Collective Church Podcast
This audio podcast features talks given at Collective Church, a church on LA’s Westside. We are a community following Jesus and seeking to reach, teach, and equip others to do the same. Our desire is to become a healthy and multiplying expression of Christ’s church in each of the 23 neighborhoods that make up the Westside of Los Angeles. Visit us online at www.collectivechurch.com.
Latest episodes
Feb 12, 2024 • 57min
Marks of a Model Pastor
Pastor Ryan Smith continues our series in 1 Thessalonians by looking at Paul's description of the motive, method, and mission of a model pastor.
Feb 5, 2024 • 1h
Marks of a Model Church
Pastor Ryan Smith begins our new series in 1 Thessalonians examining Paul's celebration of this early local church as an opportunity to consider what makes up a vibrant church.
Jan 29, 2024 • 1h 22min
Planting and Watering
We introduce our new incoming teaching pastor with a pastor's panel discussion and look at how God calls and uses different people to accomplish His work.
Jan 21, 2024 • 1h 8min
Get Up and Go
The podcast explores the concept of seeking God and surrendering our desires. They discuss the journey of prayer and discernment for future plans. The importance of joining people on their journeys and aligning with God's plan is highlighted. It also explores the process of finding a new teaching pastor and committing to a church plant for success.
Jan 15, 2024 • 51min
The Seeking Life
We continue to explore the priority of seeking God with Pastor Isaac, focusing on the implications of God as the Creator, and what it means to belong to him.
Jan 8, 2024 • 57min
One Thing
Pastor Ryan Smith begins our first series of the year, "Seek First," by looking at Psalm 27 and considering how an undistracted pursuit of God is the only basis for a life of confidence amid the uncertainty and unknowns of the coming year.
Dec 18, 2023 • 49min
Revelation of God
Pastor Ryan Smith closes out our Advent series by looking at the meaning of Christmas in John 1:14-18.
Dec 11, 2023 • 47min
Born of God
As we continue our Advent series, Pastor Ryan Smith examines John 1:10-13 and the connection between our sense of identity and our failure to recognize Jesus'.
Dec 4, 2023 • 48min
The Light of Life
Pastor Ryan Smith begins our Advent series in John's Prologue. In a season that often trends toward sentimentality and nostalgia, Advent brings us to take an honest assessment of the darkness within our world and ourselves, so we might truly receive the news of the true light coming into the world.
Nov 27, 2023 • 39min
Deliver
In the conclusion of our series "Teach us to Pray," Pastor Ryan Smith dives into the sixth and final movement of the Lord's Prayer: deliverance. While we often pray to be saved from difficult or hard circumstances, this closing line of the Lord's Prayer brings us into the greater need of our lives and stands as a closing pledge of our faithfulness to our faithful Father in Heaven.
