In this episode, Cory and Brian interview Ryan and Bre Wiebe. Ryan and Bre are founding members of the KC Underground. They are disciple-making and microchurch leaders in the Western Shawnee area. Bre is the ongoing coaching director of the Underground, and Ryan is the aquatics director for a local municipality. We'll walk through the story of how their microchurch emerged and what Jesus has taught them on this journey over the last 3 - 5 years. "If you journey with Jesus long enough, it will al...
Sep 06, 2022•48 min•Ep. 123
In this episode, Cory and Brian interview David and Cheryl Johnson. David and Cheryl are founding members of the Kansas City Underground. They are disciple-making and microchurch leaders in a couple of different contexts from neighborhoods to the state prison. We'll talk through why this paradigm is so important to them, how their microchurches have emerged, and the real stories that have shaped these extended spiritual families. Next steps with the Underground: Subscribe to our newsletter Conne...
Aug 30, 2022•46 min•Ep. 122
The podcast you listen to will be the fifth in a series during 2022 around the themes of grace and supplication. These episodes will be dropped at various points throughout the year. We hope that you will head over to kcunderground.org/prayer-fasting and grab the prayer guide associated with this podcast. As the KC Underground, we believe that we can only go as far and as fast as we can on our knees. We have committed as a network to extraordinary prayer and fasting. This series of podcasts on g...
Aug 23, 2022•26 min
Cory and Brian talk through the definition of a microchurch for the Kansas City Underground. We say that the KC Underground is a network of missionaries and microchurches, but what do we mean by that. In this episode we'll talk about the biblical foundations for microchurches, what we mean when we use the word, and what we don't mean. Over the next few weeks, we'll hear from local microchurch leaders to see how our definition is fleshed out on the ground. "There's no such thing as church plantin...
Aug 16, 2022•39 min•Ep. 120
Cory McElvain and Brian have a conversation with Desiree Foster and Moses Tasse, two of the summer interns who have jumped into mission with the KC Underground for the summer of '22. We'll share a few stories of what they've done over the past eight weeks, how it's shaped the way they see disciple-making and the church, and how they see Jesus leading them forward. Next steps with the Underground: Subscribe to our newsletter Connect with us for Coaching Support the Underground...
Aug 09, 2022•35 min•Ep. 119
Cory McElvain and Brian interview Creighton Smith-Allaire, a committed missionary to high school students in Kansas City. What makes Creighton perfect for this? He is a high school student. We discuss Creighton's specific roles with the Zero Hour Hub and how he has been equipped by this Hub to be an effective disciple-maker in his school. "I know I'm called to people who are not believers at my school, and now Zero-Hour is equipping me to do it." -Creighton Next steps with the Underground: Subsc...
Aug 02, 2022•42 min•Ep. 118
Cory, Cory, and Brian talk through an update with the Zero Hour Hub of the Kansas City Underground. This Hub is specifically engaging the next generation in disciple-making within the area high schools of Kansas City. We discuss what the Zero Hour team has learned over this last year, what's new, and where they're headed. "Gen Z is hungry to lead!" - Cory McElvain Next steps with the Underground: Subscribe to our newsletter Connect with us for Coaching Support the Underground...
Jul 26, 2022•35 min•Ep. 117
Cory and Brian interview Matt Barnes, disciple-maker and microchurch leader in the Kansas City Underground. Sarah and Matt Barnes helped launch the KC Underground in 2019 and currently lead the elder task force, creating training for governing elders within the KC Underground network. Next steps with the Underground: Subscribe to our newsletter Connect with us for Coaching Support the Underground...
Jul 19, 2022•47 min•Ep. 116
Cory, James, and Brian set up a series of podcasts on "How the Church Engages People." In the CAWKI model it's about people being the customer. In the DMM paradigm, it's about the person owning the mission. This episode really explores our identity as the church and the implications of owning that identity. Next steps with the Underground: Subscribe to our newsletter Connect with us for Coaching Support the Underground...
Jul 12, 2022•33 min•Ep. 114
Cory and Brian spend a third week with Chris Caputo, the director of Relational Wholeness within the Kansas City Underground. This week is all about partnering with the Holy Spirit in Gospel Movements. "Wherever the gospel goes there are signs and wonders. Some are dramatic, some are mundane. We believe in a full gospel demonstration and gospel proclamation. Sometimes the demonstration is the proclamation." Next steps with the Underground: Subscribe to our newsletter Connect with us for Coaching...
Jul 05, 2022•32 min•Ep. 114
Cory and Brian interview Chris Caputo, the director of Relational Wholeness within the Kansas City Underground. We continue the conversation around the importance of the prophetic within disciple-making movements, specifically the need for emotional maturity. Chris explains why the relational wholeness team exists and how they serve leaders in the city and around the country. For more information go to https://heseddiscipleshipnetwork.com/ Next steps with the Underground: Subscribe to our newsle...
Jun 28, 2022•37 min•Ep. 113
Cory and Brian interview Chris Caputo, the director of Relational Wholeness within the Kansas City Underground. In this episode we explore the role of the prophetic within the fivefold. Next steps with the Underground: Subscribe to our newsletter Connect with us for Coaching Support the Underground...
Jun 21, 2022•33 min•Ep. 111
Cory and Brian talk through the practical ways the Underground utilizes APEST for organizational leadership. Primarily we use a tool called Five Voices to inform how we relationally connect. Next steps with the Underground: Subscribe to our newsletter Connect with us for Coaching Support the Underground...
Jun 14, 2022•39 min•Ep. 111
Cory and Brian interview Tim Catchim. Tim functions as a multi-vocational entrepreneur. He has started several business, to include a curbside recycling business, a Go Green Initiative, as well as Trimtab: A Coaching and Consulting agency that helps people apply APEST in their life, leadership, teams, and organizations. In this conversation we focus on an overview of the five-fold gifts found in Ephesians 4. "Ephesians 4 makes an astounding claim: These gifts help us mature into the fullness of ...
Jun 07, 2022•44 min•Ep. 110
Cory and Morgan interview David Broodryk on multiplication in movements. David has been involved in pioneering God Movements and mentoring leaders worldwide for over 30 years. I am focused on coaching and mentoring leaders in strategies for launching and leading God Movements that multiply. "Find the leaders and invest in them, because they're already investing in others. Movements today are a leadership development system." "Movements are not fast. Even when the exponential curve turns up and i...
May 31, 2022•48 min•Ep. 108
The podcast you listen to will be the fourth in a series during 2022 around the themes of grace and supplication. These episodes will be dropped at various points throughout the year. We hope that you will head over to kcunderground.org/prayer-fasting and grab the prayer guide associated with this podcast. As the KC Underground, we believe that we can only go as far and as fast as we can on our knees. We have committed as a network to extraordinary prayer and fasting. This series of podcasts on ...
May 24, 2022•25 min•Ep. 108
Cory and Brian work through 6 ways we see multiplication in movement. "Multiplication is never clean and simple, it comes in multiple ways, and we don't need to hold the weight of making it happen." Next steps with the Underground: Subscribe to our newsletter Connect with us for Coaching Support the Underground...
May 17, 2022•35 min•Ep. 107
Cory and Brian have a conversation around multiplication thinking. If want to see movement, we have to have a mindset for multiplication. "Movement is predicated on multiplication." Next steps with the Underground: Subscribe to our newsletter Connect with us for Coaching Support the Underground...
May 10, 2022•37 min•Ep. 106
Cory and Brian interview him in this second episode on making the supernatural, natural. In part two we explore more practical tools on how to train ourselves and others in prayer practices that help us discover our missional assignments and then act on them. Next steps with the Underground: Subscribe to our newsletter Connect with us for Coaching Support the Underground...
May 03, 2022•34 min•Ep. 104
The podcast you listen to will be the third in a series during 2022 around the themes of grace and supplication. These episodes will be dropped at various points throughout the year. We hope that you will head over to kcunderground.org/prayer-fasting and grab the prayer guide associated with this podcast. As the KC Underground, we believe that we can only go as far and as fast as we can on our knees. We have committed as a network to extraordinary prayer and fasting. This series of podcasts on g...
Apr 26, 2022•17 min•Ep. 104
Cory and Brian interview him, a missionary trainer with NOVO. he walks us through the importance of engaging the supernatural when we think about movements. In part one of this interview, he walks through his own story and the paradigm we need to embrace. Next steps with the Underground: Subscribe to our newsletter Connect with us for Coaching Support the Underground...
Apr 19, 2022•32 min•Ep. 103
Cory and Brian interview Rick and Alice Bush who are missionary leaders with the Kansas City Underground. While serving with the Share the Hope community, Jesus invited them into a new context with the homeless community in Kansas City. Rick and Alice don't just "do ministry for" the people to whom they've been sent. They do ministry with the people in their context. They followed the Missionary Pathway and have seen a microchurch emerge. Next steps with the Underground: Subscribe to our newslet...
Apr 12, 2022•39 min•Ep. 101
In this episode, Cory and Brian celebrate 100 episodes of the podcast. They take a look back at what the Underground has learned in the past two years. The five primary points of learning are: 1) Pray different, 2) Pivot, 3) Seek Unity, 4) Disciplemaking is the point, 5) train for endurance, not speed. Next steps with the Underground: Subscribe to our newsletter Connect with us for Coaching Support the Underground...
Apr 05, 2022•37 min•Ep. 100
A Spirit of Grace and Supplication: Part 2 - Praying the Scriptures
Mar 29, 2022•24 min•Ep. 100
In this episode, Cory and Brian have Seth back for a final episode that focuses on an actual practice or tool that Seth uses with missionary leaders in New York. This tool helps leaders explore their interior life, their community, and the ministry in which they engage. Click here to download the Training Wheel . Next steps with the Underground: Subscribe to our newsletter Connect with us for Coaching Support the Underground...
Mar 22, 2022•36 min•Ep. 99
In this episode, Cory and Brian wrap up a conversation with Seth Bouchelle about soul care and spiritual formation within movements. Next steps with the Underground: Subscribe to our newsletter Connect with us for Coaching Support the Underground
Mar 15, 2022•27 min•Ep. 101
In this episode, Cory and Brian interview Seth Bouchelle about long-term soul care and the need for spiritual formation within disciple-making movements. Discovery Groups are incredible for catalyzing movements. Discovery Bible Studies are great for setting a culture of obedience in disciple-making. What we see is a need for tools beyond discovery groups in order to "fill in the gaps" of every context. We have to lean into practices that keep us deeply rooted amidst a lifestyle that is not. Next...
Mar 08, 2022•38 min•Ep. 97
Cory, Brian, and Breanna Wiebe, on-going coaching director of the KC Underground talk through the idea of covocational. When we think about how the church is led and developed, we often think of a person or team of paid professionals who do the work of ministry. The truth is, many church leaders in the west are bi-vocational at best. Nonetheless, the goal remains to have a "full-time-paid-role" with the church. This often creates a separate class of paid professionals that inhibits the people of...
Mar 01, 2022•32 min•Ep. 96
The podcast you listen to will be the first in a series during 2022 around the themes of grace and supplication. These episodes will be dropped at various points throughout the year. We hope that you will head over to kcunderground.org/prayer-fasting and grab the prayer guide associated with this podcast if you listen as the episode is released. If you're catching up on podcasts, you can head over to our podcast home page at anchor.fm and download the guide in the show notes. As the KC Undergrou...
Feb 22, 2022•24 min•Ep. 95
Cory and Brian welcome back Cory McElvain. In this episode, we set up and discuss the next section of "In the Way," by Damian Gerke, which deals with the idea of how the church is led and developed. While we summarize the importance of leadership development. We also spend a good bit of time in practical stories. Next steps with the Underground: Subscribe to our newsletter Connect with us for Coaching Support the Underground...
Feb 15, 2022•29 min•Ep. 94
