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The Unchurching Podcast
by Richard Jacobson
Right now millions of believers are leaving the organized church, without abandoning their faith. Join Richard Jacobson, author of Unchurching: Christianity Without Churchianity, and his good friend, Gunnar Falk, as they discuss real life experiences in genuine spiritual community, outside the box.
Episodes
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S2E02 Checking in with Amy
In season 1, episode 44, we interviewed Amy Orban about her new house church. Now that her church community is a year old, we wanted to check in again. To hear our first interview with Amy, click here: http://unchurching.libsyn.com/044-amys-church-adventure Also, to check out the new Unchurching...
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S2E01 Welcome back (The season two launch)
After an unplanned hiatus, The Unchurching Podcast is back for a second season! In this episode, Richard and Gunnar bring everyone up to speed on what happened during the break, and share some plans for the upcoming year. Below are the links for some of the things mentioned in this episode. The...
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054 Henry Hon
In this episode, we listen to a discussion between two previous guests of the show, Henry Hon and Temidayo Adeyemo, as they differentiate between a "church" and an "ekklesia". You can check out more episodes of Henry's podcast, One Body Life, on iTunes, or listen online here:...
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053 Dan Mayhew
In this episode of The Unchurching Podcast, we share an episode of The Church of the Heart Podcast by Dan Mayhew. You can find Dan's podcast online here: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/church-of-the-heart Or on iTunes here:...
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Please share this ASAP!
The Kickstarter campaign for my new comic book, Why Christians Don't Need to Go to Church, ends Monday. And this may be your only chance to get printed copies, so check it out! For more info, visit the Kickstarter page here:...
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052 Unchurching myths
Richard addresses five misconceptions he's encountered about his book, Unchurching: Christianity Without Churchianity. To learn more about unchurching, please go to: http://www.unchurching.com To learn more about the Unchurching Comic Book, please go to:...
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Good news!!!
Make sure to check out the Kickstarter campaign for the Unchurching comic book project here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/richardjacobson/unchurching-comic-book?ref=9pvhbc
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051 Anniversary announcements
In this special one year anniversary episode, Richard and Gunnar reflect on the previous year, and look forward to some big things in the coming year. To find out more about the Kickstarter mentioned in this episode, visit:...
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050 Angela's music
Richard and Gunnar interview Richard's cousin, Angela Burns, about her childhood experience with the Jesus Movement, as well as her amazing music. Make sure to check out Angela's worship album, Deeper Than the Blue: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/deeper-than-the-blue/id1142096307 As well as…
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049 Motel church
In this episode, Keith Giles returns to the show to share some amazing stories from his house church's motel ministry, and some insights about where they're headed next.
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048 Not your pastors
In this episode, Richard talks with Jason and Alex from Not Your Pastor's Podcast, to find out how a year of podcasting has reshaped their concept of church and ministry. To check out the two-part interview they did with Richard on their podcast, see the links below. Unchurching with Author…
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047 Describing an elephant
In this episode, Richard breaks from the normal format, and teaches about experiencing a deeper revelation of Christ through other believers. As examples, he looks at unique revelations that were imparted to Paul, Peter, and John.
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046 One Body Life 2 of 2
Here's part two of our interview with Henry Hon, author of One: Unfolding God's Eternal Purpose from House to House. You can find Henry's book on Amazon, here: https://www.amazon.com/One-Unfolding-Eternal-Purpose-House/dp/1536914347/ Also, make sure to check out the One Body Life website here:...
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Bonus: Unconference Nashville
In this episode, Richard talks to Steve Simms and Keith Giles about their upcoming Unconference Nashville event. This is the followup to Episode 43: Getting Together, which you can listen to here: http://unchurching.libsyn.com/043-getting-together
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045 One Body Life 1 of 2
Here's part one of our interview with Henry Hon, author of One: Unfolding God's Eternal Purpose from House to House. You can find Henry's book on Amazon, here: https://www.amazon.com/One-Unfolding-Eternal-Purpose-House/dp/1536914347/ Also, make sure to check out the One Body Life website here:...
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044 Amy's church adventure
Check out this fascinating interview with an Unchurching Facebook group member, Amy Orban, who is currently pursuing ordination, while unchurching at the same time.
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043 Getting together
After a meetup with some unchurching folks in Charlotte, Richard and Gunnar share a recent call with Keith Giles and Steve Simms, discussing the upcoming Unconference and more. To learn more about the Unconference, click here. To learn more about Steve Simms, please visit these links: Beyond...
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042 Jessica's visit
This week, we talk with Jessica Crichlow, a member of the Unchurching Community on Facebook. She recently made a trip to Nashville and visited Richard and Gunnar's church community, where God clearly had something special planned for her.
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041 Big Life
Richard and Gunnar interview Forrest Head, Director of North America for Big Life. You can learn more about Big Life here: https://big.life and take part in the Zume Project by going here: https://www.zumeproject.com
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040 Gillian's testimony
After hearing Jesus Stories Part 1 (the last bonus episode), our good friend Gillian pulled her car off to the side of the road, and recorded this incredibly powerful, unscripted testimony. You do not want to miss this one!
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039 Taking the land
One popular analogy for the journey out of the organized church is the Israelites' journey out of Egypt. Richard and Gunnar deconstruct that analogy, and uncover some implications that often go overlooked.
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038 Unchurching with children
Finally, Richard and Gunnar tackle the number one recurring question they receive from listeners.
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Bonus: Jesus Stories 01
In this episode, you'll hear a wide variety of personal stories from various listeners of The Unchurching Podcast. If have a story you would like to share on the show, please go to http://www.unchurching.com/stories for more info.
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037 More questions from listeners
In this episode, Richard and Gunnar tackle a few more questions from members of the Unchurching Facebook group.
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036 More myths about pastors
A few months ago, we tackled some big myths about pastors. That episode was so popular, and we got so many followup questions, we decided to make a sequel, tackling some more myths about this imaginary church position. If you haven't heard it yet, make sure to check out the previous episode…
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035 A talk with Milt Rodriguez
035 A talk with Milt Rodriguez Richard and Gunnar talk with long-time church planter Milt Rodriguez about what makes some organic church communities more fruitful than others. If you're interested in the conference mentioned in this episode, you can find out more here:...
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034 Churchless in the Netherlands
Richard and Gunnar interview Mark and Elsa Eikema, founders of the rapidly growing De Kerklozen Facebook community: https://www.facebook.com/dekerklozen/
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033 Why are we alone?
Richard and Gunnar tackle a tough question from one of our listeners.
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032 Outside looking in
Author Skeeter Wilson talks about being an American who lived outside America until he was 19, and how that affected his perspective on American Christianity and the way we do church. You can find Skeeter's website here: http://lensandpenspublications.com/ His book, Crossing Rivers, is on Amazon...
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031 Discipling the nations
Richard and Gunnar interview Temidayo "Dayo" Adeyemo, a church planter in Nigeria. Dayo not only discusses the work he's doing with various house churches, but also shares his perspective on what it means to "disciple the nations" as Jesus commanded in Matthew 28.
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030 A word of encouragement
Richard asks Gunnar about a very encouraging post he shared recently with the Unchurching Facebook group. If you've felt discouraged lately, you should definitely listen to this episode!
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029 Pursuing community
Richard and Gunnar interview two families who have embarked on a co-housing journey together, in order to experience continuous Christian community.
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028 Nones and dones ministry
Richard and Gunnar interview Renee Roederer, a minister who organizes a meetup for Nones and Dones in Ann Arbor, Michigan: https://www.meetup.com/Nones-Dones-Building-Community-and-Friendship/
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027 Unchurching for pastors
Richard and Gunnar interview former vocational pastor, Kenny Burchard, about his unchurching journey. Kenny is one of the primary contributors at ThinkTheology.org. You can find his feature page on the site here: http://thinktheology.org/author/kburchard/
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026 Crucifying our politics 2 of 2
Richard and Gunnar conclude their interview with Keith Giles, author of Jesus Untangled: Crucifying Our Politics to Pledge Allegiance to the Lamb. You can find out more about Keith's book here: http://www.jesusuntangled.com
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025 Crucifying our politics 1 of 2
Richard and Gunnar interview Keith Giles, author of Jesus Untangled: Crucifying Our Politics to Pledge Allegiance to the Lamb. You can find out more about Keith's book here: http://www.jesusuntangled.com Also, check out Keith interview on Not Your Pastor's Podcast:...
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024 Expressing Christ together
Richard and Gunnar interview blogger Mark Lake about the difference between church communities that rely on a pastor to express Christ to the group, versus church communities where the group expresses Christ together. To read the post that inspired this interview, check out Mark's blog here:...
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023 Where is your joy?
Richard and Gunnar offer words of encouragement, joy, and hope for all believers, but especially for those who are unchurching.
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022 Listener questions
In this episode, Richard and Gunnar tackle a few different questions from members of the Unchurching Facebook group. Also, we reference a roundtable discussion between Neil Cole, Jon Zens, Keith Giles, Dan Herford, and Richard Jacobson, regarding decision-making in non-institutional churches…
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021 More podcast interviews
In this episode, Richard shares excerpts from the following podcasts: Life Uncut: "Unchurching" with Richard Jacobson http://lifeuncut.libsyn.com/-episode-54-richard-jacobson Snarky Faith: UNCHURCHING PART 1 http://snarkyfaith.com/2016/11/08/unchurching-part-1/ Snarky Faith: A POST-ELECTION MESS...
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020 Dealing with offenses
Richard and Gunnar interview Carrie Walters, regarding her amazing article for 3rdRace.org, about how to deal with offenses. You should definitely check out Carrie's original article here: http://3rdrace.org/body-life-101-offenses/
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019 Women and the church
Richard and Gunnar examine gender inequality in the church, in this second part of their interview with Jon Zens, author of What's with Paul and Women? You can order his book here: https://www.amazon.com/Whats-Paul-Women-Jon-Zens/dp/0976522292/
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018 Christ and his church
In this episode, Richard and Gunnar interview Jon Zens, author of A Church Building Every 1/2 Mile: What Makes American Christianity Tick? https://www.amazon.com/Church-Building-Every-Mile-Christianity/dp/097652225X/ Jon shares some mind-blowing insights about Christ's relationship to his church....
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017 Senior pastor myths
Did the early church have senior pastors? Do we need senior pastors to teach us the Bible, or to help us discern sound doctrine? The answers might surprise you.
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016 Rebelliousness
Is it rebellious to question the way we do church? And is it rebellious to leave the organized church?
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015 How to spread unchurching
We asked the 1,500+ members of the Unchurching Facebook group what question they wanted us to tackle next, and the number one answer was, "How can we spread unchurching groups around the world?"
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014 Connecting online
Richard and Gunnar discuss the benefits and limitations of online community, online churches, and using technology to supplement real-world church community.
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013 Marriage and friendships
What if a husband or wife wants to unchurch, but their spouse doesn't? Also, how do you maintain friendships with believers in the institutional church, once you start unchurching? In this episode, Richard and Gunnar interview their wives, Beth and Danielle, about these questions and more.
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012 Podcast interviews
In this episode, Richard shares excerpts from the following podcasts: Halfway There: Unchurching with Richard Jacobson http://ericnevins.com/podcast/halfwaythere/015/ Not Your Pastor's Podcast: Unchurching Part 1 https://notyourpastorspodcast.com/2016/10/14/unchurching-part-1-episode-8/ Not Your...
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Bonus: Self-publishing
Readers of Unchurching often send emails, asking how to write, self-publish, and market their own book. This episode attempts to answer their most common questions. The resources mentioned can be found at: http://www.unchurching.com/publishing
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Right now millions of believers are leaving the organized church, without abandoning their faith. Join Richard Jacobson, author of Unchurching: Christianity Without Churchianity, and his good friend, Gunnar Falk, as they discuss real life experiences in genuine spiritual community, outside the box.
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