On today’s show, Brian Daniel and Joel Polk discuss resources, cultural challenges, and encouragement Jeremiah Johnston is seeing in his corner of the country. Jeremiah Johnston is a New Testament scholar who serves as president of Christian Thinkers Society. Jeremiah loves the local church and serves as the pastor of apologetics and culture engagement at Prestenwood Baptist. 

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On today’s show, Brian Daniel discusses change, innovation, ministry, and what discipleship is in the small group context, with Lifeway’s Director of Sunday School, Ken Braddy. Ken Braddy is an author, blogger, and speaker. Ken travels all over the country training church leaders in growing in discipleship. Ken also hosts his podcast, Disciple-making In Community.

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Today on the show, Brian Daniel chats with Lifeway's own, Zac Workun about trends in Student Discipleship. Zac Workun serves as the Student Ministry Training Specialist for Lifeway. Zac is one of the co-founders of Youth Ministry Booster, Lifeway Students’ collaboration and training network. He has served the local church in various youth ministry roles for over 15 years. He is a graduate of OBU with degrees in business management and religion and received his Master of Divinity from Duke Divinity with a certificate of Baptist Studies. Zac and his wife Karen have two wild boys—Isaiah & Gideon. Zac is an Okie, black coffee drinker, comic book nerd and an Enneagram 7. On Saturdays you can find him brunching outside or chasing toddlers across a playground. 

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On this episode of Group Answers, Brian and Chris talk to Haley Malone, the Groups Director at First Baptist Church Orlando. Bio: Haley Malone grew up in South Florida and attended Florida State University earning a degree in mathematics education. For her this was a way of intentionally connecting with the next generation. Her time […]

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On this episode of Group Answers, Brian and Chris talk about what it takes to launch groups in the fall, and how recent national trends of lagging engagement in groups should make us think differently about how we approach discipleship.

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On this episode of Group Answers, Brian and Chris talk about Brian’s recent trip to Portland, and how a conversation with a local church about how they do discipleship changed some of this thinking on the topic.

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On this episode of Group Answers, Brian and Chris talk to Pastor Ryan James, from LongHollow Baptist Church, about how they integrate new people into their Life Groups and Discipleship Groups.

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On this episode of Group Answers, Brian and Chris welcome Rob Tims back to the podcast to discuss the pros and cons of on-campus and off-campus groups.

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On this episode of Group Answers, Brian and Chris talk to Ken Braddy about group trends, including the migration of people around the country and what that means for churches.

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On this episode of Group Answers, Brian and Chris talk to Dr. PJ Dunn about discipleship and groups in the south, and specifically, how to create better disciple-making environments in churches. Dr. PJ Dunn serves as a Discipleship Consultant with the Georgia Baptist Mission Board after 15 years of serving in the local church. He […]

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