Nexus Church Planting Podcast

This bonus session from ThinkNEXT 2026 features Brady Sticker from ChurchCandy.com, bringing practical insight into digital outreach and church growth. Brady shares real-world strategies for reaching people online and connecting them to your local church. You’ll learn: • How to effectively use social media to reach your city • Practical frameworks for digital engagement • Why marketing can be a tool for gospel impact This session is incredibly practical and gives you tools you can implement immediately.

This final session from ThinkNEXT 2026 begins with a devotional from Clint Burns, Director of Coaching at Nexus, setting the tone with a call to faithfulness, clarity, and dependence on God in leadership. From there, Phil Claycomb and John Honold lead into a powerful teaching on The Antioch Church and what it means for the future of church planting and multiplication. As we close out our From Maintenance to Multiplication theme, this session brings it all together by pointing back to a biblical model of sending, equipping, and multiplying leaders.  In this session: • Discover what made the Antioch church a launching point for movement • Rethink how churches develop and send leaders today • Explore what it looks like to align your church with a multiplication mindset This is a fitting and challenging conclusion to ThinkNEXT, calling leaders to step into a more intentional, sending-focused future.

Session 6 – Nexus Opportunities & Running with Scissors (Andrew Estes) In Session 6, Andrew Estes shares a leadership challenge around risk, faith, and stepping into what God is calling you to next. Using the idea of “running with scissors,” Andrew challenges leaders to examine why we often start with bold faith but drift into safety and comfort over time. You’ll be challenged to reflect on: • Where you’ve stopped taking risks in ministry • How fear subtly shapes leadership decisions • What it looks like to step back into bold, faith-driven leadership This session is both practical and deeply personal for leaders navigating growth and uncertainty.

Session 5 continues Roy Moran’s HABITS training from ThinkNEXT 2026. This teaching builds on the foundation and moves deeper into how disciple-making actually works in real life, especially in everyday environments like neighborhoods, workplaces, and relational networks. You’ll learn: • How to move from groups to multiplication • Why leadership development must be built in, not added later • How to create self-sustaining disciples who make disciples This is where theory becomes practice.

This session from ThinkNEXT 2026 features a powerful devotional from Rowlie Hutton. Rowlie calls leaders to live with urgency and eternal perspective, reminding us that our lives and ministries are about making a “10,000-year difference.” In this devotional, you’ll be encouraged to: • Live with intentionality in everyday interactions • See people through the lens of eternity • Lead with urgency, not complacency This is a timely word for any leader who feels stuck in routine and needs to reconnect with mission.

Session 3 from ThinkNEXT 2026 introduces Roy Moran’s HABITS framework for disciple-making. This session gets highly practical, equipping leaders with simple, repeatable rhythms that anyone can use to make disciples from day one. No seminary degree required. Key takeaways: • A simple disciple-making framework anyone can follow • Why complexity kills multiplication • How to create immediate obedience-based discipleship If you’ve ever felt like disciple-making is too complicated to reproduce, this session will simplify everything.

This is Session 2 from ThinkNEXT 2026, part of our From Maintenance to Multiplication series. In this teaching, Roy Moran addresses what he calls a “re-gospeling problem” in the Church. Instead of making disciples, many churches are repeatedly re-explaining the gospel without equipping people to live it out and multiply it. You’ll be challenged to consider: • Are we making disciples or just informing believers? • What actually leads to multiplication? • Why obedience matters more than information This session is a must-watch for leaders who want to see real movement, not just incremental growth.

Welcome to Session 1 from ThinkNEXT 2026, hosted by Nexus Church Planting & Leader Care. This opening session begins with a devotional from Phil Claycomb, grounding us in the heart of the mission, before Roy Moran launches into his powerful story. Roy shares his personal journey and challenges leaders to rethink how we approach disciple-making in today’s church. The theme of this year’s gathering, From Maintenance to Multiplication, pushes us to move beyond sustaining ministry and into reproducing disciples who make disciples.  In this session, you’ll discover: • Why many churches unintentionally stall multiplication • The difference between activity and true disciple-making • How the gospel spreads through simple, reproducible practices If you’re a church planter, pastor, or ministry leader, this session will challenge your assumptions and reframe your approach to discipleship.

In this conversation, Andrew Estes and Alan Briggs discuss the critical importance of rest and sabbaticals in ministry. They explore how leaders often overlook their need for rest until they reach a point of exhaustion, and how the COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the fragility of many leaders' health. Alan shares insights from his journey in coaching leaders, emphasizing the shift from competency to sustainability. The discussion delves into the biblical foundations of rest, the concept of sabbaticals as a gift for replenishment, and practical steps for leaders to embrace rest in their lives and organizations.

In this episode of the Nexus Church Planting Podcast, Andrew Estes hosts Phil and Barb Claycomb to celebrate 20 years of Nexus Church Planting and LeaderCare. They discuss the journey of Nexus, the importance of leader care, and the evolution of church planting. Phil and Barb share personal stories, insights on church planting, and their vision for the future of Nexus, emphasizing the significance of collaboration and leader development.

Join Andrew Estes and Drew Depler as they explore the transformative power of generosity within the church. Discover how vision and mission can inspire giving, and learn practical strategies for fostering a culture of stewardship and discipleship. Whether you're a seasoned pastor or new to ministry, this episode offers valuable insights into unlocking the potential of your congregation's generosity.

In this episode, Andrew Estes and Jacob Hoyer discuss the importance of a missional mindset in church planting and community engagement. They explore Jacob's journey in church planting, the role of Forge America in equipping leaders, and the historical context of church growth. The conversation delves into the five core principles of missional living, the significance of practitioners in ministry, and the shift from knowledge-based learning to action-oriented discipleship. Jacob shares stories of transformation within church communities and emphasizes the need for a missional mindset in today's church landscape.

In this episode of the Nexus Church Planting Podcast, host Andrew Estes welcomes Joey McLaughlin, lead founding pastor of Elevate City Church in Atlanta, Georgia. They discuss the integration of discipleship into church DNA, the challenges of church planting, and the innovative Equip and EquipX programs designed to create deeply rooted disciple makers. Joey shares his personal journey and insights on multiplying leaders across generations while maintaining the importance of Sunday gatherings.

In this episode of the Nexus Church Planting Podcast, Andrew Estes interviews Brady Sticker, founder of Church Candy, a digital marketing agency focused on helping churches grow through effective social media strategies. Brady shares his journey from youth pastor to marketing expert, emphasizing the importance of personal connections and community engagement in church growth. He discusses various strategies for utilizing social media, AI, and advertising campaigns to connect people to local churches. The conversation also touches on revitalizing established churches and the significance of targeting different community sizes. Brady highlights the role of retargeting ads and long-term strategies like SEO in enhancing church visibility and outreach. The episode concludes with resources for churches looking to implement these strategies and grow their congregations.

What can the global church teach us about making disciples right here at home? Join Andrew Estes and Cory Hartman—global voice developer at New Generations and co-author of Future Church—for a powerful conversation on disciple-making movements. Drawing from years of experience in global contexts, church consulting, and pastoral ministry, Cory will share transferable principles that fuel multiplication worldwide and can reshape how we think about discipleship in the West.About Cory:Cory Hartman is global voice developer at New Generations, the hub of a family of organizations whose workers catalyze disciple making movements everywhere. He is also an author and collaborator on multiple books on ministry leadership, disciple making, and personal calling. Cory previously co-designed training processes and tools for a church consulting group and served for 13 years as a pastor in Pennsylvania and New Jersey. He earned DMin and MDiv degrees from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. Raised in central New York State, Cory now lives in central Pennsylvania. He and his wife, Kelly, have four children, one bonus child (daughter-in-law), and one grandchild.

As a church planter, you carry a deep calling—and a heavy load. You lead with vision, hustle, and heart. But in the middle of managing volunteer leaders, discipling spiritual infants, and constantly wearing multiple hats, it’s easy to lose focus or settle for surviving instead of truly thriving.This webinar is your invitation to pause… and ask a better question.Not “How can I be the best?” but “What am I truly capable of?”Join us for a special Nexus webinar with Joseph King Barkley, former church planter and now world-renowned executive coach to high-capacity leaders at Netflix, Intel, and beyond. Joseph works with the Meta Performance Institute (the team behind Jason Jaggard’s Beyond High Performance) and helps leaders stretch beyond competency into calling—beyond success into significance.In this session, Joseph will bring both pastoral empathy and world-class coaching tools to help you:• Shift your mindset from managing chaos to unlocking capacity• Reconnect your day-to-day grind with your deeper God-given calling• Recognize the limits you didn’t know you placed on yourself or your team• Learn how to focus on the right things—especially when everything feels urgentWhether you’re thriving or barely holding it together, you’ll walk away with clarity, challenge, and renewed confidence that God has more for you—and through you.You were never meant to just perform. You were meant to lead boldly, grow continually, and multiply the Kingdom beyond what you thought was possible.About Our Guest:Joseph King BarkleyExecutive Coach & President of the Meta Performance InstituteMeta Performance InstituteJoseph King Barkley is a Los Angeles-based leader and coach who has been married to his wife, Katie, for over 20 years. Their most important and exciting work is raising their two daughters, Tessa and Marlow.Joseph is a former church planter, as well as a television and film songwriter who became a nonprofit and for-profit entrepreneur. He now dedicates his professional energy to helping accomplished individuals and teams who long for more discover what they are capable of and generate the clarity and courage to experience it.Drawing from a background that spans ministry, the music industry, large-scale nonprofit leadership, and global coaching, Joseph has helped grow organizations from dozens to thousands and coached leaders from startup pastors to executives at Netflix and Intel. He’s spoken to audiences as large as 20,000, developed high-performing teams, and walked with leaders through seasons of transition, burnout, and breakthrough. Whether building culture, crafting vision, or guiding personal growth, Joseph brings a rare combination of creative instinct, pastoral wisdom, and high-performance coaching to every room he enters.

Your brand is more than a logo—it’s how people experience your church or ministry.In this Nexus Webinar, host Andrew Estes sits down with Alex Holt, Co-Owner and Creative Director of CRTR Studio, to explore why branding matters for church planters and ministry leaders. With over a decade of experience in brand strategy and visual storytelling, Alex helps organizations communicate their mission clearly and meaningfully.Whether you’re launching a new church, leading a growing ministry, or simply trying to reach your community more effectively, this conversation will equip you with practical tools to build trust, clarify your message, and lead with purpose.What You’ll Learn: • Why your brand already exists (even if you haven’t defined it yet) • How to align your visual presence with your mission • Tips for digital presence, social media, and first impressions • Why clarity is more valuable than creativity🔗 Learn more about CRTR Studio: https://www.crtrstudio.com🌱 Learn more about Nexus: https://www.nexus.us#ChurchBranding #ChurchPlanting #NexusWebinar #CRTRStudio #AlexHolt #ChurchMarketing #Storytelling #ChurchLeadership #BrandStrategy

Join us for this webinar with Roy Moran, author of "Spent Matches," for an insightful discussion on Hybrid Church strategies and disciple-making movements. Roy shares his journey from planting Shoal Creek Community Church to pioneering a model that combines attractional church elements with robust disciple-making practices. Explore how this innovative approach not only attracts attendees but empowers disciples to multiply beyond traditional church walls.Discover how Roy’s personal experiences led to a significant shift in his understanding of disciple-making, prompting him to rethink the church's role in fulfilling the Great Commission. Gain valuable insights from a decade of practical application and global observations through Roy’s leadership at Shoal Creek and New Generations.Whether you're a pastor, church planter, or someone passionate about disciple-making, this webinar will equip you with actionable ideas and a fresh perspective on nurturing disciple-making movements in your own context.#HybridChurch #DiscipleMaking #ChurchLeadership #SpentMatches #ChurchPlanting

Join us for an exclusive webinar featuring Mark Moore, author of The Master Leader: 12 Ways to Lead Like Jesus. In his insightful book, Mark unpacks the key leadership strategies modeled by Jesus, showing how His example offers timeless principles to guide today’s leaders.

Digital ministry is more than just streaming—it's a powerful tool for real discipleship throughout the week. With the average churchgoer attending a little more than once a month, there’s an incredible opportunity to engage people beyond Sunday services. How can churches overcome the stigma that online ministry is “fake” and creatively reach people in meaningful ways?In this webinar, we’ll explore how to build a digital strategy that aligns with your mission and extends beyond your church walls. Jay Kranda, Online Community Pastor at Saddleback Church, will share proven insights on how to creatively disciple people online with intentionality and purpose. Learn how to take advantage of this cultural reality and move beyond just streaming to hybrid disciple-making!About JayJay Kranda is the author of Online Church is Not the Answer. He's also the Online Community pastor at Saddleback Church. Jay graduated from Biola University, where he received a bachelor of arts degree in Christian education with a minor in biblical studies and a master’s in theology from Talbot School of Theology. Jay was hired as one of the first online pastors in 2010, and is now one of the longest-running online pastors in the world. With over a decade of experience of figuring out what online church connected to a local church strategy looks like for his church, he has helped tens of thousands of other churches with his website, ebooks, podcasts, articles, and conference talks. Jay oversees a weekly crowd of thousands that attend Saddleback Church’s online experiences, offers Zoom discipleship classes monthly, launched hundreds of online groups and in-person groups, and helps start house church expressions connected to their Online Community. Jay is married to his wife, Jody, and they live in Southern California with their three kids.