Exponential NEXT Podcast

The Frontlines program seeks to encourage and equip pastors and planters to better understand and navigate the current and future trends in church ministry. Hosted by veteran church multiplication leaders, each episode invites thought leaders and advanced practitioners in ministry to inform and inspire pastors and planters as they continue in day-to-day ministry.

The uncertainty, stress, and loneliness affecting church planters and pastors seems like it is at an all-time high. Each week, church leaders are faced with more and more complex issues to solve and decisions to make. And, even the best decisions made by church leadership teams seem to only result in more uncertainty and questioning by their congregation. This 12-episode weekly show will host conversations on the current issues church leaders are facing. Being on the frontlines of Kingdom advancement as pastor or church planter is a constant barrage of uncertainty and challenges.

When is it safe to go back to church?

“While it is important to pay attention to what church members believe is best for the congregation and community, tension is often the occasion to cast vision for what is the true purpose and mission of the local church,” write the authors (including Ed Stetzer and Daniel Yang) in a summer study conducted about the Church’s response to COVID-19. “A return to a gathering should be done with a commitment to keep scattering for the mission. And a commitment to remain scattered should be done for Kingdom’s sake, and not out of fear or apathy. Addressing people’s underlying fear by reminding them of God’s purpose for your church in the community can help transcend the conversation beyond just whether to return on Sundays.”

In Episode 6, Ralph and Myron will interview Norman Nakanishi, Senior Pastor of Grace Bible Church Pearlside in Pearl City, Hawaii. “If you are a disciple, you obviously love God, love people, love the Church, but there is more,” writes Ralph Moore. “What we call discipleship … requires sacrifice from both the disciple and the disciplemaker. … Practical Multiplication Episode 6 – DiscipleShift Read More »

In Episode 6, Ralph and Myron will interview Norman Nakanishi, Senior Pastor of Grace Bible Church Pearlside in Pearl City, Hawaii.

“If you are a disciple, you obviously love God, love people, love the Church, but there is more,” writes Ralph Moore. “What we call discipleship … requires sacrifice from both the disciple and the disciplemaker. I prefer disciplemaking over discipleship. The one is outwardly focused, the other can be passive and inward.”

This show highlights Exponential’s core church multiplication frameworks with a focus on the everyday, practical nature of how the concepts can help pastors and church planters make disciples and multiply churches.

This weekly show brings Exponential’s frameworks to life through conversation and story with Ralph Moore, Myron Pierce, and an “in the trenches” leader who is putting the particular episodes framework into practice.

Each of the guests embodies the practices of multiplication as living examples of various stages along the Multiplier’s journey.

This podcast features special guest Matt Chandler, lead pastor of teaching at The Village Church in Dallas / Fort Worth, Texas. “Almost all my understanding of what made America great is because of efforts and the work ethic of people like me,” Chandler says in a video addressed to his congregation. Chandler, who is the … Candid Conversations Episode 7 – Privilege Read More »

This podcast features special guest Matt Chandler, lead pastor of teaching at The Village Church in Dallas / Fort Worth, Texas.

“Almost all my understanding of what made America great is because of efforts and the work ethic of people like me,” Chandler says in a video addressed to his congregation. Chandler, who is the pastor of The Village Church The Village Church located in a suburb of the Dallas-Ft. Worth, Texas area, says he identifies with the cliche of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps.” However, Chandler began to realize that he had grown up with an “invisible tool kit” of privilege that “a lot of brothers and sisters” don’t possess.

Chandler explains that white privilege is not overt racism. Rather, it is the experience of belonging to the predominant culture. In America, Chandler explains, we often gloss over the contributions of other ethnicities to the forming and building of our nation. We might study Black History in the month of February, for instance, but that is insufficient at best. He also gives the example of looking for a book for a child that features a main character that is his or her same ethnicity; it’s hard to find unless you’re white.

The problem with this type of subtle privilege, Chandler warns, is that if we don’t allow the gospel to purify our hearts, we’ll begin to judge harshly those who cannot get where we are. This is a terrible place to sit, Chandler warns.

However, he’s not saying being white is a bad thing. “We don’t need to feel bad about our experience in the predominant culture, we just need to be aware of it so it doesn’t shape how we interact with the world around us,” Chandler says.

The Frontlines program seeks to encourage and equip pastors and planters to better understand and navigate the current and future trends in church ministry. Hosted by veteran church multiplication leaders, each episode invites thought leaders and advanced practitioners in ministry to inform and inspire pastors and planters as they continue in day-to-day ministry. The uncertainty, stress, … Frontlines Episode 4 – The Lies People Tell Church Planters Read More »

The Frontlines program seeks to encourage and equip pastors and planters to better understand and navigate the current and future trends in church ministry. Hosted by veteran church multiplication leaders, each episode invites thought leaders and advanced practitioners in ministry to inform and inspire pastors and planters as they continue in day-to-day ministry.

The uncertainty, stress, and loneliness affecting church planters and pastors seems like it is at an all-time high. Each week, church leaders are faced with more and more complex issues to solve and decisions to make. And, even the best decisions made by church leadership teams seem to only result in more uncertainty and questioning by their congregation. This 12-episode weekly show will host conversations on the current issues church leaders are facing. Being on the frontlines of Kingdom advancement as pastor or church planter is a constant barrage of uncertainty and challenges.

“When this great adventure is complete, we’ll stand before his throne, cast whatever crowns he’s awarded back at his feet, bow in worship, and erupt in applause at the genius and generosity of the Most High God,” says Tom Bennardo. “He’ll have done more marvelous things than we could ever have imagined and will have allowed us the honor of being co-journeyers on the greatest adventure the world has ever known.”

Join us for Episode 4 with co-hosts Peyton Jones and Daniel Yang as they interview Tom Bennardo, head of Pastoral Development & Western U.S. Church Multiplication at the Fellowship of Evangelical Churches.

In Episode 4, Ralph and Myron will interview Chuck Barber and Andrew Slack about being a Hero Maker. “Cooperation with the Creator in supporting his masterpieces is pretty simple,” writes Ralph Moore. “You just recognize and bless sometimes under-developed abilities in the people you lead. Enshrine whatever is done to further the kingdom, no matter if it’s wonderful … Practical Multiplication Episode 4 – Hero Maker Read More »

In Episode 4, Ralph and Myron will interview Chuck Barber and Andrew Slack about being a Hero Maker.

“Cooperation with the Creator in supporting his masterpieces is pretty simple,” writes Ralph Moore. “You just recognize and bless sometimes under-developed abilities in the people you lead. Enshrine whatever is done to further the kingdom, no matter if it’s wonderful or not. Excellence is not perfection.”

This show highlights Exponential’s core church multiplication frameworks with a focus on the everyday, practical nature of how the concepts can help pastors and church planters make disciples and multiply churches.

This weekly show brings Exponential’s frameworks to life through conversation and story with Ralph Moore, Myron Pierce, and an “in the trenches” leader who is putting the particular episodes framework into practice.

Each of the guests embodies the practices of multiplication as living examples of various stages along the Multiplier’s journey.

This podcast features a special message from George Yancey, Professor of Sociology at the Baylor University, followed by a discussion between Efrem Smith and Peyton Jones about systemic bias and racism. “If we believe in justice on this Earth,” asks Professor Yancey, “And we have systems in place that make it difficult for people of … Candid Conversations Episode 6 – Systemic Bias and Racism Read More »