Sometimes it takes leaving a position to see what you've been missing the whole time.

That was certainly the case for today's guest, Cory Hartman.

After 13 years in a pastoral role, he entered a new chapter as a dad looking for a church for his family...

And it was only then that he realized just how much time, money, and energy went into making sure the Sunday morning service ran smoothly. And that that same amount of resources was NOT being dedicated to disciple-making.

Through a number of opportunities and new experiences, he ended up dedicating his time to building a network amongst disciple-making movements across the world, and continues that work with New Generations.

We talked about the lessons Cory learned after leaving pastoral ministry, how to make disciples in our ultra-urban environments in the West, and what we can learn from other disciple-making movements around the world.

In this episode, we talk about:

0:00 Intro

0:36 Cory and New Generations

4:30 How it all got started

13:54 Lessons about church from outside a pastoral role

23:29 New insights on what the church is meant to be

29:29 How do we make disciples in the modern urban context?

40:15 Are there any western disciple-making movements getting to the 4th generation?

45:04 Starting chain reactions in the West

Resources:

New Generations: https://newgenerations.network

Future Church by Cory Hartman and Will Mancini: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1540900614/

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