Exponential NEXT Podcast

God invites every church to learn to “play-thuno” (the Greek word for “multiply”). How do you build a passion for multiplication in the church you are leading? How do you change the culture of your church to envision becoming a movement? How do you overcome the attraction to addition? How do you build a desire to “Become Five”? This workshop unpacks the answers by using scripture, case studies, sociological research, spiritual warfare and Light & Life’s own story. Based on the recent Exponential book, this workshop equips you to cast a compelling vision whether from the pulpit or in personal...

Movement is how you accomplish the Jesus Mission. Discover the 4 reproducing principles that will help you start a movement. A Movement Starts with You – Dave Ferguson & Jon Ferguson

There are more resources available than ever before on discipleship, but how can we apply them? How do we make disciples and establish a culture of disciple-making in the church? Pastor Ryan Kwon and Resonate’s Spiritual Formation Pastor Jackson Perdue will teach as two practitioners in the trenches of ministry. Come learn four key elements to creating a culture of discipleship, and some common pitfalls along the way. Creating a Culture of Discipleship – Ryan Kwon

In this podcast from Exponential West 2016, Ralph Moore explains process caused one congregation to mushroom into a movement of more than 2,300 others. Moore planted a church in Hawaii without the intention of multiplying, but through simple practices and intentional discipleship, Hope Chapel has become an example of how to plant a level 5 multiplying church. Exponential will continue the conversation on disciple-making at Exponential East 2017. The theme of the conference is Dream Big, which looks at how we can become the movement Jesus envisioned when he said “you will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, and in all...

Brian Bloye joins Exponential for our next Equipping for Multiplication podcast. In this session, Brian draws from his experience as a multiplication leader and lead pastor of West Ridge Church in Dallas, Georgia, to share practical and doable steps for creating a multiplying culture in your church. When Bloye planted West Ridge, he had a different mindset, with his focus toward how large he could build the church. But through a series of catalyzing events, Bloye began to see that his initial focus was more about building his kingdom and less about advancing God’s. Here in this podcast, he shares his...

Stop just talking about what needs to get done. In this session, you will walk away with practical constructs, systems, and tools to move your church forward. Learn how to advance your strategic initiatives and develop your people. In other words, you will learn how to help bring clarity to where your church needs to go and how your team fits in.

Your church will never grow beyond your leadership lid. That is, unless you have the right people on the bus in the right seats, as well as the appropriate systems to support your leadership. In this session, discover how you can develop your volunteers into your future ministry directors, campus pastors or future church planters. You won’t just hear a philosophy, you’ll receive tools and resources to help you do it. You will leave with templates and a pathway to create a leadership pipeline in your church.

Learn the six practices of churches that multiply based on the largest church planting research project ever done. These multiplication practices aren’t conjecture, nor are they merely good suggestions; they were discovered out of churches that actually multiplied in their first five years of existence. Whether your church is a year old, or 100 years old, you will walk away with practices to help you move towards multiplication.

Learn how to create a church multiplication movement in your city. Whether you’re a church planter, a staff member, a campus pastor, a lead pastor, or a denominational leader, you will glean insights to help you cultivate a city multiplication movement. When this session is done, you’ll leave with a strategy to employ in your city to see multiplication happen.

Learn about five different types of residency programs, the spectrums that each are built on, and how to start one in your church. Are your residents fully funded? Are they full-time? Do you pursue partnership with a seminary? These questions and more will be answered in this workshop so that you can develop homegrown leaders in your church that multiply.