Joy Metzger currently serves with her husband Phil at CalvarySD in San Deigo California. She has been serving in ministry since she was a young adult and has served in various capacities. She has helped raise up the next generation of church planters and missionaries while serving at Calvary Chapel Bible College Europe. She and Phil have taken part in a radical movement of God in Eastern Europe, where they helped plant several churches and ultimately handed over a church in Budapest Hungary to local leadership which still serves the community with great success. She has a valid and vital voice in the space of church planting and missions, and I am so blessed to have her on the podcast.

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This week's guest on Temporary Tenants is Dan Steel. Dan Steel serves as the senior pastor of Magdalen Road Church in Oxford, England. Before returning to his hometown of Oxford, he helped plant Grace Church Dell Road in Birmingham, England. He and his wife, Zoe, have four children. During Covid Dan took it upon himself to do a data analysis on Why Church Plants Fail. He interviewed several church planters and members and wrote out a detailed document on the subject. His hope is that this would be used to create more transparent conversations about why church plants fail, and what we can learn from the stories of those who have failed. He currently partners with Acts 29, and helps mentor and train church planters in the UK and Ireland.

Here is the link to the article.

I would encourage anyone in ministry, church planting, or considering church planting to read this, and apply some lessons that can be learned from it.

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Our guest this week is Jordan Silva. Jordan and his wife Jenny are serving as missionaries to Kosovo with their sons Nyle (5), and Cassian (1).

God first drew us into international missions in 2012, and we have served short and mid-term in Asia and the Balkans, moving to Kosovo in 2019. Our heart is to see the young people of Kosovo come to know the hope and transformation that is found in Jesus.

 In 2021, we opened a coffee shop/community center in the heart of Prishtinë, Kosovo. Every step was so clearly provided for by God’s lavish grace, and the partnership and prayers of the family of God. Through this welcoming space, the Kosovar staff and American volunteers of our team engage in meaningful relationships and conversations about the gospel. When we look around that space, seeing table after table of students engaging with our team in genuine friendship, community, and eternal conversations, we are filled with joy and thankfulness.

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On this episode of Temporary Tenants we have Brittany Brown. Brittany and her husband Joshua are church planting in North Carolina. We discuss church planting, women's ministry, and the essential role women have in church and church leadership. We also discuss an article she wrote called, "3 Reasons Women’s Ministry is Essential to Church Planting". It was a joy to have her on the podcast, and I would encourage you to go and check out the article (Link below).

3 Reasons Women’s Ministry is Essential to Church Planting

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Our guest for this episode is Pierce Westfall. Pierce is the Executive Director of A Jesus Mission. For the last 5 years, Pierce and his wife Diana have been traveling throughout the USA, the Caribbean, Europe, and Central America doing music and service projects alongside local churches for the sake of advancing the Gospel. Since leaving his role within the band Cadence Please, Pierce now has a goal to help develop and equip new missionaries and to help reshape how churches can better care for their missionaries serving globally.

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Kurt Kula has been serving overseas for over 28 years in Poland Cambodia and now the Republic of Georgia. The work involves training pastors, leaders, children's ministry workers, discipleship, premarital counseling, teaching Bible school classes and assisting in various evangelical outreaches. He and his wife Kendall have four children, all born on the mission field three of whom have returned to the States to pursue their education. Kurt is a dedicated missionary and church planter.

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This week on the pod we have Pastor Eric Hoke of All Saints Church in the Bronx, NYC. Eric is the planting pastor of All Saints Church. Eric also is a Covocational Church Planter and Proven Marketplace Professional specializing in Staffing & Corporate Training. He has worked with thousands of eager career changers from around the world including Church Planters, Missional Church Leaders and Pastors transitioning from ministry to break into the Corporate World to sustain their ministries.With a 15+ years of ministry experience, a Masters of Arts in Biblical Literature and a 3 year fellowship with Redeemer City to City under Redeemer Presbyterian Church, Eric understands Pastors and what it takes to lead a church in the modern world.A sought after international speaker, he has trained over 100K+ professionals from brands like Uber, American Express, Moderna, and Salesforce and is widely regarded in the corporate world with his contributions towards Workforce Development, Agile Project Management, Adult Learning & Leadership. He has guest lectured on the future of work at prestigious Universities, including MIT Sloan School of Management.His insights have been featured on podcasts, online and in print on platforms like Relevant Magazine, NewBreed Training and his NYC Church Plant story is featured in the book Next Wave: Discovering the 21st Century Church.As a certified Master Coach, he can help any Pastor with the problem of how-to-rebrand confusion and break into the Corporate World to supplement their income and build a ministry of sustainability for their families.

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This week on the podcast is Frank Wooden. Frank has been the Director of Plant SoCal for the past 8 years. He formerly served as the Lead Pastor of San Diego Hope Church where he helped to start 7 new churches in three years. He has a Masters in Nonprofit Leadership and Management from the University of San Diego. He is married to Desiree, a charter school administrator. Frank has written an article on New Breed Training called Why You Need A Mentor. We have a really great conversation about the difference between mentorship and coaching. 

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Dr. Stephen Stallard is the Assistant Professor of Pastoral Ministry at Western Seminary. 

He and his family planted a Mosaic Church in Brooklyn, New York in 2013-2021. 

We have a conversation around diversity, NYC, and Butterflies. 

Hope you enjoy!

Here are the articles he has written on the topics of church planting and diversity:

Six Tips for Missional Preaching

Diverse Teams 101: A Field Guide For Church Planters

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To start off Season Two of Temporary Tenants we have a very special guest, Pastor Ray Ortlund. 

About Ray:

 What Ray and his wife Jani Ortlund care most about is more and more people renewed within by the gospel of Jesus. Only the gospel helps sinners and sufferers. And it does, by the power of God. Nothing can resist the freeing power of Jesus. Today they serve Immanuel Church in Nashville, Tennessee – an Acts 29 church. Ray also serves on the Council of The Gospel Coalition and blogs at the Coalition website. Jani speaks to women’s groups around the world. Both are published authors. Ray is a graduate of Wheaton College, Dallas Theological Seminary, the University of California at Berkeley, and the University of Aberdeen, Scotland. Jani is a graduate of Wheaton College and National Louis University. Together Ray and Jani have served in gospel ministry for over 40 years. They have four outstanding children and thirteen fabulous grandchildren. Ray loves to hunt. Jani loves to garden. They love each other most of all!

About this Episode: 

This episode is one that I have been looking forward to for some time. I am excited for you guys to listen in to the wisdom and grace that Pastor Ray has. Heals hosts a podcast called Your Not Crazy! w/ Sam Albury which I high recommend. We dive into the subject of church planting, what is real church, and how gospel doctrine creates gospel culture when it is given the correct position in our churches and our lives. 

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