Church Planting Conversations Podcast

The CCM team invites you into exclusive interviews with church leaders, scholars, and professors about the new trends impacting church planting in North America and beyond.

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S4E2 | CCM Team Interview: Carolyn Moore on the New GMC, Developing Leaders, and Calling

S4E1 | Interview with Manik Corea on New Asbury Global Hubs and Making Disciples Across Nations

Global Hubs will be international center points for Asbury CCM gatherings across the world for conferences and they will be the future sites of the Global Multiplication Fellowship, which gives church planters funding and coaching through each planter’s particular context. Each Global Hub features a trusted Asbury leader with deep experience in church planting.

The Revd Manik Corea is a Singaporean of Sri Lankan/Indian descent. In the past 22 years, he has served as a missionary in the USA, UK Thailand and Singapore. Having planted All Nations Church in Bangkok, Thailand, he also served for five years (till 2022) as the Global Executive of his mission, the New Anglican Missionary Society (NAMS). He was recently appointed as the National Director of the Singapore Centre for Global Missions as well as being the Associate Pastor of Crossroads International Church, Singapore. Additionally, Manik is the Global Hub representative for South-East Asia of Asbury’s Centre of Church Multiplication. He is currently enrolled the Doctor of Ministry program of Asbury Theological Seminary, in the “Leadership, Formation and Church-Planting” cohort of 2023. Manik is ordained as a presbyter (priest) in the Anglican Church of North America (Diocese of Churches for the Sake of Others), and serves additionally on the Executive Leadership Team of his Diocese as their Global Consultant on missions. He is most passionate to see the Gospel of Jesus Christ impact the ends of the earth in the making of disciples and the planting of new churches, in the power of God’s Spirit to the glory of God the Father. Manik is happily married to Maple, and they have a 15 year old son, Josiah.

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S3 Bonus | CCM Team Interview | Favorite Foods, Rockstar Pastors, and Giftings in the Body

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S3E8 | John Wesley and Lay Mobilization | Bishop Ric Thorpe | CofE

Join Dr. Winfield Bevins as he interviews the Rt. Revd. Dr. Ric Thorpe on the topic of multi-level church planting and lay mobilization. This is an important conversations in light of a growing post-christendom context. Listen now!

The Rt Revd Dr Ric Thorpe was appointed as Bishop of Islington in 2015 to oversee the Diocese of London’s work on church planting and growth.

He serves the Church of England nationally as “bishop of church planting”, supporting bishops, dioceses, church planters and pioneers, developing church planting strategies to plant new worshipping communities to reach new people in new and renewed ways.

Ric is the director of the Gregory Centre for Church Multiplication, which offers training and support on church planting and growth for the full breadth of the Church, and heads the annual Multiply Church Planting Conference. He also works with Plant Anglican, the Anglican Communion Church Planting Network, and Exponential Europe. He is proud to support Tearfund as an Ambassador. He is married to Louie and they have three children.

Learn about the Gregory Centre in England

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S3E7 | Kingdom Creativity with Al Gordon and Steve Opie | Saint Church London

Join Dr. Winfield Bevins for a spirited discussion with London church leaders Al Gordon and Steve Opie. We hope you will enjoy this conversation full of stories of God, challenges of post-christian culture ministry, and the beauty of creativity in the Kingdom life.

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Discover more of what Saint Church here: https://saint.church/

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S3E6 | Prayer and Mission with Yale Kim | US National Prayer Council

Join Dr. Winfield Bevins as he interviews Yale Kim of the Prayer Council. Yale and Winfield discuss the power of prayer, church planting, and praying for revival. Don’t miss the Pre-revival interview with exciting insights for prayer and mission.

The mission of the Center for Church Multiplication is to connect, train, and mobilize God’s people to plant and ReMission reproducing churches in every context.

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S3E5 | Church Multiplication with CCM Fellow Aaron Rooks | Every Nation Lexington

Dr. Winfield Bevins sits down with Pastor Aaron Rooks of Every Nation Lexington for an encouraging conversation from a new church movement. Aaron is currently an Asbury CCM Multiplication Fellow. Listen and enjoy!

This Interview is also available in video on the ATS Youtube Channel here: https://youtu.be/KhdUgS0WO5E

Aaron Rooks Bio:

“My wife Jasmine and I are originally from Nashville, Tn and moved to Lexington in May of

2021 to plant a church. We both came to faith in college, even though I grew up in the church,

and felt the call to full time ministry while serving as student leaders at our Every Nation

Campus chapter at Austin Peay State University. Upon graduation college we went into youth

ministry where we served there from 2015 – 2020 before moving to Cincinnati to do a church

planting internship. During that time my wife worked as a children’s ministry director as well.

We currently serve as church planters in Lexington, Ky while I am at the same time pursuing a

master degree from Asbury Theological Seminary. Our heart is to see a church that is multiethnic

and multigenerational. Outside of the church, my wife Jasmine homeschools several of our kids

and does freelance blogging. She is hoping to pursue graduate work soon in mental health

counseling.

In our free time we enjoy family movie nights and trying new restaurants.”

Every Nation Lexington: https://everynationlexington.org/

The Asbury Center for Church Multiplication is excited to partner with church leaders who are engaging in new, innovative approaches to church multiplication in the 21st century. Each year, we will select qualified church leaders to be a part of our Multiplication Fellowship program. As a fellow, you will be a part of a one-year cohort with church leaders from a variety of contexts and backgrounds. You will receive grant funding of up to $5,000, enjoy free resources, and receive regular coaching calls with a veteran church leader. If God is calling you to start a new movement in the church then we invite you to apply for our next cohort of the Multiplication Fellowship!

Visit our website for more information: https://asburychurchplanting.com/multiplicationfellowships/

S3E4 | Making New Disciples in Europe with Øivind Augland and Raphael Anzenberger | Expo Europe

Join Winfield Bevins as he interviews Øivind Augland and Raphael Anzenberger of Exponential Europe. In this interview, Winfield discusses with Øivind and Raphael the new church movements that are happening all over Europe. Small seeds of the Kingdom are beginning to take root and new churches are sprouting in many different cracks. Listen to this encouraging interview exploring church multiplication in the “post-Christian” West.

Øivind Augland, CEO Exponential Europe. Øivind defines the mission of his life by two terms: “side by side” and “multiplication”. “Side by side” means serving to and with both men and women of all generations; both denominations and organisations; both nations and the entire continent. It also implies ministry to church, society and business. “Multiplication” points to multiplying of the Gospel, disciples, leaders, churches, and systems that will go far beyond their first cause. Øivind is married to Linda and they have four adult children – two sons and two daughters. As their family grew, they planted two churches and Øivind started a Bible school and three small businesses (Persolog.no; xpand.no and simplylearn.net). He has been ordained as pastor by Evangelical Free Lutheran Church in Norway and has pastored Hånes Church from 1997-2001 and then again from 2018. Øivind has led the national movement for church planting in Norway (Sendt Norway) which initiated both M4 processes and NC2P church planting movement in Europe. In 2018, together with Jürgen Eisen, he launched Exponential Europe. Øivind has received his formal theological education at Ansgar University College and Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society. He is also a licenced master trainer in “Persolog” personality profile and has been trained in personal development, leadership, team- and organisational leadership. As a family they did Family DTS (2000) and Family Ministry School (2008) and have trained couples for more than 20 years. Currently Øivind provides leadership to both M4 Europe and Exponential Europe, continues to serve in Hånes Church and, together with his wife Linda, leads a disciple house of seven young people in Kristiansand, Norway.

Raphael Anzenberger, Contextualization Team – Exponential Europe, imago Dei: President and CCO, Adjunct professor of Intercultural Studies (CIU, FLTE) and doctoral supervisor (CIU, Asbury), Lausanne Movement: scholar in residence for the Church Planting Issue Group, NC2P: co-founder of the European Think-Tank on National, Exponential Europe: consultant and speaker.

National Church Planting Process Website: https://www.nc2p.org/

Expo Europe Website: https://exponential.eu/

This episode can also be found on Youtube for a special video release interview. You may watch the video interview here: https://youtu.be/5NC51SwCZ7k

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Learn More About the CCM Church Planting Grant Programs:

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S3E3 | Creative Missional Community, Planting as a Woman, and Protecting Rest with Valarie Grimes

Join Valarie and Winfield as they dive into a great church planting conversation!

Valarie is the pastor/planter of Radiant Church Savannah an Evangelical Covenant Church in Savannah, GA. Radiant’s vision is to be a church without walls bringing the hope of Jesus to everyone, everywhere.” Her passion is to inspire people to realize their God-given purpose. Valarie is a Certified Healthy Rhythms coach, an international speaker, and a Registered Nurse of 27 years. Her most important roles, however, are the ones she holds in her family. She is married to Rahman Grimes, a 35-year partnership. Valarie is the mother of two and a “Gigi” of two of the most brilliant grandchildren ever born. Her desire is to continue to influence others to become Christ-followers and lead Radiant lives.

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Season 3 Episode 2: Church Planting in Wartime: Ukraine, Hungary | George and Sharon Markey

Carson Daniel hosts George and Sharon Markey of Calvary Chapel for powerful stories of the church living on mission in wartime. From simple gatherings, to evacuations, and telling stories of the tragedy of war, the Markeys speak to the role of church leaders in a crisis and how valuable authentic Christian community is no matter the season.

George and Sharon Markey and their six sons were planting a church in Kyiv, Ukraine when the war started. George had been living in Ukraine for nearly 30 years and has many contacts all across the country. Since the beginning of the war, he has been strategically connecting donors outside Ukraine with trustworthy people on the ground in Ukraine who are doing lifesaving work. Bridge UA exists to promote more of these kinds of partnerships. The Markeys evacuated to Budapest, Hungary, where they are doing all they can to serve Ukrainians in this hour of great need, with a focus on mobilizing and training the Church in Europe to provide material, emotional, and spiritual support to the millions of refugees around them.

Check out the Projects the Markeys are involved inhttps://partner.bridgeua.org/index.php

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Certificate in Church Planting: 

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Season 3 Episode 1: The New Asbury Center for Church Multiplication

On this episode Carson Daniel interviews Dr. Winfield Bevins about the new Asbury Center for Church Multiplication (CCM). Winfield shares the vision for the new CCM and walks listeners through each major component of the CCM; Connect, Train, Mobilize, and Resource. Also on this episode, new information is released about upcoming projects in the new Center. Don’t miss this first look at the new Center for Church Multiplication, listen now!

The Asbury Center for Church Multiplication (CCM) was born out of Asbury Theological Seminary’s heart to serve and equip church leaders in an increasingly multicultural, secular, and global context. Our mission as the CCM is to connect, train, mobilize, and resource God’s people to multiply and ReMission disciple-making churches in every context.

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New Hope In Hard Places Book

Season 2 Episode 10: Creative, Charismatic, and Institutional? Season Finale with Rich Robinson

Join us for the season 2 finale of the Church Planting Conversations Podcast. Winfield is joined by Rich Robinson (CREO and Movement Leaders Collective) as they discuss the new pioneering season we are in as a church. How can the church hang on to its roots while being an innovative movement of today?

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Rich Robinson – As a spiritual entrepreneur and movement catalyst, Rich founded and has pioneered CATALYSE CHANGE which provides leadership training for church leaders, network leaders and Christian entrepreneurs across the church and non-profit space through the following global initiatives: CREO, Movement Leaders Collective, 5Q, 100 Movements Publishing, CATALYST. These initiatives were created to equip and enable leaders in releasing potential to activate movemental dynamics and disruptIive innovation in their context with the aim of catalysing spiritual, strategic and social change. Over the past 20 years, Rich has led pioneering work in missional disciple-making, innovation and entrepreneurship, and organizational change across the globe. He has founded and currently leads both MLC (Movement Leaders Collective-working with church, movement and network leaders) and CREO (working with Christian entrepreneurs). Rich lives in Edinburgh, Scotland, and is married to Anna, who is a writer and editor. They have three children: Josiah, Esther and Samuel. As a family, that follows Jesus, they are passionate about living intentionally and with integrity

www.themxplatform.com – is where people can find out more on mDNA

www.movementleaderscollective.com & www.creoventures.co – is where people can find out more on what I lead

Find Rich @richjcrobbo on Twitter

Season 2 Episode 9: Culture Making with Drew Steadman

Winfield is joined by Drew Steadman for an informative discussion around exciting movements in discipleship, and the new vibrance present in the church all over the world. We are in a new day! Do not fear! The Lord is at work!

Drew Steadman serves as the U.S. Director for the Antioch Movement, a network of more than forty churches across the United States. He is the author of two books exploring discipleship and culture and co-hosts the Ideology podcast. Drew and his wife, Bethany, and their four children, are glad to call Waco, Texas home.

Drew’s Books

Ideology Podcast

Winfield’s Book Marks of a Movement

Season 2 Episode 8: Hispanic Church Multiplication with Obe Arellano

On this episode Winfield interviews Obe Arellano of Exponential Español about the exciting ways God is moving in the Hispanic-Latino communities in North America. Listen and enjoy! 

Obe Arellano is the co-founder and Executive Director of Exponential Español, a growing community of leaders committed to accelerating multiplication of healthy, reproducing, hispanic churches. Exponential Español equips movement makers with actionable principles, ideas, and solutions by providing multiplication resources for pastors, churches, and denominations. Obe is also the Latin America director for NewThing Network, a church planting ministry that exists to catalyze movements of reproducing churches. Obe provides coaching to pastors helping churches have healthy leadership and see multiplication as a measure of success. After receiving his Bachelor’s degree in pastoral theology, he began planting churches at age 22 in the United States and Latin America. Obe is passionate about catalyzing movements of multiplying churches in the Spanish-speaking world. He has been married for 15 years to Jacqueline.
Find our more about Exponential Español: https://multiplicacion.org/

Season 2 Episode 7: New Churches New World with Bishop John Mark Richardson Pt.2

Dr. Winfield Bevins is joined by the influential Bishop John Mark Richardson for as they continue a conversation around the cultural shifts, embracing change, and passing the torch to the next generation. This is part 2 of 2.

Bishop Richardson is currently an Ecclesiastical Jurisdictional Bishop in the Church of God in Christ (COGIC). He was consecrated by Presiding Bishop-Emeritus Charles Edward Blake, Sr., and the COGIC General Board, November 2016. Bishop Richardson provides spiritual and organizational management to over 60 pastors and congregations in California, Arizona, and Oregon, and over 100 churches in the International Community: Republic of Kenya, East Africa; Belize, Central America; Republic of Benin, West Africa; and the Democratic Republic of Congo, Central Africa. He has planted, directly and indirectly, over 40 churches throughout the United States and International Communities and continues to work with, train, and support church planters. Bishop Richardson is also the COGIC Regional Bishop for the Western States, covering California, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, and Idaho.

Fellowship 2022-2023: https://asburychurchplanting.com/fellowships/

More Resources: https://asburychurchplanting.com/

Season 2 Episode 6: New Churches New World with Bishop John Mark Richardson Pt.1

Dr. Winfield Bevins is joined by the influential Bishop John Mark Richardson for a powerful testimony of church planting during the pandemic, women in leadership, and the future of the church in America. This is part 1 of 2.

Bishop Richardson is currently an Ecclesiastical Jurisdictional Bishop in the Church of God in Christ (COGIC). He was consecrated by Presiding Bishop-Emeritus  Charles Edward Blake, Sr., and the COGIC General Board, November 2016.  Bishop Richardson provides spiritual and organizational management to over 60 pastors and congregations in California, Arizona, and Oregon, and over 100  churches in the International Community: Republic of Kenya, East Africa; Belize,  Central America; Republic of Benin, West Africa; and the Democratic Republic of  Congo, Central Africa. He has planted, directly and indirectly, over 40 churches  throughout the United States and International Communities and continues to work  with, train, and support church planters. Bishop Richardson is also the COGIC  Regional Bishop for the Western States, covering California, Arizona, Nevada,  Utah, and Idaho.

Influential Women in Ministry:

Jessica LaGrone (Dean of the Chapel at Asbury Theological Seminary)

Carolyn Moore (Writer, Preacher, Crafter of Ministries and Movements)

Valerie Grimes (Senior Pastor, Church Planter, Radiant Church Savannah, GA)

Season 2 Episode 5: Crying Together with Eliseo Mejia

Join Dr. Winfield Bevins and special guest Dr. Eliseo Mejia as they explore church planting through contextual intelligence, cultural intelligence, and compassion/emotional intelligence.

Dr. Eliseo A. Mejia is a pastor, missiologist, and a church-planting leader. He has been planting churches the last 30 years in different cultures, contexts, and countries. God opened the door to join Fresh Expressions USA team as the National Director of Expresiones Divinas (Fresh Expressions) in Spanish throughout the country.

Church Planting Revolution Book

Asbury CP Fellowship Information:

https://asburychurchplanting.com/fellowships/

Season 2 Episode 4: Ancient Micro with Peyton Jones

Season 2 conversations continue with Peyton Jones joining Winfield on episode 4 as they explore how God’s mission for church planting is holistic and dynamic. Winfield and Peyton discuss new movements in the church and how the new micro church movement is much other than we think.

Check out Peyton’s Website: https://newbreedtraining.com/

Peyton’s New Book: Church Plantology: The Art and Science of Planting Churches

Season 2 Episode 3: Holistic Plantology with Peyton Jones

Season 2 continues with Peyton Jones, a veteran church planter and evangelist, joining Winfield on episode 3 as they explore how God’s mission for church planting is holistic and dynamic. Winfield also interviews Peyton about his new book, Church Plantology, the first comprehensive textbook from a veteran church planter. Listen now!

Check out Peyton’s Website: https://newbreedtraining.com/

Peyton’s New Book: Church Plantology: The Art and Science of Planting Churches

Season 2 Episode 2: 10 Trends Impacting the Future of the Church

In this episode Dr. Winfield Bevins, Director of Church Planting at Asbury Seminary unpacks future church movements. This is part 2 of 2.

Signposts of the Future: 10 trends Impacting the Future of the Church

6: From Cloning to Contextual 7: From Mega to Micro 8: From Gathered to Hybrid 9: From Members to Disciples 10: From Addition to Multiplication

Books Mentioned by Winfield:

Master Plan of Evangelism

 

Season 2 Episode 1: 10 Trends Impacting the Future of the Church

In this episode Dr. Winfield Bevins, Director of Church Planting at Asbury Seminary unpacks future church movements. This is part 1 of 2.

Signposts of the Future: 10 trends Impacting the Future of the Church
1: From Western to Global Christianity 2: From Monoethnic to Multiethnic 3: From Professional to Co-vocational 4: From Success to Spiritual Formation 5: From Steeple to the Streets

Books Mentioned by Winfield:

Healthy Rhythms for Leaders

Missional Vibrancy and Financial Viability: Alternative Financial Models for Churches and Church Plants When Tithes and Offerings Are Not Enough

New Churches for a New World | Training Event

Season 1 Episode 7: Iosmar Alvarez

In this conversation between friends, Winfield and Iosmar discuss the critical importance of discipleship systems for any new church plant, and the rapid reproducibility of plants that do establish these well. Join us for this conversation about micro church movements, raising up local leadership, and the importance of keeping planting as part of any church’s DNA.

Dr. Iosmar Alvarez emigrated to the U.S. from Cuba. When he arrived in the U.S. in 2001, God called him to lead and serve among the Hispanic people. He has served as the senior pastor of Fuente de Avivamiento in Lexington, Ky., CEO of Disciple 21 Church Planting Network, and is now the District Superintendent in Lexington, Ky. He is a certified coach and recently earned his doctorate at Asbury Seminary. His goal is to plant 2500 churches by 2028, using traditional and non-traditional methods, to make disciples for Christ.


Season 1 Episode 6: Howard Snyder

In this episode, Winfield and Howard discuss the necessity of small group meetings for churches of any size, the difference between the essential Gospel and changeable wineskins it is delivered in, and the importance of environmental care for faithful Christians.

Dr. Howard Snyder served as professor of the history and theology of mission at Asbury Theological Seminary from 1996-2006. He has also served as Professor of Wesley Studies, Tyndale Seminary at Toronto from 2007-2012 and he has taught and pastored in São Paulo, Brazil; Detroit, Michigan; and Chicago, Illinois.


Season 1 Episode 5: Gregg Okesson

Dr. Gregg Okesson is the Dean of the E. Stanley Jones School of World Mission and Evangelism at Asbury Theological Seminary. Before coming to Asbury in 2011, Dr. Okesson was a faculty member at Scott Christian University, Kenya, East Africa for 10 years where he served as Deputy Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and a lecturer in theology. Prior to this, he was a pastor in upstate New York, worked in Student Development at Wheaton College, and was a church-planter amongst a Muslim people-group in north-central Tanzania. Dr. Okesson and his family lived in East Africa for 13 years.

In this episode, Winfield and Gregg share a conversation about how Gregg’s church planting and community-building experiences in East Africa shape his role in a Western academic institution. They explore the importance of humility and listening for anyone hoping to do contextual ministry anywhere in the world.


Season 1 Episode 4: Disciple Making with Manik Corea

Manik is an Singaporean missionary and Global Executive with the New Anglican Missionary Society (NAMS) currently serving in Thailand. The NAMS network is a global and dispersed community of men and women, who have come together to do an apostolic work under an apostolic rule. It is a community raised up by God for the 21st century but rooted in the life and faith of the first century.

In this conversation, Winfield and Manik discuss biblical foundations and missional implications of the intersection of spiritual formation and disciple-making.


Season 1 Episode 3: Discerning the Call to Church Planting with Wesley Bolden

Wesley Bolden is a Project Manager at Stadia Church Planting, a global network focused on starting new churches and caring for children through them. He has ministry training and experience in church revitalization, campus ministry, leadership and church planting. In 2013, he partnered with Stadia to plant Tri-Cities Church, a multiethnic church in metro Atlanta. Wesley is passionate about empowering church planters to discover and live into their unique gifting and calling.

In this episode, Winfield and Wesley talk about Wesley’s past and current work, as well as what it means to discern and answer a call to church planting.


Season 1 Episode 2: Missional Formation with Mark Dunwoody

In our second episode,  co-founders Dr. Winfield Bevins and Dr. Mark Dunwoody share a conversation about Missional Formation Coaching, a new model for coaching planters and leaders through a unique blend of both spiritual and missional practices.


Season 1 Episode 1: Racial Reconciliation Brian Taylor

In our first episode, Dr. Winfield Bevins, Director of the Church Planting Initiative, talks with Dr. Brian Taylor about his work with racial reconciliation through his church plant, Bethel Cincinnati Church.


 

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