Podcast appearances and mentions of rob wegner

Rob Wegner shares his journey of spiritual renewal, which took him from megachurch leader to microchurch pioneer.

Join us for Part 2 of our conversation with Steve Sonderman and Matt Millar as we dive deeper into the importance of apprentices in ministry. Jesus intentionally chose His disciples, He set clear expectations, and prepared them for their mission—so how can we follow His model today? In this episode, we continue to explore:  -  Preparation – Teaching apprentices what they need to know before sending them out.  -  Empowerment – Encouraging leaders and helping men overcome fear of failure.  -  Giving Away Responsibility – Developing leaders by providing clear roles and expectations.  -  A Holistic Apprenticeship Process – Investing in people at every level of your organization. A structured apprenticeship involves a four-step process: modeling, assisting, empowering, and fully releasing the apprentice into leadership while offering continued guidance. When it comes to graduation apprentices, it's about setting clear expectations, equipping them with what they need, and providing ongoing encouragement and support as they step into their role. Matt Millar also shares key questions to ask apprentices and practical ways to make apprenticeship a core part of your ministry's culture. Resources Mentioned:  Exponential.org – Free resources, PDFs, and booklets.  Books by Dave Ferguson: Hero Maker, Experiential.  Podcasts with Rob Wegner.  Learn more about Matt Millar, Global Operations Director at NewThing: newthing.org Listen in and start building a legacy of leaders today!

Rob Wegner joins Stand Firm Parents to challenge the way we think about church. Rather than centering faith around a weekly event, what if we saw it as a lifestyle of disciple-making? This episode explores how microchurches, spiritual families, and everyday disciple-makers are the future of faith. Rob Wegner is a leading voice in the missional movement and the co-founder of KC Underground, a decentralized network of disciple-making communities. He also serves with NewThing, helping catalyze reproducing churches globally, and leads Microchurch.Next for Exponential, equipping leaders to embrace microchurch movements. Rob is the co-author of The Starfish and the Spirit, a book on decentralized church movements.

Rob Wegner, Director of the Kansas City Underground movement of microchurches, shares with us the surprises he has had in his journey of doing ministry differently over the past seven years. Rob explains how decentralization can promote innovation, and what we can do when the best ideas come from outside of us.  www.kcunderground.org / https://starfishinitiatives.com --- www.Dwellings.info

HCP - Ep. 210 - Rob Wegner (Discovering Your Spiritual Gifts)On this podcast, Larry and Drew welcome Rob Wegner. Rob is one of the Directors of the Kansas City Underground in KC, Kansas and is also the co-author of “Finding Your Place”. In his book, Rob helps believers discover their “masterpiece mission” from Eph. 2:10, so they can begin to walk in those good works Paul talks about. Rob breaks down how much like the G.P.S. in your car, God can help each of us triangulate our Gifts, Story and Passions to help us find where it is God wants to use us most effectively in ministry and mission for His glory. To check out Rob's book “Find Your Place” :https://www.amazon.com/Find-Your-Place-Locating-Passions/dp/0310100127/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1RZ00WV4H0ZQ&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.TiVk8cNjK2NzWPh7WVE2KQ.uR01ORUwpuT-g5vkgLsO8zbZbbxUWxiAyuQ5nQKkX7A&dib_tag=se&keywords=find+your+place+rob+wegner&qid=1719888587&sprefix=find+your+place+rob+wegner%2Caps%2C200&sr=8-1To check out the free assessment tool Rob mentions on the Podcast go to:https://assessments.giftpassionstory.com/loginFor more on the Kansas City Underground:http://kcunderground.orgYou can email us at info@healthychurchpodcast.com orTo find more information about The Healthy Church Podcast go to:http://www.healthychurchpodcast.comor find us on FaceBook!For a video of today's podcast, you can find it on FaceBook or YouTube!

On this special edition of the Ephesiology Podcast, Andrew and Michael continue a the series called Make Disciples. On this episode, they are joined by Michelle and Rob Wegner to talk about how disciples multiply. Be sure to follow along with us in Michael's recent book, Make Disciples: Discover the Spiritual Journey of a Christ-Follower … Continue reading "Episode 161: Multiply with Michelle and Rob Wegner"

Rob Wegner, founder of the Kansas City Underground, is our special guest today, bringing a powerful testimony and teaching on living God's mission.

Rob Wegner, founder of the Kansas City Underground, is our special guest today, bringing a powerful testimony and teaching on living God's mission.

Rob Wegner | 11.12.23

Cory and Brian welcome back Rob Wegner to wrap up our conversations around focusing on affinity groups in disciple-making movements in urban contexts. In this episode, we'll revisit why we should focus on affinity groups, stories that demonstrate how this plays out practically within the Underground, and how we can begin to discover our calling.

In this episode exploring the beginnings of the KC Underground with Michelle and Rob Wegner, we get more focused on the details of what happened between 2019 - 2020. We focus more on the practical insights we gained as this microchurch network formalized. 

In this episode of the Origin Story of the KC Underground, we get to hear from Michelle and Rob Wegner. This turned into two episodes, actually. As with Cory and Brian, there's a story behind the story. In this first episode with the Wegners, we hear more about what formed them as people and as a family, which in turn shaped the KCU. We try to identify a few important parts of their ministry that have been a part of our founding DNA. 

Welcome back to this week's episode of Microchurches, where we'll hear from Brian Johnson and Breana Weibe of KC Underground. They'll share some interesting insights into how they've contextualized their network to their communities, how their missionaries have helped shape their culture and how they serve, and of course some inspiring stories of microchurch leaders in Kansas City. Resources mentioned: KC Underground's website, The Starfish and the Spirit by Lance Ford, Rob Wegner, and Alan Hirsch, and Microchurches by Brian Sanders New episodes every Wednesday! The Microchurches podcast is presented by ⁠⁠The Underground Network⁠⁠, a network of microchurches and missionaries in the Tampa Bay area. We exist to inspire, engage, connect and empower missional people, churches and networks. If you have enjoyed or benefited from this podcast and/or other Underground resources and would like to support, ⁠⁠click here to give⁠⁠.

Welcome to Keeping It Simple Season 3 Episode 16 with our good friend Rob Wegner of the Kansas City Underground. The Kansas City Underground is a micro church network and disciple making movement in Kansas City that seeks to fill Kansas City with the beauty, justice, and good news of Jesus. Additionally, Rob works for NewThing and Leadership Network. Rob is a husband and a father who desires to see disciple making movements emerge in North America. Rob co-authored The Starfish and the Spirit (check out Season 1: Episode 16 for a full interview on the book). In this episode, Luis sat down with Rob to discuss global trends in the micro church world and specifically in the United States of America. Rob has years of experience living on mission and training other believers to live the gospel incarnationally in their everyday life. This episode is worth the listen, get a pen and paper out or open up your phone notes section, there is wisdom in what Rob has to say. To learn more about Rob and his work, click the links he mentioned toward the end of the episode (32:02). https://newthing.org/ https://leadnet.org/microchurch-next/ https://saturatetheworld.com/ https://www.bravecities.com/ https://www.undergroundnetwork.org/ ⁠https://churchprojectnetwork.com/⁠ https://kcunderground.org/ Thank you for listening! Please like, share, and subscribe to Keeping It Simple. To be in contact with us please email media@simplechurchcollective.com or visit simplechurchcollective.com for more information! Stay tuned for more episodes!  Music produced by Jesse Calentine, find him on Instagram: @Jessecalentine

On this episode of the Ephesiology Podcast, author and leadership expert, Lance Ford, joins Michael and Andrew to discuss issues confronting the contemporary understanding of leadership. Among other things, Lance shares about the concept of starfish leadership from the book he co-authored with Rob Wegner and Alan Hirsch, The Starfish and the Spirit: Unleashing the … Continue reading "Episode 141: A Leadership in Crisis"

Rob Wegner, leader of the Kansas City Underground, brings a fire hose of energy to the studio to ignite our hearts for reimagining the Church as a missional movement and encouraging us toward carrying a lighter load that will yield greater impact.

On today's episode, Greg talks to Rob Wegner. Rob is the leader of a church movement in Kansas City called the KC Underground. It's a rapidly multiplying micro church movement. Get ready to learn a lot from Rob on today's episode. Connect with Rob and check out the resources mentioned in today's episode here: https://www.kcunderground.org/resources Connect with Greg: stadiachurchplanting.org/thechurchplantingpodcast gregnettle.com  

In this episode, Cory and Brian interview Rob Wegner, one of the directors in the KC Underground. Rob is one of the best "celebrators" we know. We will explore how Rob has cultivated a life of celebration, what has shaped that and why he continues to lead with that posture. "Gratitude is an act of repentance...It reminds us, 'I can't do this on my own.'" Next steps with the Underground: Subscribe to our newsletter Connect with us for Coaching Support the Underground

Rob Wegner joins Peyton Jones on this week's episode to talk about what a Starfish organization is and why church leaders need to a more decentralized, servant leadership posture. He gives some practical tips for teams that want to plant starfish churches and shares his own personal journey of repentance that led him to this conviction.

HCP - Ep. 112 - Status QuoIt's easy in the church to just do what we've always done. We get into our traditions and habits and roll for a long time, but just like an old road that you drive on, at some point it will become some deep ruts.In this episode of the HCP, Larry and Drew discuss looking at all that we do in the church and objectively asking ourselves this question - Are we settling for Status Quo? Are we just going through the motions? Are we slaves to our tradition or obedient servants to our master? Jesus said to go and make disciples, so we ask - is that taking place? Not just is God's Word being read, preached and valued, but are we loving, obeying, serving Him more as a result of becoming more like Him through discipleship and sanctification?Discipleship should be more relational than programatic and in this episode we discuss some ways to rethink some of our traditions. We also discuss spiritual gifts, APEST gifts and Eph. 1 and 4, and how the body of Christ is responsible to build up itself through those giftings, not just a few “professional Christians called staff”.The book mentioned on the program is “Find Your Place” by Rob Wegner and Brian PhippsYou can email us at info@healthychurchpodcast.com orTo find more information about The Healthy Church Podcast go to:http://www.healthychurchpodcast.comor find us on FaceBook!

In this episode, Jeff Vanderstelt talks with Brian Johnson and Rob Wegner, leaders with the Kansas City Underground, about how they equip everyday people for disciple-making in everyday life leading to MicroChurch expressions so that all of Kansas City will one day be filled with the presence of Jesus.

The 6 Least Likely, Yet Most Necessary, Trends We Must See in Disciple-Making #5: Empowering Leadership ＞ Growing in Membership   Tune in as Keri Ladouceur Shalom Liddick, and Kevin Harris join Brian Phipps and Rob Wegner in meaningful conversation about the unlikely, but very necessary trend we need to see in disciple-making... "Empowering Leadership."   Want to learn more about Disciples Made? Email us at podcast@disciplesmade.com or visit us at DisciplesMade.com   Want to learn more about our guests?    Kevin Harris, President of Radical Mentoring   Shalom Liddick, Pastor of RESLIFE Church in Arizona. You can find her on Facebook at ShalomLiddick or Instagram at PastorGracey .   Keri Ladouceur, Founder of New Ground Network and Pastor at Community Christian Church  

In 2019, about 80 followers of Jesus left the prevailing church structures to be the seeds for a grassroots movement in Kansas City.  They believe God's people are made for more.  It is the birthright of every child of God to be a loving missionary and disciple-maker where they live,  work, learn and play. Their aim was to plant the gospel in networks of relationships across the city, see disciples made and witness the church emerge in new contexts. At KC Underground, they function with a two-entity structure, a mission agency and a network of microchurches. The mission agency equips everyday people to be loving missionaries and effective disciple-makers in new contexts. As new disciples are made in a new context, a microchurch emerges.  Microchurches are extended spiritual families, that live in everyday gospel community, they're led by ordinary people, not paid professionals, and they own the mission of Jesus in their network. For some, this is a very specific pocket of people or corner of culture. For other, this is a geographic network of relationships often defined as a neighborhood. Listen to Episode 15 of the podcast and access the show notes below. Future Church Insights: 1. Rob explains “microchurch” Rob says that a microchurch is a spiritual family led by “ordinary people who live in everyday gospel community and own the mission of Jesus in a network of relationships.”  2. Rob talks about the way they structure KC Underground: Rob talks about “Hubs” – an equipping team – and how those team then include teams of people. For example, he mentions the “Personal Discovery” team that help others to discover their personal calling. He also talks about Startup Coaching, the seven week pathway, financial services and the ongoing coaching they provide micro churches. 3. Rob speaks to the differences in a traditional model and what KC Underground is doing First, he talks about planting the gospel where people currently are, not extracting them out for a professional sermon or service. Then he talks about discipleship and evangelism coming out of relationships that have already been built and established. Finally, he speaks about seeing every person as a disciple maker. Goals and Desired Outcomes of KC Underground The activation of a new Hub in north Kansas City Kansas that is focused on gospel saturation among all the ethnic groups in our city (90+). This particular part of the city has great diversity in ethnicity in a relatively small geographic region of the city. A Kingdom breakthrough here would be a microcosm of the coming Kingdom, where every tribe, tongue and nation is gathered into the global family of God. The activation of a new Hub in the heart of Kansas City Missouri, a few blocks from Troost Avenue. Historically, Troost Avenue has been a racial dividing line in Kansas City. A Kingdom breakthrough here would speak a story of Hope to our whole city. The activation of new missionaries, new Discovery Bible Studies, new disciples, and new microchurches in those two regions of the city. We are intentionally pursuing a full embodiment of all of Expo's key frameworks. The Kansas City Underground is pioneering a sustainable and multiplicative approach to Gospel Saturation in a city via mobilizing all of God's people God's way as missionary disciple-makers in every sector of society who are living out their Masterpiece Mission. Therefore, we are likely a particularly interesting case study for the Expo community, as we are boots on the ground. Links:  www.kcunderground.org More of a reader? Download the transcription here. Key Quotes from the episode from Rob Wegner: “Jesus said Go, but most churches are built around Come.” (21:06) “I think the other main thing is instead of seeing people as volunteers, attenders, inviters, members, you need to look at every single person and go, they're a disciple maker.” (24:02) “It's not actually less meetings, it's life together.

The 6 Least Likely, Yet Most Necessary, Trends We Must See in Disciple-Making #4:  Loving My Enemy > Unfriending My Enemy   Tune in as Brian Phipps, Rob Wegner, & Brian Johnson debrief the conversation about the unlikely, but the very necessary trend we need to see in disciple-making... "Loving My Enemy."   Want to learn more about Disciples Made? Email us at podcast@disciplesmade.com or visit us at DisciplesMade.com  

The 6 Least Likely, Yet Most Necessary, Trends We Must See in Disciple-Making #3:  Healthy Accountability > Behavior Management   Tune in as Brian Phipps, Rob Wegner, & Brian Johnson debrief the conversation about the unlikely, but the very necessary trend we need to see in disciple-making... "Healthy Accountability."   Want to learn more about Disciples Made? Email us at podcast@disciplesmade.com or visit us at DisciplesMade.com  

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The 6 Least Likely, Yet Most Necessary, Trends We Must See in Disciple-Making #3:  Healthy Accountability > Behavior Management   Tune in as Mandy Smith, Myron Pierce, Kevin Harris, and Grant Skeldon join Brian Phipps and Rob Wegner in meaningful conversation about the unlikely, but very necessary trend we need to see in disciple-making... "Healthy Accountability."   Want to learn more about Disciples Made? Email us at podcast@disciplesmade.com or visit us at DisciplesMade.com   Want to learn more about our guests?    Grant Skeldon, Next Gen Director for Q Ideas   Mandy Smith, Pastor of St Lucia Uniting Church . You can find her on Twitter and Instagram at MandySmithHopes. Her book, The Vulnerable Pastor, is available here.    Kevin Harris, President of Radical Mentoring   Myron Pierce, Hope Dealer at Mission Church    

Today on the Interview, we have the opportunity to talk with Lance Ford and Rob Wegner and their new book, “The Starfish and the Spirit”. The conversation takes us to power dynamics in the church, leadership structures and adult Snuggies. Lance is an author, church planter, coach and consultant and he has a passion to resource and equip churches and leaders as they develop lifestyles of living on mission. Rob is an author, pastor and is one of the founders of the Kansas City Underground. Check out their book at thestarfishandthespirit.com Also check out their podcast called The Starfish and The Church Theme song “Early Riser” By Night Owl Additional music “Worship” by Yung Kartz For more information about Forge America head to www.forgeamerica.com Feel free to contact us at: Brenna@forgeamerica.com Terry@forgeamerica.com Alan@forgeamerica.com

The 6 Least Likely, Yet Most Necessary, Trends We Must See in Disciple-Making #2:  Dying to Self > Entitling Myself   Entitlement is becoming more and more a way of life for many, but it is not the path Jesus modeled at all. Instead, Jesus embraced the downward path to becoming a servant to all. What is the danger of an entitlement lifestyle? Why must we as Christians refuse to walk that dangerous path? What can we, as ministry leaders, do to model the Jesus way?   Tune in as Brian Phipps, Rob Wegner, & Brian Johnson debrief the conversation about the unlikely, but the very necessary trend we need to see in disciple-making... "Dying to Self."   Want to learn more about Disciples Made? Email us at podcast@disciplesmade.com or visit us at DisciplesMade.com  

The 6 Least Likely, Yet Most Necessary, Trends We Must See in Disciple-Making #2:  Dying to Self > Entitling Myself   Entitlement is becoming more and more a way of life for many, but it is not the path Jesus modeled at all. Instead, Jesus embraced the downward path to becoming a servant to all. What is the danger of an entitlement lifestyle? Why must we as Christians refuse to walk that dangerous path? What can we, as ministry leaders, do to model the Jesus way?   Tune in as Mandy Smith, Shalom Liddick, Keri Ladouceur, and Grant Skeldon join Brian Phipps and Rob Wegner in meaningful conversation about the unlikely, but the very necessary trend we need to see in disciple-making... "Dying to Self."   Want to learn more about Disciples Made? Email us at podcast@disciplesmade.com or visit us at DisciplesMade.com   Want to learn more about our guests?    Grant Skeldon, Next Gen Director for Q Ideas   Keri Ladouceur, Founder of New Ground Network and Pastor at Community Christian Church   Shalom Liddick, Pastor of RESLIFE Church in Arizona. You can find her on Facebook at ShalomLiddick or Instagram at PastorGracey .   Mandy Smith, Pastor of St Lucia Uniting Church . You can find her on Twitter and Instagram at MandySmithHopes  

Today on the show we talk to Rob Wegner. Rob Wegner is a member of Disciples Made's Executive Team, and is a founding leader of KC Underground – a decentralized network of reproducing disciples, leaders, and microchurches. The forty-year vision is 21,000 microchurches connecting with training Hubs throughout the city, saturating Kansas City with beauty, justice and good news of Jesus. Rob is the author of several books, including the book we talk about in this episode, The Starfish And The Spirit. You can connect with Rob on Twitter. Make sure to check out the Kansas City Underground Podcast. Hey! Are you on social media? So is the churchology podcast! You can find us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. Head over to YouTube to check out our channel where you can watch all of our episodes. We will be back with another episode next Tuesday.

Today on the show we are talking to Brian Phipps. Brian Phipps is the founder and President of Disciples Made. Brian was the Next Steps (Disciple-Making) pastor at Westside Family Church for nine years where he developed Westside's discipleship and leadership development pathway in which the Disciples Made experiences were created. The Disciples Made experiences incorporate a disciple-making “operating system” Brian designed called the Intentional Disciple-Making Environment. Brian has consulted with many churches in developing their disciple-making process and currently leads multiple cohorts of church leaders in Kansas City. He's the author of the book, Find Your Place: Locating Your Calling Through Your Gifts, Passions, and Story, co-written with Rob Wegner. In addition to being a Next Steps pastor, Brian is also experienced as a church planter and senior pastor. Brian received his BA in Religious Studies from the University of South Carolina, and a Masters of Divinity and M.A. in Counseling from Reformed Theological Seminary in Orlando, Florida. Brian and Carol were married in 1994 and have three children, Hannah, Sam, and Caleb. Brian's passion is to empower every Christ follower to discover, develop, and optimize their character and calling so that they make the biggest IMPACT on the world for Jesus. You can connect with Brian at the disciples made website and on Twitter. We would love to hear what you think about today's episode! Find us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram. You can also watch today's episode over on our YouTube channel. Next week we talk to Rob Wegner of the Kansas City Underground and the author of 'The Starfish and the Spirit.'

The 6 Least Likely, Yet Most Necessary, Trends We Must See in Disciple-Making #1:  Fully Alive > Surface Level Moralism   We are so excited to bring you episode one of the FOURTH season of the Disciples Made Podcast. Today Brian Phipps welcomes various disciple makers to talk about making the shift from surface level moralism to becoming fully alive. Is this trend a "most necessary?" Is this trend a "least likely?" If unlikely, what must we do as leaders to make it more likely?   Mandy Smith, Myron Pierce, Keri Ladouceur, and Kevin Harris join Brian Phipps and Rob Wegner in meaningful conversation that you don't want to miss.    Want to learn more about Disciples Made? Email us at podcast@disciplesmade.com or visit us at DisciplesMade.com   Want to learn more about our guests?    Kevin Harris, President of Radical Mentoring   Keri Ladouceur, Founder of New Ground Network and Pastor at Community Christian Church   Myron Pierce, Hope Dealer at Mission Church   Mandy Smith, Pastor of St Lucia Uniting Church  

Rob Wegner joins us on the podcast today to discuss his book Starfish and The Spirit. Rob challenges us to see disciple making and church planting in a reproducible model. https://www.amazon.com/s?k=starfish+and+the+spirit&ref=nb_sb_noss https://www.thestarfishandthespirit.com

Authors Lance Ford and Rob Wegner join LAB: The Podcast for a conversation on their new book, The Starfish and the Spirit. We talk old power vs. new power and the winds of change blowing through leadership in the church and in culture. I can't wait to introduce you to a couple of humble and wise leaders and a fantastic new book. For more information on the book or to connect with Lance and Rob, visit: www.thestarfishandthespirit.com.

In this episode Rob Wegner talks about reproducing disciples and micro churches with the aim of gospel saturation across an entire city. As we enter into conversation, Rob shares his story of growing up in an environment of disciple making. We come to the realization that as we put Jesus at the center, we die to ourselves, and embrace authentic community incredible things can happen!Rob Wegner serves as one of the founders and directors of the Kansas City Underground, a mission agency and decentralized network of missionaries and microchurches in Kansas City.  KCUG's forty vision is to have a missionary on every street and a microchurch in every network of relationships, connecting with training Hubs throughout the city, saturating Kansas City with the beauty,  justice, and Good News of Jesus.  Rob also serves on the leadership team of NewThing, helping churches form networks to pursue the Mission of Jesus together.  Rob is also an author, his latest books are Find Your Place: Discovering Your Calling Through Your Gifts, Passions, and Story (Zondervan),Brian Phipps and this theme book for Exponential 2019, Made For More, which he co-wrote with Todd Wilson. His next book is a collaborative work with NYT Bestselling author Ori Braffman, Alan Hirsch, and Lance Ford called The Starfish and The Spirit: Unleashing the Leadership Potential of Churches and Organizations.   Rob's wife, Michelle, and their three daughters, Maddie, Whitney, and Belle, own his heart completely.Rob's recommendations:www.maturityonmission.comDiscipleship That FitsThe MandalorianGo to www.shiftingculturepodcast.com to interact and donate. Every donation helps to produce more podcasts for you to enjoy.Follow on Facebook at www.facebook.com/shiftingculturepodcastSupport the show

This episode features author Rob Wegner about his new book The Starfish and the Spirit which is available for purchase here. This clip was taken from a show that ran in the Discipleship.org Collective and is part of our author series. Bobby and Rob discuss how organic church movements work and how to see the value of a network of connected churches.

Potentially, what can separate a Physical Church from a Digital-Only Church? The ability to disciple people to the point of getting them on-mission… to help them discover their personal mission? This is why I see a similarity between Microchurch Movements and Digital-Only Churches… because we have the opportunity to relationally scale digital to the place of helping find their personal mission. But how do we do that in the Microchurch space? Enter Rob Wegner, one of the leaders of Kansas City Underground and co-author of The Starfish and The Spirit, Rob has experience discipling, equipping and releasing people on Personal Mission across Kansas City. Let's lean in and learn what it looks like in Micro, and figure out how to apply this digitally. Complete Show Notes and Online Video Available at THECHURCH.DIGITAL --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thechurchdigital/message

Welcome to Keeping It Simple where we talk about life and mission in ways that are easy to understand. This week Scott and Luis interview Rob Wegner and Lance Ford. Rob and Lance authored the book "The Starfish and The Spirit". This interview will give insight into the book, the state of the church in America, and where Rob and Lance see hope for the church! It's a great discussion that you won't want to miss! Also, you're going to want to get the book! Listen and leave a review! We would love to hear from you! Join us on our journey as we seek to plant Simple Churches in the Greater Seattle area, if you want to know more about the Simple Church Collective listen to episodes as they come out each week or email media@simplechurchcollective.com. Visit www.simplechurchcollective.com for more information and subscribe to weekly emails from our team! Enjoy the show! Buy the book here: https://tinyurl.com/yk557rcy

In this episode, Ed is joined by Rob Wegner and Lance Ford, co-authors of the recent release The Starfish and the Spirit: Unleashing the Leadership Potential of Churches and Organizations, along with Alan Hirsch. As stated on Amazon, this book leverages "the metaphor Ori Brafman popularized in his NYT best-selling book, The Starfish and the Spider, Rob Wegner, Lance Ford, and Alan Hirsch show why the distributed structures of starfish organizations are uniquely fit to the church." Currently, Rob is one of the founders and directors of the Kansas City Underground, a mission agency and decentralized network of missionaries and microchurches in Kansas City. Lance is the co-founder of the Sentralized Conference in Kansas City.

Join authors Alan Hirsch, Rob Wegner, and Lance Ford, along with expert practitioners Linda Bergquist and Keri Ladouceur as they discuss the new book The Starfish and the Spirit. Together, they'll discuss three…

This is one of the most productive podcast interviews in my short history of these attempts. Rob Wegner is a good friend and a super intellect. Better yet, he understands the way forward after the pandemic taught us all the fragility of church as we've known it since Constantine, and certainly the way it looked so long ago back in 2019.You'll laugh, and perhaps cry, through this interview.Cut the head off a spider and it dies - same result if you cut off a couple of legs.Cut two legs off a starfish and you get three starfish. Sever all five legs and you'll have six starfish. Every cell of the starfish has the ability to regenerate the entire animal. Cut the head off of the typical U.S. church and it dies or at least goes into a slump. We too often look more like spiders than the church Jesus planted. When the head of the church ascended to heaven he sent the Holy Spirit to live in each believer and every cluster where they gathered. When persecution dismembered the church it multiplied like parts of a starfish.Rob Wegner, Lance Ford and Alan Hirsch partnered, with the help of Ori Brafman who wrote the original Starfish and the Spider, to write this amazing challenge to us all to be more than we've imagined.Crucially appearing on the backside of COVID, even the timing of its release was God ordained--the book held up for two years with production delays. This book is perfect for leaders attempting to discern the way forward after the pandemic.For more, check the Kansas City Underground or scope out the book. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Leveraging the metaphor Ori Brafman popularized in his NYT best-selling book, The Starfish and the Spider, Rob Wegner, Lance Ford, and Alan Hirsch show why the…

The Church was originally a decentralized movement. Before everything became housed in church buildings with hierarchical leadership, the priesthood of all believers was equipped and sent to make disciples. In this episode of the Everyday Disciple Podcast, Caesar talks with Rob Wegner and Lance Ford about why the distributed structures of 'starfish' organizations uniquely fit the church today. Just like a starfish can reproduce itself fully from only one of its legs, churches with this type of regenerative ability are much more nimble in reacting to external change and outside forces. In This Episode You'll Learn: The difference between "spider" and "starfish" organizations. How embracing the starfish's reproductive ability changes the way we lead the church. Why equipping is job #1 for pastors and leaders in the church today. How every Believer carries the full DNA of a disciple-making movement. https://everydaydisciple.com/subscribe (Get started here…) https://everydaydisciple.com/subscribe () From this episode: "Leaders need to do an honest heart evaluation, asking themselves, 'how much equipping of the saints am I really doing for ministry out there–not just church service jobs and activities?' Remember, equipping is different from teaching. Equipping is a relational transaction that is personal and requires time and gives people the freedom to grow as they learn, and learn as they go." Each week the Big 3 will give you immediate action steps to get you started.https://everydaydisciple.com/big3 ()Download today's https://everydaydisciple.com/big3 (BIG 3 right now). Read and think over them again later. You might even want to share them with others…Thanks for Listening!Thanks so much for joining us again this week. Have some feedback you'd like to share? Join us on http://everydaydisciple.com/facebook (Facebook) and take part in the discussion! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the top of this page or right below. Also, please subscribe and leave an honest review for https://everydaydisciple.com/subscribe (The Everyday Disciple Podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.) Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and we read each and every one of them. Links and Resources Mentioned in This Episode: https://amzn.to/2Prutuu (The Starfish and the Spirit) https://everydaydisciple.com/big3 (Free Download of the Big 3 For Episode #322) https://everydaydisciple.com/coaching (Coaching with Caesar and Tina in discipleship and missional living.) https://everydaydisciple.com/resources/ (Free Discipleship and Missional Resources)   http://everydaydisciple.com/facebook ()

In this episode Rob Wegner, Brian Phipps & Brian Johnson chat about moving from a centralized church model to a decentralized church model.    DisciplesMade.com

In today's episode Brian Phipps and Rob Wegner are joined by Doug Paul, leader of Catapult, "an innovation and activation shop that works with churches, denominations, networks, non-profits and socialpreneurs." They discuss the importance of shifting from providing programs to Intentional Disciple-Making Environments.    DougPaul.org    

Programs can meet individual needs, but they may not be leading people to where they really need to go. What is the difference between a program and an IDE? Why is it so important to know the difference? Join Brian Phipps, Rob Wegner, & Brian Johnson as they chat about shifting from programs to Intentional Disciple-Making Environments. 

In today's episode Rob Wegner and Brian Phipps chat through the second shift, From Professionals to All of God's People. Here at Disciples Made we are passionate about Followers of Christ using their gifts, passions, and story to discover their personal calling that God has given them. We talk through the history of the Church and how professionalism has been beneficial, as well as how it has been detrimental to the well-being of the Church. 

Because of the pandemic, restrictions on church gatherings will ultimately be measured in months or maybe years. No one knows for sure how or when this will resolve. And when things do re-open, it won't be an instant, overnight return to unlimited gathering sizes. Our rhythms of life as the church have forever changed! In this episode of the Everyday Disciple Podcast, Caesar continues his conversation with church strategist and disciple-maker, Rob Wegner, discussing the trends that are emerging as the church embraces a new future. In This Episode You'll Learn: Why slow is fast as we seek to help our people make significant changes Ways pastors will need to be humble to be able to lead in the future. How church staff and budgets will be changing in the future. Why a new reliance on the power of the Spirit must be embraced. https://everydaydisciple.com/subscribe (Get started here…) https://everydaydisciple.com/subscribe () From this episode: “If you're discouraged as a leader because you realize you haven't made disciples… or really never been discipled yourself, listen, what Caesar just said is true: The same Spirit that raised Jesus from the dead is in you, and there are people like Caesar that will help… God will give you the coach you need and you can do this. It's not too late. I don't care how old you are.” Each week the Big 3 will give you immediate action steps to get you started.https://everydaydisciple.com/big3 ()Download today's https://everydaydisciple.com/big3 (BIG 3 right now). Read and think over them again later. You might even want to share them with others…Thanks for Listening!Thanks so much for joining us again this week. Have some feedback you'd like to share? Join us on http://everydaydisciple.com/facebook (Facebook) and take part in the discussion! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the top of this page or right below. Also, please subscribe and leave an honest review for https://everydaydisciple.com/subscribe (The Everyday Disciple Podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.) Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and we read each and every one of them. Links and Resources Mentioned in This Episode: https://challenge.everydaydisciple.com/challenge (Register: Everyday Disciple Challenge: Future Church Edition) https://everydaydisciple.com/big3 (Free Download of the Big 3 For Episode #307)   http://everydaydisciple.com/facebook ()

By now you're probably figuring out that the Coronavirus pandemic, and related social distancing, has produced more of a disruption than just a temporary interruption for your Church. In this episode of the Everyday Disciple Podcast, Caesar talks with church strategist and disciple-maker, Rob Wegner, about some positive (and not-so-positive) trends that are emerging in the new realities of the future church. In This Episode You'll Learn: Ways that many churches have experienced GROWTH during the pandemic. Will your church continue to live stream their Sunday services? How church buildings may be repurposed in the future. How the traditional sermon is being reimagined for our times. https://everydaydisciple.com/subscribe (Get started here…) https://everydaydisciple.com/subscribe () From this episode: “Yeah we are meeting, we met last week for the first time. And this person of peace in our neighborhood says, “how many people showed up? 6 families?... I wasn't there!” And this lady shows up the next week with six more families, so they had like 13 families doing a discovery type Bible study together. When things started to loosen up with the social distancing in the summer, it emerged into this full micro-church life together. Mostly non-believers!” Each week the Big 3 will give you immediate action steps to get you started.https://everydaydisciple.com/big3 ()Download today's https://everydaydisciple.com/big3 (BIG 3 right now). Read and think over them again later. You might even want to share them with others…Thanks for Listening!Thanks so much for joining us again this week. Have some feedback you'd like to share? Join us on http://everydaydisciple.com/facebook (Facebook) and take part in the discussion! If you enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the top of this page or right below. Also, please subscribe and leave an honest review for https://everydaydisciple.com/subscribe (The Everyday Disciple Podcast on Apple Podcasts or wherever you listen.) Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show, and we read each and every one of them. Links and Resources Mentioned in This Episode: https://challenge.everydaydisciple.com/challenge (Register: Everyday Disciple Challenge: Future Church Edition) https://everydaydisciple.com/big3 (Free Download of the Big 3 For Episode #306)   http://everydaydisciple.com/facebook ()

In this episode, Matt and Adam interview Brian Johnson, Brian Phipps and Rob Wegner on what it's like to be living as a missionary in Kansas City. 

In Episode 6, Ralph and Myron will interview Rob Wegner, pastor, author, & speaker about how to mobilize God's people, God's way. Wegner will discuss…

Today Brian Phipps and Rob Wegner talk about the second Intentional Disciple-Making Environment Pillar, Habit Fueled. What habits should we be creating? How do we create new habits and stick to them? Find out on today's podcast. 

In this episode of The Church Planting Podcast, Rob Wegner talks to Greg about practical ways to build a high-functioning team that can help shape the culture and future of a new church.

I (Jeff) believe this to be true: In the future, bigger churches will continue to get bigger; but smaller churches will continue to get smaller. And that may not be a bad thing. The mega churches will find a way to succeed. Despite recent attendance trends, the church-growth formulas will continue to succeed. There are people who will continue to connect with these larger, physical expressions of church. To reach different people, however, maybe we should be thinking about a different model. This is where Micro-church comes in. Micro is a discipleship-oriented movement where the church empowers people to be the shepherd, the campus pastor, to lead smaller movements of church. Rather than paying a pastor to be the spiritual overseer for hundreds or thousands of people, the Micro-movement empowers “normal people” to be the volunteer pastor over dozens of people. A model far easier to scale, and most would say the Micro model is closer to the Biblical account of what the church is. There's different flavors of the micro model. Through this podcast we talk with churches who are having success with the micro model. So how does Micro complete the ministry of Church Online? How is Micro an effective model for evangelism and discipleship? What are some steps you can take at your church to start a micro movement? Find out in this discussion with Rob Wegner & others here on The Church Digital Podcast. COMPLETE SHOW NOTES AVAILABLE AT THECHURCH.DIGITAL --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thechurchdigital/message

Do you wish you could have more enjoyment in serving the Kingdom? Authors Rob Wegner and Brian Phipps discuss how to discover and use your gifts, passions, and personal story for Christ. Their book is Find Your Place: Locating Your Calling Through Your Gifts, Passions, and Story.

The local church is on the verge of a massive, category shifting change. For 1700 years, the primary identity of the local church in the West has been "church as institution." Over the last 50 years, the church growth movement has brought much needed reformation within this expression. Although God continues to transform many lives through these prevailing models, it has not stemmed the decline of Western Christianity. We can't settle for winning a battle via contemporary church and multi-site, while losing the larger war. Simply producing more of the same will not be enough. Our times require a different expression of the local church - church as apostolic movement, where every person is living a mission-sent life, where every person is a reproducing Christian, and every church a reproducing church. In this work, Mark Beeson, Tim Stevens, and Rob Wegner will share the story of Granger Community Church as they are making the leap to church as movement. Granger is seeking to keep the best of what church growth has taught us, while simultaneously leveraging megachurch and multi-site as a launch pad for missional movements of their people.

Exponential 2011 workshop with Rob Wegner and Jack Magruder. Rob and Jack share the missional DNA and the new leadership model that unleashed redemptive movements from inside a successful "attractional" church (Granger Community Church).