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December 18, 2025 Pillar Women Ep. 10 - Criticism in Ministry with Sarah Rogers & Jenna DiPrima
Sarah Rogers and Jenna DiPrima discuss criticism in ministry, including understanding different types of criticism, responding with grace, practical tips for handling criticism, modeling healthy responses for children, and more.
40 min
December 17, 2025 Ep. 87 - What is the Church & What Does it Do? with Phil Newton & Dave Kiehn
Dave Kiehn interviews Phil Newton about chapters 2 and 3 from "Churches Planting Churches” on what the church is and does. They discuss the importance of ecclesiology for church planting, elder-led congregationalism, how narrowing the view of the church helps to clarify its purpose, and more.
32 min
December 10, 2025 Ep. 86 - A Conversation on Closed Membership with Nate Akin, Dave Kiehn, & Liam Garvie
Nate Akin, Dave Kiehn, and Liam Garvie discuss how Pillar values closed membership. They address the practice of open membership, the importance of baptism, conscience dilemmas, regenerate church membership, what historic Baptist confessions have to say, teaching patiently on membership, and more.
39 min
December 03, 2025 Ep. 85 - Meaningful Christian Friendships with Daniel Gillespie, Kurt Gebhards, & Eric Bancroft
Dave Kiehn talks with Daniel Gillespie, Kurt Gebhards, & Eric Bancroft about the importance of building deep and meaningful Christian friendships among men, including the contrast with modern male friendships that lack depth, friendships that go beyond superficial interests, encouraging spiritual growth, and more.
31 min
November 26, 2025 Ep. 84 - Fieldstone Counseling with Joseph Hussung and Dave Kiehn
Dave Kiehn talks with Joseph Hussung from Fieldstone Counseling about the importance of counseling in the church, particularly for pastors. They also discuss biblically based counseling, the balance between counseling and discipleship, and more. Learn more at fieldstonecounseling.org.
28 min
November 19, 2025 Ep. 83 - Associations & Collaborative Church Planting with Brandon Langley & Liam Garvie
Brandon Langley talks with Liam Garvie about his chapter of Churches Planting Churches on how associations can foster collaborative church planting, including the biblical precedent and value of associations, formalizing associations, teaching congregations about partnership and more.
44 min
November 12, 2025 Ep. 82 - A Conversation on Revitalization & Perseverance Through Suffering with Keith Crosby
Dave Kiehn talks with Keith Crosby about his journey to faith and pastoral ministry, the long game of revitalization, and his testimony of God’s grace throughout trials and suffering. Keith is a member of our network and the Lead Pastor of Hillside Church in San Jose, California.
32 min
November 05, 2025 Ep. 81 - Planting Parkside: One Year Later with Andy Davis, Andy Winn, & Chase Jenkins
Dave Kiehn talks with Andy Davis, Andy Winn, & Chase Jenkins about the journey to planting Parkside Baptist Church in Durham, NC. They discuss the reasons for planting, the joys and challenges of the first year, raising up a team to plant, challenges for the sending church, and more.
33 min
October 29, 2025 Ep. 80 - Funding a Church Plant with Phil Newton, Nathan Baumgartner, & Brandon Langley
Brandon Langley, Phil Newton, and Nathan Baumgartner talk about how to fund a church plant from chapters 11 and 12 of "Churches Planting Churches." They discuss budgeting, vision casting, dedicated funds for planting, church documents and policies, and more.
39 min
October 23, 2025 Pillar Women Ep. 9 - Women’s Discipleship with Sarah Rogers
Sarah Rogers gives a talk on discipling women in the local church, including the importance of sound doctrine, older believers teaching younger believers, teaching a distinctly Christian home life and character, and more. This talk was originally given at the 2025 Thrive Women's Conference.
47 min

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This is the official podcast of the Pillar Church Planting Network. This podcast will typically be hosted by Nate Akin, with content provided by other Pillar staff, board members, and network pastors.…