The Living Room Podcast

This episode continues sharing recordings from the main sessions during the first ever LC Equip Conference hosted and led by Living Church in April 2025. The theme of the conference was around Four Practices of Discipleship: Sharing Scripture, Sharing Life, Sharing Mission, & Sending . In this episode, we're sharing a full recording from the main session focused on the discipleship practic...

In today's episode, Mark shares practical ways to live the discipleship practice of Sharing Life. If you or your church community is struggling to find ways to live this vital discipleship practice personally, as a family, or as a church community give this episode a listen. Whether you're a pastor, ministry leader, or follower of Jesus seeking to make disciples and grow as a disciple, thi...

This episode continues our start to 2026 sharing recordings of the main sessions from the first ever LC Equip Conference hosted and led by Living Church last April. The theme of the conference was around Four Practices of Discipleship: Sharing Scripture, Sharing Life, Sharing Mission, & Sending . In this episode, we're sharing a full recording from the main session focused on the discipleship...

A Life That Leads is a new leadership book that hits different than most! Today in the Living Room Mark welcomes back Josh Benadum to the podcast. Josh is a dear friend of the podcast and just released a brand new book A Life That Leads . He joins Mark to discuss his book, but also in their conversation shares some helpful and much needed principles often missing in today's leadership. Check o...

In today's episode, Mark welcomes his friend Chris Conlin into the Living Room. Chris is the new Executive Director of Equipping Ministries International , and also a long time member of Living Church sharing life with their family or network of house churches. Chris and Mark get practical sharing ways to live the discipleship practice of Sharing Scripture. If you or your church community is s...

Welcome to 2026! We're excited to start this new year sharing recordings of the main sessions from the first ever LC Equip Conference last April. The theme of the conference was around Four Practices of Discipleship which are: Sharing Scripture, Sharing Life, Sharing Mission, & Sending . In this episode, we're sharing a full recording from the main session focused on the one of the mos...

In this episode, Mark shares an update about a Bible study he and his wife have been leading for several months at a local coffee shop. The Bible study is with a 93 year old realtor and others he calls the "Golden Girls". He also invites you to take up a challenge for 2026 . Will you accept his invitation? RESOURCES: LIVE: Experience Christ's Life Devotional Book by Joel Comiskey

Is your church a church, or is it possibly just a crowd? Mark sits alone again in the Living Room. In this episode he shares a recent and raw experience from when his mom passed away last month. This experience led him to wonder about church, church size, and be reminded of an important truth and principle for living church together. You won't want to miss this episode.

Do you struggle with the tension and frustration of wanting to see more new disciples of Jesus being made, but not seeing it happen? So which is it, quality or quantity? In this episode Mark sits alone in the Living Room sharing some of his own struggles with this tension, and how the Lord softly rebuked him while he was out for a morning run.

It's a joy to have Joel Comiskey join Mark in The Living Room for this episode of The Living Room Podcast. Joel is the founder Joel Comiskey Group which resources churches, pastors, and leaders all around the world in disciple making through cell church. In this episode Joel shares his years of experience and wisdom from leading and planting house churches around the world and in the U.S., why...

Elena, Micah, & Sharree join Mark in this episode of The Living Room Podcast. As members of three different house churches , listen in as they share their perspective, thoughts, and the personal impact they each received from participating in the first ever Living Church EQUIP Conference back in April. As they share they realize the time together during the conference formed relationships and...

In this episode of The Living Room Podcast, Joseph Dickens gets inside the minds of several house church pastors from Living Church as they share personal take aways and highlights from hosting, leading and sharing at their first ever Living Church EQUIP Conference.

In this episode, Living Church (LC) House Church Pastor, Elder, and Staff member Kyle Ackerson joins Mark in the Living Room. Together they discuss the first ever LC EQUIP Conference hosted and led by Living Church this April 11-13th! If you share life with one of our LC house churches in NKY & Cincinnati this conference is FOR YOU. If you're local or not local, and not part of our LC hous...

Joining Mark in the Living Room today are his two daughters Aislinn (18) and Kate (16) who have grown up in the house church context. In this episode Aislinn and Kate share experiences and perspectives and the impact house church and missionary living has had on them and their journeys with Jesus and Church. Near the end of the episode they each share a challenge to parents, so be sure to listen a...

In today's episode, we welcome back Jeremy Ellis into The Living Room. Jeremy shares the struggles and advantages to being co-vocational, and how he navigates his time, running a roofing business, while also pastoring his house church in Taylor Mill, KY. Resources : Side Hustles for Pastors Definitions of Bivocational & Covocational The Future is Bivocational (a recommended read)

BONUS MINI-EPISODE. As soon as the last episode (see Episode #28) finished, Mark thought of a question to ask Andy Wiedeman, our previous guest, so they hit record (again). Check out this 10 minute bonus episode where Mark and Andy discuss navigating financial giving in a church of multiple house churches.

Let's welcome Andy Wiedemann to the Living Room Podcast! Andy is a pastor in Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. In today's episode Andy shares his unique experience of how his 100 year old traditional legacy church recently transitioned into a church of house churches, which even included selling their building! Andy shares their journey, the "why" behind the transition to house church...

In today's episode the Living Church house church pastors share their thoughts and take aways from attending the recent Microchurch Conference in Kansas City. Listen in and you'll hear them discuss things like: defining church, collaboration, leadership in house church/micro church, navigating being a "church weirdo", kids in house church , and more! Resources shared during this...

It's a joy to welcome Josh Benadum into The Living Room Podcast world. In today's episode, Josh shares his thoughts, wisdom, and experience from over 12 years of working with and leading house churches. We discuss things like: Why house church and what it is Becoming a "relationship billionaire" Being committed to people Having a dedicated evangelistic prayer meeting Practices of...

No interview. No guest. It's only Mark in the Living Room for this episode. Listen in as he shares something God has been teaching him recently about living the everyday mission of Jesus. Resources mentioned in this episode: Everyday Disciple Podcast Caesar Kalinowski **Let Mark know if this episode impacted you in some way. You can reach him at mjones@living-church.com .

Today's episode took place in our monthly virtual Living Room conversation. In this conversation we discussed, "How do we leverage our work and vocation for the mission of making disciples of Jesus?" You might find what's shared about work and mission pretty surprising! The Living Room zoom is a monthly conversation that takes place between house church and micro church leaders f...

In the Living Room today is Jedidiah Smith from Missouri. Jedidiah is planting an organic house church in their local neighborhood and community. In this episode Jedidiah shares his personal journey from serving and leading in a more established church to planting a more organic church, and what that journey of living the everyday mission of Jesus has looked like for them.

In the Living Room today is Hannah Nation. Hannah is Managing Editor for The Center for House Church Theology, a ministry amplifying the voice of the house church in China. In this episode Hannah reveals powerful lessons to be learned from our brothers and sisters leading house churches in China.  Hannah also talks about a new book, "Faithful Disobedience", releasing today December 6th! This...

Today's episode is from the virtual Living Room which is a monthly conversation that takes place between house church and micro church leaders from around the United States, and other parts of the world. Today we have leaders from Missouri, Tennessee, California, and Ohio sharing how they seek to show and share the gospel of Jesus to neighbors and others in their community.  Resources mention...

In today's episode Joseph Dickens interviews Mark about leading and multiplying leaders. They discuss what leadership meetings look like for their house church pastors, how to find leaders, and the change in leading leaders Mark has experienced since being part of leading more organic church expressions.  QUESTION MARK episodes are where Mark sits in the podcast hot seat answering questions o...