In this powerful episode, we sit down with Lakepointe Pastor of Digital Ministries Carlos Erazo to hear his journey from a college student YouTuber in El Salvador to leading one of America’s most influential digital ministries. His message to churches: stop treating social media as a billboard and start seeing it as the new Mars Hill — a global gathering place where the good news …
Building a Church on Mission with Missions Featuring Ps Shay Fields from Lakepointe Church
In this episode, Lakepointe Missions Pastor Shay Fields joins us to talk about being a church on mission. Discover Lakepointe’s approach to missions, the great opportunity for missions in today’s world, and how you can inspire your church to support missions in three important ways. Learn how to reach the unreached, build healthy local churches, and raise up the next generation of leaders no matter …
Contextualization and Reaching Local Cultures
Learn what contextualization is, how it can help your church reach more people, and how you can start implementing it in easy ways in your local church. Get the Japanese ERV Translation on the YouVersion Bible App: https://www.youversion.com/the-bible-app/ Listen to Lifehouse Worship: https://mylifehouse.com/worship Chapters: (00:51) – What is Contextualization (05:14) – How We Contextualize Church for Japan (13:02) – Responding to Pushback on Contextualization (15:38) – …
How to Disciple a Multi-Cultural Church
Discover how to effectively disciple people across different languages and cultures with Lifehouse Senior Pastor Rod Plummer and Tokyo Campus Pastor Monty Plummer. Read the Blue Book: http://mylifehouse.com/bluebook Get the Japanese ERV Translation on the YouVersion Bible App: https://www.youversion.com/the-bible-app/ Learn how to reach the unreached, build healthy local churches, and raise up the next generation of leaders no matter where you are in the world. …
What is Innovative Missions? The Story of Lifehouse Church
Lifehouse Senior Pastor Rod Plummer and Tokyo Campus Pastor Monty Plummer unpack the concept of “Innovative Missions” and discuss how this idea helped Lifehouse Church become what it is today. Chapters: (00:00) – What is Innovative Missions? (01:43) – When Missions Became Personal for Ps Rod (03:42) – Why We Planted in Japan (06:50) – Finding a New Strategy for Japan (14:37) – Our First …
Announcing: The Rodcast: Innovative Missions with Pastor Rod Plummer and Team
Learn how to reach the unreached, build healthy local churches, and raise up the next generation of leaders no matter where you are in the world. Join Pastor Rod Plummer, his team, and leaders from around the world as they discuss missions, ministry, and reaching more people with the message of Jesus. Subscribe to Innovative Missions with Pastor Rod Plummer and Team on your favorite …
How does the way of the Samurai impact Christianity in Japan today? Part 2
Does being Christian mean not being Japanese? Pastor Rod is joined today by Pastor Masashi Shibuya, Campus Pastor of Lifehouse Yokohama as they discuss how the Samurai culture of Japan meets Christianity as good people receive Good News. Learn how to reach the unreached, build healthy local churches, and raise up the next generation of leaders no matter where you are in the world. Join …
The Power of Great Community | Episode 9 | Colossians: Jesus Total Victory = My Total Victory
Today Pastor Rod continues the series Colossians: Jesus Total Victory = My Total Victory following the experiences of some of the Japanese people in our church who have come to church, made a decision to believe in Jesus, joined a connect group and grown into leadership about why they came to church and what encouraged them to stay. Join us for this episode diving into …
How Does the Way of the Samurai Impact Christianity in Japan Today?
Join Pastor Rod and special guest; Japanese pastor Tasuke Nakaoka from Tokyo, Japan as they explore the rich history of Japan’s samurai culture and how this intertwines with how they share the Gospel today. Drawing from Bushido: The Samurai Code of Japan (武士道) by Inazō Nitobe, they unpack timeless samurai principles—honor, loyalty, discipline—and how these values shape the way the message of Jesus is shared …
Why I love the local church | Episode 8 | Colossians: Jesus Total Victory = My Total Victory
Why do people love the local church? Join Pastor Rod Plummer today as he shares his experience and the experience of others in a variety of circumstances about why they love the local church. #localchurch #churchinjapan #churchinasia Learn how to reach the unreached, build healthy local churches, and raise up the next generation of leaders no matter where you are in the world. Join Pastor …