The KC Underground Podcast

Myron Pierce #2 (Episode #19) Cory and Brian are back with Myron Pierce for a second interview. Shenanigans [1:00] Multiplication Ladder [6:00] Wrung 1: Disciple [12:45] Multiplication is happening [23:00] Our presence in the inner city is an apologetic [31:00] Community Engagement [36:37] everyinnercity.com [43:01] Resources Mentioned in Podcast myronpierce.com Next step with the Underground: Subscribe to our newsletter Connect with us for Coaching Support the Underground

Myron Pierce (Episode #18) Rob and Brian interview Myron Pierce. Myron describes himself as a follower of Jesus, husband, father, pastor, church planter, author and entrepreneur. At the age of 18 he was facing a life sentence in prison for his life of gang banging, drugs and crime. He surrendered to Jesus and heard the Spirit say, “I’m going to get you out of prison to plant churches.” Through a series of miracles, the prison doors opened after eight years. The call of Mission Church where he leads is to unleash unprecedented hope in every inner city across the world. He and his wife Kristin and their four kids live in North Omaha. Myron is quickly becoming a close friend of the Underground here in Kansas City and we’ll hear from him for the next two weeks as well. He’s full of wisdom and we think you’re going to love this three-week series! Shenanigans [1:00] Myron’s Story [9:09] Everybody wants a family [16:35] The whole gospel [21:00] O.D.S [22:30] The Hood Creed [27:00] The Village Strategy [30:30] What We Measure [35:45] How to reshape the paradigm [42:30] Multiplication Ladder [45:30] 5H’s [46:30] Resources Mentioned in Podcast Gospel Fluency [44:00] myronpierce.com Next step with the Underground: Subscribe to our newsletter Connect with us for Coaching Support the Underground

D’Markus Thomas-Brown (Episode #17) Cory and Brian interview D’Markus Thomas-Brown. D’Markus is leading a church in Columbia, MO that is driven by disciple making movement principles. He originally moved to Columbia with the idea of planting a church but quickly realized that to make an impact in the lostness of that city, attractional models of church planting were not going to work. D’Markus, like the missionaries in the Underground, is an everyday missionary thinking about how to see the gospel planted in a pocket of people, while raising up new leaders to go to different parts of their city. Perhaps the most encouraging piece was his reminder that we should invest deeply in the places where we’ve been sent. Introductions [1:00] Understanding Columbia [7:00] The backstory [12:50] How the work in Columbia began [19:30] Praying for Laborers [31:00] Resources Mentioned in Podcast Curtis Seargent [9:03] Inductive Bible Study [11:22] 3/3’rds groups [11:35] Mission Southside [44:15] Manifesto [47:00] Email us: brian@kcunderground.org coryozbun@kcunderground.org Next step with the Underground: Subscribe to our newsletter Connect with us for Coaching Support the Underground

Regina Foard (Episode #16)   Cory and Brian interview Regina Foard. Regina is local to KC, and a missionary connected to the Underground. She served for a long season as a mission pastor in the local church. She has a heart for the nations in KC and a clear favor among the international community. You’re going to be moved by her knowledge of the diversity of the nations in our city. We often talk about knowing to whom you’ve been sent, you’ll hear from the overflow of her heart that Regina knows her calling. We are grateful for her partnership and we’re praying for a disciple-making movement among the nations right here in Kansas City under her leadership.   Cory is a hilarious weirdo [1:42] Regina’s Story [2:50] Why the “lean in” for Disciple Making Movements [9:55] Don’t miss the Spirit for strategies [16:17] The make-up of KC with international communities [17:58] Planting the gospel among the nations [27:42] Planting the Gospel with BLESS/Missionary Pathway [34:45] Boundary Spanners [38:02] Manifesto Values [47:00] Resources Mentioned in Podcast Curtis Seargent [9:03] Inductive Bible Study [11:22] 3/3’rds groups [11:35] Mission Southside [44:15] Manifesto [47:00] Email us: brian@kcunderground.org coryozbun@kcunderground.org Next step with the Underground: Subscribe to our newsletter Connect with us for Coaching Support the Underground

 Hugh Halter (Episode #15)   Cory and Brian interview Hugh Halter. Hugh & Cheryl Halter began their ministry starting things from scratch in Portland, Oregon. Hugh and Cheryl have done it all from church planting to house painting to starting hockey teams for children with disabilities. Hugh has been one of the primary influencers for the Underground in learning about incarnational living and gospel planting. Currently, Hugh and Cheryl are in Alton, IL where they moved without knowing what they would do, but knew they wanted to bring good news to a small, struggling town. Within a year, they were given a 12,000 square foot federal post office, and with the help of his family turned it into “Post Commons” which the locals call the “living room for Alton.”   Under Hugh’s non-profit “Lantern Network” Hugh facilitates a coffee house, brunch kitchen, events center, whiskey society, and co-working space to birth and nurture small ventures that make a collectively large ripple.   Hugh says his mission is to encourage the church to be less churchy and instead work on creating social, personal, & spiritual ventures that serve our cities in ways that make God smile.       We forgot to do introductions [02:15] Hugh’s Story [6:50] The Kingdom of Heaven is What the World is Looking For [10:00] The 2 – 1 – 1 Rhythm [13:00] Everywhere you are is a mission field [22:54] Why I do what I’m doing [30:53] If you create boxes and lines you stop the movement [36:48] I need a new “cover crop” [40:32] Hugh’s Word for the Undergound [47:00]     Resources Mentioned in Podcast Tangible Kingdom [6:14] Happy Hour [13:20] The Post Commons Next step with the Underground: Subscribe to our newsletter Connect with us for Coaching Support the Underground

The KC Underground Podcast Plant the Gospel  In this episode we're moving to the next big shift in the conversation of "Mindset to Movement," which is the move from Church Planting to Gospel Planting. We don't plant churches, we plant the gospel, make disciples and the church emerges out of new disciple-making. This is an introduction episode to the next several weeks where we will interview friends of the Underground who are practitioners and think in similar ways.  We just laugh [00:14] We have to move from “church planting” to “gospel planting” [1:45] Gospel Planting is grass roots bottom up [4:15] A reason to belong [5:40] How to we move from incarnational to catalytic [6:55] Be around the people you have a reason to be around [12:00] Orient our live around a people and a place [13:26] Incarnational usually only reaches one generation [15:20] BLESS [22:00] Gospel Fluency [26:00] Discovery Bible Studies [28:00] Find the person who “has a reason to be there.” [33:45] Resources Mentioned in Podcast Missional Barriers – Brad Brisco [7:30] Relational Map – [12:30] Context Map – [12:30] BLESS – 22:00 Jeff Vanderstelt – Gospel Fluency – [26:00] Discovery Bible Studies – [28:00] Next step with the Underground: Subscribe to our newsletter Connect with us for Coaching Support the Underground

This episode is a walkthrough of the Prayer of Examen. 

Episode 12 is all about the Prayer of Examen as we continue in our series on Extraordinary Prayer and Fasting. We've already had one training episode on Activating Prayer that was more about a breathing out type of prayer. The Prayer of Examen is a breathing in type of prayer. It's less about active mission and more about Jesus and His gospel, through the Spirit and the everyday stuff of life speaking over us. Our hope is that it will be a useful tool in your prayer life.    A number of resources were accessed to put together this brief intro. The Examen is an ancient practice and helpful practice and we're thankful for the resources from blogs to academia who have written extensively on the topic.    Resources:  24-7 Prayer on Examen Ignatian Spirtuality on Examen (pretty much just read this part) Rutgers University on Examen Richard Foster - Prayer Michael Yankoski - The Sacred Year Dallas Willard - Hearing God  

Lucy Boston (Episode #11)   Cory and Brian interview Lucy Boston. This week we’re focused on fasting. Lucy is based in Kansas City, Missouri, and is and Executive Associate and Prayer Strategist with Global Catalytic Ministries, a ministry network of Underground Churches in the Middle East bringing Muslims to Christ through Disciple Making Movements. Lucy serves this growing network through Communications, Equipping, and Ministry Development. (www.catalyticministries.com) Lucy and her husband have an Isaiah 19 Mandate, which means networking prayer along a specific region of the Middle East according to Isaiah 19:23, and are both passionate about Israel, the Arab World and the Persian World. Lucy’s key focus is connecting praying people to the real news from the underground church for awareness and prayer covering. Lucy leads and coordinated various weekly prayer calls centered around praying for frontier workers, the salvation of Muslims and Disciple Making Movements. You can find more resources on her prophetic blog: www.silverlakesound.com. Contact: lucy@catalyticministries.com   Fasting as a lifestyle [2:59] The number one reason why we fast, “We want Jesus to return.” [4:40] Fasting messes up our plans [8:33] One aspect of fasting is mourning [11:55] Another is that you will be called to a deeper place of prayer [12:25] Daniel Chapter 10 [13:00] Fasting has to do with warfare [16:35] Fasting keeps you human [17:25] You can’t fast in a rhythm that’s wrong [19:20] The common denominator is you’re being led to fast [20:15] The Rewards of Fasting [25:32] Tools get you to hungering and thirsting for Jesus [32:00] Core Identity is so important [37:25] We’re inviting people into a family [38:00] Resources Mentioned in Podcast The Rewards of Fasting [25:32] Next step with the Underground: Subscribe to our newsletter Connect with us for Coaching Support the Underground

The KC Underground Podcast  Lucy Boston (Episode #10)   Cory and Brian interview Lucy Boston. Lucy is based in Kansas City, Missouri, and is and Executive Associate and Prayer Strategist with Global Catalytic Ministries, a ministry network of Underground Churches in the Middle East bringing Muslims to Christ through Disciple Making Movements. Lucy serves this growing network through Communications, Equipping, and Ministry Development. (www.catalyticministries.com) Lucy and her husband have an Isaiah 19 Mandate, which means networking prayer along a specific region of the Middle East according to Isaiah 19:23, and are both passionate about Israel, the Arab World and the Persian World. Lucy’s key focus is connecting praying people to the real news from the underground church for awareness and prayer covering. Lucy leads and coordinated various weekly prayer calls centered around praying for frontier workers, the salvation of Muslims and Disciple Making Movements. You can find more resources on her prophetic blog: www.silverlakesound.com. Contact: lucy@catalyticministries.com   We’re unprepared [0:59] Obedience coming from prayer is why movements happen [7:00] Deepening your own life with God is critical [8:19] Step One: It begins and ends with God [10:52] Our first mistake is often that we’re not exuberant enough [13:14] We have to present contrast in our conversation [15:25] The Way of the Heart - Henri Nouwen [16:25] “The whole point of words is to grasp an idea…” [16:45] The Routine is Important [19:15] Tools are important for a season [23:25] We get a handle on our heart in the secret place [27:15] Extraordinary Prayer and Fasting is a team sport [33:13] Context changes the “how” [37:27] Prayer Strategist and Coordinators [40:00] Kansas City is ready for a movement [43:15] Disciplemaking and prayer are combined in the Great Commission [45:35] Wrap up [48:00]   Resources Mentioned in Podcast The Way of the Heart - Henri Nouwen [16:25] Declarative Prayer List – 24:30 Next step with the Underground: Subscribe to our newsletter Connect with us for Coaching Support the Underground