The Ecclesia Leadership Podcast
Casual conversations with leaders from in and around the Ecclesia Network
Episodes
With Easter just around the corner, Ecclesia Podcast host Bob Hyatt and Jim the Intern talk about the unique pressures of pastoring during the different holiday seasons.
We're also joined by special guest Adam Wood.
Adam Wood is the Lead Pastor of The Neighborhood Church in Garland, TX - a church that is following Jesus together and hoping to live up to its name. Adam also serves as the Director of an ecumenical Christian Com...
A special episode to kick off Season 3!
Our new Podcast Intern/Co-host Jim Pace joins us as we talk about
- Lowering the expectations on our pastoring
- Growth and maturity as a leader
- Covid pastoring
And...
- Church planting among the super-attractive.
There's also a plug for our online Church Pnating Cohort- Genesis. You can find more at HTTP://ecclesianet.org/genesis2021
What's going to change for churches and leaders in this next season?
We talked to Shaar.work creator Matt Lombardi.
Matt Lombardi has spent over a decade serving the local church is a variety of roles. He is the founder of Shaar, a new platform that allows churches to connect with freelance ministry talent. His passion is to help churches and ministry organizations work smarter. Matt currently lives in central Washington with...
Kris Beckert is a scientist turned pastor. She currently serves as the pastor of innovation and multiplication at Salem Fields Community Church in Fredericksburg, Virginia. Kris is ordained in the Church of the Nazarene and has an MDiv from Wesley Theological Seminary in Washington DC. Besides making disciples and creating a vision of a church that's real and relevant, she also works with Fresh Expressions US and runs everything fr...
Todd Hiestand is one of the Godfathers of the Ecclesia Network. He was the pastor of Ecclesia Church The Well, outside of Philadelphia for 14 years before handing it off and moving to Portland, OR- Well, technically, Clackamas, OR. He and his wife Melanie parent four boys, six goats, three dogs, two chickens (update: the chickens have been eaten by coyotes) and he serves as an elder and on the teaching team at Theophilus Church in ...
Shane Blackshear is the host of the popular and influential podcast, Seminary Dropout.
He's also on the pastoral team at Austin Mustard Seed, as well as being a former church planter.
We talk to him about Austin, podcasting and his best and worst guests! Join us!
Shane's Website: http//shaneblackshear.com
Shane will ALSO be doing a FREE Missio Alliance webinar for those interested in starting their own!
Robbie and Kristal Poff together lead worship at Ecclesia church NLCF at Virginia Tech in Blacksburg, VA. Kristal has been a part of the NLCF equipping team since 2008, and Robbie since 2011.
Together, they not only lead worship, but help guide the church as a whole, teach and disciple others, and do their best to put up with Jim Pace,.
I got a chance to talk to them recently about ministry to millennials and Gen Z, how worship has...
Dave Fitch spoke at the Ecclesia National Gathering in 2014- here he is speaking about moving beyond hierarchies in "Beyond Egalitarianism."
Doug Moister serves as the lead pastor at the Renew Community, in Lansdale PA. He leads the Elder team, the House Church Shepherds, casts vision, shepherds people, and cultivates a culture of kingdom risks. Besides his pastoral and preaching duties with Renew, Doug considers himself a life long learner and a church history nerd. He’s a coach in the community, and an enthusiastic fly fisherman.Doug is finishing up his Doctoral ...
One of the newest churches in our network is All Things New in Eugene, OR. After spending 18 years in ministry together in larger churches, Justin & Jessica Ubel planted All Things New Church one year ago. Jessica Ubel, along with Amy Hyatt, leads an Ecclesia Leaders Circle for the spouses of church planters. Besides being Justin's partner in church planting, Jessica works for Haiti nonprofit Chances for Children, teaches class...
How do Christians committed to the missional stance of Kingdom citizens interact with the culture around them? Andy Crouch is one of the most prominent thinkers on the scene today when it comes to this question!
This month, we feature a talk given by Andy at an Ecclesia Missional Commons in 2009.
With the political climate today, being a pastor can be tough. Imagine being a pastor in Washington DC!
This month, we sat down to talk with someone who's doing exactly that- longtime Ecclesia denizen, Aaron Graham.
AARON GRAHAM
Answering the questions of "What is Good News for" and "What does the Church look like to" those who don't know Jesus, Alan Hirsch gives us a master class on Missional Theology.
From 2011
We talk with Mandy Smith, Ecclesia Board Member and Pastor (of University Christian Church in Cincinnati, OH).
She's from Australia, so we wanted to get her impressions of the Church in America!
We also talk Aussie slang (and what slightly naughty Aussie word the Queen would use if she were in a mood).
An insightful and encouraging time with the ever-insightful and encouraging Mandy Smith!
From our Ecclesia National Gathering 2014
Hosts Bob Hyatt and Dustin Bagby discuss social media use by pastors/leaders.
Important topics covered:
Exclamation point pastors!!!
#TUHL
The CORRECT use of #humbled
Passive-aggressive Twitter Exhortation
and MORE...
James Bryan Smith is a theology professor at Friends University in Wichita, KS and a writer and speaker in the area of Christian spiritual formation. He also serves as the director of the Christian Spiritual Formation Institute at Friends University. A founding member of Richard J. Foster’s spiritual renewal ministry, Renovaré, Smith is an ordained United Methodist Church minister and has served in various capacities in local churc...
Hosts Bob Hyatt and Dustin Bagby are joined by the Rev. Dr Kurtley Knight!
Kurtley planted Epiphany Church in Dallas, TX!
We talk about him leaving the Seventh Day Adventist movement,
Church Planting
Shutting down a church plant
Issues around race and diversity in leadership
And...
Our secret Pastor crushes!
Special Guest Jim Pace
Bob Hyatt & Dustin Bagby co-host.
We talk about
Ministry
Experiences with Dallas Willard
Bourbon
The culture of the Ecclesia Network
and...
The infamous "The Contest" episode of Seinfeld
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