Can I do both?
We talk about whether hybrid is a good option. Can I continue doing church as I know it and add disciple making and simple church principles. Steve talked about how it is a question of if you are talking about changing or adding apps to a phone or if you are looking at changing the […]
What About the Money?
What to do about money is a popular question. If you aren’t part of church with a 501c3 institutional structure, what do you do with your money? Chris, Matt, and Neal talk share many stories about how giving can be very simple to meet practical needs in their churches and in their communities. They talk […]
Family Matters
This week on Pastor to Pioneer, we hear from Michelle Smith. Michelle is a leader in the simple church in west Michigan, and wife to Britton Smith who co-hosts this show. Michelle and Britton share their story of how they began to step into being the church in their home, and all the difficulties, nuances, […]
Redefining Leadership
Hello and welcome to Pastor to Pioneer! This week—episode four of season two—we hear from Damian Gerke. Damian is an elder in the 1Body network of house churches in Tampa, Florida, as well as a leadership and talent development coach. In this episode, the guys talk to Damian about what real leadership looks like, especially […]
Multiplication, Discipleship, and Heresy: Growing Things Right
In episode three of season two, the guys interview Curtis Sergeant, leader of a ministry in Alabama—called MetaCamp—founded on making disciples and sending them out into their local communities, with special emphasis on small, simple churches. Curtis lived in Asia as a missionary for several years, and when he returned to the United States was […]
Church: Neither For Nor Against
This week on Pastor to Pioneer, the guys talk to Jim Pool, formerly a pastor of a large church in the Detroit area, about his experience leaving that role and stepping into a new, different, pioneering one. They discuss candidly the shortcomings of the big(ish) church model, and the ways in which they desire and […]
Forging A Path: Where Does It Lead?
Welcome to the kickoff episode of season two of Pastor to Pioneer! This week, Britton, Matt, and Neal discuss where the path of pioneering can lead. The guys wrestle with the ideas of what the church truly is—doing life together—and what it is not—an event we just show up to once (or sometimes twice) a […]
No Dead Ends: Pioneering Through the Obstacles
In this round of Pastor to Pioneer, Britton, Matt, and Neal (no guest this week) discuss barriers to pioneering in the Church today. The guys dive into some of the difficulties they have seen as they have walked alongside other pastors, but also examine hurdles from their own stories. These obstacles include—among other things—finances, pastoral […]
The Pull Back–Stepping into What We Already Know
Everyone knows there’s only one way to be a pastor, right? Well…not so much. In this episode of Pastor to Pioneer the guys talk to Wes Sharp, a pastor in Alabama who began discovering new paths of leadership and disciple making. Wes shares how his initial understanding of making disciples was that the only […]
Discovering Familiar Fields: Why Pioneers are Necessary Everywhere
Transition is never easy, and this week on Pastor to Pioneer, Moy Soriano talks about the challenges of leaving his role as a pastor and stepping into pioneering something significantly more decentralized—in the Pacific Northwest of the United States, but also with a heart for Mexico. Moy shares about going when called, and trusting God […]
