
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

Oct 5, 2022 • 58min
The Transformational Process
Todd Wermers, Director of Coaching at Tin Man Ministries, joins Jeff Vanderstelt in this episode and shares about his painful and transformative journey from sexual brokenness, leading him to lose his job, enter into recovery, restoring him to emotional health, and finally into helping others get their hearts back. Todd unpacks the common story of emotional brokenness that we all share and how Tin Man Ministries walks leaders back to emotional health through the transformational process.

Sep 28, 2022 • 53min
Tin Man Has a Heart
Jeff Vanderstelt talks with Jeff Schulte, Founder and President of Tin Man Ministries, who shares about his journey from brokenness toward emotional and spiritual health, which led to the formation of Tin Man Ministries.

Sep 21, 2022 • 33min
Disciple-Making Lab
Jeff Vanderstelt interacts with Doug Paul, from Catapult, around the common struggles churches have in developing disciple-making strategies with an aim to provide practical solutions. In particular, Saturate and Catapult are partnering together to provide a Disciple-Making Digital Workshop on October 6, 2022 and two year-long Disciple-Making Labs beginning in January and May 2023. Listen to learn more and find out how you can get the help your church needs.

Jul 13, 2022 • 1h
Disciple-Making with Kansas City Underground
In this episode, Jeff Vanderstelt talks with Brian Johnson and Rob Wegner, leaders with the Kansas City Underground, about how they equip everyday people for disciple-making in everyday life leading to MicroChurch expressions so that all of Kansas City will one day be filled with the presence of Jesus.

Jun 15, 2022 • 52min
Disciple-Making in the Inner-City Context
In this episode, Jeff Vanderstelt talks with Myron Pierce, founder of Mission Church, Every Inner City, and Side Hustle Pastor, to learn more about transferable forms of disciple-making in everyday life in the inner-city context.

May 27, 2022 • 47min
Collaborative Prayer: The Story of Awaken Nashville
In this episode, Jeff Vanderstelt talks with Dave Clayton, founder of Awaken Nashville to learn more about how the churches in Nashville collaborated on an initiative to pray for every person in their city for 30 days. Gospel saturation in a city or region requires ongoing, collaborative prayer to align ourselves with the heart and purposes of God in our city.

Apr 6, 2022 • 59min
Collaborative Prayer for Gospel Saturation
Gospel saturation in a city or region requires ongoing, collaborative prayer to align ourselves with the heart and purposes of God in our city. In this episode, Jeff Vanderstelt talks with Alexis Phillips, Jeff Vancil, and Chris Gough about how they’ve seen God’s Spirit aligning churches and leaders in the Puget Sound. Recently, a unique and decentralized movement of prayer is being realized in the Pacific Northwest region of the US.

Aug 4, 2021 • 37min
Genuine Community with Alan Hirsch, Shaun Alexander, Bob Roberts, and Elliot Grudem
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Ben Connelly talks with Alan Hirsch, Shaun Alexander, Bob Roberts, and Elliot Grudem about his recent book, A Field Guide for Genuine Community. This is the final episode of our mini-series and we hope that in this episode you learn about community as teamwork, the difference between community vs communitas, and community with those different than us.
You can check out genuinecommunity.com for more info and download the 1st chapter. Activate your free Saturate membership trial at saturatetheworld.com/membership where you’ll get access to hundreds of resources on living in community, everyday discipleship, and life on mission.

Jul 28, 2021 • 38min
Genuine Community with Trillia Newbell, Daniel Im, Jeff Christopherson, and Atanasio Segovia
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Ben Connelly talks with Trillia Newbell, Daniel Im, Jeff Christopherson, Atanasio Segovia about his recent book, Genuine Community. The church isn’t meant to be a collection of strangers. God intends for you to find a unified and purposeful household where you truly belong. Trillia, Daniel, Jeff, Atanasio each share the beauty and challenges of life in community.
You can check out genuinecommunity.com for more info and download the 1st chapter. Activate your free Saturate membership trial at saturatetheworld.com/membership where you’ll get access to hundreds of resources on living in community, everyday discipleship, and life on mission.

Jul 14, 2021 • 33min
Genuine Community with Bob Goff, Doug Logan, and Melissa Ice
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Ben Connelly talks with Bob Goff, Doug Logan, and Melissa Ice about his recent book, Genuine Community. We all know that a church is supposed to be a community. The trick is to actually make it one. Bob, Doug, and Melissa each share what community looks like in their lives and why it’s essential as we follow Jesus.
You can check out genuinecommunity.com for more info and download the 1st chapter. Activate your free Saturate membership trial at saturatetheworld.com/membership where you’ll get access to hundreds of resources on living in community, everyday discipleship, and life on mission.