Church Planting Conversations with Asbury Theological Seminary

Global Hubs will be international center points for Asbury CCM gatherings across the world for conferences and they will be the future sites of the Global Multiplication Fellowship, which gives church planters funding and coaching through each planter’s particular context. Each Global Hub features a trusted Asbury leader with deep experience in church planting. 
The Revd Manik Corea is a Singaporean of Sri Lankan/Indian descent. In the past 22 years, he has served as a missionary in the USA, UK Thailand and Singapore. Having planted All Nations Church in Bangkok, Thailand, he also served for five years (till 2022) as the Global Executive of his mission, the New Anglican Missionary Society (NAMS). 
He was recently appointed as the National Director of the Singapore Centre for Global Missions as well as being the Associate Pastor of Crossroads International Church, Singapore.
Additionally, Manik is the Global Hub representative for South-East Asia of Asbury's Centre of Church Multiplication. He is currently enrolled the Doctor of Ministry program of Asbury Theological Seminary, in the "Leadership, Formation and Church-Planting" cohort of 2023. 
Manik is ordained as a presbyter (priest) in the Anglican Church of North America (Diocese of Churches for the Sake of Others), and serves additionally on the Executive Leadership Team of his Diocese as their Global Consultant on missions.
He is most passionate to see the Gospel of Jesus Christ impact the ends of the earth in the making of disciples and the planting of new churches, in the power of God’s Spirit to the glory of God the Father. Manik is happily married to Maple, and they have a 15 year old son, Josiah.

Join Dr. Winfield Bevins as he interviews the Rt. Revd. Dr. Ric Thorpe on the topic of multi-level church planting and lay mobilization. This is an important conversations in light of a growing post-christendom context. Listen now!

The Rt Revd Dr Ric Thorpe was appointed as Bishop of Islington in 2015 to oversee the Diocese of London’s work on church planting and growth.

He serves the Church of England nationally as “bishop of church planting”, supporting bishops, dioceses, church planters and pioneers, developing church planting strategies to plant new worshipping communities to reach new people in new and renewed ways.

Ric is the director of the Gregory Centre for Church Multiplication, which offers training and support on church planting and growth for the full breadth of the Church, and heads the annual Multiply Church Planting Conference. He also works with Plant Anglican, the Anglican Communion Church Planting Network, and Exponential Europe. He is proud to support Tearfund as an Ambassador. He is married to Louie and they have three children.

Join Dr. Winfield Bevins for a spirited discussion with London church leaders Al Gordon and Steve Opie. We hope you will enjoy this conversation full of stories of God, challenges of post-christian culture ministry, and the beauty of creativity in the Kingdom life.

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Join Dr. Winfield Bevins as he interviews Yale Kim of the Prayer Council. Yale and Winfield discuss the power of prayer, church planting, and praying for revival. Don't miss the Pre-revival interview with exciting insights for prayer and mission. 

The mission of the Center for Church Multiplication is to connect, train, and mobilize God's people to plant and ReMission reproducing churches in every context.   

Dr. Winfield Bevins sits down with Pastor Aaron Rooks of Every Nation Lexington for an encouraging conversation from a new church movement. Aaron is currently an Asbury CCM Multiplication Fellow. Listen and enjoy! 

Join Winfield Bevins as he interviews Øivind Augland and Raphael Anzenberger of Exponential Europe. In this interview, Winfield discusses with Øivind and Raphael the new church movements that are happening all over Europe. Small seeds of the Kingdom are beginning to take root and new churches are sprouting in many different cracks. Listen to this encouraging interview exploring church multiplication in the "post-Christian" West. 

Øivind Augland, CEO Exponential Europe. Øivind defines the mission of his life by two terms: “side by side” and “multiplication”. “Side by side” means serving to and with both men and women of all generations; both denominations and organisations; both nations and the entire continent. It also implies ministry to church, society and business. “Multiplication” points to multiplying of the Gospel, disciples, leaders, churches, and systems that will go far beyond their first cause. Øivind is married to Linda and they have four adult children – two sons and two daughters. As their family grew, they planted two churches and Øivind started a Bible school and three small businesses (Persolog.no; xpand.no and simplylearn.net). He has been ordained as pastor by Evangelical Free Lutheran Church in Norway and has pastored Hånes Church from 1997-2001 and then again from 2018. Øivind has led the national movement for church planting in Norway (Sendt Norway) which initiated both M4 processes and NC2P church planting movement in Europe. In 2018, together with Jürgen Eisen, he launched Exponential Europe. Øivind has received his formal theological education at Ansgar University College and Norwegian School of Theology, Religion and Society. He is also a licenced master trainer in “Persolog” personality profile and has been trained in personal development, leadership, team- and organisational leadership. As a family they did Family DTS (2000) and Family Ministry School (2008) and have trained couples for more than 20 years. Currently Øivind provides leadership to both M4 Europe and Exponential Europe, continues to serve in Hånes Church and, together with his wife Linda, leads a disciple house of seven young people in Kristiansand, Norway.

Raphael Anzenberger, Contextualization Team - Exponential Europe, imago Dei: President and CCO, Adjunct professor of Intercultural Studies (CIU, FLTE) and doctoral supervisor (CIU, Asbury), Lausanne Movement: scholar in residence for the Church Planting Issue Group, NC2P: co-founder of the European Think-Tank on National, Exponential Europe: consultant and speaker.

Join Valarie and Winfield as they dive into a great church planting conversation! 

Valarie is the pastor/planter of Radiant Church Savannah an Evangelical Covenant Church in Savannah, GA. Radiant’s vision is to be a church without walls bringing the hope of Jesus to everyone, everywhere.” Her passion is to inspire people to realize their God-given purpose. Valarie is a Certified Healthy Rhythms coach, an international speaker, and a Registered Nurse of 27 years. Her most important roles, however, are the ones she holds in her family. She is married to Rahman Grimes, a 35-year partnership. Valarie is the mother of two and a “Gigi” of two of the most brilliant grandchildren ever born. Her desire is to continue to influence others to become Christ-followers and lead Radiant lives.

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Carson Daniel hosts George and Sharon Markey of Calvary Chapel for powerful stories of the church living on mission in wartime. From simple gatherings, to evacuations, and telling stories of the tragedy of war, the Markeys speak to the role of church leaders in a crisis and how valuable authentic Christian community is no matter the season. 

George and Sharon Markey and their six sons were planting a church in Kyiv, Ukraine when the war started. George had been living in Ukraine for nearly 30 years and has many contacts all across the country. Since the beginning of the war, he has been strategically connecting donors outside Ukraine with trustworthy people on the ground in Ukraine who are doing lifesaving work. Bridge UA exists to promote more of these kinds of partnerships. The Markeys evacuated to Budapest, Hungary, where they are doing all they can to serve Ukrainians in this hour of great need, with a focus on mobilizing and training the Church in Europe to provide material, emotional, and spiritual support to the millions of refugees around them.

On this episode Carson Daniel interviews Dr. Winfield Bevins about the new Asbury Center for Church Multiplication (CCM). Winfield shares the vision for the new CCM and walks listeners through each major component of the CCM; Connect, Train, Mobilize, and Resource. Also on this episode, new information is released about upcoming projects in the new Center. Don't miss this first look at the new Center for Church Multiplication, listen now! 

The Asbury Center for Church Multiplication (CCM) was born out of Asbury Theological Seminary’s heart to serve and equip church leaders in an increasingly multicultural, secular, and global context. Our mission as the CCM is to connect, train, mobilize, and resource God's people to multiply and ReMission disciple-making churches in every context.

Join us for the season 2 finale of the Church Planting Conversations Podcast. Winfield is joined by Rich Robinson (CREO and Movement Leaders Collective) as they discuss the new pioneering season we are in as a church. How can the church hang on to its roots while being an innovative movement of today? 

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• Rich Robinson - As a spiritual entrepreneur and movement catalyst, Rich founded and has pioneered CATALYSE CHANGE which provides leadership training for church leaders, network leaders and Christian entrepreneurs across the church and non-profit space through the following global initiatives: CREO, Movement Leaders Collective, 5Q, 100 Movements Publishing, CATALYST. These initiatives were created to equip and enable leaders in releasing potential to activate movemental dynamics and disruptIive innovation in their context with the aim of catalysing spiritual, strategic and social change. Over the past 20 years, Rich has led pioneering work in missional disciple-making, innovation and entrepreneurship, and organizational change across the globe. He has founded and currently leads both MLC (Movement Leaders Collective-working with church, movement and network leaders) and CREO (working with Christian entrepreneurs). Rich lives in Edinburgh, Scotland, and is married to Anna, who is a writer and editor. They have three children: Josiah, Esther and Samuel. As a family, that follows Jesus, they are passionate about living intentionally and with integrity

Winfield is joined by Drew Steadman for an informative discussion around exciting movements in discipleship, and the new vibrance present in the church all over the world. We are in a new day! Do not fear! The Lord is at work!   

On this episode Winfield interviews Obe Arellano of Exponential Español about the exciting ways God is moving in the Hispanic-Latino communities in North America. Listen and enjoy! 

Obe Arellano is the co-founder and Executive Director of Exponential Español, a growing community of leaders committed to accelerating multiplication of healthy, reproducing, hispanic churches. Exponential Español equips movement makers with actionable principles, ideas, and solutions by providing multiplication resources for pastors, churches, and denominations. Obe is also the Latin America director for NewThing Network, a church planting ministry that exists to catalyze movements of reproducing churches. Obe provides coaching to pastors helping churches have healthy leadership and see multiplication as a measure of success. After receiving his Bachelor's degree in pastoral theology, he began planting churches at age 22 in the United States and Latin America. Obe is passionate about catalyzing movements of multiplying churches in the Spanish-speaking world. He has been married for 15 years to Jacqueline.

Dr. Winfield Bevins is joined by the influential Bishop John Mark Richardson for as they continue a conversation around the cultural shifts, embracing change, and passing the torch to the next generation. This is part 2 of 2.

Bishop Richardson is currently an Ecclesiastical Jurisdictional Bishop in the Church of God in Christ (COGIC). He was consecrated by Presiding Bishop-Emeritus  Charles Edward Blake, Sr., and the COGIC General Board, November 2016.  Bishop Richardson provides spiritual and organizational management to over 60 pastors and congregations in California, Arizona, and Oregon, and over 100  churches in the International Community: Republic of Kenya, East Africa; Belize,  Central America; Republic of Benin, West Africa; and the Democratic Republic of  Congo, Central Africa. He has planted, directly and indirectly, over 40 churches  throughout the United States and International Communities and continues to work  with, train, and support church planters. Bishop Richardson is also the COGIC  Regional Bishop for the Western States, covering California, Arizona, Nevada,  Utah, and Idaho.

Fellowship 2022-2023:

Dr. Winfield Bevins is joined by the influential Bishop John Mark Richardson for a powerful testimony of church planting during the pandemic, women in leadership, and the future of the church in America. This is part 1 of 2. 

Bishop Richardson is currently an Ecclesiastical Jurisdictional Bishop in the Church of God in Christ (COGIC). He was consecrated by Presiding Bishop-Emeritus  Charles Edward Blake, Sr., and the COGIC General Board, November 2016.  Bishop Richardson provides spiritual and organizational management to over 60 pastors and congregations in California, Arizona, and Oregon, and over 100  churches in the International Community: Republic of Kenya, East Africa; Belize,  Central America; Republic of Benin, West Africa; and the Democratic Republic of  Congo, Central Africa. He has planted, directly and indirectly, over 40 churches  throughout the United States and International Communities and continues to work  with, train, and support church planters. Bishop Richardson is also the COGIC  Regional Bishop for the Western States, covering California, Arizona, Nevada,  Utah, and Idaho.

Influential Women in Ministry:

Join Dr. Winfield Bevins and special guest Dr. Eliseo Mejia as they explore church planting through contextual intelligence, cultural intelligence, and compassion/emotional intelligence. 

Dr. Eliseo A. Mejia is a pastor, missiologist, and a church-planting leader. He has been planting churches the last 30 years in different cultures, contexts, and countries. God opened the door to join Fresh Expressions USA team as the National Director of Expresiones Divinas (Fresh Expressions) in Spanish throughout the country.

He guides a wide variety of architects in different national settings and countries through all phases of the innovative progression of endeavors from start to completion. This context gracefully allows him to access God’s given gifts; God-sized goals, strengths, skills, and the current realities of entrepreneurs and organizations to choose essential phases to generate a new, workable, and sustainable future. He believes on creating healthy environments where pioneers and associations blossom.

He has used the Incubator model during the last 20 years to train and launch new church planters who are transforming communities in Kentucky, USA, and overseas with the life-transforming gospel of Jesus Christ.

He is an ordained elder in the Kentucky Annual Conference where he serves as the senior pastor of Paris First UMC. Furthermore, he served as the Associate Director of Hispanic, multiethnic, and international church planting ministries with the New Church and Congregational Development. He has served as the President of The National Association of Hispanic UMC Leaders. He was the founder and director of H.I.L.T. (Hispanic international Leadership Training).

He completed a master degree from Dallas Theological Seminary (1986). He holds a Doctor of Ministry and Leadership from Asbury Theological Seminary May 20, 2017.

Season 2 conversations continue with Peyton Jones joining Winfield on episode 4 as they explore how God's mission for church planting is holistic and dynamic. Winfield and Peyton discuss new movements in the church and how the new micro church movement is much other than we think.

In this episode Dr. Winfield Bevins, Director of Church Planting at Asbury Seminary unpacks future church movements. This is part 2 of 2.

Part 2

Signposts of the Future: 10 trends Impacting the Future of the Church

• 6: From Cloning to Contextual
• 7: From Mega to Micro
• 8: From Gathered to Hybrid
• 9: From Members to Disciples
• 10: From Addition to Multiplication

Books Mentioned by Winfield:

In this episode Dr. Winfield Bevins, Director of Church Planting at Asbury Seminary unpacks future church movements. This is part 1 of 2. 

Part 1

Signposts of the Future: 10 trends Impacting the Future of the Church

• 1: From Western to Global Christianity
• 2: From Monoethnic to Multiethnic
• 3: From Professional to Co-vocational
• 4: From Success to Spiritual Formation
• 5: From Steeple to the Streets

Books Mentioned by Winfield:

Healthy Rhythms for Leaders