Spiritual Formation Begins in the Pulpit CGN Media - media that points to Christ. CGN International Pastors and Leaders Conference Summary In this conversation, Alan Stoddard and Kenneth Priest discuss the role of preaching in spiritual formation. They explore the idea that disciple-making begins in the pulpit and emphasize the importance of preach…

The Pros and Cons of a Devotional Life Welcome to the STOKE IT UP podcast. A podcast encouraging you on your journey with God. The stoke it up podcast is part of CGN Media, a podcast network that points to people to Christ. Check out cgnmedia.org for more great shows and ways to support the ministry. The Cultivate Church Planting Website: https://c…

Dr. Kenneth Priest joins the Stoke It Up Podcast as a co-host. Kenneth has a undergraduate degree in Theology and an Master of Religious Education (MARE) from Southwestern Seminary. He earned a D.EdMin from Midwestern Seminary in church revitalization. Today, we start to focus the podcast on spiritual formation. We want to encourage you in your jou…

How to create a Bible culture in the church Use a physical Bible. Use the Bible.com QR code on screen as you begin to preach. Turn up the lights in the room. Push physical with digital Bible use. Use sermon-based small groups. Announce the version of the Bible, you’re going to use in the pulpit and get everyone to get that version. Offer a “how to …

In this podcast with Aleise Elsenboss and Renea Kren, we talk about the good, the bad, and the ugly of The Chosen. We give a review of season four. What were our favorite scenes and what are the challenges? We also talk about some of the hard things like flags on set and problems with the Latter-Day Saints (LDS/Mormons). We delve into Christian mov…

In this episode, I walk pastors and leaders through possibilities for sharing the gospel and extending a response opportunity for Easter 2024.

The Stoke It Up! podcast is a part of the CGN media family. Check us out on our social media handles. I give you 4 things that can help you get ready for Easter. Take a listen. Share in social media. Give me your feedback. What will your takeaway be?

What is next? I have been in a busy dry season in some ways. How do we negotiate those seasons of life and move forward? The secret sauce is that we have inside help. God lives in us. Faith in Christ (Gal. 2:20) ignites the fire of God in us. Check this episode out. Check out the CGN media page. Check out the Calvary Global Network! Join us!…

Welcome to the Stoke it up! podcast. This podcast exists to encourage you in your journey with God. I am Alan Stoddard and I am your host. Today, I have James Walker on the podcast. He’s the executive director of Watchmen Fellowship. Today the topic is, “the Bible, atheists, and culture.“ Today we talk about why someone should believe the Bible and…

Welcome to the Stoke it up! podcast. A podcast encouraging you and your journey with God. I’m Alan Stoddard and I am your Stoke Coast. Today we have Pastor Josh Black with us. Josh is the lead pastor of Victory Calvary Chapel in Menifee California. I met Josh at the Expositors Collective in Temecula California last August. We just happened to run i…

Lonnie Short is the Executive Pastor of Granbury Baptist Church, Granbury, Texas. Recently I was in a staff meeting with the team while Lonnie taught on setting goals. The outline is below. I recommend you copy and paste them into a note on your phone for you to review. Goal setting is a productive way to get things done. What is in your head and h…

Welcome to the Stoke It Up! podcast. A podcast encouraging you in your journey with God. In this week's episode, Dr. Dan Crawford discusses how to partner prayer with evangelism. As the days get late, churches would serve the Lord and themselves well to stoke the fires of evangelism and prayer. What does the Great Commission look like for you in 20…

In this week's podcast, Elijah Abraham (not his real name. We must keep his identity protected) reveals what is happening in a hard part of the world. As you listen, consider how the gospel influences the Great Commission in your journey with God. You can check out www.livingoasis.org to connect further with Elijah. He would love that. He is not on…

Ellyn Cornell is a missionary with Cru at Disney World in Orlando, Florida. I always like to check in with her on matters of disciple making. That is our high calling. All ministry and mission culminates in disciple making. To give to the Calvary Global Network, here is the link.

Welcome to the Stoke it up! podcast. A podcast, encouraging you and your journey with God. I’m Alan Stoddard and in this episode I interview Pastor Mike Neglia. He is the pastor of ⁠Calvary Cork⁠, Ireland. He is also the leader of the ⁠Expositors Collective⁠, an initiative of the ⁠Calvary Global Network⁠. In this interview, I talked to Mike about w…

The Stoke It Up! podcast is on full swing to stoke up the New Year and beyond. We want to encourage you in your journey with God. Season 4 Schedule Nov. 21 - Mike Neglia Nov. 28 - Ellen Kohler Dec. 5 - Elijah Abraham Dec 12 - Dan Crawford Dec 19 - Lonnie Short Dec 26 - Alan Stoddard January 2 - Manolo January 9 - Josh Black…

Welcome to the Stoke it up! podcast everybody … a podcast, encouraging you in your journey with God. I’m Alan Stoddard and I am your host. We want to kindle afresh the gift of God that is in you. Today I’m interviewing Scott Maze. We are talking about spiritual awakenings and revival possibilities. Scott came to know Jesus Christ as a child and thi…

Welcome everybody to the Stoke It Up podcast! This is a podcast, “encouraging you on your journey with God.” I’m Alan Stoddard, the creator and host of this podcast. Today I have Kirk Storseth on our conversation docket. Kirk is the Director of communications a Chick-fil-A in Granbury, Texas, but the interesting thing is he’s also the worship pasto…

Elijah Abraham, Executive Director (www.livingoasis.org) Elijah was born in the Middle East and grew up as a Muslim. He fled the Middle East as a teenager and lived in Europe for several years. Due to persecution in Europe and its spies, Elijah fled to the United States in mid-1980s Subsequently, he obtained a degree from Southwestern Baptist Theol…

Welcome to the STOKE IT UP podcast everybody. A Podcast encouraging you and your journey with God. I believe God has a mission and purpose for your life. We want to partner with you in spreading the good news of Christ. Pastor Robert White serves as the lead pastor of Freedom Church in Bedford, Texas. Check out Freedom Church at www.thisisfreedomdf…

From traditional church pastor to contemporary church planter with Darryl Dash. Is this possible? Welcome to the Stoke It Up! podcast. A podcast encouraging you in your journey with God. Darryl Dash is the pastor of Liberty Grace Church in Toronto, Canada. Liberty Grace Church was planted in one of the toughest parts of Toronto, called, “Liberty Vi…

Is it possible for a traditional churches to become life-giving Churches? And what about those Independent Baptists? Are they not the ones where women wear dresses, men wear suits, and have a lot of rules at church? Whatever happened to those guys? In this week’s podcast I interview Pastor Lonnie Lehrman. Lonnie has been the pastor at Granbury Bapt…

Welcome to the STOKE IT UP podcast. A podcast, encouraging you in your journey with God. One of the things the Lord wants us all to do is to shine light into the darkness. And it’s something we want to do. Yet it can be a real challenge at times. Do you struggle with evangelism? Does the word itself just cause you to cringe? In this week's podcast …

Welcome to the Stoke It Up! podcast. A podcast encouraging you in your journey with God. This week's podcast is with Pastor Trey Kent. The topic is on pray, specifically how local churches can be mobilized for praying that changes cities and stokes revival and awakening. Trey Kent Bio Trey started Northwest Fellowship in 1993 and has been in full-t…

Welcome to the Stoke It Up! Podcast. A podcast encouraging you in your journey with God. I’m Alan Stoddard and I’m your host. Today we are discussing spiritual formation and its relationship to disciple making. When I think of that important, beefy topic, the name that comes to mind is Daryl Eldridge. Dr. Eldridge lives with his wife Carole in Galv…

On today’s podcast I interview Bill Holdridge. He became a Christian in 1969 at Calvary Chapel Costa Mesa during the Jesus Movement. In this episode he tells part of that story in his story; his story is unique. Bill has been in Pastor for many years. You can see that and more in his bio on his ministry website. If you haven’t seen the movie, Jesus…

We want to help you kindle afresh, the fire of your soul for the Great Commission. Of every discipline in the church and every practice, surely it culminates through the Great Commission. Enter Matt Queen.Dr. Matt Queen is the "chair of fire" at Southwestern Seminary among many other things he is doing at the seminary and at Lane Prairie Baptist Ch…

This episode of the Stoke It Up! podcast gives you a look are the next 6-8 episodes. The podcast ends by encouraging you in your journey with God, His message and His mission. 1. God is big, we are small, yet he desires relationship with us. 2. God's scandalous message of the gospel - we are consumed by this message. 3. God's invites us on a missio…

This is session 2 of our new believer follow up.

Only 1 in 10 newer, younger believers get discipled after crossing the line of faith. In this episode I give a philosophy intro to the state of disciple making in churches. I also tell what can be done to fix it. This is a 5 part series so stay tuned for all of it.

Our favorite scenes and lines? What impact has the Chosen had on our walk with Christ? Listen in. Let us know what you think?

Kenneth Priest and I are both pastors. We both work for Chic-Fil-A. What can the Church learn from Chic-Fil-A? We let you in on what we have learned.

Welcome to the Stoke it up! podcast. A podcast, encouraging you in your journey with God. I’m Alan Stoddard and I’m your host. Today Team Chosen, with Renea Kren, and Aleise Elsenboss, we reflect on some of the big moments of the first few episodes of season three of the chosen.

Welcome to the Stoke it up! podcast! A podcast, encouraging you and your journey with God. Today I’m here with Kenneth Priest, and we are talking about, “the pastor as a minister of education. And most churches, the pastor is gonna have to be the disciple maker of the small group leaders. The pastor will have to drive the disciple making process th…

Welcome to the Stoke it up! podcast. A podcast encouraging you in your journey with God. One of the things you need in your life is a small group community. But how do we do that? How do we do sermon bass small groups? Kenneth Priest joined me again today to discuss connecting the sermon to the small group. If you’re a pastor leader or just someone…

In the second episode Kenneth and I address the most important thing in sermon-based small groups. The pastor and leaders. Specifically, we address character. Why? Because scripture does that. Did you know that character is more important than gifting? And surely you have noticed the great sifting the Lord has done in the church in the last five ye…

Kenneth Priest and I start a series of podcasts on sermon based small groups. Why do you need them? What's the story? How to you use them? In the next season we will show you. We wrote a book on it. Groups that Revitalize. You can get it here. Kenneth has a couple of great small, but high impact books here, here.…

The Team give you a quick, exciting reaction to the Chosen livestream that went down tonight. WOW!

90 days in class Is my identity as a disciple and not just as a pastor Ministry addictions Ministry motives Leaving a vibrant ministry is tough Starting something new is exciting God is doing more than my camp does Family is worth it New is good, but can be so hard Old relationships sometimes bring fruit later in the new How to do ministry while be…

Welcome to the Stoke It Up! podcast. A podcast encouraging you in your journey with God. 2 Timothy 1:6 says “… kindle refresh the gift of God in you… “ In this season we have focused on evangelism and disciple making. These two are not separate. They go together. And this is the commission that our Savior gave us. A mentor of mine said, “the church…

The Rhythm of Disciple MakingRelational“Now Jesus went up the mountain and called for those he wanted, and they came to him. He appointed twelve (whom he named apostles), so that they would be with him and he could send them to preach and to have authority to cast out demons.”Mark 3:13-15 NET“with such affection for you we were happy to share with …

This week's podcast is with Cru missionary, Ellyn Cornell. In this discussion we talk evangelism and disciple making. Why the discussion on evangelism and disciple making? Only one and 10 newer younger believers are discipled one on one after they are saved and baptized. Entities like Cru and Navigators, College Ministries, are usually on the front…

SHOW NOTES Quick Connection for Social Media & Bio https://whitefieldschurch.com/about-us/leadership/ New Book The God I Won't Believe In: Facing Nine Common Barriers To Embracing https://www.amazon.com/God-Wont-Believe-Embracing-Christianity/dp/B09TF4LQ5B/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=Christianity Nick’s Podcast Theology for the Peop…

This episode explores the good, the bad, the ugly of the Chosen with three of my friends. Join the conversation as Aleise, Renea, and Tim talk about the impact of the series called the Chosen. We are fans, yet we have challenges that most have. Are those challenges insurmountable? Join us. We deal with the encouraging as well as the challenging ang…

Dr. Kenneth Priest has the learning and the burning to equip churches to get revitalized and stay that way. In this episode we deal with the final two things we believe are crucial to revitalized churches who are healthy and stay healthy. How do we equip (Eph 4:11-12) for evangelism and disciple making? We give a few ideas here. Kenneth presently s…

Dr. Kenneth Priest has the learning and the burning to equip churches to get revitalized and stay that way. In this episode we deal with 5 of the 7 things we believes to get there and stay there. Part 2 will drop Monday, but for now, stoke this up. Kenneth presently serves as the transitional pastor of Valley Isle Church in Wailuku, Hawaii. He is a…

This is part one of a two-part series on reaching people for Christ with Dr. Matt Queen. Dr. Queen is a Professor of Evangelism at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, (mqueen@swbts.edu). Dr. Queen's 4 things on how a pastor can lead the church to be evangelistic: 1. Repent as a congregation. Lead your people to repent an…

This is part one of a two-part series on reaching people for Christ with Dr. Matt Queen. Dr. Queen is a Professor of Evangelism at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth, Texas, (mqueen@swbts.edu). Dr. Queen's 4 things on how a pastor can lead the church to be evangelistic: 1. Repent as a congregation. Lead your people to repent an…

This trailer gives a short map of where the Stoke It Up podcast is going.