The Saturate Podcast
by Saturate
Saturate is committed to seeing a gospel movement happen in North America and beyond in which every man, woman, and child have a daily encounter with Jesus in word and deed. This podcast is an ongoing conversation with disciples, leaders, and experts growing in the gospel and growing in living the implications of the gospel in community and on mission.
Episodes
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Who You’re Becoming
In this episode, Jeff Vanderstelt welcomes back counselor, professor, and author Chuck DeGroat to discuss his new book, Who You’re Becoming: The Slow and Courageous Work of Cultivating Character in a Narcissistic Age. Together, they discuss whether we are actually growing in love, joy, peace,...
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Stories from the United Kingdom
In this episode, Jeff Vanderstelt talks with Nic Harding of Kairos Connexion and Together for the Harvest to hear what God is doing across the UK: believers in Sheffield have prayer-walked every street in their city, more than 1,000 Christians in Liverpool have been trained to share their faith,...
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Stories from Tokyo, Japan
What happens when leaders shift from trusting their own abilities and instead live in dependence on the Spirit? Jeff Vanderstelt catches up with Yoshito Noguchi and Jon Cole, two church leaders in Tokyo, Japan. They talk openly about repenting of prayerlessness, and slowing down to walk at Jesus’...
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Stories from Seattle
In this episode, Jeff Vanderstelt sits down with Matt Broweleit of Together for Seattle to share what God is doing in their city. The work is slow and the needs are real, but through events in the city, pastors are connecting and starting to find they're not alone, a youth network is taking…
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Creating a Disciple-Making Culture
In this podcast episode, Jeff Vanderstelt talks with Jared Pickney, a leader at The Crossing in Arkansas, about the importance of multiplying healthy disciples. Leaders are encouraged to prioritize their role as spiritual parents, helping people mature as disciples and experience the fullness of...
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Church Planting in a Post-Christian Culture
In this episode, Jeff Vanderstelt talks with Chris Synesael and Brett Donald, who are currently co-planting a church together in the highly secular context of Victoria, British Columbia. They've learned the necessity of shared leadership; the use of simple, transferable tools like BLESS rhythms;...
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Becoming Good News
In this episode, Jeff Vanderstelt talks with authors Jessie Cruickshank and Julia Schmaltz about their new book, Becoming Good News. They explore how neuroscience and story intersect to redefine the process of disciple-making. While traditional church programs often focus on semantic memory, the...
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What We Find in the Dark
In this episode, Jeff Vanderstelt speaks with author Aubrey Sampson. Aubrey shares some of her experiences of profound loss and grief, and how seasons of suffering can be disorienting for even mature disciples. She offers hard-fought insight with gentleness and relatability, without using...
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Building Spaces of Belonging
In this episode, Jeff Vanderstelt talks with Krista Breilh, the founder of the women’s ministry Live Salted in Seattle, WA. Krista shares the organization’s decade-long journey of building spaces of belonging centered on Jesus, and shares her desire to create intergenerational and multicultural...
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Faithfulness in the Everyday
In this episode, Jeff Vanderstelt hosts Brian Johnson and Rob Wegner to discuss the ways they've seen God at work in Kansas City. The conversation moves from what they've learned about healthy multiplication, to stories of incarnational ministry within neighborhoods and state prisons. While the...
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Living as Ambassadors of God’s Kingdom
In this episode, Jeff Vanderstelt talks with Alex and Hannah Absalom about exploring a naturally supernatural life, living from the power of the Holy Spirit in everyday life. Alex and Hannah share that they feel called to teach disciples how to be open to the empowering presence of the Spirit in…
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Indestructible Hope
In this episode, Jeff Vanderstelt talks with Jesse Bradley, who shares his journey from professional soccer goalkeeper, to a career-ending health crisis, and how Jesus met him in an extremely difficult season. This experience has given him a passion to empower everyday disciples to bring the good...
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Leading with Intentional Planning & Spirit-Dependence
In this episode, Jeff Vanderstelt talks with Brett Donald, one of Saturate's Disciple-Making Lab coaches.
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A Life That Leads
In this episode, Jeff Vanderstelt talks with Josh Benadum about his book, A Life That Leads, which explores the foundational role of character in leadership.
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A Leader’s Journey to Health
In this episode, Jeff Vanderstelt introduces Abe Meysenburg as the newest member of the Saturate team, providing oversight to Leader Health initiatives.
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The Deep Architecture of the Human Soul
In this episode, Jeff Vanderstelt talks with author and professor Chuck DeGroat, who proposes that true transformation requires moving beyond habit formation.
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Sent Churches, Sending Churches
In this episode, Jeff Vanderstelt talks with Ben Connelly about his newest book, Sent Churches, Sending Churches.
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In Austin, TX As It Is In Heaven
In this episode, Jeff Vanderstelt introduces Todd Engstrom as the new Integrator for the Saturate team.
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Mobilizing Disciple-Making
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Jeff Vanderstelt and Peyton Jones discuss the urgent need for a shift from simply attending church to a mobilization movement centered on active disciple-making.
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Charleston United
In this episode, Jeff Vanderstelt interviews three key leaders about their collaborative ministry initiative, Charleston United, bringing together kingdom-minded leaders from pastoral, non-profit, and marketplace sectors for the sake of gospel saturation. Craig Tuck, Jamie Jordan, and Elijah...
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Together for Seattle
In this episode, Jeff Vanderstelt and Matt Broweleit, the Executive Director of Together for Seattle, discuss how this collaborative movement emerged, forming trust and connection among siloed churches and ministries.
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Disciple-Making in Tokyo, Japan
Listen in as Soma Tokyo pastors Yoshito Noguchi and Jon Cole share with Jeff Vanderstelt the vision and challenges of church planting in one of the world’s most spiritually resistant landscapes: Tokyo, Japan.
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Disciple-Making Pathway: Supporting Spiritual Parents & Grandparents
In this last episode of the "Disciple-Making Pathway" series, Jeff Vanderstelt pulls back the curtain on the often-neglected later stages of spiritual growth...
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Disciple-Making Pathway: Apprenticing Spiritual Young Adults
In this episode, Jeff Vanderstelt unpacks the “spiritual young adult” stage of the disciple-making pathway, where mentoring and apprenticeship become essential. A development culture is key for this stage, with opportunities for hands-on ministry experiences, and the freedom to fail and learn....
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Disciple-Making Pathway: Growing Up Spiritual Children
Jeff Vanderstelt continues to examine the stages of the Disciple-Making Pathway. In this episode, he unpacks how to lead spiritual children to grow up in their faith through learning to obey the commands of Jesus and practicing the “One Another's” in community. During this stage, spiritual…
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Disciple-Making Pathway: Establishing Spiritual Newborns
In this episode, Jeff Vanderstelt explores what it means to establish spiritual newborns in their faith, drawing powerful parallels to caring for a physical infant. He unpacks five essential practices—from affirming identity in Christ to nurturing growth through community, being spiritually fed…
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Disciple-Making Pathway: Making Space for the Spiritually Unborn
In this episode, Jeff Vanderstelt unpacks the very beginning of the Disciple-Making Pathway, focusing on those who are spiritually unborn. He emphasizes the power of radical hospitality—creating non-pressured, authentic spaces where people can experience God’s love through listening, presence…
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An Overview of the Disciple-Making Pathway
In this episode, Jeff Vanderstelt gives an overview of the Disciple-Making Pathway. More like a journey up a mountain than a linear pipeline, this is the process by which people move from being "spiritually dead," to being born again as "spiritual infants," and eventually growing up to become...
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Healing What’s Within
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Jeff Vanderstelt and Chuck DeGroat explore the profound journey of healing spiritual and emotional trauma. Chuck offers a reframing of God’s questions in Genesis 3 as compassionate invitations to self-reflection and growth. Discover practical insights on...
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Kingdom Innovation
Join Jeff Vanderstelt and Doug Paul this episode of the Saturate Podcast as they explore the art of kingdom innovation and its transformative impact on Christian leadership. Discover how to overcome barriers like fear and the "curse of knowledge" through practical, time-bound experiments that…
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The Other Half of Spiritual Formation
Discover how churches can ignite true spiritual growth by engaging both the mind and heart in this conversation with Michel Hendricks and Jeff Vanderstelt. Learn why joy is essential for character formation and how a discipleship model can help communities thrive. Packed with practical insights,...
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Leadership Burnout and Ministry Impact
Join Jeff Vanderstelt and Mindy Caliguire of Soul Care as they explore how leader health fuels gospel saturation, and share insights from Mindy’s new book, Ignite Your Soul. Discover how to thrive amidst burnout, embrace spiritual formation, and foster collaboration in ministry. This powerful...
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City Collaboration in Charleston
In this episode, Jeff Vanderstelt sits down with Neal McGlohon and Craig Tuck to explore the powerful vision of gospel saturation in Charleston, South Carolina. Together, they discuss the Cypress Project’s mission to equip church leaders and planters for Kingdom work that extends beyond their...
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A Conversation on Vulnerability and Revival
In this episode, Jeff Vanderstelt and Jennie Allen dive into the topic of emotional health, revealing why true vulnerability and processing emotions in community are essential—especially for leaders. Jennie opens up about her personal journey toward emotional wholeness, sharing insights from her...
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A Conversation About Discipleship
In this episode, Jeff Vanderstelt and John Mark Comer discuss what it means to be a disciple of Jesus. True discipleship of Jesus is a relational process of deep, loving attachment with God and others. People can tend to emphasize one aspect of being a disciple, whether that is correct theology,...
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Building Kingdom Ecosystems
In this episode, Jeff Vanderstelt and Hugh Halter discuss Brave Cities, a way of being the Church in a small, covenant community of friends who live in close proximity, who build works of justice, and whose businesses bless the city they are in. The conversation centers around what it means to...
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Equipping the Next Generation of Church Leaders
In this episode, Daniel Yang and Jeff Vanderstelt discuss the need for the Church to make shifts in light of changing demographics and the unique needs of younger generations. Daniel believes that the traditional approach to church planting, while effective in the past, may no longer be…
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City-Wide Prayer in Seattle
In this episode, Jeff Vanderstelt talks with Sharon Hamill about the story of Pray Seattle, a movement that seeks to transform the heart of the city through prayer. Sharon describes how they've seen God leading and going before them, uniting the Church in the city through times of prayer, and...
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City Reaching in the UK
In this episode, Jeff Vanderstelt and Nic Harding, Director of Kairos Connection, a city-reaching network in the UK, discuss the importance of unified gospel city movements and explore how churches can work together to reach every person in their communities with the gospel. Nic also shares his...
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Disney Cast Member Church
What does it look like to create simple, Kingdom expressions of Jesus that form into disciple-making microchurches? How do we lead people to be on mission in their unique context? How can you create space at your table for people to meet Jesus in community? Steven Barr was led by Jesus to help...
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Gospel Care Collective
aul instructed Timothy to keep a close watch on his life and doctrine so that he would save both he and his hearers. Today we are seeing both a growing awareness and openness from leaders to care for their own soul. In this episode, Jason Kovacs, Executive Director and Counselor with the Gospel...
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180: Our Relational Journey
Has the mission of Jesus ever felt more like striving and less like thriving? The culture we create is connected to the kinds of leaders we are. If we are not emotionally and relationally healthy, we will make disciples who are emotionally and relationally unhealthy as well. In this last episode…
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180: Spirit-Empowered Ministry
Have you ever found yourself getting worn out and weary trying to live out the mission of Jesus? Continuing with our 180 Series, one of the shifts we need to make back to disciple-making is from striving to thriving. In this episode, Jeff Vanderstelt considers how this involves moving from flesh…
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A Disciple-Making Journey
Disciples become like those they are following. As we make disciples of Jesus, the ones we lead can take on our character and practices. This is an important reason why a leader's journey toward spiritual and emotional health matters. In this episode, David Achata shares with Jeff Vanderstelt his...
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180: Disciple-Making Practices
In order to return to disciple-making, we must make a shift from merely attending events and programs, to attaching to God, self, and others through our disciple-making spaces. This requires mindfully engaging in spiritual practices with the goal of lovingly attaching. During this episode, Jeff...
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The Discipleship Opportunity
So many things have changed in our post-pandemic world, including the Church, how we make disciples, and lead others to do the same. How does the Church become stronger, healthier, and more engaged in everyday mission? Daniel Im addresses this question in his new book, The Discipleship…
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180: Disciple-Making Spaces
In order to return to disciple-making, we must make a shift from attending to attaching. Merely attending events and meetings will never develop disciple-making disciples. We need to lead people to attach to God and others in significant, transformative ways. Working from an understanding of…
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180: Weaving Disciple-Making into the Fabric of Your Life
Jesus was clear that we are to make disciples who make disciples. However, many of us don’t feel skilled or effective at it and often feel like we’re getting in the way. Kirk Freeman wrote the book Threads to show how anyone can weave everyday disciple-making into the fabric of their life and...
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180: A D.E.E.P.E.R. Training Process
If we are going to return to disciple-making, we need to make a shift from merely informing people to equipping ministers. So much of our training merely gives people ideas or concepts. However, research shows this is not the most effective way of training people. Informing is a necessary part of...
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180: Equipping God’s People
If we are going to return to disciple-making, we need to make a shift from merely informing people to equipping ministers. Part of that process is considering the diversity of our equipping. Are we equipping people in the way Paul instructed the church in Ephesus? He was clear that if we are to...
About this show
Saturate is committed to seeing a gospel movement happen in North America and beyond in which every man, woman, and child have a daily encounter with Jesus in word and deed. This podcast is an ongoing conversation with disciples, leaders, and experts growing in the gospel and growing in living the implications of the gospel in community and on mission.
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