On this episode of the Fuel For Pastors Podcast, I interview my good friend and fellow church planter Aleksei Kharlamov. Aleksei immigrated to the San Francisco Bay Area eight years ago from Moscow, Russia. Aleksei and his wife Lera are planting a new church, Spring Church, in Moraga, CA, in the East Bay Area of Northern California. In this interview, Aleksei talks about his experience in going through the church planter assessment process with SEND NETWORK. 

Если у вас или у кого-то из ваших знакомых есть желание основать новую церковь в Америке или Канаде, напишите мне в директ или отправьте им это видео, и я хотел бы начать с вами этот разговор и поделиться с вами дополнительной информацией! my email: [email protected] 

If you or someone you know, has a desire to plant a new church in either America or Canada, please direct message me or send this video to them and I would love to start this conversation with you and share with you more info! my email: [email protected] 

@sendnetworkcalifornia 

@wearesendnetwork 

@californiasbc 

@sendbayarea 

@springbiblechurch 

@forwardirvine 

@harlye23

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Click here to check out the production company Aleksei founded: https://www.quietrock.video/ 

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Click here to find out more about Forward Church in Irvine: https://www.forwardchurchirvine.com 

To get in touch with Forward Church or to request Pastor Bogdan Kipko to speak at your church or event, please send an email to: [email protected]

On this episode of Fuel For Pastors, I am interviewed by my friend Elijah Koryfan. Elijah and I sat down recently in Sacramento, California where he asked me a series of questions that have to do with planting churches in America, as well as the state of the church in America. Elijah is a great interviewer and I was excited to share my thoughts about these topics, that are near and dear to my heart.

Connect with Elijah on these following Social Media Platforms:

Click here to check out Elijah's Youtube Channel
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Connect with Bogdan on these following Social Media Platforms:

Click here to check out Bogdan's Youtube Channel
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Click here to find out more about Forward Church in Irvine. 

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• To get in touch with Forward Church or to request Pastor Bogdan Kipko to speak at your church or event, please send an email to: [email protected]

If you are visiting Southern California, we would love to have you come and enjoy the Sunday Service at Forward Church!

On this episode of The Church Planting Life Podcast, I talk about what the church is. But seriously, when was the last time that you actually asked yourself this question and had a nuanced conversation about it. Is church only when we gather together on Sunday or is church when your people are watching the service online in their pajamas? What if tomorrow, social media doesn't exist and the only flock you had left to shepherd was your family. What would you do? How much of your identity is wrapped up in you being a pastor as opposed to being a follower of Jesus? Welcome to the inter-workings of my mind as I wrestle with these questions myself and invite you along to observe the chaos at a safe distance. 

On this episode of The Church Planting Life Podcast, I talk about my philosophy behind how we gauge the success and effectiveness of our outreach efforts, specifically when it comes to streaming church online on Social Media. What counts as a real person? Is a three second video view of your Sunday Service a real metric of how many people came to your church? Is online church going to replace in-person church? That is exactly what I will wax eloquent about for about one full hour. Grab a lunch and a coffee and let's go, it will be worth your time! 

On this episode of The Church Planting Life Podcast, I outline step by step what Forward Church has been doing for the last seven months when it comes to reaching those that are far from God, on Facebook. God has been breathing on our efforts and we have seen much gospel fruit come forth from our Facebook evangelism efforts. How did we do it and what did it entail? I talk all about it in this episode. 

On this episode of The Church Planting Life Podcast, I talk about the Corona Chaos. There was never a class in seminary that taught pastors or church planters how to effectively handle a pandemic. There are no experts. No one knows anything. If anyone tries to tell you otherwise, they are lying to you. What might be right for your church, might not be the best decision for another church. So what do you do? Good question, because I don't know. In this episode, I walk you through my entire thought process and reasoning behind how Forward Church pivoted during the Corona Chaos, that is still well and wreaking havoc, until today. 

On this episode of The Church Planting Life Podcast, I talk about what most church planters hugely and almost always exaggerate, and that is the amount of people that come to their church. You already know you are speaking to a church planter when you ask a guy how many people come to their church, and they answer you with "if you count all the women and children and those that come once a year, our church has this many people." Don't feel bad because I've been there and I am definitely a recovering addict of being obsessed with the number of people that come to church. I share with you how God has been working on my heart during my planting journey and some startling discoveries I made along the way, when it comes to counting the people in your church. 

On this episode of The Church Planting Life Podcast, I talk about the real reason why we plant a church in the first place - so that we can preach every single Sunday! If that is not one of the main reasons why you planted the church, then are you even a church planter? On this episode, I discuss not only the most popular preachers in the evangelical industrial complex, but I also dissect sermon length. I also give some of my own unsolicited advice about when it is ok for you to preach over sixty minutes in length and when you should keep your sermons to under thirty minutes. 

On this episode of The Church Planting Life Podcast, I am joined by my beautiful and wise wife Victoria. To be the wife of a pastor is stressful enough as it is. But to be the wife of a pastor who is also a church planter is definitely not for the faint of heart. Without any filter, my wife will share with full transparency what it's like to plant a brand new church, alongside of me. Men, take heed because who you will marry will ultimately determine the trajectory of your life.

On this episode of The Church Planting Life Podcast, I share with you my top ten tips for church planters. Nothing gets me more excited than speaking with other guys who have a deep desire and passion to start a new church. I love the energy and excitement they exude and they fire me up even more to continue my own church planting journey. In this episode, I share my top ten tips for church planters. I have compiled these tips over the course of my own church planting journey and my prayer is that they will serve you well, as you answer God's call to start a new church.