The Church Planting Podcast with Greg Nettle

Join Greg Nettle in a riveting discussion with author and leadership expert Kadi Cole, as we explore the evolving landscape of church leadership. In this episode, Kadi shares her wealth of experience in ministry and her unique insights into developing leaders in church settings. Kadi provides practical strategies for cultivating inclusive leadership practices and addresses the complex gender dynam...

Greg welcomes Tim Celek to the podcast. During Tim's tenure as Lead Pastor, the Crossing Church in Costa Mesa, CA resourced five new churches, which makes Tim's role of Senior Director of New Church Growth with Stadia the perfect fit for this Harley-loving church planter. Tim loves to sail, loves to ride, and he loves to help new church planters. On this episode, Tim shares the top five challenges...

Greg talks with Jason Lantz, the Vision Leader and First Church Lead Pastor of the Rivertree Movement in Northeast Ohio ( https://rivertreechristian.com/ ), about RiverTree's network of churches and how to create a network in your region. Connect with Jason https://rivertreechristian.com/ Connect with Greg https://stadia.org

On this episode, Greg talks with Aaron Brockett (Lead Pastor, Trader's Point Christian Church, Indianapolis) about what it's like to launch and lead a church as an introvert. Since he joined Trader's Point in 2007, it has grown from 1,500 people in 1 location to nearly 10,000 people in 6 locations. And Aaron has done all of that while being an introverted leader. So how do you plant a church? How...

Today's guest on the Church Planting Podcast is Crystal Chiang. She's the Executive Director of Leadership Training at Orange. Learn about the new metrics of ministry success.  And while you listen to the podcast, be sure to check out the Orange Fall Tour, coming to a city near you.    Use the code STADIAOT2310 when you register at https://orangetour.org/ to receive 10% off your registration. Conn...

Greg talks with Heidy Tandy, Stadia's Senior Director of Discovery, about Stadia's Discovery Center for potential new-church leaders, and how this three-phase process of exploration, discernment, and discovery will help you answer the questions, "Am I called?," "Am I ready?," "What's my skill set?," and "What are my next steps?" Connect with Heidy and Stadia's Discovery Center: https://stadiachurc...

On this episode of The Church Planting Podcast, Greg talks with Lumar Vargas. Lumar started Aviva Church in Cleveland, Ohio. As Aviva celebrates their one-year anniversary, Greg and Lumar explore Lumar's unique calling and context as a co-vocational Latina pastor and church planter in Cleveland. Lumar shares practical leadership lessons from the past few years leading up to Aviva's launch. Get the...

On this episode of the Church Planting Podcast, Mike Tooley joins Greg to talk leadership. Mike is an attorney in Indianapolis and an executive coach. Mike and Greg provide many valuable insights on leadership in this episode, including how to play your strengths as a leader, how to get a coach, and how to coach others in an era of post-pandemic stress. Connect with Mike Tooley at https://www.upst...

On this special episode of the Church Planting Podcast, Greg interviews his wife, Julie Nettle. Julie and Greg share their own experience, being in ministry as husband and wife: the joy of serving together, the lessons learned, and the challenges to overcome.  Connect with Greg and Stadia at stadia.org

Patrick O'Connell, Global Director of NewThing ( newthing.org ), sits down with Greg Nettle ( stadia.org ) to talk about church multiplication, what he's seeing, and what he finds exciting about church multiplication in the U.S. and around the world. Show Notes  

Chuck Mingo ( undivided.us ) joins Greg Nettle ( stadia.org ) to talk about the Five Windows of Spiritual Growth, focusing in on the "fifth window," spiritual growth through cross-cultural relationships. Learn how to grow spiritually and as a leader through this in-depth conversation.   Show Notes https://stadiachurchplanting.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TCPP_Chuck-Mingo_Podcast-Transcript-1.pdf

On this episode, Ben Cachiaras (Lead Pastor, Mountain Christian Church) joins Greg to talk about the importance of developing leaders and the nuts and bolts of leadership development. Connect with Ben: https://mountaincc.org Connect with Greg and Stadia:  https://stadia.org Read this Episode's Transcript: https://stadiachurchplanting.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/TCPP_Ben-Cachiaras.pdf    

Greg talks with Kasey Dillon. Kasey and her husband Wes are co-leaders of Four Rivers Church in Durham, New Hampshire. Kasey shares how their church played a vital role in welcoming refugees from Afghanistan and Ukraine, and how "loving those on the margins" enables them to make a global impact in their local community.  Connect with Kasey: https://www.4riverschurch.org/ https://www.welcomenst.org...

On this episode of the Church Planting Podcast, Greg talks with Chip Freed. Chip is the Chief Missional Strategist and Teaching Pastor at Garfield Memorial Church in Cleveland, Ohio. Garfield Memorial transitioned from a 200-person homogeneous church upon Chip's arrival in 2004 to a 1200-person multiethnic church in two Cleveland campuses where no one ethnic group comprises more than 52% of the co...

Tim and Sharon O'Neill join Greg on today's podcast. Sharon and Tim are church planters and senior pastors at Tailrace Community Church in Tasmania, Australia. Tim is president of the movement of churches Tailrace belongs to called the Acts 2 Alliance  and he leads  Exponential Australia, accelerating healthy churches.    Connect with Tim and Sharon https://a2a.org.au/ https://exponential.org.au/...

On this episode of The Church Planting Podcast, Greg talks with Dr. David Anderson. Dr. Anderson is the founder and president of Gracism Global, and he's known as one of the world's leading authorities on bridging the deep divides of race, faith, culture, and wealth. Dr. Anderson is a church planter and advocate for multiplication. He's the leader of a congregation of more than ten thousand people...

On this week's episode of The Church Planting Podcast, Greg talks to Jeff Reed about the current state and future possibilities of digital church planting and helping physical churches to develop an effective digital strategy. Jeff is founder of THECHURCH.DIGITAL and the DigitalChurch. Network. He helps churches and individuals with digital discipleship, digital mission, and starting multiplying d...

On this episode, Greg talks with Noemi Chavez. Noemi and her husband, Joshua, are the Lead Pastors at Revive Church  a multi-site church in the greater Los Angeles area. She is an international conference speaker and is the co-founder of  Brave Global , a movement which focuses on equipping the local church to connect with the most vulnerable girls, including girls that are on probation and in the...

Greg talks with Craig Whitney about a new digital platform just announced by Stadia that will accelerate the start and multiplication of new churches around the world. Connect with Stadia: https://www.stadiachurchplanting.org Find out more about kipos: https://www.kipos.org Read the Transcript for this Episode    

Greg sits down with Stadia's first president, Marcus Bigelow, to talk about the modern church planting movement of the last 30 years, Stadia's origin story, the faithfulness of God as Stadia celebrates its 20th anniversary, and what God could bring about over the next decade. Connect with Stadia: https://www.stadiachurchplanting.org About Marcus Bigelow: Marcus Bigelow has a family heritage of chu...

On today's episode, Greg talks to Warren Bird. Warren serves as the Senior Vice President of Research and Equipping with the ECFA (Evangelical Council for Financial Accountability), and he's widely known throughout the United States as one of the leaders when it comes to research, writing, and his knowledge of of what it takes to see churches thrive, grow, and multiply.   Warren shares insights an...

On today's episode, Greg talks to Daniel Escobar about multiplying and training disciples, Latino culture, and the need to learn from each other. Daniel Escobar was born and raised in Baja California, Mexico. Daniel relocated to Virginia in 2002, two years after getting married. He first planted Iglesia La Red in Williamsburg, Virginia in 2005. Seven years later he and his family moved to Washingt...

On today's episode, Greg talks to Rob Wegner. Rob is the leader of a church movement in Kansas City called the KC Underground. It's a rapidly multiplying micro church movement. Get ready to learn a lot from Rob on today's episode. Connect with Rob and check out the resources mentioned in today's episode here: https://www.kcunderground.org/resources Connect with Greg: stadiachurchplanting.org/thech...

Greg talks with Mozart Dixon. Mozart shares about healthy church multiplication, and the importance of having a mission, vision, and values not just for your church, but also in your personal life. Mozart Dixon has been in vocational ministry for 14 years in various capacities from college ministry to church planting. In 2016, Mozart co-planted a church in Lincoln, NE to reach college students and...

On this episode, Greg talks to Zac Larson and learns how to talk to donors about money from a donor perspective. Zac is Founding Partner and Wealth Advisor at IntentGen Financial Partners. A complete transcript of this episode can be found here: https://stadiachurchplanting.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/63-Zac-Larson.pdf Connect with Zac: www.intentgen.com https://www.linkedin.com/in/zac-larson-0...