Jeff Vanderstelt, Author at Saturate

January 29, 2021

5 Formas de Equipar a los Discípulos como Ministros del Evangelio

¿Eres un líder de iglesia? Tu trabajo no es hacer el ministerio para la iglesia, sino equipar a la iglesia para que sean ministros del evangelio. Habacuc 2:14 habla de un día en que "El conocimiento de la gloria del…

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Saturate Podcast

December 1, 2020

Discipleship as Being with Jesus

In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Duke Revard will be joined by author and Spiritual Director, Adele Calhoun. Our hope is that as you listen, you gain a clearer understanding of how essential it is for disciples of Jesus…

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En Español Iglesia Liderazgo Pastoreo

November 27, 2020

Nuestro Trabajo no es ser Jesús

El ministerio pastoral puede ser una ocupación peligrosa. Muchos entran en esta obra con un llamado noble y piadoso: traer gloria a Jesús pastoreando y equipando a su rebaño para hacer discípulos que hagan discípulos. Sin embargo, muchos de nosotros…

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Saturate Podcast

November 16, 2020

Decentralized Discipleship with The Underground

In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Duke Revard and Jeff Vanderstelt talk with Jeremy Stephens and Tomy Wilkerson from The Underground. We’ll talk about micro churches, the similarities and differences between them and missional communities. We learn from what…

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Saturate Podcast

November 5, 2020

Family Discipleship in the Everyday

In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Jeff Vanderstelt and Duke Revard talk about family discipleship in the everyday stuff of life. In COVID we’ve seen some of our discipleship structure break down which has revealed both the ways parents…

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Discipleship Foundations Gospel Identity Resources

October 22, 2020

The Gospel In Me

This is a sneak peek at a lesson from our Online Course: What is Gospel Fluency? All online courses are included in your Saturate Membership. It is out of the overflow of the heart that the mouth speaks. We talk…

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Church Discipleship Gospel Leadership Pastoring Spiritual Growth

October 6, 2020

Our Job Is Not to Be Jesus

Pastoral ministry can be a hazardous occupation. Many get into this work with a noble and godly calling: to bring glory to Jesus by shepherding and equipping his flock to make disciples who make disciples. However, too many of…

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Saturate Podcast

September 9, 2020

Churches Owning the Lostness of a City Together

In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Duke Revard and Jeff Vanderstelt talk with Will Plitt, Executive Director of Christ Together about unifying churches in a city for Gospel Saturation. Will and Jeff make the biblical case for unity on…

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Saturate Podcast

August 27, 2020

COVID: A Bright Light Shone on America’s Ecclesiology

In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Duke Revard and Jeff Vanderstelt step in as new hosts to launch a new season. Duke and Jeff discuss how the COVID reality has shone a bright light on how we view the…

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Church Current Events Ethics

June 25, 2020

Statement on Racial Injustice

https://vimeo.com/432026632 Soma and Saturate affirm the image of God and inherent dignity of all people regardless of ethnicity. We long for a fuller expression of the true reality of the church created in Christ. Jesus taught us to pray…

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Discipleship Everyday Rhythms Family Foundations Gospel Identity Missional Community

March 17, 2020

Making Space for Friendship

This is my commandment, that you love one another as I have loved you. Greater love has no one than this, that someone lay down his life for his friends. You are my friends if you do what I…

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Discipleship Gospel Identity Mission

October 9, 2019

A Life of Discipleship

Part of our own discipleship is “paying it forward”: seeing God not only work in us, for our own discipleship, but also seeing him work through us, for others’ discipleship The person and work of Jesus cannot remain as…

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Baptism Church Discipleship Family Identity Missional Community Missionary Servant

September 10, 2019

Are Missional Communities Just a Passing Fad?

I remember when one of the leaders in the Soma Family of Churches asked me if I thought missional communities would be a passing trend. He wasn’t questioning the validity of them, but he did wonder if this was…

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Apologetics Bible & Theology Discipleship Foundations Gospel Spiritual Growth

August 21, 2019

Listen To Your Heart

Part of our job in growing in gospel fluency is paying attention to the overflow of our hearts. What comes out in the form of thoughts, emotions, and behaviors finds its origin inside of us. Too often, we focus…

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Bible & Theology Church Coaching Discipleship Gospel Leadership Pastoring Spiritual Growth

July 25, 2019

5 Ways To Equip Disciples as Gospel Ministers

Church leader? Your job is not to do the ministry for the church, but to equip the church to be gospel ministers. Habakkuk 2:14 speaks of a day when “The knowledge of the glory of the Lord will cover the…

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Discipleship Gospel Holy Spirit Spiritual Growth

July 4, 2019

Making Space for Your Heart

We’re not outside-in people but inside-out people. When we feel that something is wrong with us, most of try to fix the problem by doing. We change our schedule. We tell ourselves we’ll eat better, exercise more, or spend…

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Church Discipleship Everyday Rhythms Foundations Gospel

June 13, 2019

Declaring the Gospel

I’ve found that when we live our lives intentionally as display people, we get plenty of opportunities to talk about why we do it. Lives full of grace and love; schedules rearranged to make space to listen and serve;…

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Discipleship Foundations Gospel

May 2, 2019

We Talk About What We Love

What Do You Love? I’m often asked why it’s so hard for many people to talk to others about Jesus... I have come to believe that the main reason people don’t talk about Jesus isn’t that they lack training. I am…

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Discipleship Foundations Gospel Identity Mission Missional Community

April 16, 2019

Gospel Advance in Russia

It's super encouraging to read about how Christians are persevering in Russia under oppression - their boldness for the gospel and in prioritizing training for their missional communities in the face of violence and arrest. K.G. came to Soma…

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Coaching Discipleship Foundations Gospel Leadership Missionary Spiritual Growth

March 19, 2019

Power for Salvation

When people say they are saved, what do they mean? Think of this blog post as a vocabulary lesson. To become fluent in any language, you must develop your vocabulary. So let’s delve into the aspects of the gospel…

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Discipleship Everyday Rhythms Foundations Gospel Missional Community

March 12, 2019

Eating to Remember

Growing in Gospel Fluency If you and others around you are going to grow in gospel fluency, you need consistent immersion in a gospel-speaking community. This needs to be much more than a weekly gathering of the church where the…

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Church Foundations Gospel Leadership Pastoring Transitioning

February 21, 2019

What Surprised You in Your Transition

This is an excerpt from a live Question + Response session in our newly launched Missional Church Transition Starter. Coming from Soma Tacoma to Doxa, you had a lot of experience as a leader in a missional community. What was…

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Church Discipleship Gospel Missional Community Pastoring Transitioning

January 14, 2019

Why Missional Community Pilot Groups?

This is an excerpt from our newly released, Pilot Group Guide. This resource is available through the Missional Church Transition Starter. If you are a church of missional communities that is growing numerically through Sunday attendance or…

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Discipleship Foundations Gospel Gospel Shepherding Pastoring

November 16, 2018

Give Them Jesus

The apostle Paul, in his letter to the church in Ephesus, states: “And he gave the apostles, the prophets, the evangelists, the shepherds and teachers, to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body…

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Discipleship Everyday Rhythms Gospel Mission Missional Community Missionary

October 30, 2018

Be With and Become

Eugene Peterson paraphrased John 1:14 – The Word became flesh and blood and moved into the neighborhood. Jesus fully related to everything we experience by fully becoming human and dwelling in our space. I’ve been learning how to do…

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Community Everyday Rhythms Gospel Mission Missional Community Missionary

October 16, 2018

On Mission this Halloween

October 31st offers a great opportunity for many to engage in new relationships with those around us or to revisit some old relationships with new missional intentionality. Regardless of what you think of the holiday and it's roots, the…

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Discipleship Foundations Gospel Identity Kids

September 27, 2018

Gospel Parenting

Train up a Child Train up a child in the way he should go, even when he is old he will not depart from it. PROVERBS 22:6 This verse could be literally translated as “Train a child according to his…

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Discipleship Foundations Gospel Identity Mission Missional Community

September 11, 2018

Exposed by the Mission

Yes, we can pretend to have it all together while sitting in a pew on Sunday or while impressing one another with our knowledge of Scripture. But mission exposes our inadequacies and need for grace. If you are in a small Bible…

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Discipleship Foundations Gospel Missional Community Spiritual Growth

September 4, 2018

Listening Well

I recently observed a conversation a few Christians were having with a man who has yet to come to faith in Jesus. It was amazing to me, and saddening, to watch the Christians missing the point of this man’s…

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Church Discipleship Gospel Leadership Mission Pastoring

July 26, 2018

It Starts with the Life of the Preacher

This post is part of a teaching series on Catalyzing Mission through Preaching. Read part one, part two, part three, part four and part five. You Must Be on Mission The only way to preach missionally is to have relationships with friends and neighbors who do not…

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Church Discipleship Leadership Mission Missionary Pastoring Transitioning

July 17, 2018

Changing Your Preparation

This post is part of a teaching series on Catalyzing Mission through Preaching. Read part one, part two, part three, and part four. Preaching to catalyze mission requires the preaching to be thinking about the mission of God, the particular nature of mission in their church,…

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Church Gospel Leadership Mission Missionary Pastoring Transitioning

July 10, 2018

Preaching to Equip People for the Mission

This post is part of a teaching series on Catalyzing Mission through Preaching. Read part one, part two and part three. When you preach to catalyze your congregation toward missional effectiveness, you are modeling what it looks like to speak the gospel to neighbors, coworkers, and…

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Church Gospel Leadership Mission Missional Community Pastoring Transitioning

July 3, 2018

Preaching for Unbelief

This post is part of a teaching series on Catalyzing Mission through Preaching. Read part one and part two. Your church will never be more missional than its leaders. Your preaching will not be fruitful in leading people into mission if you’ve…

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Discipleship Mission Missional Community Pastoring Transitioning

June 26, 2018

Preaching Matters

This post is part of a teaching series on Catalyzing Mission through Preaching. Read part one here. I believe the goal of preaching must be mission; the mission of making disciples who make disciples. When you preach you have to…

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Church Discipleship Gospel Leadership Mission Multiplication Pastoring Transitioning

June 19, 2018

Sundays Matter

This post is part of a teaching series on Catalyzing Mission through Preaching. We Need Each Other Corporate worship gatherings matter for mission. We’re called to not give up meeting together, but to encourage one another and spur each other toward love…

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Discipleship Everyday Rhythms Family Gospel Mission

June 14, 2018

Making Space for Strangers

Who are Strangers? Hospitality is making space for people to be with us and to become within community—to be who they are and to become more like Christ. In Scripture, strangers are people who live in a society other than…

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The Gospel In Me

Our Job Is Not to Be Jesus

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COVID: A Bright Light Shone on America’s Ecclesiology

Statement on Racial Injustice

Making Space for Friendship

A Life of Discipleship

Are Missional Communities Just a Passing Fad?

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Gospel Advance in Russia

Power for Salvation

Eating to Remember

What Surprised You in Your Transition

Why Missional Community Pilot Groups?

Give Them Jesus

Be With and Become

On Mission this Halloween

Gospel Parenting

Exposed by the Mission

Listening Well

It Starts with the Life of the Preacher

Changing Your Preparation

Preaching to Equip People for the Mission

Preaching for Unbelief

Preaching Matters

Sundays Matter

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