
The KC Underground Podcast
The KC Underground Podcast is a weekly podcast hosted by different leaders of the KC Underground. The primary focus is intended to offer greater language, tools and equipping around disciple-making principles for missionaries and microchurch leaders.
Latest episodes

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Jun 25, 2024 • 35min
Lead By Example Into the Harvest: Observation #12
Leaders should actively engage with the lost and broken themselves. Believers balance development and pioneering work, staying fresh in the harvest. Regular evaluation and adaptation of tools are essential. Emphasizing unity, balance, and intentional community outreach is key.

Jun 18, 2024 • 34min
Ongoing Coaching in Disciple-Making Movements with Darryl Answer
Darryl Answer, a coach and hub director, discusses coaching ordinary people in New Community. They talk about challenges, importance of imagination, and helping people see the bigger picture of God's work. Emphasizes transformative impact of coaching in shaping movements and communities, exploring diverse community contexts, and coaching leaders during the pandemic. Highlights the role of coaching in disciple-making movements, drawing inspiration from Moana.

Jun 11, 2024 • 44min
Ongoing Coaching in Disciple-Making Movements with Wendy McWherter
Expert coach Wendy McWherter discusses the nine competencies of coaching, the importance of a coaching mindset, and the theological foundation of coaching. The conversation explores practical applications of coaching in everyday life and the potential impact of integrating coaching into training programs for disciple-makers.

Jun 4, 2024 • 52min
Ongoing Coaching in Disciple-Making Movements with Zachary Harrod
Experienced coach and church planter Zachary Harrod discusses challenges of discipleship in post-Christian context, importance of vulnerability, missionary pathway tools, ongoing coaching in disciple-making movements, and unleashing creativity for growth.

May 28, 2024 • 37min
Ongoing Coaching In Disciple-Making Movements With Brian Phipps
Brian Phipps, Director of Disciples Made, stresses the value of ongoing coaching for disciple-making leaders, focusing on pursuing God-given goals. He emphasizes the role of the Holy Spirit in coaching relationships and the formation of mission-focused discipleship communities. Phipps encourages coaches to help individuals set specific goals and pursue them with divine guidance.

May 21, 2024 • 40min
Ongoing Coaching in Disciple-Making Movements With Sara Jackaway
Sara Jackaway, Director of the Serve Hub with KC Underground, discusses the significance of ongoing coaching in disciple-making movements. She emphasizes the importance of caring for the whole family unit and helping individuals become fully alive in Jesus. Topics include the role of coaching in supporting everyday leaders, the balance between shepherding and prophetic gifting, and the need for coaches to do their own internal work.

May 14, 2024 • 31min
Coaching Disciple-Makers
The podcast discusses the significance of coaching in disciple-making, focusing on asking open-ended questions and providing ongoing support. They highlight the importance of startup coaching for new movements and the benefits of group coaching for sharing experiences and strategies. The conversation also delves into Jesus' coaching style with his disciples, emphasizing reflection and learning from outcomes.

May 7, 2024 • 38min
Build Lightweight, Agile Structures for Movement
Exploring the importance of creating agile structures for multiplication in microchurches, focusing on launching new leaders, forming discovery groups, and starting new microchurches. Emphasizing flexibility, creativity, and fostering a sense of family and belonging in the growth journey.

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Apr 30, 2024 • 43min
Build Lightweight Structures for Network Growth
Discussions on building light agile structures in organizations, importance of flexibility and restructuring, introduction of Lightload Leader Starfish concept, Kansas City Underground as a model, conflict resolution, network expansion, postures and skills for decentralized leaders.

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Apr 23, 2024 • 32min
Build Simple, Agile Structures
Exploring the significance of simple and flexible organizational structures in urban disciple making movements, decentralized gospel planting and organic structures, adaptability in missionary work, urban content and artistic missions, and the evolution of mission hubs in an urban setting. Emphasizing the importance of innovation, adaptation, and creativity in fostering a dynamic team environment.