One Step Forward

How can your church think about local outreach strategically?

Gerardo Magana, Local Engagement Pastor at Mariners Church, shares the biblical foundation and vision of doing outreach in the Orange County community. G gives a glimpse of Mariner's outreach strategy and focus on how to build relationship with the community. Listen to some helpful practical tips on how your church can love and assist the poor and marginalized. Also get a taste of G's story and call to ministry.

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Andy Kim, Intervarsity Staff and worship leader, shares his learnings while doing ministry at the IV chapter at Northwestern University for seven years. Andy currently helps and assists over the IV chapters in 600 colleges and universities. His heart is helping college students become more aware of how culture and Christ intermix. Listen to the challenges that he's experiencing on the college campuses as well as ways that IV is reaching and engaging diverse groups of students through various strategies.

Pastor vs. Professor? Insights on how to make that decision

Ben Shin, Professor at Talbot School of Theology at Biola University, has lived in both worlds as a pastor and a professor. Listen to Ben share his call and journey into ministry as well as how God nudged him into the academia. He gives great insight and wisdom on how to determine what will be a better fit: a pastor or a professor. Be encouraged by these gold nuggets as you try to discern your passion, gifting and God's call.

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How do you use social media for your church more strategically?

Jay Kranda, Online Campus Pastor at Saddleback Church, discusses how to use social media more effectively and strategically to create more engagement and outreach in the community. He shares principles from his book, Social Media Made Easy, to help churches understand not only the importance of social media but how to utilize it more wisely with posts and timing of those posts. Jay Kranda has a lot of experience in the social media world and you'll be able to use his practical tips immediately to help your church today.

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How do you build healthy small groups?

Steve Gladen, Global Small Groups Pastor at Saddleback Church, shares his passion and journey of creating healthy small groups since 1998. Listen to how Steve helps roughly 8,000 groups at Saddleback to become healthy and growing. He describes the principles from his book to create small groups with purpose. Learn how you can build health and growing small groups in your ministry and church.

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How can you thrive in an interracial marriage?

Kelly Dlux (the DJ Pastor) and Michelle Kim (actress and photographer), share their painful journey of dating and getting married twice together. Listen to them openly talk about their struggle and conflict with their family and how they navigated that tension. You will be inspired and encouraged by their faith and love for each other that is rooted in Christ.

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How do you integrate the arts (creativity) and the church?

Tony Kim, Communications director at Mariners Church, helps to understand how creativity and the arts can be embraced in the church. He shares 15 years of how he got to explore the role of arts in the church to create a meaningful worship experience. Tony also gives his leadership thoughts on how to lead a team and how to create fun meetings. Hear Tony's experience with working at Comic-Con International as well as his journey of adoption.

How do you find your calling in your twenties?

Paul Sohn, leadership consultant and author, shares his personal journey of quitting his high profile job to find his calling. He wrote a book called, "Quarter Life Calling: How To Find Your Sweet Spot in your Twenties" to help other millennials find their purpose. Paul gives his wisdom and strategies on how to find your sweet spot in life.

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What does Eugene Cho think about multi-ethnic church, social justice and family?

Eugene Cho, pastor, author and social entrepreneur, shares his journey of planting a multi-ethnic church in Seattle. He also gives insights about his new book, Overrated, to help people understand the importance of social justice and generosity. Eugene also shares how he balances his family life with work and business life. Eugene gets very real and unplugged about some of his issues and struggles. Listen and be encouraged.

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What's worship going to look like in this diverse world?

Sandra Van Opstal, worship pastor, shares her thoughts on how worship will be changing in a more diverse and multi-ethnic country. She provides insights on the difference in worship styles based on culture and ethnic background. Her newly released book, Next Worship: Glorifying God in a Diverse World, gives more insights on multi-ethnic worship and the need for the community to embrace this more.

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