Essentials Podcast

It’s been six years that our district team has been walking out this conversation of the Essentials. (Almost five since we released the first episode!) Along the way, Jesus has been teaching us about himself and shaping us as we have sought to lead our district well. In this closing episode of the Essentials Podcast, we revisit some of the big moments along the way and how this journey of transformation to multiplication in the Gospel has shaped us.

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You’re invited to a conversation about what is essential in church ministry.

Beyond listening to the podcast, we invite you to take this conversation to your church leaders. To help you facilitate that, we have created a series of discussion questions.

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The metrics we celebrate shape a church. In this bonus episode of the Essentials Podcast, we introduce the DMC Dashboard, which is helping our Eastern PA Alliance churches think about the way they measure and understand the effectiveness of their disciple-making efforts.

Special guest Pastor Shawn Coleman shares his honest journey with the DMC Dashboard, revealing how asking the right questions with the right people in his congregation created "footsteps" for discipleship.

Join this conversation to examine what you truly celebrate.

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You’re invited to a conversation about what is essential in church ministry.

Beyond listening to the podcast, we invite you to take this conversation to your church leaders. To help you facilitate that, we have created a series of discussion questions.

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In our time together in this episode of the Essentials Podcast, we discuss courageous leadership and how we can grow in courage to effectively make disciples in our churches. Adam Eshbaugh, the Lead Pastor of Hope Alliance Church in Bethlehem, PA, joins us to talk about this kind of leadership and navigating the challenges of change in church ministry.

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You’re invited to a conversation about what is essential in church ministry.

Beyond listening to the podcast, we invite you to take this conversation to your church leaders. To help you facilitate that, we have created a series of discussion questions.

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Being on mission isn’t optional for a disciple of Jesus, which means equipping your people to be on mission is an essential part of church ministry. In this episode of the Essentials Podcast, we discuss how being on mission with Jesus forms mature disciples and leads to natural gospel conversations.

We are joined by Ashley and Heather Holleman, who are part of our Alliance family at State College Alliance Church. Ashley serves with Global Service Associates, and Heather is an associate teaching professor at Penn State University and the author of several books.

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You’re invited to a conversation about what is essential in church ministry.

Beyond listening to the podcast, we invite you to take this conversation to your church leaders. To help you facilitate that, we have created a series of discussion questions.

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We as church leaders need to recognize the role community itself plays in shaping our people. In this episode of the Essentials Podcast, we look at the elements of community needed for our development and growth in Christ and how church leaders are called to be cultivators of that community.

In this conversation, we are joined by Shawn Andrews, Co-Lead Pastor from Daybreak Church in Mechanicsburg, PA.

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You’re invited to a conversation about what is essential in church ministry.

Beyond listening to the podcast, we invite you to take this conversation to your church leaders. To help you facilitate that, we have created a series of discussion questions.

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Join us for this episode of the Essentials Podcast as we discuss what we think are the core elements of the definition of a disciple and how it impacts the ministries of a church. If disciple-making is essential to a church, then church leaders will need to bring definition to what it means. In this episode, we talk with Brian Kannel, Lead Pastor at York Alliance Church in York, PA.

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You’re invited to a conversation about what is essential in church ministry.

Beyond listening to the podcast, we invite you to take this conversation to your church leaders. To help you facilitate that, we have created a series of discussion questions.

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Building off our last episode of the Essentials Podcast, we pick up with the idea that transformation leads to multiplication. As the Gospel works in us, it naturally changes us to be people focused on making disciples of Jesus.

As a part of this conversation, we talk with Steve Wiggins, Lead Pastor at Immanuel Church in Mechanicsburg, PA. He uses a leadership development tool called CORE to help people in his church understand how transformation in Christ leads to multiplication.

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You’re invited to a conversation about what is essential in church ministry.

Beyond listening to the podcast, we invite you to take this conversation to your church leaders. To help you facilitate that, we have created a series of discussion questions.

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In our first full-length episode of Season 2 of the Essentials Podcast, we unpack how the Gospel transforms us and what it looks like to live that out in our lives and churches. In this episode, we are joined by the Alliance Central District Superintendent, David Lane.

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You’re invited to a conversation about what is essential in church ministry.

Beyond listening to the podcast, we invite you to take this conversation to your church leaders. To help you facilitate that, we have created a series of discussion questions.

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The Alliance Eastern PA District team kicks off a second season of the Essentials Podcast with Nate Howard, Alan Rathbun, and David Dixon. They break down why they’re revisiting the essentials two years later, primarily looking at what they’ve seen in church ministry coming out of the COVID era.

If something is truly essential, it should stay essential and deserves our focus.

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You’re invited to a conversation about what is essential in church ministry.

Beyond listening to the podcast, we invite you to take this conversation to your church leaders. To help you facilitate that, we have created a series of discussion questions.

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We wrap up the first season of the Essentials Podcast with a discussion on the tools and components that can help church leaders in the journey of pursuing what is big to Jesus. The conversation focuses on how the role of culture, metrics, and structures plays out in what is essential in a church community.

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You’re invited to a conversation about what is essential in church ministry.

Beyond listening to the podcast, we invite you to take this conversation to your church leaders. To help you facilitate that, we have created a series of discussion questions.

Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify