Mission Field Usa --- Church Planting

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"Mission Field USA Church Planting" podcast series, provided by The Lutheran ChurchMissouri Synods Office of National Mission, offers a theological background and best practices for launching new congregations and ministries within a Lutheran framework.Sign up to receive email notifications of new podcast releases and other church-planting ministry news. Registration only requires your email address, name and zip code. Check the Church Planting option on the form. Sign up at mailchi.mp/lcms/resources

Episódios

  • Strategic Planning and Learning from Mistakes

    31/03/2020

    In this episode, Rev. Dr. Lee Hagan, President of the Missouri District of the LCMS, joins hosts Rev. Dr. Steven Schave, Director of LCMS Church Planting, and Rev. Dr. Mark Larson, Manager of Church Planting in the Mission Field: USA initiative, to explore how ministries take maximum benefit from strategic planning and how to learn from mistakes to move ministry forward. Rev. Dr. Lee Hagen About Rev. Dr. Lee Hagan: Rev. Dr. Lee Hagan currently serves as president of the Missouri District of the LCMS. Formerly, he served as senior pastor of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Concordia, Missouri and as First Vice-President of the Missouri District. He is a 1992 graduate of Concordia University, Seward, Nebraska. He continued his studies at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, earning the Master of Divinity degree in 1996 and the Doctor of Ministry degree in 2011. He previously served as associate pastor of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Evansville, Indiana from 1996-2002 before coming to Concordia. Most recently, he serv

  • Evangelism in a Post-Christian Culture

    04/03/2020

    In this episode, Rev. Dr. Mark A. Wood, director of LCMS Witness & Outreach Ministry and the LCMS Revitalization Initiative, joins hosts Rev. Dr. Steve Schave, Director of LCMS Church Planting, and Rev. Dr. Mark Larson, Manager of Church Planting in the Mission Field: USA initiative, to explore sharing God’s Word in a post-Christian culture. Reaching the lost is a challenge in any setting in our rapidly changing world with competing worldviews. About Rev. Dr. Mark Wood: The Rev. Dr. Mark A. Wood serves as the director of LCMS Witness & Outreach Ministry and the LCMS Revitalization Initiative. He is the creator of the Every One His Witness evangelism program and the re:Vitality revitalization program. Prior to joining the LCMS Office of National Mission in June 2014, he served as the founding pastor of Lamb of God Lutheran Church in Lithia, Fla., a daughter congregation of Immanuel Lutheran Church in Brandon, Fla., where he served as the evangelism pastor from 2000 to 2008. A second-career pastor, he served f

  • The Missionaries are Coming—to the US!

    05/02/2020

    In this episode, Rev. Dr. Robert Scudieri, President of Mission Nation Publishing, joins hosts Rev. Dr. Steve Schave, Director of LCMS Church Planting, and Rev. Dr. Mark Larson, Manager of Church Planting in the Mission Field: USA initiative, to explore how the children and grandchildren of those won for Christ by missionaries sent from the US are now returning the favor. Right at the time when the church is being challenged the most, the Lord of the Church has sent us help from Asia, Latin America, Middle East and Africa! About Rev. Dr. Robert J. Scudieri: Pastor Bob Scudieri was born and raised in the New York City area where he attended public schools. Dr. Scudieri began studying for the holy ministry at Concordia College in Bronxville in September of 1962. After graduating from Bronxville with an Associate in Arts degree in 1964, he transferred to Concordia Senior College, Fort Wayne, Indiana. After graduating from Concordia, Fort Wayne in 1966 with a B.A. degree, he entered Concordia Seminary, St. Lo

  • The Church's Response to the Addiction Crisis

    20/12/2019

    Three experts in the field of substance abuse, Rev. Dr. Dennis Goff— Director of Ministry Programs of The Lutheran Foundation in Fort Wayne, Indiana, along with Tom Allman— Vice President of Addiction Services with Park Center (An Affiliate of Parkview Health) in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and Rachel Blakeman— Community Research Institute Director for Purdue University in Fort Wayne, Indiana, join hosts Rev. Dr. Steve Schave, Director of LCMS Church Planting, and Rev. Dr. Mark Larson, Manager of Church Planting in the Mission Field: USA initiative, to explore resources and insights on the often lethal epidemic of substance abuse in our country, and how the church can bring hope and life. About Rev. Dr. Dennis Goff: Since 2016, Goff has been the Director of Ministry Programs for The Lutheran Foundation in Fort Wayne, IN.  He comes to the position after nearly 30 years as a parish pastor in the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod (LCMS) serving congregations in Louisiana, Florida and Minnesota.  He also worked for Capi

  • Ethnic Church Planting

    05/12/2019

    In this episode, Rev. Yared Halche, Facilitator for Mission Engagement with the Northern Region of the Southeastern District of the LCMS, joins hosts Rev. Dr. Steve Schave, Director of LCMS Church Planting, and Rev. Dr. Mark Larson, Manager of Church Planting in the Mission Field: USA initiative, to explore the unique opportunities and challenges to begin churches among the various ethnic groups in our country today. About Rev. Yared Halche: Rev. Yared Halche was born and grew up in Ethiopia. He studied theology in Ethiopia, Norway and the United States. He earned his PhD in missiology from Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, IN, in 2009. Yared is married to Bethel and the Lord has blessed them with two children. Yared started serving in the Lutheran Church of Ethiopia as a youth leader during the difficult communist era. His professional career started as a seminary teacher in south Ethiopia and continued as a missionary and mission developer in the United States. He served as a mission developer

  • Discipleship through Catechesis and Assimilation - 11/2019

    05/11/2019

    In this episode, Rev. Tim Droegemueller, Senior Pastor of Living Faith Lutheran Church in Cumming, Georgia, joins hosts Rev. Dr. Steve Schave, Director of LCMS Church Planting, and Rev. Dr. Mark Larson, Manager of Church Planting in the Mission Field: USA initiative, to explore how to harness the power of catechesis and assimilation in the discipleship process. About Pastor Tim Droegemueller is a sinner who was given new life through the power of God’s Word and Spirit in Holy Baptism. His only desire is to preach Christ and Him crucified to all, faithfully teach the Word of God, and to see people brought into full fellowship with our loving God through Jesus and His gifts of grace. He and his wife, Susan, have six children: Jacob, Luke, Isaac, Elijah, Matthew, and Anna. Along with pastors and laypeople in the North Georgia area, he works with the Kairos Network to start new churches. The Kairos Network is a church planting network from the confessional Lutheran perspective. He also serves on the Board of N

  • Great Commission, Great Confusion, or Great Confession? - 9/4/2019

    03/09/2019

    There is a great debate in the church today: “What is the mission of the church?” This podcast discusses how to resolve the confusion between “getting the message right,” and “getting the message out” by focusing on the historic, credal confessions of the church which center on the Gospel, and which steadies the church for faithful witness, particularly amid the daily vocations of everyday life. In this episode, Rev. Dr. Lucas Woodford, President of the Minnesota South District of the LCMS, joins hosts Rev. Dr. Steve Schave, Director of LCMS Church Planting, and Rev. Dr. Mark Larson, Manager of Church Planting in the Mission Field: USA initiative, to explore the mission of the church. About Rev. Dr. Lucas Woodford: Rev. Dr. Lucas Woodford is president of the Minnesota South District, LCMS. He is a graduate of Concordia University, St. Paul (1998) and Concordia Seminary, St. Louis (M.Div. 2002 and S.T.M. 2003). He has 15 years of parish ministry experience in Wisconsin and Minnesota. He holds a D.Min. in Ch

  • Sacramental Church Planting - 8/7/2019

    05/08/2019

    In this episode, Rev. William Weedon, Director of Worship for the LCMS and International Center Chaplain, joins host Rev. Dr. Steve Schave, Director of LCMS Church Planting, to explore the unique perspective and advantage of our church to advance the mission of Christ through the sacraments while church planting. About Rev. William Weedon: William Chancellor Weedon has served as the Director of Worship for The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod and Chaplain of the Synod’s International Center in St. Louis since 2012. He is author of the books Celebrating the Saints (CPH, 2016), Thank, Praise, Serve and Obey (CPH, 2017) and a new children’s book See My Savior’s Hands (CPH, fall of 2018). He and his wife, Cindi, stay busy trying to keep up with their eight beautiful grandchildren.

  • Who can Plant a Church? - 7/3/2019

    27/06/2019

    In this episode, Rev. John Fiene, pastor and church planter, joins hosts Rev. Dr. Steve Schave, Director of LCMS Church Planting, and Rev. Dr. Mark Larson, Manager of Church Planting in the Mission Field: USA initiative, to explore the theological, organizational and practical questions about the important qualities and skills related to church planting. About Rev. John Fiene: Rev. Dr. John Fiene has been a Church Planter of Grace Lutheran Church in Sandy City, Utah, and later, Advent Lutheran Church, Zionsville, Indiana. Both congregations, subsequent to their own founding, initiated successful new mission congregations. Pastor Fiene has served as Vice-President of the Indiana District of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod and as a member of the Board of Directors of the Rocky Mountain District. He has taught on the subject of mission planting as an adjunct professor at Concordia Theological Seminary in Ft. Wayne, Indiana as well as various pastors’ conferences. (And yes, Pastor Fiene the Elder is the fat

  • Urban Mission // Rural Mission - 6/5/2019

    04/06/2019

    In this episode, Rev. Todd Kollbaum, director of Rural and Small Town Mission for the LCMS Office of National Mission, joins hosts Rev. Dr. Steve Schave, Director of LCMS Church Planting, and Rev. Dr. Mark Larson, Manager of Church Planting in the Mission Field: USA initiative, to explore the differences and similarities between urban and rural church planting and what urban and rural cousins can learn from each other to strengthen the impact of their ministries. About Rev. Todd Kollbaum: Pastor Todd Kollbaum was installed as Director of LCMS Rural & Small Town Mission on April 1, 2013. Prior to that call, he served as Senior Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church in Cole Camp, MO since August of 2004. Pastor Kollbaum is a 2004 graduate of Concordia Seminary St. Louis, MO and a 1990 graduate of Dana College in Blair, NE and is currently working on his PhD in Missiology at Concordia Theological Seminary Ft. Wayne. Pastor has been happily married to Angela Kollbaum for nearly 29 years. They are blessed with five

  • USA as a Mission Field - 5/1/2019

    29/04/2019

    In this episode, Rev. Larry Vogel, Associate Executive Director of the Commission on Theology and Church Relations (CTCR), joins hosts Rev. Dr. Steve Schave, Director of LCMS Church Planting, and Rev. Dr. Mark Larson, Manager of Church Planting in the Mission Field: USA initiative, to explore how the current demographics in the United States today are profoundly affecting the church and the implementation of its mission. About Rev. Larry Vogel: Rev. Larry Vogel is the Associate Executive Director of the Commission on Theology and Church Relations (CTCR). He has served in the public ministry of the LCMS for 35 years: as a worker-priest teacher on the Rosebud Lakota Sioux Reservation; as a missionary/pastor in Queens (NYC) and part-time chaplain at St. Albans VA Hospital (now VA Community Living Center); as pastor of Martin Luther Chapel and School, Pennsauken, NJ; and, since 2009, on the staff of the CTCR. His responsibilities include writing, editing, speaking about, and contributing to the LCMS position on

  • Biblical Missiology and Church Planting - 4/3/2019

    01/04/2019

    In this episode, Rev. Dr. Detlev Schulz, Professor of Exegetical Theology at Concordia Theological Seminary in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, joins hosts Rev. Dr. Steve Schave, Director of LCMS Church Planting, and Rev. Dr. Mark Larson, Manager of Church Planting in the Mission Field: USA initiative, to introduce the definition and explore the purpose of missiology as the biblical foundation for the formation of new churches today. About Rev. Dr. Detlev Schulz: Dr. Schulz joined the Concordia Theological Seminary (CTSFW), Fort Wayne, faculty in the fall of 1998. He serves as professor of Pastoral Ministry and Missions, dean of Graduate Studies and director of the Ph.D. in Missiology Program. In 1984, Schulz earned his B.A. degree at the University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. In 1988, he successfully completed his M.Div. studies at the Lutherische Theologische Hochschule in Oberursel, Germany. In 1990, he earned his S.T.M. degree at CTSFW. He then served in the Independent Evangelical–Lutheran Church in G

  • Witness, Mercy, Life Together Framework for Missions - 3/6/2019

    05/03/2019

    Rev. Tim Droegemueller, Senior Pastor of Living Faith Lutheran Church in Cumming, Georgia, joins hosts Rev. Dr. Steve Schave, Director of LCMS Church Planting, and Rev. Dr. Mark Larson, Manager of Church Planting in the Mission Field: USA initiative, to explore how the three-fold emphasis of the Synod, “Witness, Mercy, Life Together,” integrates biblical concepts into the DNA of future church plants. About Rev. Tim Droegemueller: Pastor Tim Droegemueller is a sinner who was given new life through the power of God’s Word and Spirit in Holy Baptism. His only desire is to preach Christ and Him crucified to all, faithfully teach the Word of God, and to see people brought into full fellowship with our loving God through Jesus and His gifts of grace. He and his wife, Susan, have six children: Jacob, Luke, Isaac, Elijah, Matthew, and Anna. Along with pastors and laypeople in the North Georgia area, he works with the Kairos Network to start new churches. The Kairos Network is a church planting network from the con

  • God’s Mission is in the DNA of the Church - 2/6/2019

    04/02/2019

    In this inaugural episode, Rev. Dr. Detlev Schulz, Associate Professor of Exegetical Theology at Concordia Theological Seminary in Ft. Wayne, Indiana, joins hosts Rev. Dr. Steve Schave, Director of LCMS Church Planting, and Rev. Dr. Mark Larson, Manager of Church Planting in the Mission Field: USA initiative, to explore how our doctrinal understanding of the church (ecclesiology) informs the very purpose and practical strategies for mission in our world today. Based on biblical promise, hear how God has sent His church on its mission with power and authority and why church planting remains a central activity of the church today. About Rev. Dr. Detlev Schulz: Dr. Schulz joined the Concordia Theological Seminary (CTSFW), Fort Wayne, faculty in the fall of 1998. He serves as professor of Pastoral Ministry and Missions, dean of Graduate Studies and director of the Ph.D. in Missiology Program. In 1984, Schulz earned his B.A. degree at the University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa. In 1988, he successfu