The Acts 29 Podcast

Trenton is the pastor and church planter of Church 21 South Shore in the greater Montreal area, Quebec. Before that, he spent 9 years as a missionary with Child Evangelism Fellowship. He and his wife are raising their two daughters.

Steve Robinson is the lead pastor of Cornerstone Church in Liverpool, England. He is also the director of the Cornerstone Collective. Steve is married to Sian, and they have four children.

Jen Oshman is a wife, mom, and writer, and has served as a missionary and pastor’s wife for over two decades on three continents. She currently resides in Colorado, where her family planted Redemption Parker, an Acts 29 church. She’s the author of several books and hosts a weekly podcast called All Things.

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When we talk about church planting, we often discuss vision casting, mission, and context. But churches also need a good team to lead in the daily ministry. Pastors are tasked with building a cohesive team, resolving conflicts, and doing all they can to make sure everyone is focused and working toward the goal of making disciples of Jesus Christ. But if you’ve never led a church staff before, where do you begin? Who should you hire first? What should staff meetings look like? To help answer these questions, we’re joined by Josh Patterson. Josh serves as a Lead Pastor of The Village Church in Flower Mound, TX. Josh received his Doctorate in Executive Leadership from Southern Seminary and is also a co-author of the book, “Creature of the Word.”

Jeff Medders, Acts 29's Director for Assessment and the host of the Acts 29 podcast, is interviewed by Christy Britton (Acts 29's Director for Content) in this episode. Jeff sheds some light on Acts 29's robust assessment process and gives insight into the culture of Acts 29 for anyone exploring the call of church planting.

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Steve Ross delivered this message at our Acts 29 Urban Resource conference in early November, 2022.