The KC Underground Podcast

In this episode, Cory and Brian interview John Darr. John is a licensed clinical social worker living in the St. Louis area. He's an ordinary follower of Jesus who is seeking to make disciples in the everyday stuff of life. Through regular training with the KC Underground, John has clarified his missional context, learned to live in deeply incarnational ways in that context, and see people surrender their life to Jesus. You'll hear in John's story how he began to move through the missionary pathway to see a growing extended spiritual family. "I'm not living anymore just to gain heaven when I die. I'm doing this to join Jesus in my everyday life." Next steps with the Underground: Subscribe to our newsletter Connect with us for Coaching Support the Underground

In this episode, Brian interviews the women of the E-2 Hub. This Hub exists to virtually equip disciplemakers in the US army wherever they are sent locally. While we heard from the leadership of the E2 Hub in last week's episode, this week we hear more specifically the story of the women connected with this Hub who are serving the US Army. "I'd like to have a military wife in my corner any day of the week...crumbling is not an option." In this episode, Brian interviews the women of the E-2 Hub. This Hub exists to virtually equip disciplemakers in the US army wherever they are sent locally. While we heard from the leadership of the E2 Hub in last week's episode, this week we hear more specifically the story of the women connected with this Hub who are serving the US Army. "I'd like to have a military wife in my corner any day of the week...crumbling is not an option."

In this episode, Brian interviews the E-2 Hub of the KC Underground. This Hub exists to virtually equip disciple-makers in the US Army wherever they are sent locally. You'll hear about the challenges they face as disciple-makers, and how they have overcome those challenges to in order to multiply disciplemakers. "You have a mission! And you're not alone!" Next steps with the Underground: Subscribe to our newsletter Connect with us for Coaching Support the Underground

In this interview, Cory and Brian interview Tim Garrett. Tim is a KC Underground missionary but is also on staff with Frontiers, a mission organization taking the gospel to the nations. Primarily, Tim works with disciple-making movement leaders in East Africa. Tim joins the podcast this week to discuss how dreams and visions are often a part of gospel movement and poses the question, "Are we desperate for God to move in this way?" "When you get desperate, then you start crying out to God, 'Please, come!'" Next steps with the Underground: Subscribe to our newsletter Connect with us for Coaching Support the Underground

In this interview, Joe and Dr. Jim discuss Church history, ministry metrics, and how asking the right questions can better align our hearts to join God in God's work in the world. Issues of character formation, spiritual formation, and discipleship are addressed as well. Exponentgroup.org Next steps with the Underground: Subscribe to our newsletter Connect with us for Coaching Support the Underground

In this episode, Cory and Brian interview regular contributor Joe Reed. This is a set up episode for an interview Joe has with Dr. Jim Singleton on what we count in disciple-making movements and why that's important. "We can't just worry about multiplication. We have to make sure we're multiplying healthy disciples." Next steps with the Underground: Subscribe to our newsletter Connect with us for Coaching Support the Underground

In this episode, Cory and Brian interview Bryan Dolinary, a local disciple-making leader in the KC Underground. Bryan has been engaged in seeing microchurches emerge in the KC area for over 15 years and currently is part of leading a microchurch in the Piper community. In this episode, we drill down into the practice of prayer walking. "God was calling me to prayer walk these neighborhoods to help create good soil that he would move in." Next steps with the Underground: Subscribe to our newsletter Connect with us for Coaching Support the Underground

In this episode, Cory and Brian interview Phil Alessi. Phil was a key mentor for Cory around engaging the jail context. As an outsider, Phil had to effectively utilize the Person of Peace strategy to see movement in the jails where he was planting the gospel. Finding a person of peace in your own context will accelerate mission. "You will be most effective in the places where you have a reason to exist." Next steps with the Underground: Subscribe to our newsletter Connect with us for Coaching Support the Underground

In this episode, Cory and Brian interview Mike Jensen. Mike is a disciple-making and microchurch leader with the KC Underground. He was once a pastor of predominant model church in a mainline denomination. Now Mike is a local business leader in KC and also leads a freedom and deliverance ministry called Freedom Fighters. Along with the local Freedom Fighters work, he and his wife also travel the country and train other teams in this important work. "I was an abnormal Christian. I wasn't actually doing the things Jesus said. That's the difference. Now I just do what he said to do." Next steps with the Underground: Subscribe to our newsletter Connect with us for Coaching Support the Underground

In this episode, Cory and Brian interview Jon DeWitt. Jon is one of the primary leaders within the Share the Hope network. His story begins as a person attending Share the Hope to currently serving as the Coaching Director for the Share the Hope Hub. In this role, he coaches microchurch leaders as they reproduce disciples and microchurches among formerly incarcerated men and those walking out of addiction. "We are not building Share the Hope for God. He is building his Kingdom his way, which means we are just free to be. We get to come alongside him as he does the work!" Next steps with the Underground: Subscribe to our newsletter Connect with us for Coaching Support the Underground