Cultivate - Calvary Chapel Church Planting

Welcome to the Cultivate Church Planting podcast! In today's episode, I'm joined by Clay and Janelle Worrell, a husband-and-wife team who are experienced church planters and awesome people. Clay is the executive director of the calvary global network and Janelle is the secret to his success. In today’s episode Clay and Janell will offer practical advice for couples who are considering planting a church together. They'll be sharing their insights on marriage in church planting and the importance of teamwork in ministry. So, whether you're a church planter, a pastor, or a spouse of a church planter, this episode is for you! Stay tuned.

Welcome to another episode of the Cultivate Church Planting Podcast. I'm your host Brian Kelly, and today, we're diving into a story that's as rich as the soil south of the equator. Our guests today, Monolo Matos from Calvary Chapel Lima, and John Bonner of CCBC Peru, have a passion to see new churches planted in this thriving region. We'll explore the history of Christianity in Peru, the current gospel response, and the hunger for new churches. Monolo and John shed light on why South America should be a priority for church planting, highlighting challenges that demand creative solutions. Funding, education, and support emerge as pivotal needs for church planters. Stay tuned to be inspired, challenged, and moved to action in the mission of church planting.

Welcome to the Cultivate Church Planting Podcast. Today, I’m talking with Brenda Leavenworth and Krista Fox about women in church planting. Brenda is founder and president of the “When She Leads” ministry and is married to pastor Ted Leavenworth of Reliance Church in Temecula, California. Krista and her family were missionaries in the Amazonian region of Brazil. She and her husband Kyle planted a church there, and Krista leads a ministry dedicated to helping individuals involved in human trafficking. Today We'll be discussing the contributions that women make to church planting, the challenges that women face in leadership, and how we can better equip women for ministry. We'll also talk about the future of women in the CGN network as we look to plant 1,000 churches. This is a must-listen episode for anyone who is interested in learning more about the role of women in church planting. Some of the topics we discuss on today’s episode: • How Brenda and Krista got started in church planting • The challenges they've faced as women in church leadership. • The importance of getting women involved in leadership and ministry. • How to counsel a woman who is in a church or church planting team where her gifts and talents aren't utilized. • The vision for women in the CGN network. • How to avoid the dangers of an overemphasis on women in ministry. So, whether you're a woman who is interested in church planting, a pastor who wants to get more women involved in leadership, or just someone who is interested in learning more about women in ministry, this episode is for you. Thanks for listening! When She Leads - https://whensheleads.org/ The Leadership Collective Podcast - https://churchleadershipcollective.com/

Church planting and missions go hand in hand. We are called to go into all the world and preach the gospel and make disciples. It’s interesting that in the early days of the church, they fulfilled this great commission by going out and planting churches. We start at our Jerusalem, but we must have a far-reaching vision to go to the ends of the earth and, you know, that’s exactly what today’s guest did. Hey everyone and welcome back to another episode of the Cultivate Church Planting podcast. I’m your host Brian Kelly and today I’m joined by expert missionary and church planter Rod Thompson. Rod has pastored and church planted all over Europe in places like Hungary, former Yugoslavia, Serbia, Austria, and Italy. He is currently the founder and director of Cross Culture Missions, an organization established to encourage and equip pastors and leaders from every nation, tribe, tongue, and people. Rod is a Calvary Chapel OG and it was nice to spend some time with him on this episode. I’m also joined once again by the man himself, the executive director of CGN, Clay Worrell. This is a great conversation so let’s get right into it.

There is a lot of ministry opportunities online, and the world of virtual reality is a virtual treasure trove of potential for preaching the gospel and reaching people for Christ. Hello and welcome to the Cultivate church planting podcast! I’m your host Brian Kelly and in this episode, I have with me two great guests, who will share their story and experience with virtual reality ministry. This episode is an interesting one, and I have to be honest with you, when I first heard about VR ministry, I was skeptical. Is there really a need for pastors and missionaries to don their Oculus headsets and venture into these online realms? Are there really people spending time in virtual worlds? Is it worth it for churches to invest time and resources to evangelize, and even church plant, in virtual reality?… what about regular reality?! Well, what I discovered is that not only are there people online in these VR spaces, but there are dozens of Christian ministries who are seeing people come to Christ and discipled through online interaction. I was blown away to discover that there are over 171 million virtual reality users worldwide, and that virtual reality is a huge mission field for those brave enough to cross this threshold. This kind of ministry may not be for everybody, but I came away from our conversation with a renewed appreciation for evangelical pioneers in this new mission field. I have two guests here with me for today’s episode. The first is Stuart McPherson who is the VR campus pastor at Lakeland community church in Lake Geneva Wisconsin. Stewart is also the host of the metaverse church podcast - I’ll put a link to his insightful content and conversations in the show notes. My second guest is a great brother in Christ who is attending our church here in Florida. Because of the nature of his work in VR and software security, he asked to remain unnamed, so we just call him “our friend” or “VR Chap” in the episode. This is a good one, and I hope you enjoy! The Metaverse Church Podcast - https://www.youtube.com/@metaversechurchpodcast Lakeland Church - https://lakeland.church/

For those who are considering church planting and wonder what it is like to plant your first church, today’s episode is for you. Or, if you are curious about how to get started planting a church or helping others to plant churches, there are some great tips in this episode. Hello, and welcome to episode 11 of the cultivate church planting podcast. I’m your host Brian Kelly and today Jeff Gipe and I are talking with Kyle Curry about what it’s like being a first-time church planter. Kyle was part of the Cultivate beta program and has very recently planted The Table Fellowship in Murfreesboro TN. He’s right in the thick of it, and has a unique first person perspective about the ups and downs of a new church plant. As a new church planter, Kyle talks candidly with us about things like finding a place to meet for church, what kind of team they have, and how they are able to pay the bills. Visit Kyle’s church website - https://www.thetablefellowship.church/ Cultivate Church Planting Program - https://cultivatechurchplanting.com/

The Importance of Mentorship & Church Planting Networks – Will Torrez & Daniel Williams Welcome to another episode of the cultivate church planting podcast. I’m your host Brian Kelly and today we are talking about the importance of mentorship and the value of church planting networks. You know a lot of times we church planters think that we can go it alone, or have success in planting with just a small team and hard work. But today, we are going to see that being part of a bigger organization of mentors and coaches can make things soo much easier. Joining me today is Will Torres, who is an experience church planter, and pastor of Proclaim church in Boyton Beach Florida. Will is part of the Calvary Global Network, as well as Harbor Network, and he is going to talk with us today about the benefits of mentorship and how important it is to be a part of a network focused on church planting. Also joining us today--back for more--is my friend Daniel Williams. Daniel has been on the show numerous times and is something of a church planter himself. Daniel and will have known each other for years in Calvary Chapel circles, and Daniel’s church helped mentor and then sent out Will and the team to plant their church. These guys have a lot of hands-on experience and wisdom to share with us today. Enjoy! Connect with Cultivate - https://cultivatechurchplanting.com Pledge to Plant Challenge: Commit to planting at least one church in the next ten years. - https://tally.so/r/3xj2BG Harbor Network - https://www.harbornetwork.com EE Leaders - https://eeleaders.com/

Welcome to the Cultivate Church planting podcast. I’m your host Brian Kelly and today we will be talking about Church planting in Mexico. I’m joined today by Mike Vincent who is the pastor of Calvary Chapel Rosarito, a church that he planted over twenty years ago. Also joining us today is Bruce Zachary who is part of the Cultivate leadership team and pastor of Calvary Nexus in Camarillo California. I’ve known Mike for over twenty years and I’m really excited to share this episode with you. Mike and I were sent out of the same Calvary Chapel ministry twenty one years ago as church planters and missionaries. He went to Mexico and I went to Uganda. Well, I’ve done quite a few different church plants and ministries since then, but Mike has stayed in Mexico and has developed an amazing church planting training course, as well as planted over thirty churches around the country. If you have a heart for planting churches in Mexico, or planting in another country, this is a great episode for you. For more information and how to connect with Cultivate visit: cultivatechurchplanting.com

Welcome to another episode of the cultivate church planting podcast. Today we have with us on the show Mike Neglia from the Expositors Collective. Mike is, among other things, a missionary, a church planter, a world traveler, and the host of the expositors collective podcast. We are also joined by Nick Cady who is the founder of the cultivate church planting program and one of the executive team members of the Calvary Global Network. On today’s show we will be talking about the importance of expositional bible teaching when planting a church. For new church planters, the temptation is often to do short, easy to listen to topical messages. Today we will see that this is not always the best approach to building a healthy church. Nike and Mike are good friends and we had a really great conversation about Bible teaching in church planting. One more thing before we get started. We want to let you know that there will be an Expositors Collective training weekend in Austin Texas on June 2nd-3rd. To register or find out more information visit http://www.expositorscollective.com

Welcome to the cultivate church planting podcast. I’m your host Brian Kelly and today I have with me on the show - once again! - Shannon Quintana and her dad Bill Welsh. Pastor Bill and Shannon are gifted musicians, songwriters, and worship leaders with many years of worship leading experience. They are here to talk about the worship ministry, and the Worship leader in church planting. We will be discussing things like how to find a worship leader, how much skill and training they should have, what can we do if we don’t have someone to lead worship, and how can we develop a healthy worship ministry from the ground up. There is a lot of good stuff, and great personal and practical wisdom in this episode. I know you are going to enjoy the combined worship wisdom of Shannon Quintana and Bill Welsh as they talk about The worship leader.