The CGN Mission & Methods Podcast

By Calvary Global Network

What's The CGN Mission & Methods Podcast about?

The CGN Mission & Methods Podcast is the official podcast of the Calvary Global Network (CGN). Currently hosted by Nick Cady, the podcast features discussions on theology and ministry practice related to three foundational aspects of Great Commission work: gospel proclamation, disciple making, and church planting. Guests include church and mission leaders, missiologists, and theologians from Calvary Global Network, and friends of CGN of diverse evangelical traditions from around the world.

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The CGN Mission & Methods Podcast episodes:

10.18.2023
Q&A on Chuck Smith's Approach to Ministry - Brian Brodersen
October 3, 2023 marks ten years since the passing of Pastor Chuck Smith, who was the man God used to start the Calvary Chapel Movement of churches. In this bonus episode, Nick Cady speaks with Brian Brodersen about Chuck Smith’s approach...
10.04.2023
Missions Work, Church Planting, & Church Revitalization: Getting to Know Clay Worrell
In this final episode of Season 4, Brian Brodersen and Nick Cady speak with Clay Worrell. Clay is the Executive Director of Calvary Global Network since 2022. Prior to that, he planted and pastored a church in Waterford City, Ireland,...
09.20.2023
Stepping Out in Faith Where God Leads - Brian Kelly
This season, on Mission & Methods, we are getting to know members of the CGN Executive Team. Brian Kelly is the pastor of WestChurch in Bradenton, Florida. Prior to planting WestChurch, Brian and his wife Lynne spent several years as missionaries and church...
09.06.2023
The Word and the Spirit: Calvary Chapel in Latin America
Manolo Matos is the pastor of Calvary Lima, in Lima, Peru. In this episode, Manolo talks with Brian Brodersen and Nick Cady about how he became the pastor of the church in which he became a Christian and was baptized. Additionally,...
08.16.2023
Missions, Ministry, and Resilient Fatherhood: Getting to Know Mike Neglia
This season, on Mission & Methods, we are getting to know members of the CGN Executive Team. Mike Neglia is the pastor of Calvary Cork, in Cork, Ireland. Mike also leads the Expositors Collective training initiative, which equips people to study and proclaim God’s...
08.02.2023
Community, Encouragement, & the Freedom to Follow God: Insights from Rafael Manzanares
This season, on Mission & Methods, we are getting to know members of the CGN Executive Team. Rafael Manzaneras is the pastor of Santa Ponsa Community Church, on the island of Mallorca, in Spain. Rafael has a unique global perspective, having served...
07.19.2023
Empowering Ministry Initiatives: Insights from Jeff Gipe
This season, on Mission & Methods, we are getting to know members of the CGN Executive Team. Jeff Gipe has a unique background, having been a successful businessman in Southern California, and then planting and pastoring a church. He now uses...
07.05.2023
From Anti-Church to Active Servant: A Story of Transformation in the Midst of War from Lena Morrison
Welcome to CGN Voices. We are in a mini series called CGN Voices from Ukraine, a series dedicated to sharing powerful stories of resilience, faith, and service in the face of great difficulty. In this episode, we have the privilege...
06.21.2023
CGN Voices Ukraine: Resilience, Resolve and Refuge - A Testimony from Tanya Kotelenets
Welcome to "Voices from Ukraine", a mini-series inside look at the resilience, faith, and service of Calvary Chapel believers in Ukraine during the difficult months since Russia's full-scale invasion began in February 2022. In this special edition, we sit down with...
06.07.2023
Ted Leavenworth: Building Stronger Churches Through Care and Coaching
Ted Leavenworth is the Lead Pastor of Reliance Church in Temecula, CA. In addition to pastoring Reliance, Ted leads the Care and Coaching Team for CGN. In this episode, Ted discusses the benefits of coaching and church assessment, and describes how...
05.24.2023
Wayne Taylor: Continuing the Harvest - Calvary Chapel, Evangelism & Church Planting
Wayne Taylor is the founding pastor of Calvary Fellowship in Seattle, Washington. As part of the first generation of Calvary Chapel pastors, Wayne has been in pastoral ministry for over 40 years, during which time he was involved in the...
05.10.2023
The Importance of Ministry Friendships - Richard Cimino
Richard Cimino has been a pastor for over 40 years, the majority of which was spent in Northern California. In this discussion, we talk about the importance of cultivating friendships in ministry. Richard shares very candidly about some of his hardest...
04.26.2023
Kellen Criswell: Building The Architecture of CGN, Working as a Global Strategist, and the Impact of Calvary Chapel in Europe
Kellen Criswell serves as the Global Strategist for Calvary Global Network. In many ways he is the architect of CGN. In this episode, Kellen shares about his background as a worship leader and church planter, and the events which led...
04.12.2023
Bill Buffington: Pastoring Amidst Shifting Demographics, Raising a Child with Disability, and Fighting for Gospel Unity
Bill is the pastor of Calvary Chapel in Inglewood, California — a community that is rapidly changing, and in this episode, Bill shares about some ways they are addressing those changes, reaching out, and discipling the people God is bringing...
03.29.2023
From Gangs to Grace: A Pastor's Journey in Inner-City Ministry | Tommy Cota
Tommy Cota is the pastor of Hope Alive Church in Santa Ana, California. In this episode, Tommy shares about his background, growing up in Los Angeles and being involved with drugs and gangs, and how God took hold of his...
03.22.2023
Bonus Episode: How Calvary Chapel Churches are Ministering in the Midst of War in Ukraine
In this bonus episode, Nick Cady speaks with Zhenya Chekushkin, the leader of the Calvary Chapel network of churches in Ukraine. Calvary Chapel has had a presence in Ukraine since the early 1990’s, and currently has around 20 churches in different...
03.15.2023
Perspectives from a Pastor's Son: Balancing Family, Ministry, Pastoral Care, & Sabbaticals - with Nate Holdridge
On this season of Mission & Methods, hosts Nick Cady and Brian Brodersen are interviewing some of the members of the CGN Executive Team, so that you can get to know who they are and what they are passionate about. Nate...
03.01.2023
Humor, Evangelism, & Steps of Faith: Getting to Know Joel Turner
Welcome to Season 4 of the CGN Mission & Methods Podcast! This season, hosts Nick Cady and Brian Brodersen are interviewing the members of the Calvary Global Network executive team so you can get to know them, their hearts, and what...
02.02.2023
Season 4 Coming Soon!
Get ready for season four of the Mission and Methods podcast! Host Nick Cady and the CGN Team will be bringing you exclusive interviews with members of the CGN executive team, diving into their roles, passion, vision, and personal history....
12.14.2022
How Gospel Doctrine Creates Gospel Culture (Ray Ortlund) - Bonus Episode
Pastor Ray Ortlund is the president of Renewal Ministries and serves as a pastor to pastors from his home base at Immanuel Church in Nashville, Tennessee. A friend of Calvary Global Network, Ray spoke at the 2022 CGN International Conference...
12.01.2022
Creating and Maintaining a Gospel Culture (Cheryl Brodersen) - Bonus Episode
In this, the first of two bonus episodes as we close out this season, we have the opening message from the 2022 CGN International Conference, in which Nick Cady shares on how to create a “gospel culture” in our churches. In...
10.26.2022
Is There Still a Need for More New Churches? An Update on the Cultivate Church Planter Training Program
In the New Testament we see how, as the gospel spread, new churches were established as hubs for discipleship and carrying out God’s mission in a local area. But is there still a need for new churches today? In this final...
10.12.2022
A Gift and a Skill: How CGN and Expositors Collective are Working to Train Bible Teachers
Expositors Collective is an organization that hosts training events and provides resources to help people grow as Bible teachers and preachers of God’s Word. Recently, Expositors Collective came into formal relationship with CGN. Teaching, according to the Bible, is a Spiritual...
09.28.2022
What Does It Mean to Teach "the Whole Counsel of God"?
In Acts 20:26 Paul the Apostle tells the leaders of the Ephesian church that he innocent of their blood because, during his time in Ephesus, he taught them “the whole counsel of God’s Word.” What does it mean to teach...
09.14.2022
How Does CGN Support Women in Ministry Leadership?
Since one of the roles of CGN as a network is to provide care and coaching for those in ministry leadership, what is CGN doing to support women specifically, who are serving in ministry leadership? In this episode Nick Cady and...
08.31.2022
Ukraine Relief Workers Conference
One of the things CGN exists to do, is to provide care and coaching for those in ministry leadership. How do we help people to avoid burnout? How do we help those who are struggling with very difficult things, either...
08.17.2022
What Does CGN Believe about Ecclesiology and Church Government?
What does CGN believe about the nature, purpose, and destiny of the church, both locally and globally? What constitutes a church, and what role do churches, and “the church” as a whole, have to play in God’s mission in the...
07.27.2022
What is "Gospel-Centered Renewal" and What Does It Mean for Life and Ministry?
One of the phrases you might hear us use to describe who we are and what we’re about as Calvary Global Network, is the phrase: “Gospel-Centered Renewal.” For example, on our website, we describe ourselves as “a family of churches...
07.13.2022
What Do CGN Leaders Believe About the End Times?
How much of an emphasis does Calvary Global Network put on eschatology: the area of theology that deals with studying the end times? What is CGN’s position on end times theology, and how does the network relate to those who...
06.22.2022
How is CGN Providing Care and Coaching for Leaders?
The recent years have presented new challenges for pastors and leaders, and many studies are showing that discouragement is at an all time high. Even apart the unique events of the past few years, pastoring and leading can be difficult. What...
06.08.2022
How is CGN Fostering Missional Life and Ministry?
What is the role of mission and outreach in the life of a church, or in the life of a disciple of Jesus? Is engagement in missions an optional activity, or is it an integral part of what it means...
05.25.2022
What is CGN Doing to Help Churches in Practical Ways?
What is CGN doing to help churches in practical ways, including finances, pastoral coaching, and other resources? In this episode, I speak with Kellen Criswell and Jeff Gipe about the Funding and Development initiatives within CGN, and they share stories of...
05.11.2022
What Does CGN Believe about Charismatic Gifts and Their Use in the Church Today?
What do CGN leaders believe about the charismatic gifts mentioned in the Bible — specifically, the spiritual gifts of prophecy, healing, and speaking in tongues? Are these gifts still in operation? Are they available to Christians today? — And if...
04.27.2022
Answering Tough Questions about CRT, LGBTQ Issues, and Spiritual Formation
What do CGN leaders believe about things like Critical Race Theory, or how we should relate to those who identify as LGBTQ? Is talking about “spiritual formation” biblical, or does it open people up to unbiblical influences? In this episode of...
04.13.2022
How Is CGN Cultivating Church Planting?
Calvary Chapel has been recognized as one of the greatest church planting movements of recent times. What are we at CGN doing to make sure we keep this aspect of our heritage alive in this generation, and in those to...
03.30.2022
What Does the Future Hold for CGN?
In this episode of the CGN Mission & Methods podcast, we discuss the future of CGN as a network: What initiatives are currently in the works? How does CGN relate to and work with other groups and churches, while still...
03.16.2022
Women in Ministry Leadership: What CGN Leaders Believe
In this episode of the CGN Mission & Methods Podcast, we open our Bibles to examine the much-debated topic of the role of women in ministry leadership. As a network, CGN churches are complementarian. In this episode, Nick Cady asks Brian...
03.02.2022
The Origins and DNA of Calvary Global Network
Welcome to Season 3 of the CGN Mission & Methods Podcast! In this first episode of the new season, host Nick Cady speaks with Brian Brodersen and Kellen Criswell about the origins of CGN, including how it is related to and...
02.26.2022
CGN Ukraine Update: What to know and how to pray. (With Jed Gourley and Pam Markey)
Nick Cady and Aaron Salvato talk with missionaries Jed Gourley and Pam Markey about the situation in Ukraine! We at CGN wanted to do what we can to help our Calvary family understand what is happening in Ukraine during the...
11.16.2021
Season 3 Trailer
Season 3 of the Mission and Methods Podcast is in the works and new episodes will be coming out in 2022. Nick Cady will be hosting this upcoming season along with Kellen Criswell. Guests will include Brian Brodersen and others...
08.22.2019
Worship Leadership, Philosophy and Theology with Scott Cunningham Part 2
As we conclude part two of Worship Leadership, Philosophy and Theology, Scott Cunningham, of School of Worship and Calvary Creative, discusses the question of using lyrics from songs written out of questionably theological sources. Find out on this episode of Mission...
08.08.2019
Worship Leadership, Philosophy and Theology with Scott Cunningham Part 1
Scott Cunningham has been a significant influence on church worship services within the Calvary Chapel movement for decades. His resumé includes Worship Leader at Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa, Founder/Director of the School of Worship and overseer of the Calvary Chapel...
07.18.2019
Developing & Deploying Leaders in the Local Church
How did Jesus develop ministry leaders? Should all pastors and ministry leaders engage in leadership development? What are the biblical and practical foundations for healthy leadership development in the local church? In this episode, Kellen Criswell...
05.30.2019
Biblical & Practical Spiritual Formation
What is the biblical portrait of personal and spiritual maturity? What are the primary historic and contemporary approaches to spiritual formation? How can church leaders help church members cultivate spiritual maturity on a congregational level? Listen in as Dr....
05.03.2019
Legacy, Lessons and the Future of Calvary Chapel Missions in Eastern Europe
In this episode, Kellen Criswell talks with Pastor Phil Metzger about the history and future of missions in Eastern Europe, and some specific lessons from his involvement that can benefit modern missions in both the global and local-church context.
04.24.2019
Preaching Essentials…(or things I’ve just always wanted to ask David Guzik about preaching)
In this episode, Kellen Criswell, Director of CGN, and Pastor and Bible Commentator, David Guzik, discuss important issues related to the theory and practice of biblical preaching. Their conversation covers important questions, including: What is Spirit-empowered preaching? What is Christ-centered...
04.04.2019
Calvary Chapel: Seminary & Anti-intellectualism
“In this episode Brian Brodersen and Kellen Criswell discuss the past and present of Calvary Chapel on formal ministry training and education. Important questions tackled in their conversation include: - Why has Calvary Chapel often been labeled ‘Anti-intellectual’? - Why are many...
01.22.2019
Mission Theology and Church Planting Methods with Dr. Ed Stetzer
In this episode, Kellen Criswell, Director of CGN, discusses topics in Mission Theology and Church Planting Methods with Dr. Ed Stetzer.
10.10.2018
European Missions & the Need for New Churches & Leaders
Pastors Brian Brodersen and Richard Cimino discuss the current state of missions in Europe, their experiences planting churches, and the exciting opportunities and needs for new church planters, pastors, and leaders.
07.12.2018
Women in Church Leadership
What does the Bible say about women in church leadership? In this episode, listen to Dr. Gerry Breshears on pursuing biblical faithfulness and humility in developing your understanding and ministry practice on this timely issue.

What's The CGN Mission & Methods Podcast about?

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The CGN Mission & Methods Podcast episodes:

Q&A on Chuck Smith's Approach to Ministry - Brian Brodersen

Missions Work, Church Planting, & Church Revitalization: Getting to Know Clay Worrell

Stepping Out in Faith Where God Leads - Brian Kelly

The Word and the Spirit: Calvary Chapel in Latin America

Missions, Ministry, and Resilient Fatherhood: Getting to Know Mike Neglia

Community, Encouragement, & the Freedom to Follow God: Insights from Rafael Manzanares

Empowering Ministry Initiatives: Insights from Jeff Gipe

From Anti-Church to Active Servant: A Story of Transformation in the Midst of War from Lena Morrison

CGN Voices Ukraine: Resilience, Resolve and Refuge - A Testimony from Tanya Kotelenets

Ted Leavenworth: Building Stronger Churches Through Care and Coaching

Wayne Taylor: Continuing the Harvest - Calvary Chapel, Evangelism & Church Planting

The Importance of Ministry Friendships - Richard Cimino

Kellen Criswell: Building The Architecture of CGN, Working as a Global Strategist, and the Impact of Calvary Chapel in Europe

Bill Buffington: Pastoring Amidst Shifting Demographics, Raising a Child with Disability, and Fighting for Gospel Unity

From Gangs to Grace: A Pastor's Journey in Inner-City Ministry | Tommy Cota

Bonus Episode: How Calvary Chapel Churches are Ministering in the Midst of War in Ukraine

Perspectives from a Pastor's Son: Balancing Family, Ministry, Pastoral Care, & Sabbaticals - with Nate Holdridge

Humor, Evangelism, & Steps of Faith: Getting to Know Joel Turner

Season 4 Coming Soon!

How Gospel Doctrine Creates Gospel Culture (Ray Ortlund) - Bonus Episode

Creating and Maintaining a Gospel Culture (Cheryl Brodersen) - Bonus Episode

Is There Still a Need for More New Churches? An Update on the Cultivate Church Planter Training Program

A Gift and a Skill: How CGN and Expositors Collective are Working to Train Bible Teachers

What Does It Mean to Teach "the Whole Counsel of God"?

How Does CGN Support Women in Ministry Leadership?

Ukraine Relief Workers Conference

What Does CGN Believe about Ecclesiology and Church Government?

What is "Gospel-Centered Renewal" and What Does It Mean for Life and Ministry?

What Do CGN Leaders Believe About the End Times?

How is CGN Providing Care and Coaching for Leaders?

How is CGN Fostering Missional Life and Ministry?

What is CGN Doing to Help Churches in Practical Ways?

What Does CGN Believe about Charismatic Gifts and Their Use in the Church Today?

Answering Tough Questions about CRT, LGBTQ Issues, and Spiritual Formation

How Is CGN Cultivating Church Planting?

What Does the Future Hold for CGN?

Women in Ministry Leadership: What CGN Leaders Believe

The Origins and DNA of Calvary Global Network

CGN Ukraine Update: What to know and how to pray. (With Jed Gourley and Pam Markey)

Season 3 Trailer

Worship Leadership, Philosophy and Theology with Scott Cunningham Part 2

Worship Leadership, Philosophy and Theology with Scott Cunningham Part 1

Developing & Deploying Leaders in the Local Church

Biblical & Practical Spiritual Formation

Legacy, Lessons and the Future of Calvary Chapel Missions in Eastern Europe

Preaching Essentials…(or things I’ve just always wanted to ask David Guzik about preaching)

Calvary Chapel: Seminary & Anti-intellectualism

Mission Theology and Church Planting Methods with Dr. Ed Stetzer

European Missions & the Need for New Churches & Leaders

Women in Church Leadership