I had the good fortune to meet Ben Sandell on a speaking trip to Finland.

We shared a ride back and forth between Helsinki and the location where I spoke. That gave us more than four hours of talk time in the car. A friendship was born.

The conference was amazing with 1,500-plus Charismatic Lutherans seated in bleachers in the public space of an indoor shopping mall/sports center. The Finns are very inventive people and the mall was amazing. The response of the people made it even better.

Because of the unity between state and church the concept of "church planting" is not acceptable. So young leaders are planting "communities." Cultures vary from country to country but the basics of making disciples and multiplying believing communities remain much the same.

Hope you enjoy this turnabout podcast...

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David Householder is a Fulbright Scholar, surfer, and church multiplier. I met him as Director of Alpha for North America.

This interview is most interesting because of the way David has learned to use difficulties to the advantage of the Kingdom. After an initial setback, the church he leads has grown during Covid.

So much of what you and I complain about, David sees as potential assets. Whether you bring up less-committed believers, the pandemic, or Zoom fatigue this man has found a way to turn them all into opportunities. During Covid, Robinwood Church in Huntington Beach took Alpha online via Zoom. They exploded with growth but the real story is how they used these tools to plant microchurches in Canada, Arizona, Minnesota, Alabama and soon in the Philippines.

I first met David when we launched Alpha in 19 homes. He happened to visit our church in Kaneohe as a tourist on our launch date. At the end of service, he introduced himself and I eventually found myself enjoying breakfast in Nicky Gumbel's home. David runs in circles I can only imagine.

As a charismatic Lutheran, he's studied in Germany with the Fulbright people. Pastored a massive church in Minnesota and now plants in

California. This is a three-part interview, loaded with excitement and insight.

For all his education and credentials, the best part of knowing David is his earthy pragmatism. This one is a keeper.

He operates too many websites for the space we have here so you best connect with him through his Amazon Author Page.

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David Householder is a Fulbright Scholar, surfer, and church multiplier. I met him as Director of Alpha for North America.

This interview is most interesting because of the way David has learned to use difficulties to the advantage of the Kingdom. After an initial setback, the church he leads has grown during Covid.

So much of what you and I complain about, David sees as potential assets. Whether you bring up less-committed believers, the pandemic, or Zoom fatigue this man has found a way to turn them all into opportunities. During Covid, Robinwood Church in Huntington Beach took Alpha online via Zoom. They exploded with growth but the real story is how they used these tools to plant microchurches in Canada, Arizona, Minnesota, Alabama and soon in the Philippines.

I first met David when we launched Alpha in 19 homes. He happened to visit our church in Kaneohe as a tourist on our launch date. At the end of service, he introduced himself and I eventually found myself enjoying breakfast in Nicky Gumbel's home. David runs in circles I can only imagine.

As a charismatic Lutheran, he's studied in Germany with the Fulbright people. Pastored a massive church in Minnesota and now plants in

California. This is a three-part interview, loaded with excitement and insight.

For all his education and credentials, the best part of knowing David is his earthy pragmatism. This one is a keeper.

He operates too many websites for the space we have here so you best connect with him through his Amazon Author Page.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

David Householder is a Fulbright Scholar, surfer, and church multiplier. I met him as Director of Alpha for North America.

This interview is most interesting because of the way David has learned to use difficulties to the advantage of the Kingdom. After an initial setback, the church he leads has grown during Covid.

So much of what you and I complain about, David sees as potential assets. Whether you bring up less-committed believers, the pandemic, or Zoom fatigue this man has found a way to turn them all into opportunities. During Covid, Robinwood Church in Huntington Beach took Alpha online via Zoom. They exploded with growth but the real story is how they used these tools to plant microchurches in Canada, Arizona, Minnesota, Alabama and soon in the Philippines.

I first met David when we launched Alpha in 19 homes. He happened to visit our church in Kaneohe as a tourist on our launch date. At the end of service, he introduced himself and I eventually found myself enjoying breakfast in Nicky Gumbel's home. David runs in circles I can only imagine.

As a charismatic Lutheran, he's studied in Germany with the Fulbright people. Pastored a massive church in Minnesota and now plants in

California. This is a three-part interview, loaded with excitement and insight.

For all his education and credentials, the best part of knowing David is his earthy pragmatism. This one is a keeper.

He operates too many websites for the space we have here so you best connect with him through his Amazon Author Page.

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Jim Britts tells an exciting story.

God interrupted his plans to live as a conventional youth pastor

till age 80. He's still working with younger people but as a church planter and

multiplier. Then he discovered the power of discipling people into Christ which

required restructuring the church.

COVID presented new opportunities. The church now functions with

two operating systems. One to serve long-time members while the other unites

persons of peace met on the street then disciples them into Christ. As you

might expect from Matthew 10 and Luke 10 these people bring their friends and

family into a relationship with Jesus--mostly outside of any congregation or

building.

The church now mostly equips and strengthens disciplemakers who

reach into neighborhoods and communities of folks radically different from Jim

and his personal church history.

The kicker is the incredible community penetration and the

unusual form. Jim moved from a conventional role into operating a business that

removed financial pressure from the church. They meet in a park (Parkside

Church) on Sunday mornings but the core drivers all gather around a meal,

fellowship and disciplemaking (that is only a dream for many pastors) on Sunday

afternoons.

This one will shatter many of your categories and assumptions

about the church.

You can catch Jim at https://parksidechurch.cc and the interview is

so good that we posted it to YouTube at https://youtu.be/BI14RgykXno

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Jim Britts tells an exciting story.

God interrupted his plans to live as a conventional youth pastor till age 80. He's still working with younger people but as a church planter and multiplier. Then he discovered the power of discipling people into Christ which required restructuring the church.

COVID presented new opportunities. The church now functions with two operating systems. One to serve long-time members while the other unites persons of peace met on the street then disciples them into Christ. As you might expect from Matthew 10 and Luke 10 these people bring their friends and family into a relationship with Jesus--mostly outside of any congregation or building.

The church now mostly equips and strengthens disciplemakers who reach into neighborhoods and communities of folks radically different from Jim and his personal church history.

The kicker is the incredible community penetration and the unusual form. Jim moved from a conventional role into operating a business that removed financial pressure from the church. They meet in a park (Parkside Church) on Sunday mornings but the core drivers all gather around a meal, fellowship and disciplemaking (that is only a dream for many pastors) on Sunday afternoons.

This one will shatter many of your categories and assumptions about the church.

You can catch Jim at https://parksidechurch.cc and the interview is so good that we posted it to YouTube at https://youtu.be/BI14RgykXno

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Jim Britts tells an exciting story.

God interrupted his plans to live as a conventional youth pastor till age 80. He's still working with younger people but as a church planter and multiplier. Then he discovered the power of discipling people into Christ which required restructuring the church.

COVID presented new opportunities. The church now functions with two operating systems. One to serve long-time members while the other unites persons of peace met on the street then disciples them into Christ. As you might expect from Matthew 10 and Luke 10 these people bring their friends and family into a relationship with Jesus--mostly outside of any congregation or building.

The church now mostly equips and strengthens disciplemakers who reach into neighborhoods and communities of folks radically different from Jim and his personal church history.

The kicker is the incredible community penetration and the unusual form. Jim moved from a conventional role into operating a business that removed financial pressure from the church. They meet in a park (Parkside Church) on Sunday mornings but the core drivers all gather around a meal, fellowship and disciplemaking (that is only a dream for many pastors) on Sunday afternoons.

This one will shatter many of your categories and assumptions about church.

You can catch Jim at https://parksidechurch.cc and the interview is so good that we posted it to YouTube at https://youtu.be/BI14RgykXno

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Growth can hurt as well as help.

Join me with Russ Shearer as he tells his story of both lagging finances and leadership base as his church suddenly grew to 150 percent of pre-COVID attendance. This is a crazy good story that reveals the ups and downs of God's blessing.

Russ is a seasoned church planter who moved to Peoria, Illinois a few years prior to COVID. The church Russ pastors was given a new campus just prior to the pandemic. Another congregation closed an extension site handing the facility to Ignite Church.

They picked up a few members from the previous operation and the Ignite congregation began evangelizing and inviting friends. The post-lockdown climate became somewhat frenzied with the need to train leaders and start microchurches. All of which is being compounded by lagging finances. Russ is the only full-time employee and it will take several months for giving to catch up to growth.

To top this, Ignite Church just inherited another campus at no cost. They're busy preparing a church plant in that facility. God is piling blessings on Russ and his congregation. But blessings can become stressors if they come too quickly.

Anxiety dogs most pastors at one time or another and Russ is no exception. You'll be moved and encouraged by his struggles and his overcoming spirit.

You can catch up with Russ at https://www.ignitechurch.org.

NOTE: If you're struggling with anxiety you might find solace and direction in my short book Defeating Anxiety.

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This is the audio from the first session of "Doing Church in a Post-Christian Era" in the Coaching with Ralph Moore cohorts.

Between now and midnight you can join the Premium Cohort for 30% off. You'll get two fresh videos each month along with a 90 minute open mike Zoom chat with Ralph on the third Saturday of each month. You also receive full access to both the church multiplication and microchurch courses featured on the website as long as you are enrolled in the cohort.

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You may not know Greg by name or reputation but he's already impacted your life.

A seasoned disciplemaker, church planter and holder of a Ph.D. in psychometrics he's crafted assessment tools that most of us have used directly or indirectly. From a DISC test to the Becoming Level 5 tool to a new disciplemaking assessment for NorthPoint Church, Greg has touched us all.

In this interview, Greg uncovers a disciple maker's journey from CRU to church planting to discovering his unique place in the body of Christ. Eventually, he came to develop assessment tools to uncover strengths and weaknesses in an effort to guide you to your desired outcomes. A partial list of tools Greg has created include:

• Becoming a Level 5 Multiplying Church (B5) for Exponential
• Becoming a DiscipleMaker (DM5) for Exponential & Discipleship.org
• HeroMaker (HM5) for Exponential and Dave Ferguson/Warren Byrd
• Multiplier (M5) for Exponential
• TrueWiring suite of instruments (DISC, Motivators, EQ & Conflict Profile)
• TrueWiring4Churches suite (DISC, Motivators, EQ, Conflict Profile & Spiritual Gifts) for Rock RMS and TrueWiring
• Spiritual Gifts
• Church LifeCycle–Five Stages of development and decline
• 360 Discipleship Assessment for ECO-Evangelical Covenant Order of Presbyterians
• Flourishing Church Assessment for ECO-Evangelical Covenant Order of Presbyterians
• Mission Gap Assessment Lite for World Vision & Healthy Growing Leaders
• Mission Gap Assessment (MGA) for World Vision & Healthy Growing Leaders
• Financial Health Assessment for Indiana Ministries & Healthy Growing Leaders

Part 2 of the interview is especially interesting when the discussion turns toward the most fruitful decades in the life of a leader. You may be surprised to learn how many of Paul's disciples mentioned in the New Testament, or the bulk of his epistles, are the fruit of the last ten years of his ministry. I've known Greg for several years. I've benefited from several of the tools he created. But this interview is the most personally fulfilling time I've spent with him. His heart and his instruction will bless you - I promise!

For more from Greg, you can visit https://truewiring.com or https://healthygrowingleaders.com

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