Dwellings Podcast

Join missiology guru Alan Hirsch, an influential author and mission strategist, as he discusses the importance of embracing spiritual giftings over traditional titles in church leadership. He delves into the five roles outlined in Ephesians 4—apostle, prophet, evangelist, shepherd, and teacher—arguing for their crucial interdependence. Alan critiques the Western church's tendency to marginalize certain gifts while outlining how embracing all roles can invigorate church movement. His insights extend beyond ministry, offering a fresh perspective for workplace dynamics too.

Our culture in the West is increasingly individualistic, and increasingly lonely. Listen as Kathryn talks with Jack Meckfessel around an antidote... the spiritual family.  What would it look like to recapture a sense of the church being a family over an institution?  Jack gives stories from his house church experience in Thailand, and shares what he learned after experiencing the beauty of several models of church.  The Dwellings Podcast is only possible because of the generous partnership of people like you. If you would like to become a Dwellings Partner through a one-time or monthly gift, you can sign up today here: https://dwellings.info/give We are constantly releasing new resources. The Dwellings App is the best place to be kept up to date on all of our new resources. You can download our app today by following this link: https://dwellings.info/app Join our newsletter here: https://dwellings.info/connect If you want to get in touch with us, you can email us at info@dwellings.info

Today Kathryn introduces three shifts that are important for us to consider in the church. This episode introduces the shifts we will talk about during this season: isolation to family, information to transformation, and spectators to participants. We will be reminded that many of these aren't just a shift toward the future, but an echo of the past, as they are informed by the ways of the early church. We will also see how we are being informed by the ways of the church in the global south, where Christianity is growing the fastest. The Dwellings Podcast is only possible because of the generous partnership of people like you. If you would like to become a Dwellings Partner through a one-time or monthly gift, you can sign up today here: https://www.dwellings.info/give We are constantly releasing new resources. The Dwellings App is the best place to be kept up to date on all of our new resources. You can download our app today by following this link: https://dwellings.info/app Join our newsletter here: https://dwellings.info/connect If you want to get in touch with us, you can email us at info@dwellings.info

Dwellings Podcast Season 2 is on Future Shifts for the church. In this series we will explore shifts we feel God calling us into during this season. While they feel new to us in the West, they are actually shifts toward the early church, and are in keeping with the ways of the church in the global south where Christianity is growing the fastest.

Click the link bellow to learn more about the Dwellings Cohort: https://dwellings.info/cohort Click the link bellow to apply for the Dwellings Cohort: https://forms.gle/eybXdwxxdGxgMDhj7 The Dwellings Cohort is a 5- month collaborative learning opportunity designed to take you deeper in the mission of building communities centered around the presence of Jesus. We will be joined by the voices of Jennie Allen, Francis Chan, David Legge, and others, either in person or via our interactive Zoom calls. Whether you are involved in a traditional church, a house church, or in some other ministry context, if you are someone who desires to create community around the presence of Jesus, we want you to apply. 

When it comes to making decisions, sometimes we isolate, making pros and cons lists or ruminating in our beds at 3am. Other times, we seek the counsel of others, hoping their advice can bring clarity to the situation at hand. While we can make decisions on our own, and we do need advice from others, we can often forget that God has ways of speaking into our situation with wisdom that is above the wisdom of man. Learn about a practical tool to use when it comes to making decisions in your life that are informed by God. And then pass it on when others come to you seeking advice. There's no better discipleship tool we can give people than how to listen to God's voice. The Dwellings Podcast is only possible because of the generous partnership of people like you. If you would like to become a Dwellings Partner through a one-time or monthly gift, you can sign up today here: https://dwellings.info/give We are constantly releasing new resources. The Dwellings App is the best place to be kept up to date on all of our new resources. You can download our app today by following this link: https://dwellings.info/app Join our newsletter here: https://dwellings.info/connect If you want to get in touch with us, you can email us at info@dwellings.info

Despite it being a country where a conversion to Christianity can mean execution, Iran has the fastest growing Christian church in the world. Large numbers of Muslims have first been introduced to Jesus through a dream or vision. Why would God use dreams to reach the Muslim world? And what happens after these dreams or visions occur? In this eye-opening episode, Kathryn invites to Tom to help us know whether dreams and visions can be trusted as a way to hear God's voice. You can learn more about Tom's book, Dreams and Visions here: https://www.amazon.com/DREAMS-VISIONS-Jesus-Awakening-Muslim/dp/0849947200/ref=sr_1_1?crid=23AYBMTR3... The Dwellings Podcast is only possible because of the generous partnership of people like you. If you would like to become a Dwellings Partner through a one-time or monthly gift, you can sign up today here: https://dwellings.info/give We are constantly releasing new resources. The Dwellings App is the best place to be kept up to date on all of our new resources. You can download our app today by following this link: https://dwellings.info/app Join our newsletter here: https://dwellings.info/connect If you want to get in touch with us, you can email us at info@dwellings.info

Some of us have a life with God that is characterized by being with him. We might have a lot of practice hearing God's voice. Others of us have a more active life with God, one characterized by doing. We might struggle to sit around listening for God when there is so much to do on the earth. Inspired by the book Aaron and Kathryn wrote, Whole, this conversation focuses on how hearing God's voice relates to taking action. You can learn more about the book Whole here:  http://readwhole.com You can listen to Aaron William's music here: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4HRAisqWU6muzcJTkGMquz The Dwellings Podcast is only possible because of the generous partnership of people like you. If you would like to become a Dwellings Partner through a one-time or monthly gift, you can sign up today here: https://dwellings.info/give We are constantly releasing new resources. The Dwellings App is the best place to be kept up to date on all of our new resources. You can download our app today by following this link: https://dwellings.info/app Join our newsletter here: https://dwellings.info/connect If you want to get in touch with us, you can email us at info@dwellings.info

In this episode, we are joined by David Legge to discuss how we can hear God’s voice through Scripture. Sometimes Scripture can get dry when we treat it as a history book. But we are actually able to hear God through Scripture. Hear about the differences in the words "logos" and "rhema," which are both used to represent the "word" in Scripture. Learn some practical ways we can begin to actually relate to God in his Word. During this podcast, the following resources were mentioned or recommended: “Break Thou the Bread of Life” You can hear more teaching from David Legge here: https://www.preachtheword.com/ The Dwellings Podcast is only possible because of the generous partnership of people like you.  If you would like to become a Dwellings Partner through a one-time or monthly gift, you can sign up today here: https://dwellings.info/give We are constantly releasing new resources. The Dwellings App is the best place to be kept up to date on all of our new resources. You can download our app today by following this link: https://dwellings.info/app Join our newsletter here: https://dwellings.info/connect If you want to get in touch with us, you can email us at info@dwellings.info

What is the prophetic? How do we hear God's voice on behalf of other people in our lives? How do we practice this in humility? Katia Adams, who founded and pastors The Table Boston with her husband Julian, helps demystify the prophetic, and gives us 3 practical ways we can all grow, following Pauls's charge in I Corinthians 14:1 - "Pursue love, but strive eagerly for the spiritual gifts, above all that you may prophesy." Don't miss this inspiring episode. You can find out more about Katia's church and ministry here: https://www.thetableboston.com/ The Dwellings Podcast is only possible because of the generous partnership of people like you. If you would like to become a Dwellings Partner through a one-time or monthly gift, you can sign up today here: https://dwellings.info/give We are constantly releasing new resources. The Dwellings App is the best place to be kept up to date on all of our new resources. You can download our app today by following this link: https://dwellings.info/app Join our newsletter here: https://dwellings.info/connect If you want to get in touch with us, you can email us at info@dwellings.info