Plant Strong Podcast: Championing Women in Church Planting

Today on the show Lisa interviews Craig Whitney and Jeff Bennett of Multiply Project. With a combined 50 years of experience in church planting, Craig and Jeff have loads of knowledge to share. Today they describe their heart for finding and equipping the next church planters, helping todays leaders put boots to the ground on their desires to be a multiplying church.

https://multiplyproject.org/

On today's episode Lisa is joined by church planter Krystin Gilpin. Krystin and her husband Alex moved to Kansas City in 2013 with a heart and mission for urban church planting. Revive Church just celebrated its 10th year in February of 2025! In this episode you'll get a view into the real, raw and beautiful life of church planting.

Today on the show Lisa interviews Ashley Stegeman & Chad Manbeck. Ashley is the Director of Church Engagement and Partnerships at Stadia. Chad is the Lead Pastor at Richwoods Christian Church in Central Illinois. Today's episode is full of specific information about Stadia's Vision Trips. You don't want to miss this information or the surprising way that Chad's trip ignited his next steps in being part of multiplying churches for the next generation.

Today on the show we have a 4 time repeat guest! We love to hear from Kadi Cole and today's show does not disappoint. Kadi is the founder and owner of Kadi Cole & Co., working with a wide range of clients as she helps them build healthy cultures, develop strategic plans, and scale for growth. Kadi also invests in the leadership development of the global church through her ongoing partnership with Momentum Ministry Partners as their Executive Director of Leadership Development. Listen in today as we dive into the best ways that men and women can work together in churches to glorify God and bring others to know Jesus.

https://www.kadicole.com/

Today on the show Lisa interviews Joanna Meyer. Joanna Meyer is director of public engagement at the Denver Institute for Faith and Work, where she leads public events, hosts the Faith and Work Podcast, and founded Women, Work, and Calling, a national initiative that equips Christian women for godly influence in public life. Today's conversation will build your faith and understanding in what it means for women to live out the gospel in their work lives.

Work, Women and Calling website

Work, Women and Calling by Joanna Meyer

Today on the show, Falyn Davis joins Lisa to discuss all things church planting. Falyn serves as co-pastor at Blueprint Church alongside her husband, Senior Pastor Matthew Davis, where they work together to build a Christ-centered community. Recently celebrating their one year anniversary, Falyn walks us through the joys and growth of being a new church planter.

Discerning God's calling on our lives is not easy. If that calling includes stepping into church planting, it can feel down right impossible. Today on the show Lisa is joined by two of Stadia's best, Heidy and Jehieli, both of them intricate parts of Stadia's Discovery Center. Join in as they walk us through Stadia's Discovery Center process for potential Church Planters, putting boots to the ground for our heart to help you start thriving, growing, multiplying churches for the next generation.

https://stadia.org/discovery/

Todays episode will help you love your people better, specifically those dealing with divorce. Join Lisa as she interviews Brandi Wilson. Brandi is a certified personal and executive coach, speaker and author. Brandi speaks from experience on this topic and provides so much wisdom, hope and guidance for both individuals facing divorce and how the church can support the divorced.

Today on the podcast Lisa interviews Erin Taylor. In 2024, Erin and her family took a leap of faith by moving to the west side of Portland, Oregon to plant a church. Planning to launch in Fall of 2025, Erin is in the thick of the beginning stages of planting and honing her skills as a leader and pastor. Listen in as Erin describes her path to planting and the many ways they are working to get to know their city as they prepare to launch their new church.

Join us for our highly anticipated annual reflection and look forward episode with Lisa and Heidy. Listen in as they share what they learned this year, resources that have impacted them and what they plan to focus on for the new year.