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Ellyn Cornell is a missionary with Cru at Disney World in Orlando, Florida. I always like to check in with her on matters of disciple making. That is our high calling. All ministry and mission culminates in disciple making. To give to the Calvary Global Network , here is the link.

Welcome to the Stoke it up! podcast. A podcast, encouraging you and your journey with God.  I’m Alan Stoddard and in this episode I interview Pastor Mike Neglia. He is the pastor of ⁠Calvary Cork⁠ , Ireland. He is also the leader of the ⁠Expositors Collective⁠ , an initiative of the ⁠Calvary Global Network⁠ . In this interview, I talked to Mike about what he’s learned about podcasting and preachin...

The Stoke It Up! podcast is on full swing to stoke up the New Year and beyond. We want to encourage you in your journey with God. Season 4 Schedule Nov. 21 - Mike Neglia Nov. 28 - Ellen Kohler Dec. 5 - Elijah Abraham Dec 12 - Dan Crawford Dec 19 - Lonnie Short Dec 26 - Alan Stoddard January 2 - Manolo January 9 - Josh Black

Welcome to the Stoke it up! podcast everybody … a podcast, encouraging you in your journey with God. I’m Alan Stoddard and I am your host. We want to kindle afresh the gift of God that is in you. Today I’m interviewing Scott Maze. We are talking about spiritual awakenings and revival possibilities. Scott came to know Jesus Christ as a child and this experience changed his life. During his college...

Welcome everybody to the Stoke It Up podcast! This is a podcast, “encouraging you on your journey with God.” I’m Alan Stoddard, the creator and host of this podcast. Today I have Kirk Storseth on our conversation docket.  Kirk is the Director of communications a Chick-fil-A in Granbury, Texas, but the interesting thing is he’s also the worship pastor at Mambrino Baptist Church also here in Granbur...

Elijah Abraham, Executive Director (www.livingoasis.org) Elijah was born in the Middle East and grew up as a Muslim. He fled the Middle East as a teenager and lived in Europe for several years. Due to persecution in Europe and its spies, Elijah fled to the United States in mid-1980s Subsequently, he obtained a degree from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas. Since the Tw...

Welcome to the STOKE IT UP podcast everybody. A Podcast encouraging you and your journey with God. I believe God has a mission and purpose for your life. We want to partner with you in spreading the good news of Christ. Pastor Robert White serves as the lead pastor of Freedom Church in Bedford, Texas. Check out Freedom Church at www.thisisfreedomdfw.com In this episode, I especially pick Roberts h...

From traditional church pastor to contemporary church planter with Darryl Dash. Is this possible? Welcome to the Stoke It Up! podcast. A podcast encouraging you in your journey with God. Darryl Dash is the pastor of Liberty Grace Church in Toronto, Canada. Liberty Grace Church was planted in one of the toughest parts of Toronto, called, “Liberty Village.“ in this conversation. I talked to Darryl a...

Is it possible for a traditional churches to become life-giving Churches? And what about those Independent Baptists? Are they not the ones where women wear dresses, men wear suits, and have a lot of rules at church? Whatever happened to those guys?  In this week’s podcast I interview Pastor Lonnie Lehrman. Lonnie has been the pastor at Granbury Baptist Church in Granbury Texas for 21 years. He is...

Welcome to the STOKE IT UP podcast. A podcast, encouraging you in your journey with God. One of the things the Lord wants us all to do is to shine light into the darkness. And it’s something we want to do. Yet it can be a real challenge at times. Do you struggle with evangelism? Does the word itself just cause you to cringe? In this week's podcast I interview Pastor Tyler Jones. He is the past...

Welcome to the Stoke It Up! podcast. A podcast encouraging you in your journey with God. This week's podcast is with Pastor Trey Kent. The topic is on pray, specifically how local churches can be mobilized for praying that changes cities and stokes revival and awakening. Trey Kent Bio Trey started Northwest Fellowship in 1993 and has been in full-time ministry since 1986. He has a Masters of D...

Welcome to the Stoke It Up! Podcast. A podcast encouraging you in your journey with God. I’m Alan Stoddard and I’m your host. Today we are discussing spiritual formation and its relationship to disciple making. When I think of that important, beefy topic, the name that comes to mind is Daryl Eldridge. Dr. Eldridge lives with his wife Carole in Galveston, Texas. Daryl is the former Dean of Educatio...

On today’s podcast I interview Bill Holdridge. He became a Christian in 1969 at Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa during the Jesus Movement. In this episode he tells part of that story in his story; his story is unique.  Bill has been in Pastor for many years. You can see that and more in his bio on his ministry website.  If you haven’t seen the movie, Jesus Revolution, I highly recommend you see it. It w...

We want to help you kindle afresh, the fire of your soul for the Great Commission. Of every discipline in the church and every practice, surely it culminates through the Great Commission. Enter Matt Queen. Dr. Matt Queen is the "chair of fire" at Southwestern Seminary among many other things he is doing at the seminary and at Lane Prairie Baptist Church as the Associate Pastor of Evangelism. Matt...

This episode of the Stoke It Up! podcast gives you a look are the next 6-8 episodes. The podcast ends by encouraging you in your journey with God, His message and His mission. 1. God is big, we are small, yet he desires relationship with us.  2. God's scandalous message of the gospel - we are consumed by this message.  3. God's invites us on a mission that is global and has eternal impli...

This is session 2 of our new believer follow up. 

Only 1 in 10 newer, younger believers get discipled after crossing the line of faith.   In this episode I give a philosophy intro to the state of disciple making in churches. I also tell what can be done to fix it. This is a 5 part series so stay tuned for all of it.

Our favorite scenes and lines? What impact has the Chosen had on our walk with Christ?  Listen in. Let us know what you think? 

Kenneth Priest and I are both pastors.  We both work for Chic-Fil-A.  What can the Church learn from Chic-Fil-A?  We let you in on what we have learned.

Welcome to the Stoke it up! podcast. A podcast, encouraging you in your journey with God. I’m Alan Stoddard and I’m your host. Today Team Chosen, with Renea Kren, and Aleise Elsenboss, we reflect on some of the big moments of the first few episodes of season three of the chosen.

Welcome to the Stoke it up! podcast! A podcast, encouraging you and your journey with God. Today I’m here with Kenneth Priest, and we are talking about, “the pastor as a minister of education. And most churches, the pastor is gonna have to be the disciple maker of the small group leaders. The pastor will have to drive the disciple making process through the small groups. But what happened to this...

Welcome to the Stoke it up! podcast. A podcast encouraging you in your journey with God. One of the things you need in your life is a small group community. But how do we do that? How do we do sermon bass small groups? Kenneth Priest joined me again today to discuss connecting the sermon to the small group. If you’re a pastor leader or just someone who is interested in disciple making, this is for...

In the second episode Kenneth and I address the most important thing in sermon-based small groups. The pastor and leaders. Specifically, we address character. Why? Because scripture does that. Did you know that character is more important than gifting? And surely you have noticed the great sifting the Lord has done in the church in the last five years among some of the biggest name leaders out the...

Kenneth Priest and I start a series of podcasts on sermon based small groups.  Why do you need them?  What's the story?  How to you use them?  In the next season we will show you.   We wrote a book on it. Groups that Revitalize. You can get it here . Kenneth has a couple of great small, but high impact books here , here . 

The Team give you a quick, exciting reaction to the Chosen livestream that went down tonight. WOW!