Exponential NEXT Podcast

Francis Chan joins us for the next episode of the Made for More Podcast. This episode is Francis’ first interview after a 30 day “technology” fast from phones, texts, and emails.

Jenni Catron joins us for the next episode of the Made for More Podcast.  Jenni shares her journey of gaining clarity on her personal calling.

She is a writer, speaker, and leadership coach who consults churches and non-profits to help them lead from their extraordinary best.

Carey Nieuwhof joins us for the next episode of the Made for More Podcast. Carey shares how he fell backwards into his ministry calling, going from law school graduate poised to work in a top firm, to a student pastor among three area churches, one of which had 16 peopl

In this edition of the Made for More Podcast, Alan explains his journey to gaining clarity on his personal calling.  Alan says, “At the heart of calling is getting in touch with the unique purposes God has for you as a unique individual that no one else can fulfill.

To kick off our theme, we’re launching a new “Made for More” podcast series. This week in the first episode, Rob Wegner and I share why we’re both so excited about this “Made for More” conversation and introduce a resource kit we just created for churches.

5 Essential Practices for Multiplying Leaders The personal scorecards of hero makers are measured not by what they do and accumulate, but rather by who they invest in and release the potential of.  Hero makers have shifted their focus from being the hero at the center of their own story to becoming the hero maker of others in God’s unfolding story. Dave Ferguson, co-author of the new book Hero Maker: Five Essential Practices for Leaders to Multiply Leaders, stresses that these five practices derive from the characteristics we see in the life and ministry of Jesus, the ultimate hero maker, and in the...

Ralph Moore joins Exponential President Dave Ferguson for the sixth session in the Hero Maker podcast series as we look at the fifth and final essential practice in the process of shifting from hero to hero maker: Kingdom Building. Ralph is the founder of the Hope Chapel movement, which has ties to more than 2,400 known churches across the world—one of the few Level 5 multiplying churches Exponential has uncovered in the United States. Ralph is a true Kingdom builder who early on made the shift from counting nickels and noses (building his empire) to counting disciples (advancing God’s Kingdom). An...

Brian Sanders joins Exponential President Dave Ferguson for the fifth session in the Hero Maker podcast series as we look at the fourth essential practice in the hero-making process: Gift Activating. Brian serves as the founder and executive director of the Underground, a family of lay-led microchurches based in Tampa, Florida. As a leader bent on the premise that the church is people and mission, he is obsessed with helping people find the calling and assignment God has given them. He and the Underground are gift activators. An Interview with Dave Ferguson & Brian Sanders on gift activating In this podcast,...

Our dream is to invest in others to see 100 churches planted in the next 10 years. Troy McMahon joins Exponential President Dave Ferguson for the fourth session in the Hero Maker podcast series as we look at the third essential practice in the hero-making process: Disciple Multiplying. Troy is the epitome of what it means to be a disciple multiplier. He started apprenticing as a small group leader at Community Christian Church and went on to become Community’s first campus pastor. Eleven years ago, he planted Restore Church in Kansas City, Kansas, which has planted 41 churches to date....

Derwin Gray joins Exponential President Dave Ferguson for the third session in the Hero Maker podcast series as we look at the second essential practice in the hero-making process: Permission Giving. Derwin is founding/lead pastor of Transformation Church in Indian Land, South Carolina, author of multiple books, most recently The HD Leader. He’s also lead “permission-giver” at his church. An Interview with Dave Ferguson & Derwin Gray on leading as a permission giver In this podcast, Derwin shares about the people who throughout his life gave him permission and saw in him what he didn’t see in himself—from an at-risk...