The Saturate Podcast

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. The evening was so powerful as multiple churches gathered together from around the city, we wanted to share it with the world. For more resources, check out www.gospelfluency.com  

In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with Jeff Vanderstelt about 2017 and what God is doing in and through Saturate. They share stories, lessons learned, and prayers for the future.

In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson and Jared Pickney walk through the nuts and bolts of multiplying communities, answering: why, when, who, and how.  

In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks about the challenges and opportunities missional communities face during Christmas to make intentional plans to grow together in their enjoyment of the gospel, as a community, and in mission. Check out our related tools: How to Make a Plan for the Holidays and our Advent Community Guide.  

In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson and Jared Pickney talk about the often overlooked questions: what are missional communities and what do they actually do? What are these disciple making communities seeking to do?  

In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with Nathan Cedarland about how churches on the Washington coast are collaborating to equip and multiply missional communities and practical steps other churches can take, too.

In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson talks with writer and Saturate Podcast editor Ben Fort about serving artists, comedy, and creating within the framework of creation, fall, and redemption.  

In this episode of The Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson and Jared Pickney discuss seven reasons missional communities lose momentum, purpose, and ultimately cease to exist. Drawing upon their own experience they offer encouragement and insights in not just avoiding mistakes but thriving as a community.  

In this episode of The Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson and Jared Pickney discuss how the gospel motivates them for living a life in community and on mission. They also discuss ways to remind ourselves of the gospel daily and pitfalls of finding their motivation, identity, and mission outside the gospel.  

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. This summer we worked to convert these key training videos on the disciple-making life and realities of churches making disciples into audio-only for your convenience so you can listen as you work, drive, workout, and more. You can now purchase or download (with a membership) these two trainings individually or as a package. Don't worry; there's more to come! In this audio training series, Jeff Vanderstelt provides a comprehensive “101” equipping for missional communities, addressing twenty-four key topics related to missional community life. Each thirty-minute teaching is structured to help train missional communities and their leaders and includes questions for discussion at the end of each session. Full List of Topics: * How to Form a Missional Community * Definition of a Growing Disciple * Disciple-Making Environment * Gospel Power * Gospel-Motivated Living * Living From Your Gospel Identity * Gospel Identity * Everyday Rhythms, Part 1 * Everyday Rhythms, Part 2 * Hospitality in an MC * Spirit Dependence, Part 1 * Spirit Dependence, Part 2 * Spiritual Warfare, Part 1 * Spiritual Warfare, Part 2 * APEST in a Missional Community * Forming a Missional Community Covenant * How to Use an MC Meeting * Details of a DNA * The Bible in a Missional Community * Prayer in a Missional Community * Stewardship for Mission * Conflict and Reconciliation in a Missional Community * Men and Women in Missional Community Leadership * Coaching Missional Community Leaders Churches that are structured around missional communities face a diverse range of challenges and questions. How do you develop apprentices and multiply? What about elders, the gathering, and kids ministry? How do you shepherd people on mission through DNA groups? All of these questions and more are addressed in MC Church Realities. Designed as a supplement to "How to Equip a Missional Community", this series speaks to key questions that have been asked by many church leaders. Featuring a range of voices from the Soma Family of Churches, each fifteen-minute teaching is designed to help equip leaders in churches that are structured around missional communities. Full List of Topics: * Gather, Go, Grow * Missional Communities as Primary Organizing Structure * The Purpose of the Gathering * Planting Vs. Transitioning to Missional Communities * How to Transition to Missional Communities * Gospel Shepherding Strategy * The Role of DNA Groups * Missional Communit Multiplication * Developing Apprentice Leaders * APEST Implications for Leadership * Coaching Missional Communities

In this episode of The Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson hosts special guest Daniel Im to discuss his new book: No Silver Bullets. Their conversation dives into the research and concepts driving his book and how leadership is more about micro shifts and intentionality than new modules.

In this episode of The Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson and Jared Pickney dive into the challenges of choosing a common mission. But they also offer the hope of stories, key principles, and essential components to actually share mission. See these related resources to go deeper: Common Mission Cheat Sheet and How Do You Choose a Common Mission.

In this episode of The Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson and Jared Pickney discuss the role of leadership, how you know if you're called to be a leader, what a leader does, and why the idea of leadership is so challenging in our culture. Related resources to go deeper: Leadership Cheat Sheet, Leadership Assessment, and the Leadership Development Plan.  

In this Episode of The Saturate Podcast, Jeff Vanderstelt joins Brad Watson to discuss how our life with God shapes us as disciples, how seemingly "personal" time affects those around us, and how to practice spiritual disciplines in community and their impact on the mission.  

In this episode of the Saturate Podcast, Brad Watson is joined by Saturate co-founder and visionary leader, Jeff Vanderstelt to talk about his passion for the mission of Saturate. The also talk about what they see God doing in the Church today and what excites Jeff about the future in North America and beyond.