The Red Letter Disciple

017: Myron Pierce on What Disciples can Learn from Gang Culture, How God Rescued Him from a 200-Year Prison Sentence, and How He is Teaching Entrepreneurs to Own the Pond


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Myron Pierce opens up his story and how he went from a troubled teenager with a 200-year prison sentence to becoming a leader or leaders, an entrepreneur, a pastor, a father, a husband, an author, and so much more! To learn more about the podcast or access the show notes, visit www.redletterpodcast.com

Today’s episode is brought to you by Red Letter Living. Pastors and church leaders, we create 40-day challenges that have helped more than 800 churches produce greater disciples. Not only this, but our resources grow small groups by more than 40%. If you are a pastor or church leader, not only can you find out more at this link, but you can also request a FREE 40-day challenge mailed to your door there.


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Resources mentioned in the episode: 

Digital Ministry: Pastoring In a Pandemic by Myron Pierce  

Shift Omaha

The Entrepreneurial Learning Initiative

Own the Pond Summit

MyronPierce.com

Mission Church 


Key insights from the episode: 


Myron, a man who once had a 200 year sentence, is now speaking to 200 prisons. 


In order for Paul to write “I can do all things through him who strengthens me”, he had to experience something to validate that conclusion. - Myron Pierce


I’ve survived prison, I’ve seen peopel stabbed, iv’e seen people die, i’ve seen gange riots break out, ive seen gang fights in prison….but God told me, “Your purpose is bigger than your prison.” - Myron Pierce


Gangs taught me how to disciple people. - Myron Pierce


Sometimes I don’t need to open my mouth for evangelism. I just need to actually do the work so that people can open their mouth for me.  - Myron Pierce


The largest missional and entrepreneurial incubator on the planet is the local church. - Myron Pierce


“It used to be ‘Give a man to fish, feed him for a day. Teach him how to fish, feed him for life.’ We say, “Own the pond!” - Myron Pierce 

“What if we made 10% of North Omaha’s inner city population, 7,000 people, into entrepreneurs?”- Myron Pierce

Myron Pierce’s Challenge: Evaluate yourself: how much time are you spending making disciples? Use Myron’s HOPE method.

For so many Christians, the discipleship process isn’t very clear.


They know they need to go to church, pray, not sin, and maybe attend a small group. While these are great things, they don’t outline a clear path leading people to live more like Jesus. 


We’d love to introduce you to the 40-Day Red Letter Challenge.


When you and your church take the challenge, you’ll have a clear 40-day discipleship path that will help you master five key areas of discipleship.


You can learn more about the challenge here!


Some not-so-key insights: 


Prison is like a WalMart that you can’t get out of. - Chris Johnson


We are going to blow the hinges off of hell! - Myron Pierce



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