The Church Planting Podcast with Greg Nettle

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...

On today's episode, Greg talks with Yucan Chiu. Yucan was born in Chicago to parents of Chinese descent. He came to understand and experience Jesus in his teenage years while in California, and began to help create and lead communities in his early twenties. His latest new church startup is Ethnos Church in New Brunswick. He holds bachelors degrees in Sociology and Biology, graduate degrees in The...

On today's episode, Greg talks to Alex Absalom, a leader of the missional church movement and co-founder of dandelionresourcing.com with his wife Hannah. Dandelion Resourcing is all about "equipping regular Christians for naturally supernatural discipleship and mission." Greg and Alex unpack what it means to be "naturally supernatural," the need for the power and presence of the Holy Spirit in the...

Greg talks with pastor and preaching coach Bert Crabbe. Bert shares practical tips and ideas to make sermon preparation better. Connect with Bert: bert@preacherslens.com https://www.truenorthchurch.net/ Connect with Greg Nettle and Stadia Church Planting: https://www.thechurchplantingpodcast.com https://www.gregnettle.com/thechurchplantingpodcast https://www.stadiachurchplanting.org Facebook and I...

Greg talks with Alan Ahlgrim about soul care and rhythms for thrivig.  Alan is retired from his role as founding pastor of Rocky Mountain Christian Church in Colorado, and now serves as the Chief SoulCare Officer of Covenant Connections for Pastors. Alan invests heavily in the hard work of heart work, helping other leaders serve well and finish well by connecting them in soul enriching Covenant Gr...

Carolyn Moore is back on the Church Planting Podcast, talking about her new book, "When Women Lead." Carolyn Moore (D.Min) is a church planter, author, and Founding Pastor of Mosaic United Methodist Church (Evans, Georgia). Carolyn's new book is available for now, and is titled, "When Women Lead: Embrace Your Authority, Move Beyond Barriers, and Find Joy in Leading Others." The book can be purchas...

Greg talks with Jared and Ann Roth. Jared and Ann have started multiple churches. Each has served as the national director of church planting for national church planting organizations. They are consultants and researchers. Hear their stories, and about their current research on digital and micro churches on this week's episode.  Connect with Jared and Ann: https://sproutdigital.info/ Connect with...

On this episode of The Church Planting Podcast, Greg talks with Daniel Yang. Daniel is the Director of the Church Multiplication Institute at the Wheaton College Billy Graham Institute (a think tank for evangelism and church planting), previously with the Send Network, church planter, and pastor. His most recent book, "Inalienable: How Marginalized Kingdom Voices Can Help Save the American Church"...

Greg talks with Winfield Bevins, speaker, author, church planting practitioner, and director of Church Planting at Asbury Theological Seminary. Connect with Winfield: https://winfieldbevins.com/ https://asburyseminary.edu/news/winfield-bevins-director-of-church-planting/ https://www.amazon.com/Winfield-Bevins/e/B001K85X3K%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share https://www.twitter.com/winfieldbevins https:...

On this week's episode, Greg sits down with Reverend Lori Tapia. Lori is an author, speaker, church planter, and National Pastor for Hispanic Ministries for the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ). Connect with Lori: http://www.pastorloritapia.com/ https://www.facebook.com/pastoralori https://www.instagram.com/pastoralori Connect with Greg: https://www.stadiachurchplanting.org https://www.gregn...

This week, Greg is joined by Hannah Gronowski. Hannah is a speaker, author, podcast host, coach, next gen consultant, and CEO and Founder of Generation Distinct. Hannah works with churches and church leaders to unleash young leaders into their calling. Hannah's latest book is Generation Distinct: Discover the Wrong You Were Born to Make Right. Connect with Hannah and Generation Distinct: https://w...

This week, Greg is joined by his climbing companion John Tisevich (Senior Pastor, Whitewater Crossing, Cincinnati, Ohio). John and Greg take us on an epic journey as they recount some of their experiences trekking to Everest Base Camp, and reflect on what it means to be a church or business leader in the context of mountain climbing. ---- Connect with Greg: https://www.stadiachurchplanting.org htt...

This week, Greg is joined by Mary Kamau, Co founder and Executive Director of Institutional Development and Strategy at Missions of Hope International (MOHI) based in Nairobi, Kenya. MOHI is a leader in holistic ministry among the most vulnerable communities in Kenya and beyond. We can learn so much about starting new churches, sharing hope, and transforming communities from MOHI and new churches...

On this episode, the tables are turned, and Janie Mehaffey puts Greg Nettle in the hot seat. Janie is the VP of Culture and Team Development at Stadia. She is a champion of people, advocate for clarity, and celebrator of God's work through starting thriving, growing, multiplying churches for the next generation. Janie invites Greg to share his story and the two discuss how Stadia cultivates cultur...

On this episode, Greg interviews Steve Cuss. Steve is the author of "Managing Leadership Anxiety: Yours and Theirs." Steve has much to say to church leaders, church planters, and business people about how to deal with, and lead through, the extraordinary situations we face today around anxiety. Connect with Steve: https://www.stevecusswords.com https://www.instagram.com/stevecusswords/ https://twi...

On this episode of the Church Planting Podcast, Greg interviews the U.S. CEO of a large church planting organization in Asia (name omitted for security reasons) about the urgency and cost of discipleship, key leadership lessons, and being a woman in leadership. Nanci (last name omitted for security reasons), is an incredible and passionate leader. Her organization has planted over 40,000 churches...

In this episode, Greg Nettle (President, Stadia Church Planting) talks with Alan Hirsch, author and thought leader in the missional church movement, about church multiplication. They cover topics from "The Forgotten Ways," discuss the new edition of his book "ReJesus," and how our job is to become more and more like Christ. Connect with Alan: https://www.alanhirsch.org/about https://twitter.com/al...

Carolyn Moore (D.Min) is a church planter, author, and Founding Pastor of Mosaic United Methodist Church (Evans, Georgia). In this episode, Carolyn talks with Greg about how women can discover the call to ministry, explore their gifting, ignite their passion in church planting and leadership. Carolyn offers valuable insights to both men and women in church leadership. Carolyn's new book is availab...

In this episode, Greg Nettle (President, Stadia Church Planting) talks with David Nelms, the founder and president of the Timothy Initiative, a church planting and multiplication organization that has started tens of thousands of churches all around the world, about the importance of church multiplication.

In this episode of the podcast, Greg sits down with friend and board member Albert Tate, lead pastor at Fellowship Church in CA. Greg and Albert discuss Albert's new book, How We Love Matters, and have honest conversations around the important issue of racial reconciliation in the church.

In this episode, Greg sits down with Valarie Grimes, the pastor of a church plant in Savannah called Radiant Church. Valarie and Greg have an honest discussion about the unique challenges Valarie has faced as a female, African American church planter, and Valarie challenges assumptions and expectations in the church planting world to help us all recognize and embrace the emerging face of church pl...