Elle grew up in Buffalo, New York and worked for quite awhile in youth ministry. She has been a part of the Orange Team since 2013. Currently, she is the director of XP3 Middle School Curriculum, the Lead Writer for Lead Small Weekly, a weekly tool to help churches do small groups better, and a co-author of the book Creating a Lead Small Culture, along with Reggie Joiner and Kristen Ivy. She has launched a resource website called "Stuff You Can Use" and a bi-weekly podcast known as "You Ministry...
Oct 30, 2016•57 min
Matt McKee is an experienced entrepreneur as well as a former employee at Fellowship Church in Grapevine, TX. Currently, he serves as the pastor of students at Horizon Community Church in Cincinnati, OH. His latest passion has been helping families understand how to better use technology and establish safeguards for kids in his latest book Parent Chat. Matt is also a Dallas Cowboys and Bengals fan. LISTEN NOW iTunes - Episode #41 Matt McKee - Parenting & Technology Google Play - Episode #41:...
Oct 17, 2016•54 min
Kevin Moore is the founding and senior pastor of THECHURCH at Visilia. He and his wife, Veronica, have four children. They live in Tulare County and can’t imagine ever calling any place else home. Kevin is a great communicator. He has written five books and absolutely loves presenting Biblical truths in ways that people can understand and apply to their daily life. LISTEN NOW iTunes - Episode #40 Kevin Moore - The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of Church Planting Google Play - Episode #40: Kevin Mo...
Oct 02, 2016•1 hr 12 min
Phil is the Creative Arts Pastor at West Ridge Church in Atlanta, GA. He is passionate about creating high-impact experiences that lead people to Jesus Christ. In this episode, Phil talks specifically about the West Ridge Creative Process and getting your creativity into a weekly rhythm. LISTEN NOW iTunes - Episode #39: Phil Bowdle - Finding A Weekly Rhythm For Your Creative Process Google Play - Episode #39: Phil Bowdle - Finding A Weekly Rhythm For Your Creative Process GUEST LINKS Twitter Fac...
Sep 18, 2016•45 min
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Sep 05, 2016•1 hr 6 min
Pastor Dustin Woodward is the Lead Student Pastor of Copper Point Church in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Together with his wife, Mandy, they are ministering to over 1,800 students a week through weekly services, satellite campuses, and Bible clubs. Dustin is a gifted communicator and teacher, convicted about speaking the truth as plainly as possible. God has given him a vision and a passion for helping people meet Jesus and each week he shares God’s Word and its practical application in our daily li...
Aug 21, 2016•59 min
Jordan Boyce is the founder of the Awakening Conference, which was established in 2007. He was a 16-year-old with a vision to gather young people all over from the region of New England. After completing an internship at The City Church in Seattle he returned and took on the position as Youth Director of Awakening Youth, the youth ministry of New Life Worship Center. Attendance at Awakening Youth has tripled since Jordan and his team took over in 2009. Awakening is a leader in creativity and usi...
Aug 07, 2016•52 min
Brad Cooper is the Executive Pastor of Ministries at NewSpring Church in South Carolina. He oversees the Fuse, KidSpring, Next Steps, and Guest Services ministries found on every NewSpring campus and NewSpring College. Brad has a passion for people of all ages and for seeing their lives changed by Jesus Christ. Brad is the primary communicator for Fuse and has a unique ability of connecting with the students of NewSpring Church. Brad has a wife, Cory, and two beautiful daughters, Campbell and Ma...
Jul 24, 2016•1 hr
In the summer of 2010, Oneka and her husband, Earl, sold their home, packed up their two sons, and moved to Dallas, TX. A short while later, they sat in a living room in Dallas and shared the vision of Shoreline with 17 courageous people. They started with a bible study in a nursing home. The bible study kept growing and they began meeting at the Angelika movie theater. They had their grand opening January 22, 2012 and saw over 500 people in attendance. In 2012, they moved into their current hom...
Jul 10, 2016•59 min
While working in a nightclub as a rave-dj, Peter challenged the God of the Universe to “reveal himself” in an unmistakable way. Only seconds later, God responded to him with a jaw-dropping Gospel encounter that shook the foundation of his life. Since converting to Christianity on the spot, Peter has traveled the world, sharing his radical story and calling others to experience the same joy and power. Within a few short years, Peter was sucked into full-time ministry. After pastoring in Wisconsin...
Jun 27, 2016•50 min
Lee Cockerell is the former Executive Vice President of Operations for the Walt Disney World® Resort. As the Senior Operating Executive for ten years, Lee led a team of 40,000 Cast Members and was responsible for the operations of 20 resort hotels, 4 theme parks, 2 water parks, a shopping & entertainment village and the ESPN sports and recreation complex in addition to the ancillary operations which supported the number one vacation destination in the world. One of Lee's major and lasting le...
Jun 12, 2016•53 min
Beth Vaughn was born and raised in Oklahoma. After attending the University of Oklahoma (Go Sooners!), she accepted a position at Life.Church as a filmmaker in 2006. Currently, she is the Central Group Leader of Creative Media at Life.Church. In this episode, Beth discusses the Creative Axioms of Life.Church. GUEST LINKS Twitter Instagram Facebook Life.Church LINKS MENTIONED You Version Bible Open: Free Church Resources Develop.me Church Metrics Church Online Platform Episode #21: Larry Hubatka ...
May 29, 2016•1 hr 1 min
Brad Lomenick led and directed a movement of young leaders called Catalyst for twelve years. He has since moved into a strategic advisor role with Catalyst, along with several other organizations. Over the last fifteen years, he has spent a significant amount of time convening leaders. Prior to running Catalyst, he spent five years involved in the growth of the nationally acclaimed Life@Work Magazine and did management consulting with Cornerstone Group. Before that, after graduating from the Uni...
May 15, 2016•1 hr 4 min
At age 20, Pastor Willie George began an outreach with Sunday School buses and quickly learned how to hold the attention of rowdy, unchurched kids. In the decade that followed, his groundbreaking techniques brought him to national prominence as an authority on children's ministry. In 1982, he created a wildly successful, nationally broadcast kid's television program, The Gospel Bill Show. In spite of his success as a traveling minister, he longed to build a local church where youth and children'...
May 01, 2016•55 min
In 2008, Josh launched Next Level Church in New England with a desire to be relevant, loving, and life-giving. He claims to have made tons of mistakes and have been making it up as he goes, trusting God for wisdom beyond my years and experience. Today Next Level Church has 7 locations throughout the Northeast in 4 different states with thousands of people each weekend in attendance, and best of all, thousands of people have said, "Yes" to a relationship with Jesus. God-willing, NLC will launch d...
Apr 19, 2016•1 hr 5 min
Chad Veach is one of the nations most sought after preacher and leadership teacher. In his former church, he led a youth and young adult ministry that saw over 1000 young people in attendance weekly. Chad and his wife, Julia, currently pastor Zoe Church in Los Angeles, CA. They have three children, Georgia, Winston, and Maverick. In this episode, Chad shares the reason and heart behind his new book Unreasonable Hope. LISTEN NOW Episode #27: Chad Veach - Unreasonable Hope GUEST LINKS Instagram Tw...
Apr 04, 2016•26 min
Born and raised in Kentucky, Greg grew up in a Christian home. After rededicating his life to Christ at the age of 17, he felt a call to ministry. He began volunteering at his home church and, in 1989, became the Youth and Children’s Pastor, eventually serving as the Associate Pastor. He and his family moved to Tulsa in 2003 to become part of the Pastoral team of Church On The Move. He now serves as the Family Ministries Director, which includes the kid's ministry (Kids on the Move) and the stud...
Mar 21, 2016•1 hr 9 min
As a 13 year old, Jason knew he was called to be a pastor. But his journey to lead Vibrant Church started with Jason serving our country in the United States Marine Corps., then attending seminary and training under one of the country’s most respected pastors, Pastor Tommy Barnett. Pastor Jason met his beautiful wife, Rachael, while serving in ministry in Phoenix. They have spent over a decade in ministry together and have been blessed with three amazing kids: Ava, Nathan, and Trace. Ministry ru...
Mar 07, 2016•1 hr 4 min
Pastor Robert and his family have been missionaries in Peru for over twenty years. He first started out ministering in the hot jungles, but eventually moved to Lima, the capital of Peru, to minister to youth. With a handful of young but excited believers, he started a church, and now Camino de Vida is growing fast. Not only that, but Pastor Robert is involved in a nationwide church planting movement, starting Camino de Vida churches all across the country. His desire, along with his wife Karen a...
Feb 15, 2016•49 min
Pace Hartfield has given his life to seeing people step into their full potential in Christ in a diverse variety of settings that have uniquely prepared him to start and pastor One Place Church. Pace is known for his passion for his family, fishing, great coffee, and for crafting environments that creatively communicate the life found in Jesus. Pace and his wife, Sarah, have been married for 17 years and live in Coeur d’ Alene, Idaho with their four kids, Caiden (13), Grayson (10), Addison (8), ...
Feb 01, 2016•1 hr 13 min
Daniel Connell is a production designer with a focus on live events. His work includes event design and execution, and system design for both permanent and mobile applications. Daniel has worked in the concert, theater, television, and house of worship markets. Daniel believes lighting should be an extension of your content. It should amplify feeling and emotion. It should pull your audience in so that they are no longer just spectators, but participants. Daniel lives in Alabama with his wife Ca...
Jan 18, 2016•50 min
Larry Hubatka, the Creative Pastor of Elevation Church in Charlotte, North Carolina, oversees everything you see at Elevation from graphics to print to video. On this episode, Larry pulls back the curtain on how the Elevation creative team is structured to serve the entire church. From kids and youth, to all of their campuses, we'll see how they found a way to win. Larry and his wife Kelly have been married over a decade and a half. Additionally they have four girls: Riley, Lily, Audrey and Lucy...
Jan 04, 2016•1 hr 2 min
Grant Pankratz is the Lead Pastor of Church of the Harvest in Oklahoma City, OK. Additionally, he's the Youth America pastor. Grant oversees the youth ministry of all 5 of the church's campuses. As if that's not enough responsibility, he also has the oversight of the Youth America College and camp. Grant is madly in love with Jesus, his wife, Monica and two kids Naomi and Boston.
Dec 21, 2015•59 min
Andrew serves as the Production Manager at Church on the Move in Tulsa, OK. He has 25 years of experience in the touring world with a diverse range of entertainers which has brought a unique perspective to his position. Although a bit unorthodox in approach, his experience and creative problem-solving have helped COTM redesign the production and implementation of their live services and events. Follow Andrew on twitter @stone_rocks
Dec 06, 2015•1 hr 10 min
Dino Rizzo serves as the Executive Director of ARC (Association of Related Churches), an organization he co-founded which has planted over 500 churches across the USA. He is also the author of the book Servolution. In 1992, Dino and his wife DeLynn founded Healing Place Church in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, a church they pastored for twenty years. Today, Dino also serves as an Associate Pastor at Church of the Highlands in Birmingham. Dino and DeLynn have three incredible children.
Nov 16, 2015•48 min
In this bonus episode, Jason Laird explains what an average week looks like for him. How he manages his time while overseeing 5 locations as well as traveling and speaking. Jason Laird is the Executive Student Pastor at Gateway Church in Dallas, TX. As of the launch of this podcast, he oversees 5 campuses in the student ministry. Every year Jason and the Gateway students team hosts a student conference that brings in 3,000+ students as well as leaders from all over!
Nov 09, 2015•19 min
Jason Laird is the Executive Student Pastor at Gateway Church in Dallas, TX. As of the launch of this podcast, he oversees 5 campuses in the student ministry. Every year Jason and the Gateway students team hosts a student conference that brings in 3,000+ students as well as leaders from all over! Jason talks with us about building an effective student ministry.
Nov 02, 2015•57 min
Carey is the lead and founding pastor of Connexus Church and has been serving in ministry since 1995. He is the primary communicator on Sunday mornings and is passionate about leading people into a relationship with Christ. He is the author of Leading Change Without Losing It, blogs regularly for church leaders around the world, and hosts the Carey Nieuwhof Leadership Podcast available on iTunes. He and his wife, Toni, live north of Barrie with their two sons. You will hear Carey say that his fa...
Oct 25, 2015•26 min
Carey is the lead and founding pastor of Connexus Church and has been serving in ministry since 1995. He is the primary communicator on Sunday mornings and is passionate about leading people into a relationship with Christ. He is the author of Leading Change Without Losing It, blogs regularly for church leaders around the world, and hosts the Carey Nieuwhof Leadership Podcast available on iTunes. He and his wife, Toni, live north of Barrie with their two sons. You will hear Carey say that his fa...
Oct 19, 2015•50 min
Clay is the author of 4 books, the co-founder of 5 humans kids and the founder of the online business education platform which trains thousands of business people in 41 countries (in which he is a partner of NBA Hall of Fame Basketball Hall of Fame Member, David Robinson). He is an award-winning speaker, contributing writer for Entrepreneur Magazine, the former United States Small Business Administration Entrepreneur and the speaker that Yahoo! Finance has described as the "Jim Carey of entrepre...
Oct 05, 2015•1 hr 8 min
