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Exponential NEXT Podcast

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Welcome to the Exponential NEXT Podcast where ministry and church leaders come together to discuss topics that give you a peek into the future of the church. At Exponential NEXT we focus on discovering what is coming NEXT for the future of the church that can lead to accelerating church multiplication. Join a community of kingdom-minded changemakers exploring innovative models, methods, and approaches for reaching, discipling, and mobilizing people with a strong focus on church planting, together. With new conversations every Wednesday, we will dive into topics we believe will help us all see what’s coming around the corner for the Church. Discover more about Exponential NEXT by visiting us at exponential.org/next.

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  1. Planting Churches with Disciple Making DNA

    Is your church plant built for disciple making? — The North American model of church is not based upon disciple making, but that can be changed in a new church plant. Join Bobby and Paul as they describe how to plant new churches with disciple making DNA. — Welcome to One Eighty, welcome to...

  2. Does Your Discipleship Include Good Theology?

    Discipleship MUST always be guided by good theology. — On this episode join Bobby and Carl as they explore why it’s more important now than ever to have good theology. They will talk about practical tools the local church needs in this cultural moment. — Welcome to One Eighty, welcome to...

  3. What’s the Difference Between Discipleship and Evangelism?

    Welcome to One Eighty, welcome to Discipleship. Over the next 8 weeks, we will be turning our focus to creating a discipleship culture as we look ahead to our 2024 Global Exponential Conference March 4-7th. — On this episode we are talking about how Jesus’ style of evangelism always led folks to...

  4. Five Practical Prayers to Equip Your Members for Their Personal Mission Field

    Are your members equipped for the personal mission? Many of us tried turning our churches into evangelistic “fishing ponds.” That didn’t work. We taught our members to invite others to church instead of equipping them to go and make disciples. So, let’s turn our equip our members as “spiritual...

  5. The Lost Cause Movement

    Dive into a live Q&A session with Faith Eury Cho, Albert Tate and Aaron & Hannah Barnett as they unpack some keys to an evangelism culture and why evangelism is not a Lost Cause. Evangelism Series // Week 4 Speakers: Faith Eury Cho, Albert Tate, Aaron & Hannah Barnett — This podcast is one of...

  6. Is The Gospel Still Good News?

    “Gospel” literally means “good news” … but if you ask many people in our increasingly pluralist and secular world, Christians who claim it as our central truth are less and less associated with anything resembling “good news”! This workshop will equip you in ways to share the gospel, in ways that...

  7. Should We Deconstruct Church Planting?

    Evangelism Series // Week 2 Deconstruction has long been the activity of young people inside and outside of the church. However, this new wave of deconstruction has unique challenges that are deeply sociological and theological. In this episode, Daniel Yang explains how church planting models…

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  8. God’s Lost Cause

    Evangelism Series // Week 1 Dive deeper into the conversation of God’s Lost Cause with Dave Ferguson, Aaron Barnett and Hannah Barnett. • The Need for Reviving the Lost Cause: Problem: Evangelism has become a taboo word. Doing evangelism is seen as culturally inappropriate. Even many Christians...

  9. How To Share The Gospel

    Is evangelism a lost cause in the American church? Why aren’t more Christians sharing the gospel? What evangelism methods are most effective in 2022 (and beyond)? Join us for a conversation with Exponential CEO Dave Ferguson and evangelism expert guest speakers. They’ll discuss answers to these...

  10. Be Empowered: Accelerate Your Vision in 2022 with Forge America

    Be Empowered – Accelerate Your Vision in 2022 Episode #3: Forge America Empowering the Church for Missional Movement In this new season of (almost) post-Covid ecclesiology, we’re seeing pastors, church leaders, and planters struggle to find movement. Not only are congregants increasingly tired,...

  11. Be Empowered: Accelerate Your Vision in 2022 with Emotionally Healthy Leadership

    Be Empowered: Accelerate Your Vision in 2022 The Enneagram and Spiritual Practices: discern the best rhythms and disciplines to guide your personal formation and leadership. What if we used the Enneagram as more of a fluid tool toward spiritual maturity than a static personality assessment? Could...

  12. Be Empowered: Accelerate Your Vision in 2022 with Glocal.net

    Be Empowered – Accelerate Your Vision in 2022 Planting Churches in the Public Square that Impact the World As followers of Christ we have been called to make disciples and to bring life and hope to a world of decay, disease and death. The New Testament is a wonderful example to us of the kind […]

  13. Missional Vibrancy and Financial Viability – Part 2

    Missional Vibrancy and Financial Viability, Part 2 — Featured Guest: JAY MOON — Author and Professor of Evangelism & Church Planting and Director of the Office of Faith, Work, and Economics at Asbury Theological Seminary MARK DEYMAZ — A recognized leader in the Multi-ethnic Church Movement Host:...

  14. In the Presence of Jesus Book Tour

    Book Tour: In the Presence of Jesus: A 40-Day Guide to the Intimacy with God You’ve Always Wanted Featured Guests: PAUL BANE — Founder of Mindful Christianity MATT LITTON — Author and bestselling collaborative writer Host: Deb Walkemeyer — Co-Pastor of Light & Life Christian Fellowship in Long...

  15. Unlikely Fighter Book Tour with Greg Stier

    Book Tour — Unlikely Fighter — Featured Guest: GREG STIER — Greg is the founder of Dare 2 Share Ministries, a speaker, former pastor, church planter, and youth leader, as well as the author of numerous books. Host: PEYTON JONES — Peyton Jones is an author, church planter, leadership trainer,...

  16. Missional Vibrancy and Financial Viability – Book Tour

    Book Tour: Missional Vibrancy and Financial Viability — Featured Guest: JAY MOON — Author and Professor of Evangelism & Church Planting and Director of the Office of Faith, Work, and Economics at Asbury Theological Seminary Host: BILL COUCHENOUR — Director of Learning Communities at Exponential…

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  17. Is your church digital presence relevant?

    Is your church digital presence relevant? Making your presence known the right way… Helpful insight for how to have an effective digital presence can be overwhelming to find these days with so many approaches and products available for church leaders. You need real world applications with…

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  18. Minimalist Mega and Micro Episode 6 — How Do You Start a Church of House Churches?

    Starting a church is a daunting task. But starting a “Church of House Churches” has elevated challenges, as there are few examples clearly available, and the ideology is culturally new in the western church. In this episode, we discuss the steps to take as you begin a church consisting of house...

  19. FCP 6 | Angela Craig and Pursuit Church Live

    Pursuit Live Church was birthed out of the truth that God leaves no one out. He loves, accepts, and welcomes everyone. He has given us technology as a gift to reach every corner of the world with the message and hope of Jesus. Since its inception in 2017, PCL has grown to nearly 16,000 followers […]

  20. Mobilizing Missional Disciples: Reimagine — Planting New Expressions of the Church Led by Everyday People Costing Zero Dollars

    Mobilizing Missional Disciples Reimagine: Planting New Expressions of the Church Led by Everyday People Costing Zero Dollars New, fresh and dynamic expressions of church that live out new paradigms, seek justice, and mobilize missionaries in everyday life are popping up like weeds growing through...

  21. Improv Leadership – How to Lead Well in Every Moment

    Podcast — Improv Leadership How to Lead Well in Every Moment It’s time to improvise. Featured Guests STAN ENDICOTT – Stan is co-founder and chief cultural officer at Slingshot Group. DAVID A MILLER – David is currently the Chief People and Product Officer at Novus Global. — Anyone who’s learned…

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  22. The Revolutionary Disciple – Walking Humbly with Jesus in Every Area of Life

    The Revolutionary Disciple Is It Time for Another Revolution? Featured Guests: JIM PUTMAN – Jim is the senior pastor of Real Life Ministries in Post Falls, Idaho. CHAD HARRINGTON — Chad is the owner of Harrington Interactive Media. — Seismic culture shifts leave Christians wondering how to effect...

  23. Mobilizing Missional Disciples: Remission — Moving a congregation of members to a community of missionaries

    Mobilizing Missional Disciples Remission — Moving a congregation of members to a community of missionaries There’s never been a more important time to mobilize the people of God in the everyday spaces of life. So how then do we take a congregation of members and see them transformed into a...

  24. Minimalist Mega and Micro Episode 5 — Can a Mega Church Successfully Create Context for Discipleship?

    Church leaders clearly understand that creating a context for discipleship is our primary calling. Yet it seems many churches struggle to accomplish this clear calling. Some consider size as a predominant factor in the ability of a church to accomplish its discipleship calling. Yet, the first...

  25. Minimalist Mega and Micro Episode 4 — How Does a Mega Church Transition to Distributed Lay Pastoral Leadership

    Can a mega church be predominately lay led? Many mega church pastors love the idea of a simple church with empowered lay pastoral leadership. Yet, transitioning a large and existing church may seem impossible. In this episode, we will discuss steps mega churches have taken to transition their...

  26. Cracking the Code of 21st Century Ministry Episode 12 — Reactivate Spiritual Dependency

    Cracking the Code of 21st Century Ministry Episode 12 — Reactivate Spiritual Dependency Are you listening to the Holy Spirit’s leading on all aspects of ministry? As pastors, we know when we are lead by the Holy Spirit in our ministry sinners are set free, marriages are restored, and disciples…

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  27. Cracking the Code of 21st Century Ministry Episode 11 — Recommit to Multiplication

    Cracking the Code of 21st Century Ministry Episode 11 — Recommit to Multiplication Multiplication was embedded into the lifestyle of the Early Church. For the earliest believers, multiplication was as natural as breathing. The way it happened was simple and easily transferable to the 21st-century...

  28. Cracking the Code of 21st Century Ministry Episode 10 — Reconsider Core Values

    Cracking the Code of 21st Century Ministry Episode 10 — Reconsider Core Values As leaders, we often use “multi” words to describe what we want our congregation to look like — multicultural, multi-generational, multi-ethnic. And, we’re motivated to use all of these “multi” words in our core values…

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  29. Together — We Are the Answer to Jesus’ Prayer

    Together Again Episode 4 — Together We Are the Answer to Jesus’ Prayer Featured Guest — GRANT SKELDON, Next Gen Director for Q Ideas Host — CHAD CLARKSON, Co-founder and Executive Director of the Houston Church Planting Network Jesus’ last prayer is recorded in John 17:20-21, and it was for us to...

  30. Book Tour Podcast — When The Universe Cracks

    Book Tour — When the Universe Cracks Living as God’s People in Times of Crisis When the Universe Cracks is a sweeping, multifaceted look at the role of crisis in the life of faith from an esteemed gathering of pastors, faith leaders, and experts. You’ll find honest and realistic reflections to…

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  31. Together – What Unites Us?

    Together Webinar Series What Unites Us? Feature Guest: DANIEL YANG – Daniel is the Director of the Send Institute, leading and overseeing all of its initiatives. Prior to directing the institute, he planted a church in Toronto where he also helped recruit, assess, and train church planters…

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  32. Together Podcast Series – Together: The Great Collaboration with Ralph Moore

    Featured Guest — Ralph Moore is the Founding Pastor of the Hope Chapel movement. Host — James Grogan is the senior pastor of Community Church Movement, a growing network of churches founded in Chula Vista, California, which includes congregations in Southern California and Baja California…

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  33. Together Podcast Series – Together with a Network

    Together: Together with a Network Featured Guests: Brandon Grant — founding and lead pastor of Rise City Church in Lakeside, CA Nathan Hawkins — West Regional Executive for Stadia Church Planting Host: Bill Couchenour Right before Jesus left planet Earth, He reminded His closest followers of His...

  34. Together Podcast Series – Together As Family

    Together Episode 3 —Together As Family GUESTS: DAVE & ANN WILSON, Co-Founders of Kensington Church HOST: DAVE FERGUSON The Great Collaboration starts with intimacy with God and then is lived out in an intimate marriage and healthy family. Doing life “Together” sees the family as the first…

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  35. Book Tour Podcast – Believing is Seeing

    Believing is Seeing with author DR MICHAEL GUILLEN Best-selling author, Emmy award–winning journalist and former physics instructor at Harvard. Is your worldview enlightened enough to accommodate both science and God at the same time? Dr. Michael Guillen, a best-selling author, Emmy award–winning...

  36. Cracking the Code of 21st Century Ministry Episode 9 – Refocus Church Habits

    In this webinar, Steve Pike (Urban Islands Project), Jason Bowman (ArtSpeak Creative), and special guest Wes Davis (newlife Church) will discuss how to refocus church habits, from being calendar driven to mission driven.” In the last decades of the 20th century, many churches moved to the…

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  37. Minimalist Mega and Micro Episode 3 – Why Does a Micro Church Movement Need a Central Connectivity Beyond Individual Identity?

    Minimalist Mega and Micro Episode 3 — Why Does a Micro Church Movement Need a Central Connectivity Beyond Individual Identity? The idea of Micro Church or House Church for many involves individuality, rather than connectivity to a greater whole. Yet, individuality often hinders multiplication,...

  38. Minimalist Mega and Micro Episode 2 – What Makes a Micro Church a Church?

    What constitutes a church? What is the difference between a small group of people who gather, and a small church that gathers? In this episode, we will discuss the important clarifications that make a church a church, and separate it from a group of any kind.

  39. Cracking the Code of 21st Century Ministry Episode 8 – Refresh the Metrics

    In the last decades of the 20th century, many churches moved to the suburbs. That was great.That’s where the souls were. But more and more, people are moving back into the cities. And the culture-shaping “urban mindset” — which is often post-Christian and even pre-Christian — is spreading...

  40. Together Podcast Series – What Unites Us?

    We are the body of Christ — diverse in gifting, diverse in our contexts and diverse in service — but we are united by our commitment to the Lordship of Christ and His mission. When we collaborate and work together, we become a fuller expression of the body of Christ better able to accomplish the […]

  41. Book Tour Podcast – Grace Bomb

    In Grace Bomb, Pastor Pat Linnell equips us to join a movement of simple obedience with world-changing impact. Grace Bombs are intentional acts of love prompted by the Holy Spirit—offering an extra tip to a hardworking server, giving up a seat on an airplane, or making a meal for the ER nurse…

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  42. Mobilizing Missional Discipleship — Recalibrate: Forgotten paradigms at the heart of the future church

    Mobilizing Missional Disciples Recalibrate: Forgotten paradigms at the heart of the future church — Featured Guest: BRIAN SANDERS — Founder of the Underground Network Hosts: RYAN HAIRSTON — National Director of Forge America BETH WOLFF — Pastor at Clarksburg Church in Clarksburg, MD — How do we...

  43. Book Tour Podcast: Faith Driven Entrepreneur

    The work you do today—the company you’ve built, the employees you work with, the customers you serve, the shareholders you report to, all of it—serves as an active part of what God wants to accomplish on earth. You are not alone in this journey. Join other faith-driven entrepreneurs as, together,...

  44. Podcast: Together as a Church

    Living in togetherness is always a part of following Jesus. It wasn't optional for Jesus. It wasn't optional for the first apostles. It wasn't optional for the first Christians, and it's not optional for us! The church was designed to be God's eternal community where we experience reconciliation...

  45. Cracking the Code of 21st Century Ministry Episode 7 – Recalibrate the Timeline

    In the last decades of the 20th century, many churches moved to the suburbs. That was great.That’s where the souls were. But more and more, people are moving back into the cities. And the culture-shaping “urban mindset” — which is often post-Christian and even pre-Christian — is spreading...

  46. Podcast: Together with God

    The first component of the Great Collaboration is doing life together with God. Before God will create community through you, He must first be in community with you. Only a whole and healthy leader who lives in communion with God can lead their family, team and church into greater experiences of...

  47. Book Tour Podcast – Planting a Church Without Losing Your Soul

    What does it take to be a church planter or other ministry entrepreneur? Most leaders start out with passion, a sense of calling, and a focus on building ministry skills. Such things might get some results, but they are not enough to sustain a healthy ministry―or a healthy life. Beyond the...

  48. Book Tour Podcast: Designed to Heal

    Our bodies are designed to heal. We fall off our bikes and skin our knees—and without effort on our part, the skin looks like new in a few days. But while our skinned knees heal easily, it can sometimes feel like our emotional and relational wounds are left gaping open, broken beyond repair. If…

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  49. Book Tour Podcast: A Field Guide for Genuine Community

    You show up at church every Sunday. You see people you know. You listen to a sermon together. And then you go home feeling just as isolated as you did before. What’s going on? We all know that a church is supposed to be a community. The trick is to actually make it one. Communities […]

  50. Podcast: Together the Great Collaboration

    Right before Jesus left planet Earth, He reminded His closest followers of His vision for how the mission would be accomplished and gave us this third ‘great’ in John 17:22-23: “…that they may be one as we are one — I in them and you in me — so that they may be brought to […]

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Welcome to the Exponential NEXT Podcast where ministry and church leaders come together to discuss topics that give you a peek into the future of the church. At Exponential NEXT we focus on discovering what is coming NEXT for the future of the church that can lead to accelerating church multiplication. Join a community of kingdom-minded changemakers exploring innovative models, methods, and approaches for reaching, discipling, and mobilizing people with a strong focus on church planting, together. With new conversations every Wednesday, we will dive into topics we believe will help us all see what’s coming around the corner for the Church. Discover more about Exponential NEXT by visiting us at exponential.org/next.

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