The Reggie McNeal Podcast

Jesus told his followers that the kingdom of God is in them. The abundant life he offers includes the personal dimension of human flourishing. In this fun podcast Reggie interviews his brother Randall, who serves as an executive coach to clients all around the world. Randall brings years of personal and family counseling experience to help business clients focus on the element of relational intelligence. In this conversation, he reveals the critical starting point for improving this aspect of our lives.

In this episode, Reggie talks with Mike Linger, the Executive Director of House of the Carpenter (HOC) in Wheeling WV. HOC delivers an amazing variety of services to its surrounding community, a city hit hard economically in recent decades. The interview begins with an investigation of the breadth of aid offered by HOC, then focuses on a couple of specific expressions of ministry that provide help and hope to its neighbors for escaping poverty.

Jesus wants his followers to be viral kingdom agents, always working to find ways for the kingdom of heaven to show up on earth.  In this podcast series, Reggie looks at three different levels of kingdom expression: cultural, community, and personal. Like twisting a kaleidoscope, different shapes and patterns come into focus as we seek first the kingdom in all of life’s dimensions. This podcast captures a presentation that Reggie recently made to several dozen city network leaders focusing on our current cultural milieu.  After detailing some of the threatening currents that are buffeting our national well-being Reggie highlights the challenges they pose to the church. How the church responds to the changed spiritual landscape will determine its future. As kingdom people we should be offering a narrative of hope amidst all the darkness.

In this conversation, Reggie interviews Angela McNeal (no relation) who heads up a denominational effort (SC Baptist Convention) to pair churches with schools where the church provides support for students and teachers. To date, this emphasis has helped to create over 500 partnerships, covering almost a third of schools in the state. Learn more at www.heart4schools.org.

This podcast features a conversation between Reggie and Greg Wigfield, a business owner and entrepreneur, who is seeking to serve his city as a kingdom agent. Greg details his journey from church-centric to kingdom-centric thinking and engagement with what God is up to in his community. Hopefully this episode inspires you to make sure your own spiritual quest aligns with God’s kingdom.

In the new series "Kingdom Sightings," Reggie explores kingdom expressions that are showing up in a city-wide network of churches that seeks to change the public perception of the church, a community-level entrepreneur who is making a kingdom impact in his city, and a statewide effort by one denominational tribe to support the public school system. Our first episode is with Gary Gaddini, the director of Unify for the Transforming the Bay Area with Christ (TBC). In this podcast, he and Reggie talk about how a kingdom-centric emphasis influences the network of 500 churches to figure out ways to serve the cities of San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose. Gary offers practical advice for getting a similar movement going where you live. For more info check out www.tbc.city.

Jesus-followers rightly focus on the celebration of his birth during the Christmas season. His coming into the world opened up for us the possibility for life as God intends. His birth also entailed enormous sacrifice, foreshadowing the death that awaited him. In this brief podcast, Reggie reflects on some of the parallels between Bethlehem and Calvary so that our celebration can attain even deeper appreciation for what God has done for us in sending a Savior.

Reggie was recently involved in a discussion of kingdom-based leadership for the Advance Leadership podcast - hosted by Lee Clamp, chief strategist for the South Carolina Baptist Convention. In this conversation, Reggie focuses his comments to church leaders who want to become more missionally aligned with God’s kingdom agenda. He begins with some cultural analysis that points to an opportunity for kingdom advance, then moves to specific advice for those who want to lead those in their constellation to be more kingdom-focused.

Reggie was recently interviewed by Scott Gress, leadership trainer, coach, and consultant, for his “Growing People for Ministry” podcast. In this session, Reggie examines one of the hallmark characteristics of kingdom leaders: their commitment to developing the people in their leadership constellation. Reggie describes the kind of environment and approaches that these leaders pursue as they create a people-development culture around them.

Reggie was recently interviewed by Scott Gress, leadership trainer, coach, and consultant, for his “Growing People for Ministry” podcast. In this wide-ranging interview, Reggie discusses some of the unique challenges that kingdom leaders face.  With his conviction that nothing less than a culture shift is required of the Western church, Reggie outlines the fundamental shifts that leaders must make for the church to become kingdom-centric in its ministry agenda.

God’s desire that people experience the abundant life he envisions for them extends to spiritual leaders, not just to those in their constellation of influence.  In this final episode of conversations focusing on the future of the church, Reggie identifies some key challenges that confront church leaders and offers some reflections and suggestions for building resilience needed for the way forward.  This podcast is the audio portion of a series of ten videoed conversations called the “Future Church Symposium,” a discussion on the reposition of church-as-institution to church-as-movement amongst Reggie and pastors Jordan Rimmer and Chris Thomas. Anyone who dreams of a more impactful church will resonate with these discussions.

When it comes to helping people, it’s not enough to just care. We need capacity as well, the ability to deliver competent help.  In this podcast, Reggie raises 5 questions that can help followers of Jesus become better positioned as viral kingdom agents, people capable of blessing those around them. This podcast is the audio portion of a series of ten videoed conversations called the “Future Church Symposium,” a discussion on the reposition of church-as-institution to church-as-movement amongst Reggie and pastors Jordan Rimmer and Chris Thomas. Anyone who dreams of a more impactful church will resonate with these discussions.

At the onset of this episode Reggie asks the question, “what kind of environment is required to foster life transformation?” The discussion identifies some specific factors that play key roles in creating a life-shaping culture and considers how they might be applied to the church. This podcast is the audio portion of a series of ten videoed conversations called the “Future Church Symposium,” a discussion on the reposition of church-as-institution to church-as-movement amongst Reggie and pastors Jordan Rimmer and Chris Thomas. Anyone who dreams of a more impactful church will resonate with these discussions.

The program-driven church focused on creating customers of its program processes and content and called this discipleship.  A kingdom-centric approach focuses on shaping viral kingdom agents. This calls for a different strategy and environment, one that fosters people development. This podcast is the audio portion of a series of ten videoed conversations called the “Future Church Symposium,” a discussion on the reposition of church-as-institution to church-as-movement amongst Reggie and pastors Jordan Rimmer and Chris Thomas. Anyone who dreams of a more impactful church will resonate with these discussions.

A third element of culture shift that the church must embrace for realigning its mission with the kingdom centers on the church’s sense of stewardship. The church’s stewardship reflects what the church feels responsible for. Kingdom leaders assume responsibility for the quality of life in the community, not just the quality of church programming. This podcast is the audio portion of a series of ten videoed conversations called the “Future Church Symposium,” a discussion on the reposition of church-as-institution to church-as-movement amongst Reggie and pastors Jordan Rimmer and Chris Thomas. Anyone who dreams of a more impactful church will resonate with these discussions.

In this podcast, Reggie makes the case that the current church scorecard (what it celebrates) reinforces a church-centric ministry agenda and expression. A kingdom-centric approach demands a different scorecard. Reggie offers some practical advice for reallocating church resources to support a kingdom agenda. This podcast is the audio portion of a series of ten videoed conversations called the “Future Church Symposium,” a discussion on the reposition of church-as-institution to church-as-movement amongst Reggie and pastors Jordan Rimmer and Chris Thomas. Anyone who dreams of a more impactful church will resonate with these discussions.

The initial element for changing church culture is changing the story that the church is telling and living out.  A church-centric narrative contends that if we build great churches – serving as vendors of religious goods and services – we will usher in the kingdom.  In this podcast, Reggie debunks this notion and offers suggestions for shifting the narrative to a kingdom-centric story.  This podcast is the audio portion of a series of ten videoed conversations called the “Future Church Symposium,” a discussion on the reposition of church-as-institution to church-as-movement amongst Reggie and pastors Jordan Rimmer and Chris Thomas. Anyone who dreams of a more impactful church will resonate with these discussions.

Reggie contends that nothing short of a shift in church culture will bring the church back into missional alignment with God’s kingdom agenda. In this conversation, he identifies the three elements of culture shift that must be addressed: story, scorecard, and stewardship. This podcast is the audio portion of a series of ten videoed conversations called the “Future Church Symposium,” a discussion on the reposition of church-as-institution to church-as-movement amongst Reggie and pastors Jordan Rimmer and Chris Thomas. Anyone who dreams of a more impactful church will resonate with these discussions.

God didn’t create the pandemic, but he certainly has used it to bring the church back into engagement with his primary mission of the kingdom. This observation and commentary provide the launch point for this episode’s conversation calling the church back to missional alignment. This podcast is the audio portion of a series of ten videoed conversations called the “Future Church Symposium,” a discussion on the reposition of church-as-institution to church-as-movement amongst Reggie and pastors Jordan Rimmer and Chris Thomas. Anyone who dreams of a more impactful church will resonate with these discussions.

Earlier this year, Reggie sat down with pastors Jordan Rimmer and Chris Thomas for a series of ten videoed conversations called the “Future Church Symposium.” This podcast series is the audio portion of these conversations. All are designed to help church-as-institution reposition itself as church-as-movement. Anyone who dreams of a more impactful church will resonate with these discussions. In this podcast, Reggie discusses the impact of the digital revolution on the spiritual landscape of the culture and highlights some implications for post-congregational church expression as a response.