The KC Underground Podcast

In this episode, Cory and Brian interview Seth Bouchelle about long-term soul care and the need for spiritual formation within disciple-making movements. Discovery Groups are incredible for catalyzing movements. Discovery Bible Studies are great for setting a culture of obedience in disciple-making. What we see is a need for tools beyond discovery groups in order to "fill in the gaps" of every context. We have to lean into practices that keep us deeply rooted amidst a lifestyle that is not. Next steps with the Underground: Subscribe to our newsletter Connect with us for Coaching Support the Underground

Cory, Brian, and Breanna Wiebe, on-going coaching director of the KC Underground talk through the idea of covocational. When we think about how the church is led and developed, we often think of a person or team of paid professionals who do the work of ministry. The truth is, many church leaders in the west are bi-vocational at best. Nonetheless, the goal remains to have a "full-time-paid-role" with the church. This often creates a separate class of paid professionals that inhibits the people of God from being equipped for ministry.  Covocational is about choosing to work multiple roles (preferably in line with calling) for the sake of financial creativity and liberation in order to equip the people of God for a decentralized disciple-making movement. Next steps with the Underground: Subscribe to our newsletter Connect with us for Coaching Support the Underground

The podcast you listen to will be the first in a series during 2022 around the themes of grace and supplication. These episodes will be dropped at various points throughout the year. We hope that you will head over to kcunderground.org/prayer-fasting and grab the prayer guide associated with this podcast if you listen as the episode is released. If you're catching up on podcasts, you can head over to our podcast home page at anchor.fm and download the guide in the show notes.  As the KC Underground, we believe that we can only go as far and as fast as we can on our knees. We have committed as a network to extraordinary prayer and fasting. This series of podcasts on grace and supplication in 2022 is our invitation for more of you missionaries that are listening to join in that commitment with us. If you happen to be one of the listeners outside our city, we hope that you'll use that prayer guide and join us in prayer for this city from a distance, as well as using it for your own city. Grab a few people. Invite them to start praying intentionally with you for the sake of a move of God right where you are.

Cory and Brian welcome back Cory McElvain. In this episode, we set up and discuss the next section of "In the Way," by Damian Gerke, which deals with the idea of how the church is led and developed. While we summarize the importance of leadership development. We also spend a good bit of time in practical stories. Next steps with the Underground: Subscribe to our newsletter  Connect with us for Coaching  Support the Underground

Brian interviews local KC leaders Stephanie and Darryl Answer of New Community Church. Stephanie and Darryl have been committed to the heart of Kansas City for over a decade, faithfully joining Jesus in where he's already at work. They are dear friends of the Underground and their story of faithfully enduring in disciple-making is inspiring to our network. Next steps with the Underground: Subscribe to our newsletter  Connect with us for Coaching  Support the Underground

Cory and Brian wrap up an introduction on the idea of fast movement vs slow movement in disciple-making. The truth is that it's not about speed. Rather, it's about endurance, patience, and committing to the cost. Next steps with the Underground: Subscribe to our newsletter Connect with us for Coaching Support the Underground

Cory and Brian begin a series within a series...again. We're looking at the idea of "Slow vs Fast" in disciple-making movements. The purpose of discussing this idea is because when we talk about DMM in the West, we primarily think of "faster, bigger, greater." But the truth is that we have to lean into purposeful and intentional, daily obedience. The pace at which the Gospel moves is not up to us. Next steps with the Underground: Subscribe to our newsletter Connect with us for Coaching Support the Underground

Cory and Brian hang with Cory McElvain, a regular contributor to the KC Underground Podcast. While this episode explores the idea of how much we should teach versus how much we should equip and train, McElvain shares how this plays out on the ground with Zero Hour Ministries, the citywide student initiatives Hub in the KC Underground network. Next steps with the Underground: Subscribe to our newsletter Connect with us for Coaching Support the Underground

Brian and Cory interview Gui Fadlalla on this spotlight episode. Gui is one of the primary leaders of the 2 Or More Hub that is engaging international people groups in Kansas City. Next steps with the Underground: Subscribe to our newsletter Connect with us for Coaching Support the Underground

Cory and Brian set up the new year with a short episode highlighting the Wesley Covenant Prayer. John Wesley invited people to pray this prayer at the beginning of each new year as a way of remembering and renewing their baptismal covenant, as well as a commitment to joining Jesus in His mission. What's He inviting you into this year? Next steps with the Underground: Subscribe to our newsletter Connect with us for Coaching Support the Underground