Church Plants Are New Wells Bringing Life to Our Cities
In this episode of the How To Plant A Healthy Church podcast, Corey Garris shares his testimony of salvation and journey towards becoming a pastor, and the scripture the Lord spoke to him about the value of the local church and expanding the number of âwellsâ in his city. His story inspires faith in asking […]
Planting As A Couple and Leaving Your Sending Church Well
In this episode of the How to Plant a Healthy Church podcast, Jason and Betsy Patrick share about hearing the call to church plant and the emotional honesty, vulnerability, and patience required in the discernment process. As champions of leaving the sending church well, Jason and Betsy are a wealth of helpful tips on how […]
Into The Desert: Consenting To What We Did Not Choose And Fighting The Right Enemy
On this episode, return guest Jared Boyd provides a counter-intuitive posture for those seeking spiritual formation in a time of global pandemic. Knowing how and what to fight against begins only when we can move from thinking we are in isolation to embracing solitude. This is very personal look into what God has been doing […]
When The Story of COVID-19 Gets Told, Letâs Make Sure We Have Stories Worth Telling
Pacific City Church was planted in 2018 by Chris Meekins and his team in Santa Monica, CA. In this episode Michael and co-host Liz Moore (also a church planter in Princeton, NJ) talk through the issues facing church planters in the era of COVID-19. Chris and his team have tackled these new challenges with lots […]
The Asian-American Experience And Confronting Racism Amplified By COVID-19
Vineyard of Harvest Church is a multi-generational, multi-lingual, and multi-cultural church in southeastern Los Angeles County in Southern California. Pastor Dennis Liu has recently transitioned into a co-lead pastor role with the founding pastor (and Dennisâs father-in-law) Kenneth Kwan. Vineyard of Harvest is an amazing church community on many fronts but in this season of […]
Behind The Scenes Of Elm City Vineyardâs Planting Story
The Elm City Vineyard in New Haven, CT is an urban, multi-ethnic church that bridges across the socio-economic strata. This is a âbehind-the-scenesâ look at the early days of the planting of ECV. Baked in to their early DNA was the idea of ECV being a church community modeled after a teaching hospital where both […]
Using Zoom With Your Church â Best Practices And Things Weâre Learning With Melisa Keller
In this time where churches are moving their services online en masse , Vineyard Fullerton took another approach using the video conferencing platform Zoom to not only handle their small group meetings but actually run their entire weekend service. Their innovative approach is described in detail by Melisa Keller, Event Director for Vineyard Worship and […]
Taking Your Church Online â Best Practices From Vineyard Columbus Pastor Andrew Oswalt
Vineyard Columbus is a church with 8,000 people in attendance on a normal Sunday. Like the rest of us, with the restrictions brought on by COVID-19, Vineyard Columbus quickly pivoted from a church that only met physically to launching their online ministry platform in a matter of days. This is a look behind the scenes […]
Taking Your Church Online â Best Practices From The Church In Shanghai
This weekâs guest is John Willison. John is the senior pastor of Abundant Grace International Fellowship in Shanghai, China. Since the beginning of the COVID-19 outbreak, Abundant Grace International Fellowship has been innovating out of necessity taking their entire church life online from Sunday worship experience to small groups to daily devotionals to kidsâ ministry. […]
Live From The 2020 Multiply Vineyard Summit â The Grasshopper Complex
This is part two of the special three-part series taken from the 2020 Multiply Vineyard Summit held in San Luis Obispo, CA. In this episode, Dr. Charles Montgomery challenges us with a powerful word out of Numbers 13 to face our âgiantsâ and renew our trust in God. âA faith that canât be tested is […]
