Fuel For Pastors

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. 

On this first episode of The Church Planting Life Podcast, I share the reason why I decided to plant a church. This is one of the most often asked questions that I get. People always want to know, why is it that I, along with my wife Victoria founded and planted a brand new church in Irvine, California? In this inaugural episode, I am going to talk about how my family immigrated to the United States from the former Soviet Union. From there, I am going to share my experience growing up as a child and then as a young adult within the context of an ethnically Slavic church in Seattle, WA. Then, I will talk about my transition and beginning steps of how we founded and launched Forward Church, a multi-cultural, multi-ethnic, American church in Irvine, California.