Thank you for listening to Taking Flight, a Podcast showcasing the raw stories of how church plants have gone from fumbles and failures to innovation and impact. The guest on episode eight is Dave Dummitt, Lead Pastor of 2|42 Community Church in Brighton, MI, ranked by Outreach Magazine for 4 years in a row as one of the top 20 fastest-growing churches in America. As one of the core members of the original launch team, Dave has played an integral part in keeping the mission and vision of...

Shawn Johnson serves as Lead Pastor of Red Rocks Church. He is passionate about seeing the people of Denver transformed by the Word of God and making heaven more crowded! Shawn is the author of Transit, a book dedicated to taking people closer to God. In this interview with Shawn, you will hear about his passion for prodigals, his honest perspective on leadership as well as the ups and downs while leading one of the fastest growing churches in the US. Shawn is the real deal and a gift to our...

  Thank you for listening to Taking Flight, a Podcast showcasing the raw stories of how church plants have gone from fumbles and failures to innovation and impact. The guest on episode six is Jodi Hickerson, a co-founding of Mission Church in Ventura, California. Jodi, along with her husband Mike and their 4 best friends planted Mission with a vision they call “Hope for Everyone”. From preaching on the weekends, to Programming Directing, to being a mom and wife; Jodi is the REAL deal! My...

  Thank you for listening to Taking Flight, a Podcast showcasing the raw stories of how church plants have gone from fumbles and failures to innovation and impact. The guest on episode five is Jeanne Stevens, the co-founding pastor of Soul City Church. As they say at Soul City, they are wholly committed to “leading people into a transforming relationship with Jesus where grace and growth are inseparably connected.” Launched in November of 2010, Soul City has become one the premier...

Thank you for listening to Taking Flight, a Podcast showcasing the raw stories of how church plants have gone from fumbles and failures to innovation and impact. The guest on episode four is Mark Jobe, the founding pastor of New Life Community Church. As they say at New Life, they are “one church, many locations. One family, many backgrounds. One message, many stories. But one cross, one gospel, and only one God.” Mark is the author of Unstuck and the host of the daily radio program Straight...

EPISODE 3 – Wayne Cordeiro Thank you for listening to Taking Flight, a Podcast showcasing the raw stories of how church plants have gone from fumbles and failures to innovation and impact. The conversation with Pastor Wayne was so incredible we decided to turn it into two unique Episodes for you. If you missed Episode 2, you can click here to listen. As for Episode 3, Pastor Wayne discusses what everyone of us will encounter; Pain. The road of leading anything involves suffering and...

EPISODE 2 – Wayne Cordeiro Thank you for listening to Taking Flight, a Podcast showcasing the raw stories of how church plants have gone from fumbles and failures to innovation and impact. The guest on episode two is Wayne Cordeiro, the founding pastor of New Hope Christian Fellowship in Honolulu. In addition to leading New Hope, Wayne also provides Senior Leadership to New Hope Christian College. Over the past twenty plus years, Wayne and his team have planted 124 churches which speaks to...

Episode 1 – Dave Ferguson Thank you for listening to Taking Flight, a Podcast showcasing the raw stories of how church plants have gone from fumbles and failures to innovation and impact. The guest on episode one is Dave Ferguson, the founding and Lead Pastor of Community Christian Church. Dave is very active within the church planting space as the President of Exponential as well as the Lead Visionary of the NewThing Network. Tweetable Moments “What are you going to trade your life for?...