Monica, Erik, and Jason discuss building leadership in your church and changing the culture of building people into leaders and allowing those leaders to exist in their gifts and abilities instead of simply hiring people to fill positions in your church. Erik and Jason both grew up in little Baptist churches, but Jason’s little church had three accordion players and Erik has so many questions.

Monica, Erik, and Jason discuss having a broad understanding of discipleship, but more importantly how defining discipleship for your church context with your language is so important for your church. They also talk about the pitfalls of simply consuming teaching and how biblical discipleship is much fuller than just learning. Erik is thinking about getting a softball team and don’t forget the “ice breaker!”

Monica, Erik, and Jason talk discipleship and how their leadership has been impacted through good discipleship. They also discuss areas where discipleship can go off track and we find out that Jason was discipled by “no dance instructors!”

Erik, Jason, and Monica introduce the podcast by talking about their friendship and history as church planters and pastors. Erik has chickens and an outhouse on his stage and Jason preached his first sermon at 12 years old. We’re off and running!

Monica, Erik & Jason continue their survey of New Testament churches with a look at the Thessalonian Church in this episode. Paul had encouragement, affirmation and admonition for this church which is notably different than the correction and chastisement he had for some of the other New Testament churches. Meanwhile, Jason desperately wants glasses but is afflicted with perfect vision.