In the Living Room today is Lennie McKinney IV. Lennie is planting LIVNU, an organic house church movement in Akron, OH, which they started in 2020 during Covid lockdowns. In this episode Lennie shares his journey into house church, what a typical house church meeting looks like for them, what prayer looks like in their house church meetings, and hurdles and unexpected blessings from pastoring three different house churches. 

If you want to learn more about LIVNU, click here.  

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We're back! It's been a bit since our last episode, but we're excited to be back ready to share with you more episodes of the The Living Room Podcast. 

In today's episode, Mark welcomes his wife Andrea into the Living Room. Andrea shares through the lens of being a mom some lessons she's learned from living the everyday missionary life, as well as some welcomed unexpected surprises house church living has had on her family. 

Joining Mark in the Living Room today are his two sons Grant (22 yrs) and Luke (19 yrs). Grant and Luke share experiences and perspective growing up as kids within the house church ethos. They also share the impact house church and missionary living has had on them and their journeys with Jesus and church. Near the end of the episode they each share a challenge to parents, so be sure to listen all the way to the end! 

Today in the Living Room are Steve & Mary Klotz. Steve & Mary share life with our network and family of house churches in Cincinnati, OH. In this episode they share with our gathering of house churches the stories of God leading them to live the missionary life in Papua New Guinea (PNG). They plan to leave for PNG in November. What bubbles to the surface for you as you hear their missionary heart? 

Click here to order the book Insanity of God mentioned in this episode. 

Today’s Question Mark episode is Part 2 of Episode #10 where Mark unpacks the 4 disciple making practices of house church lived and expected in the Living Church family of house churches. Before you listen to Part 2, be sure to check out Episode #10 if you haven't yet. 

Question Mark episodes are where Mark sits in the podcast hot seat being interviewed answering questions on house church, micro-church, and living the everyday mission of Christ.

Question Mark episodes are where Mark sits in the podcast hot seat being interviewed answering questions on house church, micro-church, and living the everyday mission of Christ.

In today’s Question Mark, Mark unpacks the 4 disciple making practices of house church lived and expected in the Living Church family of house churches.

Joining Mark in The Living Room are Martin Jones and Hanson Pampuinath. The three of them discuss dads and discipleship. Martin has three adult children and several grandchildren. Mark has two adult children, another in high school, and one in middle school. Hanson does not have children of his own, but shares the importance of being a spiritual father to those he disciples in the country of Nepal. 

Every month Mark leads an online call with Living Room Network church leaders. These leaders come from different parts of the U.S., and even around the world. These leaders meet monthly for the purpose of encouragement, and to learn from one another what living the everyday missionary life looks like personally and in their different contexts, churches, and ministries. Today's Living Room conversation comes from that monthly call.

In the Living Room today is Martin Jones. Martin is in his sixties and planting an organic church in a city he's never lived in before. In this episode Martin shares his journey and what's moved him to plant a church when most in his stage of life are looking toward the relaxation of retirement. He also shares some excellent thoughts and resources for discipling others and moving from a more traditional way of church to organic church. Here is the website Martin references in this episode: https://www.transformativelife.org.