipled by Pastor Jimmy Holbrook spurred on his wife’s fervor for the Lor...

Ashley, from Oregon, met Priscilla, from Oklahoma, when she walked into a campground laundry room in McLeod, Montana, nearly two years ago. That was the culmination of a long-distance discipling relationship that has already begun to bear fruit. Lauren Farris talks to Ashley and Priscilla both about the challenges of long-distance discipling, and Ashley touches on an identity crisis she experience...

Travis, Stanton and Michael are back after a break and share what the Lord taught them over their season of rest. They go deep into what it means to abide with the Lord; compare faith through saying yes to Jesus vs. faith through works; and discuss where to find peace amidst a pandemic and political chaos. They also touch on Jesus’ return. This episode is chock full of pure goodness. Links to the...

Join us as we talk about the season of rest - why we do it, how we do it, and when we do it. This episode is full of honesty, laughter and Jesus.

Alexis Crabtree and Lyndsey Johnston join us from their respective homes in Clarksville, TN. They discuss the struggles with introducing a disciple-making culture to their body at 180 Church, as well as the fruits of their obedience. Both share what it’s like to watch their husbands go first through the disciple-making process, and Lyndsey shares what it’s like to have a baby a week after her inau...

Zach Johnston dials in from Clarksville, Tennessee, to have a conversation with Michael and Stanton. He shares about: 1) what it REALLY means to answer God’s call to minister; 2) leading worship in a spiritually dead church; 3) people of peace vs. people of proximity; and 4) growing a family while making disciples across the world in the middle of a pandemic. You’ll love this episode!

Lori and Lauren sit down in studio with Jennie Murray, a disciple-maker from Harrah Church. Jennie talks about overcoming people-pleasing traits, early struggles with abiding, and the joys of making disciples. Join in as these ladies laugh and share their hearts for the Lord’s people.

Michael and Travis sit down with Mike Morris from C3 Church in Shawnee, OK.  He talks about trusting men, loving your neighbor, and balancing full-time unpaid ministry with his "tent-making" job.  You'll also hear about how he maintains his relationship with the Father and what equipped him to lay down his life to make disciples of Jesus.  This episode is jam-packed with things of t...

Michael sits down with Tommy Swindoll, lead pastor from The Donelson Fellowship in Nashville, Tennessee. Listen as he shares stories of serving in the aftermath of a devastating tornado; moving from a place of simply observing Christianity to actually living Christianity; and how disciple making has impacted not only his own life, but the lives of the community around him.

In episode 6 of this season, Travis and Stanton talk with Luke Allard. Luke is being discipled by Chris Moix and is a husband, a father of 9 kids and a bi-vocational pastor. Luke shares his story about getting to a place in his walk where he finds what it looks like to be a mature spiritual leader in his home and in his church. We get to hear about his growth and transformation after years of foll...

Lauren sits down with Annie Lawhon, who grew up loving Jesus. In 2018, she entered into a discipling relationship, and that would be the beginning of her transformation from people-pleaser to disciple-maker. Listen in as Annie describes the trials and freedoms in her walk with Jesus.

The guys sit down with John Neely from Mountain Home Idaho. John tells the story of when 3 men who he thought were passing through, showed up one day for a bible study. Little did he know the Lord was about to relight a fire for making disciples.