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Latest EpisodeFriday, May 26, 2023

Michael Coulson - Big ideas in a small place (Part 3 of 3)

Season 5, Ep. 50516
Mike is a scrappy guy.He left a job as a financial advisor to pastor a very old congregation in Leighton, Pennsylvania.Having helped breathe new life into the congregation, he’s exploring creative avenues that are sure to interest you.While the 100-plus-year-old congregation snowballs with growth, they’ve planted an online church and another physical church hundreds of miles away in Georgia.The online church is not to be confused with its streaming video from the home base.The Echo Online Campus exists to create a fully digital congregation whereby people from across the country and the world join others via emerging technology.The digital campus mixes virtual reality, Discord, Zoom and a mixed salad of other apps and gadgets to reach people. That congregation is now nearly half the size of the Pennsylvania location and stretches across several states and two different countries.The digital church is planting the physical gathering in Georgia.All the campuses utilize an “apprentice maker” discipling model developed locally and soon to appear in a book by Michael.On another front, Michael presses to generate passive income enabling him to return most of his salary to the church. The latest project is an internet app about to go live.To be sure, these people are building the plane as they fly it. If you’re inventive and working in the digital space, you’ll be challenged and encouraged by pure inventiveness in this podcast.For more information, contact mike at PeoplesEC@gmail.com. The website is https://www.peoplesecchurch.com/.BTW, don't forget to check the free online courses at ralphmoore.net.
Friday, May 26, 2023

Michael Coulson - Big ideas in a small place (Part 3 of 3)

Season 5, Ep. 50516
Mike is a scrappy guy.He left a job as a financial advisor to pastor a very old congregation in Leighton, Pennsylvania.Having helped breathe new life into the congregation, he’s exploring creative avenues that are sure to interest you.While the 100-plus-year-old congregation snowballs with growth, they’ve planted an online church and another physical church hundreds of miles away in Georgia.The online church is not to be confused with its streaming video from the home base.The Echo Online Campus exists to create a fully digital congregation whereby people from across the country and the world join others via emerging technology.The digital campus mixes virtual reality, Discord, Zoom and a mixed salad of other apps and gadgets to reach people. That congregation is now nearly half the size of the Pennsylvania location and stretches across several states and two different countries.The digital church is planting the physical gathering in Georgia.All the campuses utilize an “apprentice maker” discipling model developed locally and soon to appear in a book by Michael.On another front, Michael presses to generate passive income enabling him to return most of his salary to the church. The latest project is an internet app about to go live.To be sure, these people are building the plane as they fly it. If you’re inventive and working in the digital space, you’ll be challenged and encouraged by pure inventiveness in this podcast.For more information, contact mike at PeoplesEC@gmail.com. The website is https://www.peoplesecchurch.com/.BTW, don't forget to check the free online courses at ralphmoore.net.
Friday, May 19, 2023

Michael Coulson - Scrappy pastor in an older church multiplying with minimal costs

Season 5, Ep. 50515
Mike is a scrappy guy.He left a job as a financial advisor to pastor a very old congregation in Leighton, Pennsylvania.Having helped breathe new life into the congregation, he’s exploring creative avenues that are sure to interest you.While the 100-plus-year-old congregation snowballs with growth, they’ve planted an online church and another physical church hundreds of miles away in Georgia.The online church is not to be confused with its streaming video from the home base.The Echo Online Campus exists to create a fully digital congregation whereby people from across the country and the world join others via emerging technology.The digital campus mixes virtual reality, Discord, Zoom and a mixed salad of other apps and gadgets to reach people. That congregation is now nearly half the size of the Pennsylvania location and stretches across several states and two different countries.The digital church is planting the physical gathering in Georgia.All the campuses utilize an “apprentice maker” discipling model developed locally and soon to appear in a book by Michael.On another front, Michael presses to generate passive income enabling him to return most of his salary to the church. The latest project is an internet app about to go live.To be sure, these people are building the plane as they fly it. If you’re inventive and working in the digital space, you’ll be challenged and encouraged by pure inventiveness in this podcast.For more information, contact mike at PeoplesEC@gmail.com. The website is https://www.peoplesecchurch.com/.BTW, don't forget to check the free online courses at ralphmoore.net.
Friday, April 21, 2023

Michael Coulson - Scrappy pastor in an older church multiplying with minimal costs

Season 5, Ep. 50514
Mike is a scrappy guy. He left a job as a financial advisor to pastor a very old congregation in Leighton, Pennsylvania. Having helped breathe new life into the congregation, he’s exploring creative avenues that are sure to interest you.While the 100-plus-year-old congregation snowballs with growth, they’ve planted an online church and another physical church hundreds of miles away in Georgia.The online church is not to be confused with its streaming video from the home base.The Echo Online Campus exists to create a fully digital congregation whereby people from across the country and the world join others via emerging technology. The digital campus mixes virtual reality, Discord, Zoom and a mixed salad of other apps and gadgets to reach people. That congregation is now nearly half the size of the Pennsylvania location and stretches across several states and two different countries.The digital church is planting the physical gathering in Georgia. All the campuses utilize an “apprentice maker” discipling model developed locally and soon to appear in a book by Michael.On another front, Michael presses to generate passive income enabling him to return most of his salary to the church. The latest project is an internet app about to go live. To be sure, these people are building the plane as they fly it. If you’re inventive and working in the digital space, you’ll be challenged and encouraged by pure inventiveness in this podcast. For more information, contact mike at PeoplesEC@gmail.com. The website is https://www.peoplesecchurch.com/.BTW, don't forget to check the free online courses at ralphmoore.net.
Friday, April 14, 2023

Victor Glover - Fathers on the Move (3 of 3)

Season 5, Ep. 50513
This is an astounding interview.Victor Glover surrendered his life to Jesus during his third stint in prison. Within an hour he led another person to Jesus.The next step was leading Bible studies then a church while incarcerated. That led to early parole--he says that Satan got him kicked out to disrupt the ministry.But he wasn’t done. He’s developed a process for planting churches in state and federal prisons and in an overlooked mission field—local jails.But the kicker is what happens to men both inside and outside of the prisons.Victor and his team have developed a discipling relationship which begins in prison—they befriend people and listen to their problems before introducing Jesus. This turns into a brotherhood which continues after a man is released.The highly effective continued discipling effort cuts recidivism and re-integrates men into their communities and families.Victor reminds us that “It’s very easy to be different, but very difficult to be better.” Because of this unique church multiplication process thousands are doing much better.What amazed me during the interview was that I discovered that you and I already possess most of the tools necessary to do something similar, not only in prisons but in other unreached pockets of people.For me, the power in this interview is the way Victor filled in the gaps in my understanding of how to replicate his efforts in my own circumstances.One key to the success you’ll hear about throughout the podcast is found on the Fathers on the Move Website—it’s the “ongoingness” of mentoring and disciplemaking. What starts with a friend becomes a brotherhood where mentors never let go of an individual.You can connect with Victor via the website for Fathers on the Move or by phone (he gave us his number towards the end of the interview.
Friday, April 7, 2023

Victor Glover - Fathers on the Move (part 2)

Season 5, Ep. 50512
This is an astounding interview.Victor Glover surrendered his life to Jesus during his third stint in prison. Within an hour he led another person to Jesus.The next step was leading Bible studies then a church while incarcerated. That led to early parole--he says that Satan got him kicked out to disrupt the ministry.But he wasn’t done. He’s developed a process for planting churches in state and federal prisons and in an overlooked mission field—local jails.But the kicker is what happens to men both inside and outside of the prisons.Victor and his team have developed a discipling relationship which begins in prison—they befriend people and listen to their problems before introducing Jesus. This turns into a brotherhood which continues after a man is released.The highly effective continued discipling effort cuts recidivism and re-integrates men into their communities and families.Victor reminds us that “It’s very easy to be different, but very difficult to be better.” Because of this unique church multiplication process thousands are doing much better.What amazed me during the interview was that I discovered that you and I already possess most of the tools necessary to do something similar, not only in prisons but in other unreached pockets of people.For me, the power in this interview is the way Victor filled in the gaps in my understanding of how to replicate his efforts in my own circumstances.One key to the success you’ll hear about throughout the podcast is found on the Fathers on the Move Website—it’s the “ongoingness” of mentoring and disciplemaking. What starts with a friend becomes a brotherhood where mentors never let go of an individual.You can connect with Victor via the website for Fathers on the Move or by phone (he gave us his number towards the end of the interview.
Friday, March 31, 2023

Victor Glover - Fathers on the Move

Season 5, Ep. 50511
This is an astounding interview.Victor Glover surrendered his life to Jesus during his third stint in prison. Within an hour he led another person to Jesus.The next step was leading Bible studies then a church while incarcerated. That led to early parole--he says that Satan got him kicked out to disrupt the ministry.But he wasn’t done. He’s developed a process for planting churches in state and federal prisons and in an overlooked mission field—local jails.But the kicker is what happens to men both inside and outside of the prisons.Victor and his team have developed a discipling relationship which begins in prison—they befriend people and listen to their problems before introducing Jesus. This turns into a brotherhood which continues after a man is released.The highly effective continued discipling effort cuts recidivism and re-integrates men into their communities and families.Victor reminds us that “It’s very easy to be different, but very difficult to be better.” Because of this unique church multiplication process thousands are doing much better.What amazed me during the interview was that I discovered that you and I already possess most of the tools necessary to do something similar, not only in prisons but in other unreached pockets of people.For me, the power in this interview is the way Victor filled in the gaps in my understanding of how to replicate his efforts in my own circumstances.One key to the success you’ll hear about throughout the podcast is found on the Fathers on the Move Website—it’s the “ongoingness” of mentoring and disciplemaking. What starts with a friend becomes a brotherhood where mentors never let go of an individual.You can connect with Victor via the website for Fathers on the Move or by phone (he gave us his number towards the end of the interview.