The Communitas International Podcast

A Co-vocational Way of Ministry: with Brad Brisco

Brad shares with Geoff and Joy his passion for catalyzing church planting and diminishing the divide between laity and clergy, with a focus on de-professionalizing the latter.
He believes that co-vocational ministry paves the way for this to happen and hopes all the people of God become activated and empowered to engage in mission outside the walls of the church.
About Brad Brisco
Brad is currently the Director of Multiplication Strategies for the Send Network at the North American Mission Board. He holds a doctorate in the area of missional ecclesiology, his doctoral thesis was on assisting existing congregations in transitioning in a missional direction. He is the author of Missional Essentials, a twelve-week small group study guide, The Missional Quest: Becoming a Church of the Long Run, Next Door As It Is In Heaven, Rethink: 12 Missiological Principles for Church Multiplication and Covocational Church Planting.
Resources Mentioned
Twitter (X) - @bradleybrisco
Blog - Missional Church Network
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The Christian Crisis of the 21st Century: With Mike Frost

Jon Ritner joins Joy and Geoff on this episode as they have a conversation with Michael Frost about the peculiar challenges of Christianity in the 21st Century. He speaks about the deep disturbing shift that happened during the industrial 1950s that reduced what most know as Christianity to a highly political and narrow-minded version of faith. However, he sees great hope if we utilize the collective wisdom for collaboration towards advocacy, social justice and unraveling systems of oppression.
 
About Mike Frost
Michael Frost is an internationally recognized Australian missiologist and one of the leading voices in the missional church movement. His books are required reading in colleges and seminaries around the world and he is much sought after as an international conference speaker. Since 1999, Dr Frost has been the founding director of the Tinsley Institute, a mission study center located at Morling College in Sydney, Australia. He has also been an adjunct lecturer at various seminaries in the United States. He is the author or editor of nineteen theological books, the best known of which are the popular and award-winning, The Shaping of Things to Come (2003), Exiles (2006), The Road to Missional (2011) and Surprise the World! (2016). Frost’s work has been translated into German, Korean, Swedish, Portuguese and Spanish.
For twelve years, he was the weekly religion columnist for the Manly Daily, and has had articles published in the Washington Post, The Tennessean, the Charlotte Observer, Le Monde, and other publications. He was one of the founders of the Forge Mission Training Network and the founder of the missional Christian community, smallboatbigsea, based in Manly in Sydney’s north. He is also well known for his protests against Australia’s treatment of refugees, some of which have resulted in his arrest by the NSW police, as well as his advocacy for racial reconciliation, foreign aid, and gender equality. He was one of the founders of the Forge Mission Training Network and the founder of the missional Christian community, smallboatbigsea, based in Manly in Sydney’s north. He is also well known for his protests against Australia’s treatment of refugees, some of which have resulted in his arrest by the NSW police, as well as his advocacy for racial reconciliation, foreign aid, and gender equality.
Resources Mentioned
 http://mikefrost.net/
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0CD81RGC4/ref=sr_1_1?crid=2ADTKQKNE4Y2A&keywords=mission+is+the+shape+of+water+by+michael+frost&qid=1690852795&sprefix=mission+is+the%2Caps%2C780&sr=8-1
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Connect Revisited Part 3; With Geoff Rinehart

Europe Connect happened in Malaga, Spain at the end of July 2023. Listen in on short segments from several of our speakers. Some sessions were recorded in person during the conference and others were captured after the fact. Today you will hear from Communitas President and co host of the Communitas Podcast, Geoff Rinehart as he speaks about the Epistemology of love.
Sign up for this years Connect Conference here:  https://communitas2024connect.eventbrite.com
 
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European Connect Revisited; Part 2 with Paul Prinns

Europe Connect happened in Malaga, Spain at the end of July 2023. Listen in on short segments from several of our speakers. Some sessions were recorded in person during the conference and others were captured after the fact. Today you will hear from Paul Prinns as he speaks about the church after consumerism
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European Connect Revisited

Europe Connect happened in Malaga, Spain at the end of July 2023. Listen in on short segments from several of our speakers. Some sessions were recorded in person during the conference and others were captured after the fact.
Sign up for this years Connect Conference here:  https://communitas2024connect.eventbrite.com
Resources Mentioned
5 Marks of a Godly, Highly-Differentiated Leader (part 1)
5 Marks of a Godly, Highly-Differentiated Leader (part 2)
Team Regula Workbook
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What's Your Superpower? With Johnny Levy

On today's episode, Johnny Levy shares with Geoff and Joy how his journey towards embracing his own strengths and weaknesses led him to finding his true passion. He now teaches others how to accelerate that process and find their superpower key statement.
About Johnny
Johnny Levy is a Connector/Dreamer with the Superpower of "Authentic Connection for Mutual Progress." He believes everyone has a God-endowed design, and that this design holds Superpowers (strengths) and Kryptonite (weaknesses). He helps people discover and embrace their design (strengths AND weaknesses), so they can flourish by living in accordance with, rather than in opposition to, that design. He is a husband of one, father of four, poet and author. CEO in his day job, safe place for many, lover of humans, catalyst of collaboration. Go to johnnylevy.com to dive deeper.
Resources Mentioned
Book: https://a.co/d/h3r9hd3
http://www.superpowerquest.com/survey
http://www.superpowercommunity.com/.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnny-levy/
johnnylevy.com
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Investing in people; With Brandon Kelly

In this episode, Brandon Kelly shares his perspecitve on mentorship and discipleship. He believes the word investment is the most helpful term to describe how this occurs today. It looks like a practice of living life on life which takes place as we share experiences and have conversations oriented toward God. Brandon speaks about the value of being both on the giving and receiving end of this way of being.
 
About Brandon
Brandon has served as the Lead Pastor of local churches and Director of Strategy and Leadership Development for a denomination. Currently, he is the Co-Director of 5Q, a training and assessment organization centered on the five-fold ministry of Ephesians 4, commonly called APEST. He has been a part of leading other training organizations, including Accessible Prophecy and 3D Movements, as well as being certified with Auxano in visionary planning and is completing his Professional Certified Coaching credential with the International Coaching Federation. Brandon holds a bachelor’s degree in Music Education from Bowling Green State University, and a master’s degree in Divinity from Winebrenner Theological Seminary. He will complete his Masters in Rhetoric and Writing in the summer of 2024 from the University of Findlay. Brandon is passionate about the rekindling of discipleship and mission as the foundation of the Church. He and his wife Ellen, along with their children Jackson, Fintan, Penelope, and Ainsley, are dedicated to being a family of God on mission in their community.
Resources Mentioned
Contact Brandon at:brandon@5qcentral.com
https://www.3dmovements.com;
https://www.theforgottenways.org/what-is-apest.aspx;
https://5qcentral.com/;
https://www.amazon.com/5Q-Reactivating-Original-Intelligence-Capacity/dp/0998639303/
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Deeply Contextual Ministry; With Len Tang

Join Geoff and Joy in a conversation with Len Tang, director of the Church Planting Initiative at Fuller. He shares some of the shifts that he is seeing and experiencing in faith communities, where more importance is being placed on diversity and collaboration. There is a movement from attractional to missional, from superstar leader to co-vocational minister, and from growth emphasis to health focused.
About Len
Len Tang is the Director of the Church Planting Initiative at Fuller Theological Seminary. He is the co-editor of Sent to Flourish: A Guide to Starting and Multiplying Churches, and he planted two churches: Cedar Creek Church in Sherwood, Oregon, and Missio Community Church in Pasadena, CA. He is married to Amy and they have three young adult boys, two cats, and one electric motorcycle.
Resources Mentioned
Book: Sent to Flourish:A Guide to Starting and Multiplying Churches
Fuller Church Planting Website: churchplanting.fuller.edu
Find a network to plant with at://plantermatch.org/
Facebook and Instagram: @fullerchurchplanting
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