The Multiply Project Podcast

If you only look for church planters in seminaries, you are missing the majority of the workforce God has already provided. Your next planter might be an engineer, a business owner, or a manager sitting in your pews right now. In this season finale, Ali Roohi (Pastor of Bold Church in Silicon Valley) joins Craig and Jeff to share his journey from high-level software engineer to church planter. Ali...

Most pastors fear that sending their best leaders will kill their church. At Rock Point, they've proven that sending isn't a sacrifice. It's your greatest strength. In this episode, Randy Deal (Executive Pastor at Rock Point Church) joins Craig and Jeff to discuss how to move past multiplication as a "project" and turn it into your church's heartbeat. Randy shares the story of how Rock Point embed...

You don't need a massive budget or a formal syllabus to start developing church planters; you just need to be a trainer. Most pastors feel the tension between the "addition" of growing a local church and the "multiplication" of sending one out. They assume that moving into a sending model requires complex infrastructure or a seminary-level residency. In this episode, Jeff Bennett and Craig Whitney...

Your next church planter isn't waiting for an invitation from a seminary; they are likely sitting in your church right now, leading a team at work or a small group in their neighborhood. Most pastors feel the tension of a leadership shortage, but the reality is often a "sight" problem rather than a "talent" problem. We've been trained to recruit for slots instead of scouting for callings. In this...

The "solo superstar" model of church planting is a Western invention. Around the world, the Gospel is moving through ordinary people who refuse to wait for a building or a budget. In this episode, Yucan Chiu ( Redeemer City to City & Ethnos Network ) joins Craig and Jeff to discuss the "Global Standard" of multiplication. Yucan shares how churches in global cities are moving past Western individua...

In this episode, Dave Ferguson (CEO of Exponential) joins Craig and Jeff to confront a sobering reality: only 7% of U.S. churches are currently reproducing . To reach a sociological tipping point, we need the "16% Mission" . Dave breaks down how any "ordinary" church can stop managing the middle and start leading at the edges—focusing on personal discipleship and big-picture vision . Whether you a...

Most pastors want to multiply, but few know where to find the leaders to do it. You don't need to import talent; you need to uncover it. In this inaugural episode, Craig Whitney and Jeff Bennett sit down to discuss the "Antioch Way"—a simple, repeatable operating system for churches that choose to send rather than just gather. We move past the "Jerusalem model" of addition to show you how the earl...