
The Saturate Podcast
Saturate is committed to seeing a gospel movement happen in North America and beyond in which every man, woman, and child have a daily encounter with Jesus in word and deed. This podcast is an ongoing conversation with disciples, leaders, and experts growing in the gospel and growing in living the implications of the gospel in community and on mission.
Latest episodes

Jul 25, 2018 • 43min
Episode 049: What’s Essential to an MC? Part 4: Truth and Healing
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with CJ Bergman, pastor of Citizens Church in San Francisco, about the essential element of pursuing spiritual healing and wholeness as a community grows up in Christ and lives on mission.

Jul 18, 2018 • 29min
Episode 048: What’s Essential in an MC? Part 3: Commitment and Freedom
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with Ben Connelly about the importance of committing to the process of becoming a missional community and a devotion to Christ and one another.

Jul 11, 2018 • 28min
Episode 047: What’s Essential to an MC? Part 2: Identity
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with Ben Connelly about the importance of rooting disciples in their identity in Christ as a community seeks to become a missional community.

Jul 4, 2018 • 28min
Episode 046: What is Essential in an MC? Part 1: The Gospel
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson begins a new series talking with experienced leaders and practitioners from around the world about what is essential to missional community? This week, Brad Watson is talking with Ben Connelly about the importance of the gospel.

Jun 27, 2018 • 37min
Episode 045: Leading and Forming a Team Culture
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with Duke Revard about building teams, recruiting leaders, and creating a culture based on the gospel instead of guilt, shame, and fear. They also discuss the NBA finals and LeBron James.
Resources discussed in this episode:
Video: How to Build and Manage Teams with Vinod Khosla
Article: Gene Pool Engineering for Entrepreneurs
Article: The Art, Science and Labor of Recruiting
Article: How to Hire by Sam Altman
Book: The Soul of Shame by Curt Thompson

May 16, 2018 • 36min
Episode 044: Leading Big Missional Communities
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with Justin Bindel of Ekklesia Salt Lake City about the challenges and opportunities of leading big missional communities and communities in different contexts.

May 2, 2018 • 45min
Episode 043: Engaging Grief as a Community
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with Mirela Watson about their experience with grief, and how missional communities can love one another through loss.

Apr 18, 2018 • 38min
Episode 042: The Importance of the Bible in Community with Tim Mackie
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad and Jared talk with Tim Mackie of The Bible Project, about the power, importance, and difficulty of engaging the Bible in community. Make sure you check out The Bible Projects video: The Public Reading of Scripture and Saturate's resource Story of God.

Apr 11, 2018 • 40min
Episode 041: What DNA Groups Are And How to Lead Them
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Abe Mysenberg teaches on the what this sub-structure of Missional Community life is all about and how to lead DNA Groups.

Apr 4, 2018 • 36min
Episode 040: How Every Church and MC Can Plant Churches
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with Ben Connelly, director of Church Planting for Soma, about how every church and missional community, regardless of size, can participate in planting churches. Learn more about Soma Church Planting at www.somasending.com
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