The KC Underground Podcast

Cory and Brian talk about engaging in prayer early and often in our disciple-making. The idea that we really want to get around is that this is also engaging the supernatural. In some ways, this is a shortcut to spiritual conversations. We talk about the why, what, and how to make prayer a natural part of our conversation with people in our missional contexts.

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Cory and Brian interview Alex and Hannah Absalom. Alex and Hannah have been involved in church planting and microchurch leadership for nearly three decades. They have served the broader church for over 20 years, speaking and ministering in person in over 15 countries and almost 25 US states (and many more virtually!). For the past four years, they have been full-time with Dandelion Resourcing, working with a vast range of leaders, churches, and denominations. At a local level, they have personally crafted effective disciple-making and leadership pipelines, overseen the starting of over 130 mid-sized missional communities and empowered numerous individuals with Biblical teaching and practices that enable them to operate in the power of the Spirit wherever they live, work, learn and play.

"We need to put ourselves in situations where unless Jesus shows up, we're gonna look like muppets."

Cory and Brian interview Jill and Bill Randall. Jill and Bill have been church planters and now lead the Gospel Movements Team for Novo, which is a band of creative missionaries sent to multiply movements of the gospel and mobilize the church for mission around the world. In 30-plus years of ministry, Jill and Bill have trained countless teams and leaders in normalizing the supernatural within disciple-making. Most important of those teams is their own family. We get to hear their stories of how joining Jesus through prayer and healings has shaped their kids and grandkids.

"Miracles serve as signs that make people wonder."

Cory and Brian interview Sarah Hunter and Doug Balzer who work for the Western District of the Canadian Christian and Missionary Alliance. Both Sarah and Doug naturally incorporate the supernatural into their everyday disciple-making. We want to hear how and why this has been an important part of their work. You can learn more by reading Doug's works found at dougbalzer.com

Cory and Brian interview Chris Caputo and discuss Doug Balzer's article, "Myth-Busting Divine Healing - 10 Shifts." We work through the ten myths with a bit of commentary and our thoughts. Next week we will interview Doug Balzer and Sarah Hunter of the Western District of the Canadian C&MA about their lean toward the supernatural in disciple-making.

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Cory and Brian interview Chris Caputo on our next nugget in disciple-making: Tap into the supernatural. All through the New Testament, we see the supernatural accompanying the movement of the Gospel. We also see it fully in the writings of the early church fathers and mothers up until the time of Constantine. We also see this now in global disciple-making movements. The supernatural, signs and wonders, are not just for another time and place. They are for us here and now.

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In this episode, Cory and Brian interview Jason Gardiner, a local disciple-making leader with the KC Underground. Jason has an extensive background in ministry from campus ministries reaching hundreds of students, to planting churches that became megachurches, to global stadium crusades. Now, he has intentionally stepped away from "professional ministry" to be a car salesman and an ordinary disciple-maker where he's consistently leading people in disciple-making relationships and reproducing leaders. Jason shares a few stories that are currently emerging in his context.

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In this episode, Cory and Brian interview John Schwartz, the director of Ichthus, a ministry engaging students at Kansas State University. John walks through the Biblical concept of obedience and the relationship between hearing and obeying.

In this episode, Cory and Brian focus on another nugget in disciple-making we call "A Culture of Obedience." Once again, we will explore the what, why, and how of fostering a culture of obedience that leads to transformation, the presence of God, and a multiplication of leaders.

"Obedience is about the foundation of everything we talk about."

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In this episode, Cory and Brian interview Rob Wegner, one of the directors in the KC Underground. Rob is one of the best "celebrators" we know. We will explore how Rob has cultivated a life of celebration, what has shaped that and why he continues to lead with that posture.

"Gratitude is an act of repentance...It reminds us, 'I can't do this on my own.'"

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