Podcast appearances and mentions of rich griffith

The global church is growing exponentially, but traditional training models are inadequate and inaccessible to emerging leaders. With less than 10% of global church leaders having received any formal theological education, Rich explains how Global Action uses competency-based theological education (CBTE) to meet this urgent need—offering a nine-month, contextually relevant curriculum that trains pastors to disciple others and lead their communities well.In this episode of The Mission Matters podcast, host Matthew Ellison is joined by Rich Griffith of Global Action for a compelling conversation about equipping pastors and ministry leaders around the world. Rich passionately describes the transformational impact he's witnessed—pastors weeping with joy upon receiving a certificate, because for the first time, they feel equipped and recognized to carry out God's call.Learn more at globalaction.com.As Chief Development Officer of Global Action, Rich's role involves building strong relationships with donors and developing church partnerships. For the past 20 years, Rich has served as an associate pastor at three different US churches. He is passionate about Jesus Christ and desires to contagiously engage others in the biblical mandate to “be His Witnesses.” Rich loves how God is not only transforming hearts around the world, but also calling North Americans to step out of their comfort zones and into God's larger plan.Prior to Rich's pastorate, Rich played seven years in the NFL as a tight end and long snapper for the New England Patriots and the Jacksonville Jaguars.  During his athletic career, he was voted Fellowship of Christian Athletes' Athlete of the Year in 1995, and was nominated for the NFL's True Value Man of the Year in 1996 and for the Byron White Humanitarian Award in 1997.Rich has been married to his wife Keri for over 30 years, and they have four adult children. Rich resides in Phoenix, Arizona.The Mission Matters Podcast is a place to talk about the importance of our Mission as Christians. The Mission Matters is a partnership of Missio Nexus and Sixteen:Fifteen, who have a shared passion to mobilize God's people to be a part of His mission.

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Do you know how much work your pastor does for your church? We're going to peek behind the curtain at some of the unique challenges facing pastors and their families. And we'll recommend ways you can pray for and support your pastor! Then, are you concerned about the voices influencing your children? Rich Griffith shares advice from his experience as a single Dad of three boys. He offers ways to teach your children to use discernment and think critically about the positive and negative influences in their lives. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/776/29

Rich Griffith shares practical advice from his experience as a single Dad of three boys to encourage Christian parents to teach their children to use discernment to navigate the positive and negative influences in their lives. Receive the book Voices and the audio download of the broadcast "Training Kids to Listen to the Right Voices" for your donation of any amount! Plus, receive member-exclusive benefits when you make a recurring gift today. Your monthly support helps families thrive. Get More Episode Resources If you've listened to any of our podcasts, please give us your feedback.

Are you concerned about the voices influencing your children? Rich Griffith shares advice from his experience as a single dad of three boys. He offers ways to teach your children to use discernment and think critically about the positive and negative influences in their lives. Get ready to help your kids navigate the cultural noise. To support this ministry financially, visit: https://www.oneplace.com/donate/776/29

This week's episode features Ben Birdsong, D.Min., an expert in youth ministry and generational research. Dr. Birdsong introduced the differences and characteristics of Gen Z and Gen Alpha, emphasizing the need for ministry approaches to evolve alongside the latest generational shifts. Dr. Birdsongencouraged listeners to have an open heart, a willingness to learn, and a commitment to adapting our methods to truly connect with and disciple the young people in our care.

In this episode, Tiger McLuen helps rethink student discipleship and looks at “faith factors” in young adults. Tiger served in student ministry in the local church and oversaw the youth and family ministry programs at Bethel and Luther seminaries. Now the executive director of Youth Ministry Consultants (YMC), who focuses on coaching and training ministry leaders, particularly those in smaller churches who are often under-trained and under-resourced. Tiger focused on and researched young adults who did not leave the church or the faith to gain insights into rethinking student discipleship. While church attendance may be great, it doesn't measure faith. He shares his “Seven Faith Factors” findings, specifically with small churches, to encourage discipleship efforts. Tiger reminds us that these factors are not a guarantee, but are key for discipleship and spiritual formation. He closes the episode by sharing two encouragements, one for families and one for churches to both take an active role in students' and young adults' lives. To register for D6 Conference, visit www.d6family.com/d6conference Order your copy of "Discipleship Is Leadership" from Dr. Rich Griffith here: https://bit.ly/49COByI To learn more from Tiger McLuen on the “Seven Faith Factors” for lasting faith, visit https://bit.ly/4hbEN1F

In this episode, guest Eryn Lynum talks about how nature can be a powerful tool for discipling children and nurturing a deeper connection to God's creation. She also shares practical ways parents and church leaders can use nature to disciple others—whether through simple activities like gardening or by seeing God's handiwork in the world around us. She encourages us to reflect on God's creativity and offers resources, such as her book "Rooted in Wonder," to help families integrate these lessons into everyday life. To learn more and order D6 Everyday Foundations curriculum, visit .    Check out the latest book from Dr. Rich Griffith, "Discipleship Is Leadership" here, Tune in to Eryn Lynum's podcast for kids, Nat Theo, discussing nature lessons rooted in the Bible, visit To learn more about Eryn's book "Rooted in Wonder" visit

In our latest podcast episode, we sat down with Rich Griffith, assistant professor of youth ministry at Toccoa Falls College and author of “Voices: Helping Our Children and Youth Listen to Wise Counsel.” With nearly 40 years of ministry experience, Rich dives into how parents, mentors, and ministry leaders can guide young people amidst the competing voices in their lives, from social media to peers and other areas of culture. You'll hear Rich share heartfelt moments from his own parenting journey and actionable steps for parents who feel unprepared to disciple their children. Take 30 minutes to tune in and walk away inspired to help young people learn what voices to listen to and the importance of starting simple with discipleship in your everyday routines. Order Rich's book, “Voices: Helping Our Children and Youth Listen to Wise Counsel”, here https://store.randallhouse.com/product/voices/ To register for D6 conference, visit https://d6family.com/d6conference/ Download the 30 Days App here https://store.randallhouse.com/30-days-app/

As we all move along our journey of life, we are no doubt shaped by what we encounter. Our experiences and the people we encounter have a tremendous impact on who we are. This is especially true of kids and teenagers. Kids and teenagers have many voices and influencers in their lives. As we attempt to disciple the children and teens in our church, in our homes, and in our community, we need to pay attention to the voices in their lives and do everything we can to surround them with the “cloud of witnesses” they need to grow in their faith.  On this episode of the M2P podcast, you'll join Sass, Amy, and Kerry as they bring to you an interview they recorded while at the 2024 D6 Conference in Orlando, FL. The M2P team had a great conversation with pastor, author, professor, and dad Rich Griffith, about the power of surrounding kids and teens with the positive influences they need. Rich shares a lot of great nuggets from his book Voices: Helping Our Children and Youth Listen to Wise Counsel. Rich has many years of experience both in ministry and as a parent. Rich and the M2P team offer some great insight and encouragement to those of us leading kids and teenagers. It really is a great conversation!

Dr. Rich Griffith talks with us about the importance and value of ministry models that include nuclear and permeable families. 

Mike's Mom was honored on the show during Mike's opening statement. She passed away on May 4th at age 93. Also in this episode - final interviews from the D6 Conference, including Adam Sculnick (with CIA Boys Club), Jenna Hallock (a pastor's wife and representing "Family Time Training"), author Lori Wildenberg (author of "MESSY HOPE"), and Rich Griffith, a professor of youth ministry at Taccoa Falls.

In this third podcast with Prof. Rich Griffith, I talk about Gen Z and sexuality. Gender issues continue to push at the door of the Christian community, institutions and the Church. The Gospel is our defense, but also our banner of hope. Developing a deeper awareness of what is happening to culture around us, encourages […] The post Podcast Ep.89: GEN Z and Sexuality (Prof. Rich Griffith) appeared first on Before You Quit.

What was it like to be a part of a team that beat the Buffalo Bills in 1996 and Jim Kelly's last game? What was it like to play for the Patriots and the Jaguars? What is Greater Europe Mission (GEM), and why does Europe only have 2% Christians? Rich Griffith stops by The Sweat Room to talk about his football career, GEM, faith, encouraging believers around the world and much more.Want to get involved with GEM?https://www.gemission.org/John 3:30Published: October 5th, 2020

#083 – Everybody seems to have their own tips and tricks for team leadership, but in today's episode of the podcast, Josh and our friend Rich Griffith, Kids Pastor at Victory Church in Tipp City, Ohio, discuss 5 biblical keys for team leadership that have not only worked for their own ministries, but for the ministries of hundreds, if not thousands, of leaders across the world. We hope you enjoy episode 83 of the Lead Volunteers Podcast and share it with a ministry leader you know who may find this beneficial for their ministry context! If you would like to gain INSTANT access to the bank of resources mentioned in today's episode, check out leadvolunteers.com and get started today! Follow us on Facebook and Instagram!

I have to admit, as I get older I stand back curious and some times burdened as I watch the up and coming generation navigate perhaps some of the same challenges we grew up with, but perhaps with different world views. I have also observed with keen interest, and equal concern how progressive Christianity is […] The post Podcast Ep. 79: GEN Z and the Gospel (Dr. Rich Griffith) appeared first on Before You Quit.

Former NFL tight end, now missionary, Rich Griffith, breaks down his life journey. From being an All Pac-10 tight end, to playing for the inaugural Jacksonville Jaguars, to leading FCA, to now serving in full time ministry, Rich discusses how influence and availability are keys to experiencing God's will. In this episode we talk the Ten2 Project, church partnership, and football! https://www.ten2project.orghttps://www.gemission.orgemail Rich for inquiries about your church serving in Europe:RGriffith@gemission.comSupport the show (http://ten2project.org)

Rich Griffith is in for Brad today via the telephone. Guest today is Rich Griffith, former Jacksonville Jaguar tight end and long snapper, men’s pastor, now missionary and SWAT leader Lots of topics discussed today, discipleship, evangelism, Israel to name a few. Back from a mission trip to Germany Don't forget Rich runs a SWAT Bible study in the Colorado Springs area Woodmen Valley Chapel – Woodmen Heights Campus 8292 Woodman Valley View Colorado Springs CO 80908 Thursdays at 8pm You can donate to Mr. Griffith’s missions through Greater Europe Mission at Gmission.org. Once there search for missionary and type in Griffith ------------------ Matthew 27:26-44 26 Then he released for them Barabbas, and having scourged Jesus, delivered him to be crucified. Jesus Is Mocked 27 Then the soldiers of the governor took Jesus into the governor's headquarters, and they gathered the whole battalion before him. 28 And they stripped him and put a scarlet robe on him, 29 and twisting together a crown of thorns, they put it on his head and put a reed in his right hand. And kneeling before him, they mocked him, saying, “Hail, King of the Jews!” 30 And they spit on him and took the reed and struck him on the head. 31 And when they had mocked him, they stripped him of the robe and put his own clothes on him and led him away to crucify him. The Crucifixion 32 As they went out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name. They compelled this man to carry his cross. 33 And when they came to a place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull), 34 they offered him wine to drink, mixed with gall, but when he tasted it, he would not drink it. 35 And when they had crucified him, they divided his garments among them by casting lots. 36 Then they sat down and kept watch over him there. 37 And over his head they put the charge against him, which read, “This is Jesus, the King of the Jews.” 38 Then two robbers were crucified with him, one on the right and one on the left. 39 And those who passed by derided him, wagging their heads 40 and saying, “You who would destroy the temple and rebuild it in three days, save yourself! If you are the Son of God, come down from the cross.” 41 So also the chief priests, with the scribes and elders, mocked him, saying, 42 “He saved others; he cannot save himself. He is the King of Israel; let him come down now from the cross, and we will believe in him. 43 He trusts in God; let God deliver him now, if he desires him. For he said, ‘I am the Son of God.’” 44 And the robbers who were crucified with him also reviled him in the same way. ------------------ https://swatradio.com/ SWAT - Spiritual Warriors Advancing Truth Call us Toll-Free at: +1-844-777-7928 Email Us a Question: ask@swatradio.com FIND A SWAT MEETING Woody’s Bar-B-Que 226 Solano Rd Ponte Vedra, FL 10611 Wed. 6:30-7:30 am Eastside Community Church 13301 Beach Blvd Jacksonville, FL Wed. Night 7-8 pm Salem Centre 7235 Bonneval Rd Jacksonville, FL Wed. 12:00-1:00 pm Jumping Jax House of Food 10131 San Jose Blvd #12 Jacksonville, FL Thursday 6:30-7:30 am The Village Inn 900 Ponce De Leon Blvd St. Augustine, FL Friday 9:00-10:30 am Woodmen Valley Chapel - Woodmen Heights Campus 8292 Woodman Valley View Colorado Springs CO 80908 Thursdays 8-9:15 pm

Join NFL agent Craig Domann on Pro Mindset Podcast as he asks Rich Griffith, former 5th round TE, Jaguars, how he responded when cut by Patriots' Head Coach Bill Parcells and told to "hang up his cleats!" Rich shares how he overcame adversity, pivot points, learning to be comfortable when uncomfortable, and how performance pressure reveals character, preparation, and more, all in this episode of Pro Mindset.

Doug McCary, Rich Griffith Guest today is Rich Griffith, former Jacksonville Jaguar tight end and long snapper, men's pastor, now missionary and SWAT leader There is now a SWAT Bible Study in Colorado Springs CO If you're in the area they are located at... Woodmen Valley Chapel - Woodmen Heights Campus 8292 Woodman Valley View Colorado Springs CO 80908 Thursdays at 8pm You can donate to Mr. Griffith mission to India through Greater Europe Mission at Gmission.org. Once there search for missionary and type in Griffith ------------------ Matthew 21:18-32 The Barren Fig Tree 18 Now in the morning, when He was returning to the city, He became hungry. 19 Seeing a lone fig tree by the road, He came to it and found nothing on it except leaves only; and He *said to it, “No longer shall there ever be any fruit from you.” And at once the fig tree withered. 20 Seeing this, the disciples were amazed and asked, “How did the fig tree wither all at once?” 21 And Jesus answered and said to them, “Truly I say to you, if you have faith and do not doubt, you will not only do what was done to the fig tree, but even if you say to this mountain, ‘Be taken up and cast into the sea,’ it will happen. 22 And all things you ask in prayer, believing, you will receive.” Authority Challenged 23 When He entered the temple, the chief priests and the elders of the people came to Him while He was teaching, and said, “By what authority are You doing these things, and who gave You this authority?” 24 Jesus said to them, “I will also ask you one thing, which if you tell Me, I will also tell you by what authority I do these things. 25 The baptism of John was from what source, from heaven or from men?” And they began reasoning among themselves, saying, “If we say, ‘From heaven,’ He will say to us, ‘Then why did you not believe him?’ 26 But if we say, ‘From men,’ we fear the people; for they all regard John as a prophet.” 27 And answering Jesus, they said, “We do not know.” He also said to them, “Neither will I tell you by what authority I do these things. Parable of Two Sons 28 “But what do you think? A man had two sons, and he came to the first and said, ‘Son, go work today in the vineyard.’ 29 And he answered, ‘I will not’; but afterward he regretted it and went. 30 The man came to the second and said the same thing; and he answered, ‘I will, sir’; but he did not go. 31 Which of the two did the will of his father?” They *said, “The first.” Jesus *said to them, “Truly I say to you that the tax collectors and prostitutes will get into the kingdom of God before you. 32 For John came to you in the way of righteousness and you did not believe him; but the tax collectors and prostitutes did believe him; and you, seeing this, did not even feel remorse afterward so as to believe him. ------------------ https://swatradio.com/ SWAT - Spiritual Warriors Advancing Truth Call us Toll-Free at: +1-844-777-7928 Email Us a Question: ask@swatradio.com FIND A SWAT MEETING Woody’s Bar-B-Que 226 Solano Rd Ponte Vedra, FL 10611 Wed. 6:30-7:30 am Eastside Community Church 13301 Beach Blvd Jacksonville, FL Wed. Night 7-8 pm Salem Centre 7235 Bonneval Rd Jacksonville, FL Wed. 12:00-1:00 pm Jumping Jax House of Food 10131 San Jose Blvd #12 Jacksonville, FL Thursday 6:30-7:30 am The Village Inn 900 Ponce De Leon Blvd St. Augustine, FL

Several weeks I drove through the campus of Toccoa Falls College near where I live and watched hundred of students streaming toward the auditorium of the college for their chapel service. I looked at these young faces and remembered being where they are. That was a long time ago, actually 35 years ago and so […] The post Podcast Ep. 34: Let’s Stop Calling it, “BIG CHURCH”. (Dr. Rich Griffith) appeared first on Before You Quit.

  Football is not just a contact sport. It’s a game of discipline, respect, and character. When Teddi Domann and her husband would drop her two boys off at youth football camps, she thought they could do something to make the camps be better. They gathered some people and put together their vision for impacting young people by using the sport of football and run a youth football camp for ages seven to fourteen, which is what is now known as Pro Football Camp. Teddi shares that they’re not only teaching kids proper football but life skills and character qualities that are some of the keys to success for many of the top and most successful people in the world. — Watch the episode here: Listen to the podcast: Pro Football Camp: Teaching Football And Character Skills with Teddi Domann We are with Teddi Domann. She is the Founder and Board Chairperson of (http://www.profootballcamp.com/) . Teddi, welcome to the show. Thanks for having me on. What we’re going to be talking about with Teddi is about Pro Football Camp. If you would, tell us a little bit about Pro Football Camp and who it serves. The Pro Football Camp is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. We serve the youth of the Greater Colorado Springs area. What we do every year is we put on a three-day camp. The camp starts at [8:00] in the morning and it goes to [11:30]. We have current and former NFL athletes who teach not only football skills, which you would expect from a football camp. They also teach character skills. When I talk about character skills, what I mean by that is what does it take to be able to be an athlete who’s able to play in the NFL? That’s a pretty small number of people and it takes some character qualities that candidly are some of the keys to success for many of the top and most successful people in the world. The bottom line is, if you can learn this at a young age, it’s going to impact your life whether you’re playing football or not. What was the genesis of the idea to do this? How did it start? It started because our boys, we have two boys, wanted to go to a youth football camp. My husband and I signed them up for several different camps. We would drop them off or pick them up, we’re checking out the camp and I was like, “We could really do this to help this camp be better.” At the end of it, I actually reached out to all three of those camps that my kids attended in and offered our assistance. No one took us up on it. Because the backstory is people don’t know what else you do. The back story is that my husband is an attorney and a CPA and what he does is represent NFL athletes. He’s a certified NFL PA agent. You’re at this crux and you’ve reached out and they’re not interested in your help. What was going through your mind when you said, I think I’m going to do this? Actually, I reached out to them a second time and no answer. Then my husband and I were talking, I said, “Let’s pray about it,” and so we did. At the end of that time period of praying, I said, “What do you hear what the Lord is saying?” My husband looked right at me and he goes, “You’re supposed to do this?” I said to him, “If we’re going to do this, then we’re going to do it right. It’s going to really make an impact in our community. We got together with some other people who shared our vision, including a former NFL player in Colorado Springs. His name is Rich Griffith. He played with the Jacksonville Jaguars, just short of ten years. He’s actually a pastor at a local church and just retired from that. Now he’s doing full-time missionary work. The bottom line is we all had a vision for impacting young people by using the sport of football and running a youth football camp for ages seven to fourteen. We had this idea and we’ve got some folks that are in our camp and we all put

November 4th, 2018 - Rich Griffith

Ryan Kaufman and Chris Braden discuss Kyle Freeland's near no-no, Pat Bowlen's chances of getting into Hall of Fame, and talk with Pro Football Camp Coaches Drew Iddings, Greg Milhouse, and Rich Griffith