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.
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Coming Home to Yourself
Have you found yourself regularly giving yourself away to the degree that you wonder if you have any self left? Are you tired, weary, and worn out? God is present with you ...
Care for Your Soul
It’s far too common to care for everyone else in need around you and neglect yourself until it's too late. Yet Jesus calls us to take care of and find rest for our souls...
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Making Disciples in Victoria, British Columbia
As the culture grows more secular and people are less open to the gospel, many struggle to effectively make disciples of Jesus. Victoria, British Columbia, with its affluence and religious skepticism ...
Ice Cream & Disciple-Making
What do ice cream and disciple-making have in common? Marc and Alissa Zera. Marc left Wall Street and moved to Charleston, SC to start a craft ice cream shop ...
We Love Kent
Have you ever wondered if everyday people could see God do extraordinary things by just being willing and ready for God to work in and through them? Maybe you’ve wanted this to be your story ...
8 Phases of Pioneer Church Planting
Have you ever wondered how you would go about starting a new church in a hard to reach place? Maybe you find yourself in your present location wondering how to more effectively plant the gospel. ...
Working Together to Start New Churches
Would you like to see your church intentionally engaged in a process to train and send leaders to start new churches? Are you personally interested in starting a new church? David Thew, along with other leaders from Summit Crossing Community Church in Huntsville, Alabama ...
Brave Cities
Have you ever wondered if your everyday life of going to work and living in your neighborhood matters? What if the work you do everyday is actually the space where Jesus had always intended to build His Church? ...
A Vision for Gospel Saturation
Have you ever wondered why so muWhat if every man, woman and child in your region had regular opportunities to meet Jesus? What if every follower of Jesus were envisioned and equipped to be the means by which Jesus accomplishes that vision? ...
Naturally Supernatural Discipleship
Have you ever wondered why so much of our experience in discipleship and mission seems to lack the power of the Spirit? Have you read the accounts of Jesus’ ministry and the early Church and wondered why we don’t see the same supernatural works that seem very normative for the early followers of Jesus? ...
Challenges of Leading in an Urban Context
How do we address the struggles of leading in a post-pandemic context? Consider how challenging this has become in an urban context. Dhati Lewis, founder and director of MyBLVD ministries and founding pastor of Blueprint Church in Atlanta is serving leaders in the urban context as they navigate these present challenges. In this episode he shares how he and others help leaders pursue personal health and relational reconciliation. He provides some very helpful principles that will serve you as you consider leading in your context ...
30 Years of Growing in Prayer
Have you noticed how your journey of prayer has changed as the seasons of your life have changed? Jeff Vanderstelt shares some of his personal journey of growing in prayer through five different seasons in his own life…seasons of learning, discovery, remembrance, suffering, and healing. Listen in for your own encouragement and growth in prayer ...
Turning Our Thoughts Into Prayers
Have you ever wondered how to move from prayer as ritual to prayer as relational? Jayne Vanderstelt has a very fluid, highly relational, life-giving prayer life. She shares her heart very openly with God and regularly hears from God. In this episode, Jayne describes her relational journey with God and how this shapes her prayer life. Her words will encourage and inspire you in your own prayer journey ...
Lent: Prayerful Practices While Waiting for Spring
How do we navigate seasons of winter surrounded by darkness and longing? Lent invites us to step into the wilderness space in order to develop a hunger for the promise of resurrection life. Michael Sullivan shares with Jeff Vanderstelt how the practices of fasting and prayer, silence and solitude help us to be more fully human, practicing an embodied faith in the presence of God. This episode will encourage and inspire you to move beyond moments of prayer toward a life of prayer for every season ...
Practicing Transforming Prayer
Have you found that you hold to beliefs that you struggle to put into practice leading to what feels like empty religion? Aaron Niequist, author of The Eternal Current, encourages us to shift from only spoken beliefs to transforming practices. In this episode, Aaron shares with Jeff Vanderstelt some practical ways we can practice transforming prayer. If you are looking for some simple, practical ways to grow in your practice of prayer, this episode will help ...
Collaborating for Greater Buffalo, NY
Have you ever wondered what might happen if a bunch of churches decided to collaborate their resources, collective gifts, and people toward planting many churches together? The churches in Buffalo, New York have been doing this for many years and have witnessed discernible change in the overall region as a result. Jerry Gillis joins Jeff Vanderstelt on this episode to share this inspiring story. This story will encourage and inform how you and others might work together to see a similar impact in your context ...
The Righteous Brood
Raising a family in our present context is no easy task. Leading them to become missionary disciples of Jesus might feel impossible. Hugh Halter talks with Jeff Vanderstelt and shares about his new book which tells the story of how their family has together made the mission of God their family story. If you would like to rethink and discover how to be a family on mission together in everyday life, this episode is for you ...
Collaborating to Plant Churches in Houston, TX
Ever wonder what it might look like for churches to work together to strengthen and start churches? Bruce Wesley and Chad Clarkson were empowered and freed up by Clear Creek Community Church to give some of their time away to start the Houston Church Planting Network with several other leaders in the greater Houston area. Chad shares his personal story and the story of HCPN and what is required to see a collaborative church planting initiative thrive. You will be inspired, encouraged, and informed during this episode and gain some wisdom and direction for similar work in your context ...
Planting the Seeds of the Gospel in Tokyo
Tokyo has almost 40 million people and less than a quarter of a percent know Jesus. Sadly, 95% will likely never know a follower of Jesus their entire life. The need for the gospel to be planted is huge! Yoshito Noguchi moved his family from a comfortable existence and a very steady job as a youth pastor into the heart of Tokyo to start a new church. In this episode, Yoshi shares his journey with Jeff Vanderstelt, and all the struggles and joys that he encountered and the many ways God has been faithful. His is a journey of faithful trust and ongoing dependence on God. You will be encouraged and spurred on in your own faith journey and perhaps develop a passion for God’s work in Japan ...
Silicon Valley to Querétaro, Mexico: A Church Planting Journey
Leaving a steady career and moving a family to another country to start a church is no easy task. Atanasio Segovia did just that. In this episode, Atanasio shares his story and the story of Familia Soma with Jeff Vanderstelt. Atanasio shares the real struggles and how he has navigated through them, as well as the joy-filled breakthroughs. If you’re looking to be inspired and encouraged about how God is working in Mexico and through regular everyday people on mission, this episode is for you ...
Serving Charleston
Craig Tuck and Clay Jernigan join Jeff Vanderstelt in this episode of the Saturate podcast. Craig and Clay are part of Mission Charleston, which exists to see churches and leaders collaborating together to love and serve Greater Charleston with the good news of Jesus. ...
Loving the City
Jesus loved Jerusalem and wept over her as He described the people there as a sheep without a shepherd. Jesus still loves cities and sends His people to care for the people in every city like He cared for us. Chris Gough has been working for many years in the greater Puget Sound region in Washington state and has many stories that will inspire you as you consider how you can pray for, serve, and share Jesus in your own context ...
Loving the Orphan
One of the ways Jesus taught us to create pathways for the gospel is through serving others like He served us. God loved us so much that He was willing to give His own Son for sinners. He became the Father to the spiritually fatherless. In this episode, Alison Martin, shares with Jeff Vanderstelt how she and others at Doxa Church have intentionally loved and served foster children, foster families, and foster care services to demonstrate the love of God in tangible ways. Alison shares many great principles that can be applied in any context and in many different forms of serving ...
What a Year 2022 Has Been!
Like the previous two years, 2022 has been a mixed bag for many. Often we define our world by what’s broken or what’s been lost. We need to remember that the cup of sorrow can also be the cup of joy. In this episode, Jeff Vanderstelt takes some time to reflect on what God has done through Saturate this past year and looks forward with anticipation to another year of God’s faithfulness.
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Feeling Your Way to Jesus
Many of us have come to believe that being needy and weak is a bad thing—even a sign of spiritual immaturity. As a result, we may have also come to believe that feelings are not good. In this episode, Jeff Vanderstelt makes a biblical case for the purpose of emotions and weakness to lead us to find our needs met in relationship with God and others ...
Spiritual Direction for Healthy Leaders
Chuck Gschwend, spiritual director for the Saturate board and director of culture and spiritual formation at the Eden Project, joins Jeff Vanderstelt to talk about the importance of making spiritual direction a priority for healthy leaders ...
Healing Our God Image
Each of us has an image in our head of who God is. That image, however, has been distorted and leads us to interact with a false view of God. The true image of God is seen and declared through Jesus. That truth is: God is love. When we know this both intellectually and relationally, it changes everything. In this podcast episode, Nathan Wagnon, CEO of the new start-up The Eden Project, shares with Jeff Vanderstelt how everything hinges on our image of God being reformed through the ultimate reality that God is love ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Leading the Church Post Crisis
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Duke Revard talks with Dawson Jones about leading the church post-crisis. When things ...
What We Measure While on the Mission
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Duke Revard talks with Jared Pickney on the critical role of metrics as ...
Leading Yourself to Ongoing Personal Spiritual Renewal
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Duke Revard talks with Chuck Gschwend about leading yourself to ongoing spiritual renewal ...
Discovering Distorted Images of God in Discipleship
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Duke Revard talks with Nathan Wagnon about discovering our distorted images of God ...
Women’s Ministry as Women’s Discipleship
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Duke Revard talks with Amy Lathrop and Alison Martin about the important topic ...
Training Elders in a Church of Missional Communities
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Duke Revard and Jeff Vanderstelt discuss developing elders in a church of missional ...
10 Lessons in 10 Years of Soma
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Duke Revard and Jeff Vanderstelt will be joined by Chris Gonzalez and Paul ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Episode 104: Where We’re Headed
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson looks back at the first 103 episodes and makes a few ...
Episode 103: How We Can Train Everyone Theologically
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with Chris Gonzalez about city-based theological education that reimagines seminary ...
Episode 102: Decentralized Discipleship
In this episode, Jeff Vanderstelt, Bob Roberts, and Ben Connelly talk about lessons they've learned from the global church ...
Episode 101: Prayer and Revival in a Time of Crisis
In this episode, Brad Watson talks with Chuck Gschwend about prayer and revival, particularly in how to pray for revival ...
Episode 100: Equipping Disciples During Quarantine
In this episode, Brad Watson and Ben Connelly talk about the importance of equipping disciples during this season. They discuss ...
Episode 99: Gospel Implications During a Pandemic
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with Dawson Jones of Tacoma, Washington about how the gospel of ...
Episode 98: How to Start an MC? Step 4: Committed Core
Who should be in your community? This episode of the Saturate Podcast walks through how you can build a committed ...
Episode 97: How to Start an MC? Step 3: Mission
What is the purpose of missional communities? This episode of the Saturate Podcast Brad and Jared explain how mission is ...
Episode 96: How to Start an MC? Step 2: Leaders
In this episode, Brad Watson and Jared Pickney discuss the fundamental need for leaders in missional communities. This conversation goes ...
Episode 95: How to Start an MC? Step 1: Vision
In this episode, Brad Watson and Jared Pickney talk through the key step of understanding what a missional community is, ...
Episode 94: Leading with Health a Conversation with Jeff Schulte
In this episode, Brad Watson and Duke Revard talk with Jeff Schulte, of Tin Man Ministries, about leadership health and ...
Episode 93: We Are God’s Mission While On God’s Mission
In this episode, Brad Watson talks with Ben Connelly about the new Jonah study for communities and churches. They dive into the topics about ...
Episode 92: The Marks of a Movement
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with Winfield Bevins about what we can learn from Weslyan ...
Episode 91: The Gospel in Latin America
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with Atanasio Segovia about what God is doing in Latin America with ...
Episode 90: How Ephesians Informs our Discipleship
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Ben Connelly and Brad Watson talk about the book of Ephesians and the ...
Episode 89: Gospel Movement in Australia
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with Nathan Oliver and Pete Greenwood from Melbourne Australia about what God ...
Episode 88: Living the Gospel in Apartments
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with Bethany and Chris Priebe of Peoria, Arizona about living ...
Episode 87: Living the Gospel Locally and Globally
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with Al Henson of Compassionate Hope about making disciples and caring for the poor. Al has ...
Episode 86: Everyday Disciples in LA: Engineers
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with three aerospace engineers on what it is like to ...
Episode 85: Legal Justice System
In this Episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with lawyer and public defender, Ryan Wolfe about how the ...
Episode 84: Special Needs Families
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with Katie and Andrew about being a family with a ...
Episode 83: Everyday Disciples in LA: Parents
In this episode of the Saturate podcast, Brad Watson talks with Trip, Sarah, and Mirela about being parents as disciples ...
Episode 82: Everyday Disciples in LA: Entertainment Industry
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with Hope, Austin, and Jared about living out the gospel ...
Episode 81: Everyday Disciples in LA: Customer Service
In the first installment of a new series on the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with three disciples at Soma ...
Episode 80: The Role of Pilot Groups
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with Dan Bovenmyer of Grace Community Church in Iowa City, ...
Episode 79: Creating a Gospel Fluent Culture
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with Abe Myesenburg and David Achata about leading from the gospel and how ...
Episode 78: Loving Artists Well
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with the podcast's producer, Ben Fort, about loving artists in ...
Episode 77: Gospel Intentionality: Equipping Disciples to Live the Rhythms
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson learns from Kevin Platt about how he helps cast vision, train, and remind ...
Episode 076: Everyday Intentionality: Speak
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with Kevin Platt of Missio Dei in Arizona on the ...
Episode 075: Everyday Intentionality: Sabbath
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad and Mirela Watson talk about intentionally resting to enjoy God and the ...
Episode 074: Everyday Intentionality: Eat
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad and Mirela Watson talk about living everyday with intentional focus around meals ...
Episode 073: Everyday Intentionality: Listen
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad and Mirela Watson talk about living with intentionality around the rhythm of ...
Episode 072: Everyday Intentionality: Bless
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad and Mirela Watson talk about living life with gospel intentionality and why ...
Episode 071: Intentional Rhythms of Life
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson introduces our newest series on daily gospel rhythms. He talks about ...
Episode 70: How the Gospel is the Center of Justice
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with poet and artist Preston Perry about his poem, New Woke ...
Episode 69: Making Disciples in a Narcissistic Society
In this live episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with Adam Breckenridge about the challenges and opportunities we ...
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Episode 68: A Conversation with Zack Eswine [Live]
In this live episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson and Jared Pickney talk with pastor, professor, and author Zack ...
Episode 067: Transitioning Church and City Movement
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with leaders of a gospel movement in St. Louis, Missouri about how ...
Episode 066: Equipping Students for Making Disciples Today
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with Adam Hillyer, the student director at Doxa Church in ...
Episode 065: The Relational Soul of Community
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson, Jared Pickney, and Adam Breckenridge talk with pastoral counselor and spiritual ...
Arrival of Enough
A few years ago, I ran a 5K on Thanksgiving with my whole family - three kids and two strollers ...
Gospel Feast
Our Advent traditions have become numerous: we cut down our tree at the Beck family farm in the shadow of ...
Lasting Redeeming Love
On these last days of Advent, we turn our gaze to the love embodied in the crib. The incarnation carries ...
Loved from the Beginning
One of my favorite Christmas memories came five years ago when Mirela told me she was pregnant with our second ...
Future Victory and Present Joy
We find ourselves between two arrivals - the first in Jesus in Bethlehem and the second as He comes again ...
The True Light
I haven’t found a suburban light show, a boat parade light show, or the lights in a fancy mall in ...
Good Times Have Come, So Go Tell it On the Mountain
We tell the stories that matter most to us and our world. The stories you tell at parties, over dinner, ...
Joy to the World, Good News!
I’ll never forget where I was when I first heard the news: LeBron James was coming to Los Angeles to ...
The Meaning of Joy
This Advent season has been a delight for me as we’ve walked through hope and peace. Now we turn our ...
When the Soul Feels Its Worth
This past week, each reflection has focused on the theme of Peace and the Kingdom Jesus’ birth brings. It all ...
The End of War — Healing of the Nations
My favorite Christmas movie is Joyeux Noel. It tells the true story of a Christmas Day Truce in the trenches ...
We’ve Been Brought Near
We all have a complicated relationship with the Church. It’s a ruckus communion of saints. It’s for many a place ...
The Kingdom that Divides
Growing up, my family spent each night of the holidays sitting beneath the glow of the Christmas tree and watching ...
How the Long Expected Jesus Came
How does the king come? We know He comes to change the world. We know He was born into our ...
A Child and Big Government
Wherever he reigns, His thriving and flourishing will be there, too! His law is peace. On May 19, 2018, Prince ...
Peace on Earth
At the center of the angel’s announcement on the first Christmas night is this phrase found in Luke 2:14; it’s ...
Mourning with Hope in a Tragic World
Christmas can be a time of lights, trees, parties, and decadent food, but it is definitely a season of grief ...
A Humble Baby?
“But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, though you are small among the clans of Judah, out of you will come for me ...
Responding to the King’s Arrival
Go on up to a high mountain, O Zion, herald of good news; lift up your voice with strength, O Jerusalem, ...
Life from a Stump
As I mentioned previously, our family always cuts down a Christmas tree. Each year, we leave a stump in the ...
Jesus Came into the World
“Jesus came into Galilee” is offered as hope, the first hope. After centuries of silence, of struggle, and continued sin, ...
The True Story of Hope
On a December morning in Newtown, Connecticut in 2012, children and teachers were likely gearing up for a day filled ...
Why Did Jesus Have to Come?
Christmas is a magical time for kids as they see the glow of lights, trees in the home, and packages ...
Preparing for Advent
Christmas Tree Hunting In the early days of Advent, we drive out to the Beck family farm to cut down ...
New Resource Now Available!
We have a new resource for kids, families, communities, and churches. I'm very excited about it. This children's resource began as ...
Episode 64: Taking Small and Big Steps Toward Everyday Discipleship
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson and Jeff Vanderstelt talk about the tension many believers face: they want ...
Episode 063: Cultivating Leadership Pipeline
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson and Jared Pickney talk about the importance of developing an intentional ...
Episode 062: Loving People Through Apologetics
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with poet and apparel designer, Preston Perry, about loving people ...
Episode 061: Thriving as an Introvert in Community
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with Saturate Managing Director, Amy Lathrop about being an introvert ...
Episode 060: Here in Spirit with Jonathan Dodson
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with Jonathan Dodson about the person of the Holy Spirit, ...
Episode 058: Leadership That Releases Movement
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with David Achata about a new premium podcast we're launching ...
Episode 057: Sexuality, Identity, and the Gospel with Jackie Hill Perry
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with writer and artist, Jackie Hill Perry about her new book Gay ...
Episode 056: How the Story of God Shapes Disciples
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with Chris Gonzalez and Kevin Platt of Missio Dei in Phoenix, ...
Episode 055: What the Karate Kid Teaches Us About Discipleship
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with author, pastor, and international equipper, Cole Brown about the power ...
Episode 054: Diving Deep into DNA Groups
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with Jared Pickney and Adam Breckenridge of Fellowship Paragould about ...
Episode 053: What’s Essential in an MC? Part 8: Bible, Holy Spirit, and Patience
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson and Ben Connelly wrap up the "What's Essential" series with an ...
Episode 052: What’s Essential to an MC? Part 7: Mission and Purpose
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with Steve Hart, pastor of Soma Spokane, about their church's ...
Episode 051: What’s Essential to an MC? Part 6: Repentance and Faith
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson and Ben Connelly talk about the importance and power of a ...
Episode 050: What’s Essential in an MC? Part 5: Caring for Friends in Need
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with CJ Bergman, Pastor of Citizens Church in San Francisco, ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Episode 039: Top 5 Myths About Missional Communities
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson and Jared Pickney dismiss five common myths about missional communities that ...
Episode 038: How to Equip a Community to Abide in Christ
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson and Jared Pickney dive into the powerful calling of Jesus to ...
Episode 037: The Power of Missional Community Leader Coaching
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson and David Achata talk about the the powerful tool of coaching ...
Episode 036: Leading a Missional Community Without “Superstar” Christians
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with Jared Pickney about how to lead a missional community ...
Episode 035: How to Share Leadership in a Missional Community
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with Jared Pickney about the vision behind sharing leadership and ...
Episode 034: How to Intentionally Develop Leaders
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with Duke Revard, the director of the Soma Family of ...
Episode 33: How the Gospel Comes to Students and Parents
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with Tim Parlier, Saturate's student specialist, about how high school ...
Episode 32: How Lent Can Be Powerful in Missional Communities
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with Saturate team member, Sunee Hillyer, about why Lent can be a powerful season in the life of a missional community. Join Bran and Sunee ...
Episode 31: How to Include Not Yet Believers in Missional Community
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with Jeff and Ali Lowndes who have led and multiplied missional communities in Los Angeles ...
Episode 30: Speaking the Truths of Jesus in Life, Part 2
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson brings you part two of the live gospel fluency training by ...
Episode 29: Speaking the Truths of Jesus in Life, Part 1
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson shares the audio of Jeff Vanderstelt teaching on Gospel Fluency at an event in Los Angeles, California. ...
Episode 028: Celebrating God’s Grace in 2017
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with Jeff Vanderstelt about 2017 and what God is doing ...
Episode 027: How to Lead a Multiplication
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson and Jared Pickney walk through the nuts and bolts of multiplying ...
Episode 026: The Holidays in MC Life
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks about the challenges and opportunities missional communities face during Christmas ...
Episode 025: What Missional Community Do
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson and Jared Pickney talk about the often overlooked questions ...
Episode 024: How Churches Can Work Together for Gospel Saturation
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with Nathan Cedarland about how churches on the Washington coast are collaborating ...
Episode 023: How Artists Engage Community and Mission
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with writer and Saturate Podcast editor Ben Fort about serving ...
Episode 022: Why Some Missional Communities Fail
In this episode of The Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson and Jared Pickney discuss seven reasons missional communities lose momentum ...
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Many of you have been telling us for a while how much you would love to have access to the audio of our training videos. You asked, and we listened ...
Episode 020: There Are No Silver Bullets
In this episode of The Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson hosts special guest Daniel Im to discuss his new book: No ...
Episode 019: How Do You Choose a Common Mission
In this episode of The Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson and Jared Pickney dive into the challenges of choosing a common ...
Episode 018: What is a Missional Community Leader
In this episode of The Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson and Jared Pickney discuss the role of leadership, how you know ...
Episode 017: The Importance of Life With God
In this Episode of The Saturate Podcast, Jeff Vanderstelt joins Brad Watson to discuss how our life with God shapes us as disciples ...
Episode 016: What Is Saturate?
In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson is joined by Saturate co-founder and visionary leader, Jeff Vanderstelt to talk about ...
Episode 015: Frequently Asked Questions
In this episode of The Saturate Podcast, Jeff Vanderstelt is joined by a panel of pastors, planters, and missional community leaders ...
Episode 014: How to Prayerfully Plan
On this episode of The Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson and David Achata share the purpose and power of prayerfully planning ...
Episode 013: Gospel Conversations
How can we encourage and equip our people to have more frequent and deeper gospel conversations in the everyday rhythms ...
Episode 012: How To Form Missional Communities
In this episode of The Saturate Podcast, Jeff Vanderstelt talks about the necessary elements for forming and leading a missional community. ...
Episode 011: Using the Enneagram in Missional Communities
In this episode of The Saturate Podcast, Brad and Jared welcome Adam Breckenridge to the podcast as they discuss the ...
Episode 010: Making Disciples in a Hurried Life
In this episode of The Saturate Podcast, Brad and Jared discuss the nearly overwhelming challenge of balancing life in a ...
Episode 009: Gospel Fluency with Jackie Hill Perry
In this episode of The Saturate Podcast, Mirela Watson talks with writer, speaker, and musical artist Jackie Hill Perry about ...
Episode 008: Seeking Missional People
In this episode of The Saturate Podcast, Brad talks with Todd Morr (Director of International Partnerships with Saturate) about the ...
Episode 007: Shared Learning and Coaching Cohorts
On this week's episode of The Saturate Podcast, David Achata and Brad Watson talk with Dan Bovenmyer and Ryan Latour ...
Episode 006: Why is Coaching Important for Missional Communities?
On this week's episode of The Saturate Podcast, David Achata joins Brad to discuss the role of coaching: what it ...
Episode 005: Developing Disciple-making Leaders
In this episode of The Saturate Podcast, Brad and Jared are joined by pastor and author Ben Connelly to discuss ...
Episode 004: What does it mean to be “gospel fluent”?
In this episode of The Saturate Podcast, Jeff Vanderstelt and Justin Anderson discuss the meaning of gospel fluency and how to ...
Episode 003: Avoiding Missional Burnout
In this next episode of The Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson and Jared Pickney discuss causes of missional burnout and ways that ...
Episode 002: Multiplying Missional Communities
In this episode of The Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson and Jared Pickney discuss HOW and WHEN do you multiply missional communities? Brad and ...
Episode 001: Do Missional Communities Really Work?
In this first episode of The Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson and Jared Pickney discuss common objections and difficulties people have ...
