The journey of church planting can sometimes be like traveling a long, winding road, with lots of twists and turns. In this episode, we talk to Wes and Amanda Gunn about church planting, their journey in planting Redland Hills Church, and how their family has been involved in their church plant.

To contact the Gunns, please go to http://redlandhills.org (Redland Hills Church's website).

You can reach Jeremy through either his http://jeremyhoovercoaching.com (coaching) or http://jeremyhoovermedia.com (media) websites.

You can reach Steven through his http://stevencarrizal.wordpress.com (website).

Welcome to Season 3! In this season we are partnering with Mission Alive to help spread awareness of church planting, and to do that we are featuring interviews with Mission Alive church planters.

In this episode (part 2 of a 2-part series), we talk with Tod Vogt, Executive Director of Mission Alive, about Mission Alive's purpose and how that purpose extends to offering discipleship and coaching training and resources to churches and church leaders. We focus on how a strong underpinning of discipleship creates a healthy church structure, and how a coaching posture enables leaders to facilitate growth in others in healthy ways.

As a next step to this podcast, we encourage you to sign up for a Mission Alive Discipleship Cohort. As a special bonus, you may request either Jeremy or Steven to be your cohort leader.

In the course of this conversation, we refer to the following web pages:

https://missionalive.org/ (Mission Alive)

https://missionalive.org/discipleship-cohorts/ (Mission Alive Discipleship Cohorts)

https://missionalive.org/catalyze-coaching/ (Mission Alive's Catalyze Coach Training)

If you are interested in learning more about Mission Alive or talking with them about church planting, you may https://missionalive.salsalabs.org/interest/index.html (contact them through their contact form).

You can reach our media team (that includes Jeremy and Steven) at [email protected].

Contact http://jeremyhoover.com/ (Jeremy Hoover) through his website, or by email at [email protected].

Contact http://stevencarrizal.wordpress.com/ (Steven Carrizal) through his website.

Welcome to Season 3! In this season we are partnering with Mission Alive to help spread awareness of church planting, and to do that we are featuring interviews with Mission Alive church planters.

In this episode (part 1 of a 2-part series), we talk with Tod Vogt, Executive Director of Mission Alive, about Mission Alive's purpose, and about church planting in general. Tod shares about Mission Alive's unique focus in church planting: marginalized communities in North America.

In the course of this conversation, we refer to the following web pages:

https://missionalive.org/ (Mission Alive)

https://missionalive.org/starting-a-new-church/100-marginalized-communities-initiative/ (100 Marginalized Communities Initiative)

If you are interested in learning more about Mission Alive or talking with them about church planting, you may https://missionalive.salsalabs.org/interest/index.html (contact them through their contact form).

Contact http://jeremyhoover.com (Jeremy Hoover) through his website, or by email at [email protected].

Contact http://stevencarrizal.wordpress.com (Steven Carrizal) through his website.

Get ready for our new season, releasing soon!

Catch up on past seasons and episodes at http://discipleshipconversations.com (Discipleship Conversations), and please subscribe to the podcast at your favorite podcast app.

You can reach Jeremy Hoover at http://jeremyhoover.com (JeremyHoover.com), or reach Steven at http://stevencarrizal.wordpress.com (StevenCarrizal.wordpress.com).

What does theological reflection look like? How can a church engage in missional theological reflection to help it discover where God is working and how that church is being sent?

In this episode, we talk for a second time with Greg McKinzie, one of the authors of Discipleship in Community, and we explore the questions above, along with other themes related to the book, discipleship, the church, and God's mission.

You can find out more about Greg's work at his http://scriptureandmission.com (website). In this episode, Greg recommends http://bakerpublishinggroup.com/books/missional-theology/289300 (Missional Theology by John R. Franke) as a resource.

You can reach out to Jeremy at his http://jeremyhoovermedia.com (website), or Steven at his http://stevencarrizal.wordpress.com (website).

Discipleship in community inevitably leads to diversity. There is a simplicity to discipleship, yet the implications on what is prioritized and what a life following Jesus looks like will be varied. How we see things is rooted in our lived experience, and not everyone in a community will see things the same way. In this episode we bring our discussion about Discipleship in Community to a close as we talk about what discipleship in community means and could look like.

For me (Jeremy), my background in mission in my formative years was an emphasis on personal evangelism and overseas missions. "Mission" has only lately been broadened for me to understand God's purposes and my participation in those purposes.

What is your understanding of what the mission of God is?

Join Steven Carrizal and me in this episode as we continue our discussion of https://www.amazon.com/Discipleship-Community-Theological-Vision-Future/dp/1684264103/ (Discipleship in Community) in chapter 7.

If this episode intrigues you and you'd like to talk further about discipleship, you can reach Jeremy by email ([email protected]) or through his http://jeremyhoovermedia.com (website), or you can reach Steven through his http://stevencarrizal.wordpress.com (website).

Does the way you take communion (the Lord's Supper) in your church seem stale, or does your church's approach to baptism seem washed out?

What do these two very important acts mean? What does it mean to view them sacramentally?

Join Steven and I in this episode as we talk further about https://www.amazon.com/Discipleship-Community-Theological-Vision-Future/dp/1684264103/ (Discipleship in Community) Chapter 6, specifically about how we can build on our strengths and regain theological depth behind these two heritage-defining events.

To contact Jeremy, go through http://jeremyhoover.com (his website) or email him at [email protected].

Steven can be reached through http://stevencarrizal.wordpress.com (his website).

This chapter was so interesting to us that we are presenting it in two parts!

In part 1, we discuss our own growing understanding and immersion in the sacramental nature of our tradition. Join us as we talk about the strengths of our heritage in baptism and the Lord's Supper.

Find the book - https://www.amazon.com/Discipleship-Community-Theological-Vision-Future/dp/1684264103/ (Discipleship in Community).

Contact Jeremy Hoover at [email protected] or at his website, http://jeremyhoover.com (JeremyHoover.com).

Contact Steven through his website, http://stevencarrizal.wordpress.com (stevencarrizal.wordpress.com).

What does it mean for a church family to be committed to intentional discipleship? How do the different activities of the church, including the worship service, function intentionally towards that end?

Join Steven Carrizal and Jeremy Hoover in this episode, as they discuss Chapter 5 of https://www.amazon.com/Discipleship-Community-Theological-Vision-Future/dp/1684264103/ (Discipleship in Community), and talk about how the historical "Believers Church" framework provides the frame for the church to be both intentional about its discipleship and a community with a distinct ethic through its discipleship.