Josh joins us for part 2 of our conversation, this time around the subject of urban church planting. Josh shares the dynamics of the urban context and how it is both similar and different from suburban and rural contexts.

Josh Shortridge is the Pastor/Planter of Salt and Light Church in Columbus, OH. Salt and Light meets at Stowe Mission where Josh serves as the Director of Outreach. On this episode, Josh shares his story around the Send Network value of restoration. He fleshes out the example of Jesus in meeting both spiritual and physical needs of those around him.

George Ross is a professor, church planter, and City Missionary for Send Network in New Orleans. He has been married to Joy Ross for 20 years and they have 6 kids, two of which they adopted from New Orleans.

George has been facilitating NAMB's Pipeline for 6 years now and helps us see how it's best used and how to make it fit your church's context.

Isaac Surh is the Lead Pastor of Chroma Church in Dublin. Chroma planned to launch public services the week of the Covid lockdown in early 2020. Since then, they have been meeting online and are involved in several justice projects in the city, with plans to launch public worship services in the near future. Isaac joins Chad and Jason today to discuss recent events regarding Asians in our country and how the church can respond.

Chris Warszawski serves as the Family Ministries Pastor at Lifepoint Church in Lewis Center. He recently released a book called, "Primed to Lead," about developing new leaders.

Chris helps us think through the importance of raising up leaders from within the church and how coaching can transform our leadership.

Should you get a job while planting? If so, how do you balance the work of a vocation with the work of the plant?

In this episode, Rob Kane of Citizens Church in Columbus shares his experience with us. He is living the BIVO life and shares what he has learned in the process.

Kale was born and raised in Ohio. He joined the Lifepoint team in 2012, serving for three years as the Student Pastor for the Mount Vernon campus. Kale now serves as the Teaching Pastor for Lifepoint’s Delaware campus, which launched in April of 2016.

In this episode, Kale tells his story of how he was sent out to start a campus of Lifepoint and how he is now multiplying a team member of his to Marion, OH. Multiplication was modeled for him and now he is a leader in it. In his story we hear practical principles for how our church can embrace a culture of sending.

Rick is the Planter and Pastor of Watermark Church. Originally from Ohio, he and his family moved back to plant in Worthington. He has been married to Wendy for 25 years. They have 3 grown children who are all serving the Lord is various ways. In this episode, Rick shares his experience, with several decades of ministry, on how to keep your family first.

Ryan has served as the Lead Pastor at Central Baptist Church in Marion, OH since 2009. Whether through teaching, preaching, counseling, or serving in some other way, he desires people to truly know the only One who will lead to their transformation--Jesus Christ.

In this episode, he talks about recently stepping into a sending church role. He talks about the blessings and challenges of leading a church to send out.

Scott is the pastor and planter of The Bridge in Lancaster. During the pandemic, The Bridge moved its services outside and never missed a Sunday. The church has grown and continued to reach people, in spite of all the challenges of 2020.