Always Forward

New Podcast Episode!
“The day you launch is the day the church plant of your dreams dies... and the day the Church of God’s dreams begins to live.” In this episode of the Always Forward Podcast, Molly Ruch and Jon Beadle get very real about the highs, the lows, and the beautiful chaos of church planting. If you’ve ever felt deflated by low summer attendance, stressed about fundraising, or wondered if you’re crazy for answering the call, this conversation is the encouragement you need this week.

In this episode:
* Driving around until your heart breaks.
* When your dream church must die
* Why grit matters as much as vision
* Dangers of planting a church alone
And more!

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New Podcast Episode! 🎙️S10E3
What happens when your strategic plans are completely upended by answered prayers? 🎧 In this episode, host Molly Ruch sits down with Fr. Kevin Jones from the Yellowstone Missionary District. Kevin shares how seven to eight years of persistent prayer sparked an organic movement, launching five new church plants in just one year! From transforming a defunct country club into a sacred space to building a massive lunch outreach for local high schoolers, this conversation is packed with insights on the freedom and agility of following God’s lead into the harvest field.
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New podcast episode today!
In church planting, every Sunday is an opportunity to reach both the lifelong believer and the curious skeptic. But how do you bridge that gap without compromising the Gospel or confusing your listeners?
In this episode, Molly Ruch sits down with George Sinclair to talk about preaching in a church plant context. Drawing from decades of ministry, church planting, and teaching preaching, George shares why pastors must listen deeply to Scripture, understand the culture around them, and speak clearly to the real fears, questions, and longings of the human heart.

In this episode, you’ll discover:
- The “Water” Analogy: Why we are often unconscious of our cultural context and how to start seeing it clearly.
- The FACES Framework: A five-point checklist to ensure your preaching is impactful and accessible.
- Beyond the “Christian Bubble”: Why you should preach as if non-Christians are in the room, even when they aren’t.
- Preaching to the Heart: How to identify the “human condition” issues in a text that speak to everyone’s fears and anxieties.
- The Power of Simplicity: Why clarity is your best friend and how to avoid the “fog in the pews”.

Whether you are a new church planter or a seasoned rector, this conversation will challenge you to listen to the Word—and your neighbor—with fresh ears.

George is the Canon for Church Planting for the Diocese of Canada(), rector of Messiah Ottawa(), and principal of Ryle Seminary(). He has been a key leader in the missional endeavors of the Anglican Church in North America for over three decades.

Listen to “Preaching to the Skeptic and the Saint” at always-forward.com/podcasts or on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or SoundCloud

Episode 1 of our 10th podcast season just dropped!
Most churches in North America have fewer than 200 members, yet many pastors feel like they are “stuck” in a waiting room for future growth. In this episode, Karl Vaters, joins host Canon Molly Ruch to flip the script on small church ministry.
Karl is the author of The Grasshopper Myth, Small Church Essentials, and Designing the Church. He produces resources specifically designed to help small churches and church plants find their purpose and thrive in their unique contexts.

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The Always Forward Podcast is back! The new season is beginning with a brand new episode dropping this week! Subscribe and join the conversation.
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There’s only a few days left to register for our upcoming Residency Builder event on Jan. 20-21 in Phoenix. If you’ve been thinking of registering please do so right away. And if you know of anyone who should be at this important event please share this with them.

We believe facilitating and equipping for residencies and curacies is tremendously important for us as a Province as we seek to cultivate growth and health. Every few years we bring together rectors and churches interested in residencies and curacies, because if we want to plant and grow more churches we need well-prepared leaders, and creating the kind of thoughtful, supportive structures that make these training pathways work takes shared attention and care.
Wherever you are in the Province consider joining us this month in Arizona and register right away!
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There’s still time to register for our Free Webinar “Equipping Churches to Plant Churches” on October 8th. We believe that healthy churches plant churches. It should be naturally in our DNA to multiply and continue reaching more places and people with the good news of Christ Jesus. But how? How do we prepare and plan and engage as churches with this work of multiplying and birthing more healthy, faithful churches? Join us for this free webinar as we talk about precisely that and seek to begin equipping you with tools and strategies for this amazing and essential work.
Register on our website at always-forward.com/events

We remember St. Augustine of Hippo today and give thanks to God for him and his words. May we always go forward in the beautiful work of making disciples, caring for one another and participating in God’s building of his Church.

From the BCP 2019:
Augustine, Bishop of Hippo and Teacher of the Faith, 430
Almighty God, you gave your servant Augustine of Hippo special gifts of grace to understand and teach the truth revealed in Christ Jesus: Grant that by this teaching we may know you, the one true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
Amen.

Register for our Multiplying & Developing Missional Leaders workshop!
Led by Canon Seth Cain, Molly Ruch and others this workshop is a New Wineskins Pre-Conference for any church, offering practical tools to equip you in your efforts to develop and multiply leaders. As churches and dioceses we are ever in need of more leaders to spearhead the work and to lead the labourers God provides for Gospel-mission. We believe this workshop will be a rich, hands-on time of providing practical guidance and inspiration in the multiplying of leaders across your dioceses and in churches towards ministry and church planting.

So come and join us September 16-17 in Black Mountain, North Carolina for this pre-conference and for the New Wineskins conference following it!
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“Always Forward has been invaluable to me as a church planter. Equipping with a clear Anglican vision, combined with the personal care and investment I received, helped me to think deeply and to lead effectively as a planter.”
Rev. Chad Block, Emmaus Road Church - Langley, BC

Join us in praying for Chad and Emmaus Road .church as they continue to grow as a church and reach Langley and the greater Vancouver area with the good news of Jesus.