The Unchurching Podcast

In season 1, episode 44, we interviewed Amy Orban about her new house church. Now that her church community is a year old, we wanted to check in again. To hear our first interview with Amy, click here: http://unchurching.libsyn.com/044-amys-church-adventure Also, to check out the new Unchurching Patreon page, click here: https://www.patreon.com/unchurching

After an unplanned hiatus, The Unchurching Podcast is back for a second season! In this episode, Richard and Gunnar bring everyone up to speed on what happened during the break, and share some plans for the upcoming year. Below are the links for some of the things mentioned in this episode. The Unchurching online comic book: http://www.unchurching.com/comic The Unchurching forum hosted at GCC in Grafton Ohio: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4U4dt-7wxI The conference in Sacramento where Richard will be speaking: https://www.onebody.life/conference Also, it's worth mentioning there's now an Unchurching Patreon page for listeners who want to help support The Unchurching Podcast, the various Unchurching media projects and meetup events. It only costs as little as $2 a month to sing up and you'll get access to a lot of cool exclusive content. Please check it out! Here's the link: https://www.patreon.com/unchurching

In this episode, we listen to a discussion between two previous guests of the show, Henry Hon and Temidayo Adeyemo, as they differentiate between a "church" and an "ekklesia". You can check out more episodes of Henry's podcast, One Body Life, on iTunes, or listen online here: https://soundcloud.com/onebodylife/

In this episode of The Unchurching Podcast, we share an episode of The Church of the Heart Podcast by Dan Mayhew. You can find Dan's podcast online here: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/church-of-the-heart Or on iTunes here: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-church-of-the-heart-podcast/id1168776610?mt=2

The Kickstarter campaign for my new comic book, Why Christians Don't Need to Go to Church, ends Monday. And this may be your only chance to get printed copies, so check it out! For more info, visit the Kickstarter page here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/richardjacobson/unchurching-comic-book?ref=9pvhbc

Richard addresses five misconceptions he's encountered about his book, Unchurching: Christianity Without Churchianity. To learn more about unchurching, please go to: http://www.unchurching.com To learn more about the Unchurching Comic Book, please go to: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/richardjacobson/unchurching-comic-book/ To check out the book, Unchurching: Christianity Without Churchianity, please go to: https://www.amazon.com/Unchurching-Christianity-Churchianity-Richard-Jacobson/dp/0692749950/

Make sure to check out the Kickstarter campaign for the Unchurching comic book project here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/richardjacobson/unchurching-comic-book?ref=9pvhbc

In this special one year anniversary episode, Richard and Gunnar reflect on the previous year, and look forward to some big things in the coming year.   To find out more about the Kickstarter mentioned in this episode, visit: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/richardjacobson/unchurching-comic-book?ref=9pvhbc

Richard and Gunnar interview Richard's cousin, Angela Burns, about her childhood experience with the Jesus Movement, as well as her amazing music. Make sure to check out Angela's worship album, Deeper Than the Blue: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/deeper-than-the-blue/id1142096307  As well as her singer / songwriter album, Arbitrary Mind: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/arbitrary-mind/id598103816  You can also keep up with Angela on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AngelaBurnsMusic/

In this episode, Keith Giles returns to the show to share some amazing stories from his house church's motel ministry, and some insights about where they're headed next.

In this episode, Richard talks with Jason and Alex from Not Your Pastor's Podcast, to find out how a year of podcasting has reshaped their concept of church and ministry. To check out the two-part interview they did with Richard on their podcast, see the links below. Unchurching with Author Richard Jacobson, Part 1: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/08-unchurching-with-author-richard-jacobson-pt-1/id1132867824?i=1000376614660&mt=2 Unchurching with Author Richard Jacobson, Part 2:  https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/09-unchurching-with-author-richard-jacobson-pt-2/id1132867824?i=1000376937276&mt=2

In this episode, Richard breaks from the normal format, and teaches about experiencing a deeper revelation of Christ through other believers. As examples, he looks at unique revelations that were imparted to Paul, Peter, and John.

Here's part two of our interview with Henry Hon, author of One: Unfolding God's Eternal Purpose from House to House. You can find Henry's book on Amazon, here: https://www.amazon.com/One-Unfolding-Eternal-Purpose-House/dp/1536914347/ Also, make sure to check out the One Body Life website here: https://www.onebody.life To hear Henry's previous conversation with Richard, on the One Body Life podcast, you can listen through SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/onebodylife/jacobson-podcast2 Or iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/007-one-churching-unchurching-one-fellowship-among/id1190466432?i=1000382793176&mt=2

In this episode, Richard talks to Steve Simms and Keith Giles about their upcoming Unconference Nashville event. This is the followup to Episode 43: Getting Together, which you can listen to here: http://unchurching.libsyn.com/043-getting-together

Here's part one of our interview with Henry Hon, author of One: Unfolding God's Eternal Purpose from House to House. You can find Henry's book on Amazon, here: https://www.amazon.com/One-Unfolding-Eternal-Purpose-House/dp/1536914347/ Also, make sure to check out the One Body Life website here: https://www.onebody.life To listen to Henry's previous conversation with Richard, on the One Body Life podcast, you can use SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/onebodylife/jacobson-podcast2 Or iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/007-one-churching-unchurching-one-fellowship-among/id1190466432?i=1000382793176&mt=2

Check out this fascinating interview with an Unchurching Facebook group member, Amy Orban, who is currently pursuing ordination, while unchurching at the same time.

After a meetup with some unchurching folks in Charlotte, Richard and Gunnar share a recent call with Keith Giles and Steve Simms, discussing the upcoming Unconference and more. To learn more about the Unconference, click here. To learn more about Steve Simms, please visit these links: Beyond Church: The Lost Word Of The Bible - Ekklesia Episode 8: Can institutions unchurch? Part 1 of 2 Episode 9: Can institutions unchurch? Part 2 of 2 Bonus episode: Steve Simms   To learn more about Keith Giles, please visit these links: Jesus Untangled: Crucifying Our Politics to Pledge Allegiance to the Lamb Episode 25: Crucifying our politics Part 1 of 2 Episode 26: Crucifying our politics Part 2 of 2

This week, we talk with Jessica Crichlow, a member of the Unchurching Community on Facebook. She recently made a trip to Nashville and visited Richard and Gunnar's church community, where God clearly had something special planned for her.

Richard and Gunnar interview Forrest Head, Director of North America for Big Life. You can learn more about Big Life here: https://big.life and take part in the Zume Project by going here: https://www.zumeproject.com

After hearing Jesus Stories Part 1 (the last bonus episode), our good friend Gillian pulled her car off to the side of the road, and recorded this incredibly powerful, unscripted testimony. You do not want to miss this one!