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: https://www.amazon.com/kindle-dbs/entity/author/B07VV9JDBK?_encoding=UTF8&node=283155&offset=0&pageSize=12&searchAlias=stripbooks&sort=author-sidecar-rank&page=1&langFilter=default#formatSelectorHeader Ideology Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ideology/id1531632730 Winfield's Book Marks of a Movement: https://www.amazon.com/Marks-Movement-Church-Wesleyan-Revival/dp/0310098351/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1YWXJ896YJ7AR&keywords=marks+of+a+movement&qid=1652290678&sprefix=marks+of+a+movement%2Caps%2C115&sr=8-1 More Resources: https://asburychurchplanting.com/ Join the Connection:  https://asburychurchplanting.com/join

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/ Email Obe: [email protected]  Asbury Latino Center Check out another episode with a vibrant hispanic church planting leader : https://anchor.fm/asbury-church-planting/episodes/S1E7--Iosmar-Alvarez-etq9k2

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/

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) For more resources visit: asburychurchplanting.com

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. He guides a wide variety of architects in different national settings and countries through all phases of the innovative progression of endeavors from start to completion. This context gracefully allows him to access God’s given gifts; God-sized goals, strengths, skills, and the current realities of entrepreneurs and organizations to choose essential phases to generate a new, workable, and sustainable future. He believes on creating healthy environments where pioneers and associations blossom. He has used the Incubator model during the last 20 years to train and launch new church planters who are transforming communities in Kentucky, USA, and overseas with the life-transforming gospel of Jesus Christ. He is an ordained elder in the Kentucky Annual Conference where he serves as the senior pastor of Paris First UMC. Furthermore, he served as the Associate Director of Hispanic, multiethnic, and international church planting ministries with the New Church and Congregational Development. He has served as the President of The National Association of Hispanic UMC Leaders. He was the founder and director of H.I.L.T. (Hispanic international Leadership Training). He completed a master degree from Dallas Theological Seminary (1986). He holds a Doctor of Ministry and Leadership from Asbury Theological Seminary May 20, 2017. Church Planting Revolution Book Asbury CP Fellowship Information: https://asburychurchplanting.com/fellowships/ For more resources visit: asburychurchplanting.com

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 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

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

In this episode Dr. Winfield Bevins, Director of Church Planting at Asbury Seminary unpacks future church movements. This is part 1 of 2.  Part 1 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  https://www.amazon.com/Healthy-Rhythms-Leaders-Cultivating-Uncertain/dp/1624240585 Missional Vibrancy and Financial Viability: Alternative Financial Models for Churches and Church Plants When Tithes and Offerings Are Not Enough https://exponential.org/resource-ebooks/missional-vibrancy/?_ga=2.106062275.1189313331.1640206058-116477488.1639574666 New Churches for a New World | Training Event https://asburychurchplanting.com/trainingevents/

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.