CFTROU 0161 – Moving Into the Neighborhood: A Conversation With Pastor Joby Martin

Previously, we had a great conversation about the power of the neighborhood church with Thom Rainer and Matt McCraw, who shared some valuable and highly applicable ideas for pastors that are striving to be more intentional about reaching their community. Today, we are blessed to receive additional wisdom on this topic from Pastor Joby Martin. Joby is the founder and lead pastor of The Church of Eleven22 (CoE22) in Jacksonville, Florida, as well as a nationally sought-after speaker, international guest preacher, and New York Times best-selling author. In this episode, Joby shares how his multi-site strategy is informed by John 1:14, where CoE22’s ‘ONE More’ strategy originates from, and what his perspective is when it comes to contextualization. He also has some powerful advice and words of encouragement for pastors of all churches, regardless of size, to help them to not only become better disciples, but create more disciples and have a greater impact. For all this and more in this next installment of our series on the power of the neighborhood church, tune in today!

Key Points:

In Eugene Peterson’s version of the Gospel of John, he says, ‘and the word became flesh and moved into the neighborhood.’ That’s our multi-site strategy. We want to partner with our people and move into the neighborhood
Click To Tweet

When I had the opportunity to plant my own church, I thought: here’s a novel idea. What if our folks felt like their church was not just for them, but we were partnering with them to reach their 'one more’?
Click To Tweet

If you’re not discouraged, you might not be doing it right. You might just be playing church instead of actually pouring out your life for the sake of the gospel.
Click To Tweet

Links Mentioned in Today’s Episode:

The Church of Eleven22

Pastor Joby Martin on Instagram

Pastor Joby Martin on Facebook

If the Tomb is Empty

Jimmy on Twitter

Leslee on Twitter

Family Church Network

Family Church on Facebook

Family Church on Instagram

Church for the Rest of Us on Twitter

Church for the Rest of Us Conference 2023

Get podcast updates delivered to your inbox.

Subscribe for free and never miss out on an episode of Church for the Rest of Us.

Subscribe via

Email

iTunes

Google Play

Stitcher

RSS

If you like us, rate us or leave a comment below.

Hopefully, this episode has given you principles, strategies, and ideas that you can implement right now with the resources you have. If so, can you let others know?

The best way to do that is to rate the podcast on iTunes or Stitcher and leave us a brief positive review!

This will help us place the podcast in front of more pastors and ministry leaders. It also lets us learn from you. Thank you for taking the time to get the word out about Church for the Rest of Us.