Leadership Conversations // Difficulties in Church Planting
This episode covers the difficulties of planting and starting a church. Many people who start do not have the support or resources to grow and sustain a church plant. It is difficulties like these that cause so many church plants across the country to fail.
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Sermon Conversations // Galatians 4:1-6
This episode covers the power of the gift of salvation. Upon our salvation, God gives us His spirit and makes us heirs of Jesus's inheritance. All of the promises of God have been given to us through salvation in Jesus and we will delight in His promises upon His return.
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Leadership Conversations // Difficulties in Leadership
This episode covers the difficulties that pastors experience in pastoral leadership. While there there many high points that come from being a pastor, the low points can be painful at times. We should be mindful of these challenges, but continue to seek Christ in our pursuit of unwavering pastoral leadership.
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Sermon Conversations // Galatians 3:26-29
This episode covers sonship and being adopted as sons and daughters of Christ. While everyone is a creation of God, knitted in their mother's womb, the only way to be a child of God is through faith in Jesus Christ. And within the body of Christ, there is no distinction that carries any relevance. Our identity in Christ levels the ground we all stand on.
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Sermon Conversations // Mark 16:1-8
This conversation covers Easter Sunday, where we as a church locally and globally celebrate Jesus's resurrection. The gospel should never get smaller. Rather, we should consistently celebrate and meditate on the mercy and grace of God who sent His son to die and raise from the dead to conquer sin, death, and the grave.Visit goodgodgospel.com to learn more about how to have conversations that can lead toward salvation.
ABOUT PODCAST //Rethink & Return Podcast brings thought leadership and teaching to pastors, church leaders and the greater Church by rethinking the modern church and returning to the ways of the New Testament church we see in Scripture. With undeniable relevance today, this podcast covers topics like House Church, the stewardship of church space, culture, leadership, and more – as well as supplemental resources and in-depth exposition of Church Project’s weekly sermons. ABOUT HOST //This podcast’s weekly content is created and shared by Jason Shepperd, Founder and Lead Pastor of Church Project and Church Project Network. With decades of experience in planting and leading churches, Jason has started and scaled a movement of thousands of people, gathered in many House Churches locally, and also in different cities, states, and countries defined by a common eDNA (Ecclesiological DNA): decentralized from primary place and priest, that distributes pastoral leadership to empowered lay pastors, who fully pastor diverse, discipleship geographically-based House Church communities which carry out all of the functions of the church. Church Project has focused over $16.5 million in their first 15 years toward gospel-centered ministries and church planting. Jason also leads Church Project Network, a collective of churches aligned around a commitment to be a “Church of House Churches,” and Good City, a city centrality for local ministry collaboration and support.Website: jasonshepperd.comAudio Devotionals: startwith7.comHave Conversations Toward Salvation: goodgodgospel.comChurch Project Network: churchprojectnetwork.comGood City: goodcity.org“A Church of House Churches: An Articulated and Applied Ecclesiology”: https://a.co/d/0vgpSjV
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