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Kids at Dinner Church with Amy McGlynn Jeanette Staats | 20 Sep 2023 Dinner Church is a simple, relaxed approach to starting new faith communities. But like many new faith communities, it may draw young families and an overwhelming number of kids. What...
Jesus and Our Marginalized Neighbors with Isaac Olivarez Jeanette Staats | 13 Sep 2023 What does it mean for our marginalized neighbors to encounter Jesus? What about kids? In this episode, you’ll hear from Isaac Olivarez, founding pastor of Urban Outreach, a Dinner Church...
Dinner Church for Suburban Foodies with Megan Monterrosa Jeanette Staats | 6 Sep 2023 You can start a Dinner Church in almost any context. In this episode, you’ll hear from Megan Monterrosa who has started two Dinner Churches in suburban neighborhoods in Washington State....
Setting the Table for the Holy Spirit with David Fitch Jeanette Staats | 30 Aug 2023 When does a meal become a Dinner Church? Join theologian, professor, and pastor David Fitch as he describes the actions and postures Jesus-followers can take to create table settings where...
Starting Dinner Churches in Hurricane Country with Heather Evans Jeanette Staats | 23 Aug 2023 How do you explain Dinner Church? More importantly, how do you explain it to key volunteers who have invested time and energy into the kinds of services and programs a...
Was the Early Church a Dinner Church? with Dr. Mike Graves Jeanette Staats | 16 Aug 2023 Why did the early church focus more on food than sermons? And how should that affect how we do church today? Join us for a fascinating conversation with scholar and...
Lessons From 10 Years of Dinner Church Leadership with Verlon & Melodee Fosner Jeanette Staats | 9 Aug 2023 How did a struggling 100-year old church grow into a network of over a dozen Dinner Churches, and go on to inspire the 300 new dinner church plants? In this...
Introducing: Dinner Church Podcast 1 Aug 2023 Dinner Churches are starting all over North America. Why? It’s not just that they are an effective, affordable, and contextual approach to church planting. They also follow in the footsteps...
Practices that Form a People for Mission with David Fitch Jeanette Staats | 10 Jul 2023 Churches are full of formal liturgies and unspoken traditions. But what kind of shared activities actually form a group of people into a band of missionaries? In this week’s episode,...
Young Adults & New Approaches to Church with Kris Beckert Jeanette Staats | 3 Jul 2023 When it comes to participation in church, the stats about Millenials and Gen Z are startlingly low. What if part of the problem is the “expression” of church they have...
Bringing the Church to Work. At Disney World. with Steven Barr Jeanette Staats | 26 Jun 2023 Most people spend the majority of our weeks at work. What would it look like to form a church specifically for individuals within their workplace? And what if that workplace...
Creating a Space for Those Far Away from Church with Deb Hirsch & Luke Edwards Jeanette Staats | 19 Jun 2023 Some churches like to say they welcome everyone, but the truth is that such a Christian community is complicated. In this insightful discussion with real-world practitioners Deb Hirsch and Luke...

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