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Jimmy Scroggins brings a wealth of experience to the table about church multiplication. He’s the lead pastor of Family Church in West Palm Beach, Florida, and he describes the church culture as “baptisty” when he first got there. This barrier — among other things — prevented them from reaching the unchurched in their community. As intentional and strategic changes have been made, the Lord has used the Family Church community to multiply and spread the gospel throughout South Florida. In this episode, Jimmy talks about their church multiplication strategy, the financial cost of church planting, convocational planting and more.

Church planters are busy. Each week a stream of tasks, people and obligations yell for his attention. It’s easy to get to Friday afternoon only to realize you have a whole sermon to write. In this episode, we talk with H.B. Charles, the pastor-teacher at Shiloh Metropolitan Baptist Church of Jacksonville and Orange Park, Florida, about the significance of the preached Word of God, shaping your congregation’s worldview and addressing the felt and real needs of your congregation.

The phrase ‘gospel driven’ is tossed around a lot in evangelical spaces these days. It’s easy to say, but hard to live by — especially in seasons of pastoring and church planting when the seats and pews of your church are bare each Sunday. In this episode, our hosts interview Jared Wilson, the director of content strategy for Midwestern Seminary, about a subtle threat to gospel-driven church planting.

At the North American Mission Board (NAMB), it’s all about the gospel. In this episode, our hosts talk with Kevin Ezell, the President of NAMB, about planting churches with Send Network and what it’s like to be part of a family of churches that are planting churches everywhere for everyone.

Is the multiethnic church a realistic prospect for the Church today? Should planters and pastors pursue this vision? In this episode, our hosts — with Sam Dula who leads the Boulevard program at Send Network — answer these questions and talk about the ways multicultural tensions are affecting church planting and the necessity of partnering with churches who are different from your own.

We say it all the time in Send Network: We can do far more together than we could apart. No church planter can plant churches alone. He needs people and churches to partner with him and his team to fulfill the ministry God has called them to in their city. But navigating church partnerships can be tricky for the planter and the church, especially when each has different expectations. In this episode, our hosts talk again with Chris Phillips, the lead pastor and planter of Journey Point Church, Denver, Colorado to talk about navigating church partnerships.

Chris Phillips oozes joy. He finds joy in church planting (even though it’s immensely challenging), and he finds joy in knowing his city and loving his neighbors. He’s the lead pastor and planter of Journey Point Church in Denver, Colorado, and on this episode, our hosts chat with him about where his joy comes from, how to cultivate healthy partnerships and why it’s critical for church planters to know, love and date their city.

Jonah Easley was living as a missionary in China when he and his wife had their first child. They noticed developmental delays and brought him to America where he was diagnosed with autism. Amid having more children — each diagnosed with autism as well — they planted Awakening Church in Seattle, Washington. In this episode, Jonah vulnerably shares about how God has used his family to help him grow emotionally and spiritually, the church planting experience and the spiritual apathy of Washington state.

There’s a lot of talk these days about leadership in the church. But what’s the difference between leadership development and disciple-making? In this episode, our hosts sit down with Charles Smith. He’s the Senior Vice President for Institutional Relations and Assistant Professor of Christian Leadership at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. They talk about what leadership is, who leaders are, how to differentiate between leadership development and disciple-making and how church planters can lead well.

In this episode, Vance Pitman, senior pastor of Hope Church in Las Vegas, Nevada, reflects on 20 years of church planting and ministry experience. He talks about how they planted their church without losing their family, the power and necessity of prayer, and one pivotal word of advice to new planters.