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Day 1 of the Multiply Conference was less “talking heads,” more movement building. Scott sits down with Paul Vander Klay (Sacramento, CA) and Moisés “Mo” Pacheco (Chicago, IL) to unpack the day: why classes-level action beats top-down plans, what disciple-making must look like in a post-Christian moment, and why real multiplication starts with raising leaders (not just planting churches).
The Multiply Conference is here, and before the main sessions even kicked off, we gathered pastors and leaders to do something simple and powerful: hear Scripture publicly, pray and sing the Psalms together, and dream about multiplying disciples, leaders, and churches.
Leaders don’t wait for permission—they take responsibility. This week we tackle the “elephants in the room”: grassroots church movements vs. denominational centers, fears about factions, and what it really takes to multiply 2,000 leaders and plant 1,000 churches. Then we go deeper: a practical framework for gospel identity that moves you from the drama cycle (blame/avoid/complain) to the dream cycle (own the problem → plan → do → check → adjust). We talk prayer (especially the Psalms), honoring past generations, and why local churches can’t outsource discipleship or church planting.
Comfort is killing the church. For many believers today, safety has become a silent idol — but what if real Christianity has always required risk?
In this episode, Aaron, Seron, and Zach tackle one of the most challenging questions facing the modern church: Are Christians too comfortable to live courageously? From AI and spiritual laziness to local evangelism and church culture, the team gets real about what courage looks like in everyday faith — and how comfort might be the greatest obstacle to gospel boldness. - 🎧 Timestamps 00:00 | Why the world feels darker today—and what Jesus said about it 00:33 | Introducing this week’s topic: Courage in Dark Times 01:00 | C.S. Lewis on courage as the testing point of every virtue 01:31 | Welcome back: Aaron, Seron, and Zach return to the podcast 03:10 | Zach’s new AI transcriber experiment and what it records 07:15 | Tech talk: AI, end times, and privacy debates 08:00 | Capturing meetings for productivity & future collaboration 10:45 | The importance of separating home and work balance 11:08 | Kicking off the main topic: Courage in the book of Joshua 12:21 | What courage really means—bravery vs. fear 13:29 | The definition of courage and how it applies to daily life 14:04 | C.S. Lewis’ definition unpacked: Courage reveals all virtues 15:06 | Image discussion: “The closer you get to God, the weirder you’ll seem” 16:09 | Are bold street preachers courageous or just offensive? 17:19 | The difference between courage and recklessness 19:01 | Video clip reaction: “Wake Up” and spiritual apathy 20:14 | Why many Christians stay quiet in a chaotic culture 22:00 | Are we living in more fearful times—or just seeing more of it? 23:07 | Courage in everyday life vs. courage on a public stage 24:02 | Living boldly for Jesus at the local level 25:16 | Courage in family priorities and raising kids counter-culturally 27:07 | Do Christians live lives that even require courage anymore? 29:07 | “Do not fear” in Scripture—why God repeats it so often 31:13 | Comfort vs. calling: are we meant to live easy lives? 33:26 | Losing non-Christian friendships and the need for outreach 36:04 | Comfo
An old monk had 95 theses—today we bring 20. In this episode, Pastor Scott lays out a bold, practical roadmap for renewal in the Christian Reformed Church: a gospel-first identity, every believer a multiplier, leadership pipelines that start in local churches, and church planting as the ordinary way God renews His Church. We tackle the reality of decline—and why it’s not inevitable—and cast a hopeful vision for multiplying disciples, leaders, and churches in our time.
What’s the future of church planting in the Christian Reformed Church?
Church attendance may be declining across the U.S., but in this episode of the Disciple Standard Podcast, Pastors Aaron, Kris, and Scott share a bold new vision for the future of churches in Florida—and the Christian Reformed Church at large.
When tragedy shakes a nation, like the shocking assassination of Charlie Kirk, people flood back into churches looking for answers.
What actually makes a church plant take root—strategy, location… or discipleship? Scott sits down with David Snapper (church planter/researcher) to unpack 40+ years of lessons: why many “parachute drops” stall, how clusters (the 20-mile/2,000 rule) change outcomes, and how to build a synthetic cluster (friendship networks, schools, training leaders in place) when you’re far from the denominational center. We also talk Acts (Jerusalem → Antioch → Athens), moving from numbers to disciples, and how conflict resolution frees a denomination to pursue Great Commission unity.
What if a classis in long-term decline could reverse the trend—by discipling people one-to-one, raising new preachers, and planting churches again? In this roundtable, Aaron sits down with Pastor Chris (The Source Church), Pastor Felix (South Kendall Community Church), and Pastor Scott to unpack South Florida’s journey from contraction to multiplication: 70+ active 1:1 discipleship relationships, a pipeline of new preachers (including 9 headed to licensure this month), and a vision any church network can adopt—disciple deeply → develop leaders → plant churches.
In this week’s episode of the DSP, Pastors Scott, Zach (“the Wise One”), and Aaron dive into one of the most difficult but necessary conversations: what happens when a church faces decline and must confront its future.