Exponential Podcast

In this Exponential 2012 podcast, Dave Rhodes with 3DM speak on launching missional communities with teenagers. One of the largest and most fruitful mission field for Missional Communities is teenagers. But how does it work? Who leads them? How do they multiply? What do youth workers do? How are people discipled? This will be a nuts-and-bolts session on "the how" for Missional Communities and teenagers.

In this Exponential 2012 podcast, Daniel Floyd talks about launching healthy churches. Vision, passion, strategy, resources . . .and nominal success. Or, worse . . .absolute failure. How can all these traits co-exist in a church plant? Could it be that it takes more than merely great vision, passionate people, a well-defined strategy, and a large bank account to launch a successful church? As a church planting team, there are crucial decisions you must make in launching a church in order to avoid the sting of nominal success or the discouragement of failure. "How do You Launch a Healthy Church?" will give you practical tools to avoid the landmines and launch a strong, healthy, successful church.

Dream Big. Pray Hard. Think Long. -Mark Batterson, Exponential 2012

In this Exponential 2012 podcast, Chris Seay talks about the hardest person to lead. The hardest person to led in our church is not our Board or our Staff. It's not the congregation. The hardest person to lead is our self. As goes the leader, so goes the church. How can we master our lives and live lives of discipline and self control? How can we grow as a leader?

In this Exponential 2012 podcast, Tim Stevens poses a question: What type of personal has the guts to believe they can go into a community, gather scores of people around them, and see significant, long-lasting impace? Answer: A church planters. And the best ones are often a bit narcissistic. That is, they don't listen when people say it can't be done, and they truly believe they can rally people to bring about permanent change in a community. Whether you have the joy (and challenge) of working with a narcissistic pastor, or you see one when you look in the mirror, Tim Stevens will challenge your thinking and offer practical ideas you likely never heard in seminary.

In this Exponential 2012 podcast, Efrem Smith will provide a practical theology and ministry models for a holistic and missional approach to family ministry. Session will explore Equipping and Formation as well as Empowerment and Advancement model for ministry.

Jerry Harris leads a high impact church of around 4,500 people that has launched multiple campuses in various small cities. Jerry is gifted in launching new campuses with effective weekend programming that draws people to the church and then leads them to discipleship in small groups. In this session Jerry will explain how to create high impact church services and how to lead people into personal discipling relationships through these services.

In this Exponential 2012 podcast, Pete Scazerro speaks on how marriages, along with the marriages of our people, are windows into the level of spiritual depth and maturity of our ministries. There are few greater challenges for those of serving as pastors and leaders than maintaining and nurturing a high-quality, intimate marriage out of which we lead others. This workshop is to equip the leader/pastor with a biblical vision and practical tools to begin a journey where discipleship/spiritual formation of marriages forms the foundation of a healthy, missional church.

Dr. Bobby Harrington is a church planter, founding director of the Relational Discipleship Network and former lead trainer and network guru for Stadia. Bobby will make the case that the local church should be committed to "Relational Discipleship" because of New Testament teaching. Discipleship is the theme behind every book in the New Testament. And God's desire is that every human being would become a disciple and follow Jesus Christ into eternity. Properly understood, discipleship is the underlying purpose of the church. In this quest, Agape love is the most important aspect of discipleship. The joining of these two concepts is called "Relational Discipleship."

In this Exponential 2012 podcast, Jo Saxton talks about why women are one of the most vital components of a sustainable missional movement. In this workshop we will explore the foundational role of women within any missional movement and talk the nuts-and-bolts, how-to of being a missionary woman with so many various hats to wear at once (wife, mother, employee, missionary, etc).

In this Exponential 2012 podcast, Jon Fergurson, Dave Ferguson, and Tammy Melchien speak on how movement starts with one person. Discover the reproducing principles and the leadership path to create a movement of reproducing churches.

In this Exponential 2012 podcast, Neil Cole will share principles of how to invest in the next generation and prepare them to do the same.

In this Exponential 2012 podcast, Alan Hirsch speaks on the the missional significance of discipleship. This session will explore why focusing on developing disciples and forming people in the Way of Jesus is of strategic significance to the creation, health, and viability of any church or church planting movement.

In this Exponential 2012 podcast, Alex Absalom talk about the why, how, and what of disciple-making. In order to build a dynamic discipleship culture, you need to create the undergirding vision and values, as well the practical vehicles people will interact with. This seminar will show you how to do this, especially through a 'Releasing Control, Choosing Accountability' mindset, as well as showing how Huddles (leadership investment in community) and mid-sized Missional Communities can help in your context.

In this Exponential 2012 podcast, Hugh Halter and Matt Smay speak on reproducing missional leaders. In this session the Missio Team will drive the discussion to the most important element of any church formation or growth. That is the reproducing of missionary leaders. Key points will center around incarnational life, farm systems, funding, and spiritual formation practices that produce street-level leaders.

In this Exponential 2012 podcast, David Putman speaks on why discipleship is impossible without the relational factor. For years churches have taken a curriculum and organizational driven approach to discipleship with limited life change. In this workshop we will explore why curriculum and organization alone falls short, but more importantly what does work. Jesus modeled a relational approach. Discover the keys to relational discipleship and why and how it produces dramatic life change. Become the disciple you want others to become!

In this Exponential 2012 podcast, Jim Putman discusses the importance of small groups that make disciples. Jim Putman is the founding pastor of Real Life Ministries, one of the largest, fastest growing and unique churches within the USA in the last 10 years. Building on the concept that discipleship is the core mission of the church, Jim will show how Jesus made disciples in small groups. Jim will explain, in practical terms, how a new church can follow the same method that Jesus used and create a small groups system based upon that today. Jim will also tell stories about how Real Life Ministries adopted this model and grew to where they now have up to 8,000 people in small groups meeting on a weekly basis.

Justin and Trisha Davis were church planters...until their world came crumbling down. What happened? Driven-ness. Distance Decay. Deception. Hurt. Their personal story of forgiveness, reconciliation, and ministry restoration could keep the cracks in our fishbowl from spreading. Come find out how in this no-holds-barred workshop.

In this Exponential 2012 podcast, Bob & Niki Roberts, high school sweethearts, will trace their journey of following Jesus to plant a church, the impact on their marriage and lessons learned.

In this Exponential 2012 podcast, Brian & Amy Bloye ask the question of how do you stay the course in the midst of difficult circumstances, conflict and criticism.