Keeping It Simple

Welcome to Season 3: Episode 7 of Keeping It Simple. In this episode, Scott missed this one but Luis interviewed Steve Pike, author of the New Wave: Discovering the 21st Century Church and experienced micro church leader. Steve Pike currently serves as the Catalyst for the Next Wave Virtual Community https://nextwave.community , an online community of church leaders committed to being with Jesus on His Mission in the challenging 21st Century context. He is also the President and Founder of Urban Islands Project https://urbanislandsproject.org , a national collaborative organization dedicated to increasing the presence of the Church in the urban core of America’s urbanized communities. Additionally, Steve serves as an Executive Coach with Church Multiplication Partners http://www.multiplychurches.org and is part of the coaching/consulting team at The Anser Group. https://tag.coach

Steve is the author of “Next Wave: Discovering the 21st Century Church” https://nextwave.community/book/ , the author of “Total Fitness For Your Church” https://www.amazon.com/Total-Fitness-Your-Church-Steve/dp/1936812266 and the co-author with Dr. Tom Nebel of “Leading Church Multiplication.” https://www.amazon.com/Leading-Church-Multiplication-Regionally-Nationally-ebook/dp/B00PRLVG3.

Stay connected with Steve Pike through https://nextwave.community

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Music produced by Jesse Calentine, find him on Instagram: @Jessecalentine

Welcome to Keeping It Simple Season 3: Episode 6. This season has been focused on the everyday disciple maker in the micro church. Justin is a normal guy living on mission in Boise, Idaho. Justin Arent lives on the Central Bench in Boise with his wife and two children. He works as an IT manager, plays guitar and enjoys tinkering with technology. He leads a Sojourn Alliance microchurch. He is a part of the Syndicate, which our friend Dusty Benner leads (check out Season 2: Episode 20 for more). We hope you enjoy the conversation as Justin shares some highs and lows of ministry, gets real about the pain and healing he has experienced, and shows us what living in the micro church world is like. 

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Music produced by Jesse Calentine, find him on Instagram: @Jessecalentine

Welcome to Season 3: Episode 5 of Keeping It Simple. We have another great interview with Hugh Halter (check out Season 2: Summer Episode 3 for our other interview with Hugh). In this episode, the conversation centers around bi-vocational/co-vocational living and business as mission. What is business as mission? Give the episode a listen as find out! The conversation turns to the idea of a kingdom ecosystem. Do you wonder what that means? Give the episode a listen! 

Hugh has significant church planting experience in Portland, Denver, and now in a town outside of St. Louis- Alton, Illinois. Hugh Halter has been a church planter, and kingdom entrepreneur for 30 years. He presently leads Lantern Network in Alton Illinois and has authored 10 books including the Tangible Kingdom, FLESH, and AND, the gathered and scattered church. He co-directs Brave Cities which is a new network that supports kingdom ecosystem builders.

Stay connected with Hugh through Hughhalter.com or by reading any of his books.

Thank you for listening! Please like, share, and subscribe to Keeping It Simple. To contact us, please email [email protected] or visit simplechurchcollective.com 

Music produced by Jesse Calentine, find him on Instagram: @Jessecalentine

Welcome to Season 3: Episode 4 of Keeping It Simple. In this episode, Scott and Luis interviewed the executive director of the Tampa Underground, Lucas Pulley. We released an episode over the summer talking about the specifics of the Tampa Underground (give summer episode 2 a listen).  Lucas Pulley is Executive Director of Underground Network, an experimental community made up of over 100 microchurches in Tampa Bay and serving dozens of similar decentralized & empowering movements around the world. Lucas has 12 years of experience planting microchurches and leading decentralized networks of grassroots churches, and still leads a neighborhood house church in the projects of inner city Tampa to this day with his wife and two sons. He is driven to see cities transformed by the priesthood of all believers activated in the mission of God.

This episode is about the best practices and the mistakes people often make in disciple making. We hope this encourages and helps you think about new ways to make disciples. We appreciate the pioneering work of the Tampa Underground and look forward to learning from them for years to come! 

Here are ways to stay connect to Lucas Pulley and the Tampa Underground: tampaundergound.com or Undergroundnetwork.org

Email Lucas: [email protected] or [email protected]

Please like, share, and subscribe to Keeping It Simple. To contact us, please email [email protected] or visit simplechurchcollective.com

Music produced by Jesse Calentine, find him on Instagram: @Jessecalentine

Welcome to Season 3: Episode 2 of Keeping It Simple. This season our focus is on the everyday person on mission. We will have interviews with different practitioners, especially normal people living and leading in the micro church space. In this episode, Scott and Luis interview Ashley Barnett of the Kansas City Underground. Ashley helps lead a micro church amongst the homeless population in Kansas City. Ashley is a person who loves to serve and see God move in places that other people may not go. She desires to live every day representing Isaiah 58. This is a great interview with an everyday person following the call of Jesus on their life. Enjoy the episode! Stay tuned for more episodes to come! 

Please like, share, and subscribe to Keeping It Simple. To contact us, please email [email protected] or visit simplechurchcollective.com

Music produced by Jesse Calentine, find him on Instagram: @Jessecalentine

Welcome to Season 3: Episode two of Keeping It Simple! This season our focus is on the everyday person on mission. We will have interviews with different practitioners, especially normal people living and leading in the micro church space. In this episode, Scott and Luis interview Kira and Ricardo Rivera. Kira and Ricardo Rivera are teachers in the Seattle Area. They are passionate about their work, and making communities that are welcoming and full of curiosity. We explore the beauty and the challenges they have experienced in the Simple Church expression of church planting. Kira and Ricardo are everyday people living on mission under the Lordship of Jesus. It's far more simple than it seems to do what they do. Enjoy the episode and stay tuned for more coming soon! 

Please like, share, and subscribe to Keeping It Simple. To contact us, please email [email protected] or visit simplechurchcollective.com

Music produced by Jesse Calentine, find him on Instagram: @Jessecalentine

Welcome to Season 3 episode one of Keeping It Simple! This season our focus is on the everyday person on mission. We will have interviews with different practitioners, especially normal people living and leading in the micro church space. In this episode, Scott and Luis talk about the necessary things needed to participate and lead in the micro space and set the trajectory of this season. Thanks for listening to another episode! Season THREE is here! Stay tuned for more episodes each week. 

Please like, share, and subscribe to Keeping It Simple. To contact us, please email [email protected] or visit simplechurchcollective.com 

Music produced by Jesse Calentine, find him on Instagram: @Jessecalentine

Welcome to the third summer release of 2022 of Keeping It Simple! In this episode, Scott and Luis had the chance to speak with Hugh Halter, a church planter and micro church leader for the last 15 years. Hugh has significant church planting experience in Portland, Denver, and now in a town outside of St. Louis- Alton, Illinois. Hugh Halter has been a church planter, and kingdom entrepreneur for 30 years. He presently leads Lantern Network in Alton Illinois and has authored 10 books including the Tangible Kingdom, FLESH, and AND, the gathered and scattered church. He co-directs Brave Cities which is a new network that supports kingdom ecosystem builders.

Stay connected with Hugh through Hughhalter.com or by reading any of his books. 

Thank you for listening! Please like, share, and subscribe to Keeping It Simple. To contact us, please email [email protected] or visit simplechurchcollective.com and stay tuned for more episodes coming out this fall during Season 3.

Music produced by Jesse Calentine, find him on Instagram: @Jessecalentine

Welcome to the second summer release of 2022. In this episode, Scott and Luis had the joy of interviewing Lucas Pulley. Lucas Pulley is Executive Director of Underground Network, an experimental community made up of over 100 microchurches in Tampa Bay and serving dozens of similar decentralized & empowering movements around the world. Lucas has 12 years of experience planting microchurches and leading decentralized networks of grassroots churches, and still leads a neighborhood house church in the projects of inner city Tampa to this day with his wife and two sons. He is driven to see cities transformed by the priesthood of all believers activated in the mission of God.

We hope you enjoy our conversation with Lucas about the origins of the Tampa Underground and the story of Lucas joining the Tampa Underground. The Simple Church Collective is very grateful for the path that the Tampa Underground has paved for new micro expressions to emerge in the United States. We are a testament to their faithful work. 

Here are ways to stay connect to Lucas Pulley and the Tampa Underground: tampaundergound.com or Undergroundnetwork.org 

Email Lucas: [email protected] or [email protected]

Thank you for listening! Please like, share, and subscribe to Keeping It Simple. To contact us, please email [email protected] or visit simplechurchcollective.com and stay tuned for more episodes coming out over the summer and Season 3 in the fall of 2022.

Music produced by Jesse Calentine, find him on Instagram: @Jessecalentine

Welcome to the first summer release of 2022. In this episode, Scott and Luis had the fun and honor of interviewing their friend, Matt Rosenberg. Matt Rosenberg is the Rabbi at Restoration in Seattle, WA. He received a B.A. in Religion from Nyack College. Matt is passionate about sharing the message of Yeshua with his Jewish people and the nations all over the world beginning in Seattle. He is a thinker, reader, dreamer, and leader among his generation in the Messianic movement. Matt is the author of Jesus Never Said Anything New, which is available on Amazon. He also serves as a board member of Jewish Voice Ministries International. Matt and his wife Laura have three children and live in Seattle.

Enjoy this episode as Scott and Luis talk through the significance of the Jewishness of Jesus in scripture and in modern-day life. This is a unique conversation for many people. We hope this is informative, challenging, and encouraging to better understand Jesus. 

Resources mentioned:

Jesus Never Said Anything New by Matt Rosenberg - shorturl.at/imMOP

Restoring the Jewishness of the Gospel: A Message for Christians by David Stern - shorturl.at/jqrQW

Jewish New Testament Commentary by Daivd Stern - shorturl.at/himGS

The Bible Project - https://www.youtube.com/c/bibleproject

Thank you for listening! Please like, share, and subscribe to Keeping It Simple. To contact us, please email [email protected] or visit simplechurchcollective.com and stay tuned for more episodes coming out over the summer and Season 3 in the fall of 2022.

Music produced by Jesse Calentine, find him on Instagram: @Jessecalentine