For 25 years, John served as a pastor in three different churches in Denver. In 1998 the Lord moved John and his wife, Tamela, into the house church world. Beginning in 2002, John worked for 6 years as the U.S. Coordinator with DAWN Ministries

WFS029: John Finkelde - Grow A Healthy Church

Jun 15th, 2014 41m 5s

John Finkelde has spent 30 years in pastoral leadership in Western Australia, initially as a team pastor for 10 years and then as the senior pastor for 20 years. His church has sent him and his wife out to be specialist ministers in the wider b

WFS028: Peter DeGraaf - Shepherd's Staff Ministries

Jun 8th, 2014 29m 32s

Peter is a Republican member of the State of Kansas House of Representatives where he has served since 2008. He is a 1979 graduate of the United States Air Force Academy and the Founder and President of Shepherd's Staff Ministries. He serves as

WFS027: Roger Thoman - Appleseed Ministry

Jun 1st, 2014 28m 7s

Roger Thoman is the founder of New Springs, a Community of Home Churches, and Appleseed Ministry which provides training in several nations for planters of simple churches. He has been involved in church planting since 1976. Roger and his wife

WFS026: Dan Schilling - Compass

May 25th, 2014 40m 48s

Dan is the North American Director for Compass. His desire is to free people, rich or poor, from the bondage that financial issues cause. Dan serves the church by equipping their leaders to disciple believers to be faithful stewards. He is a gr

WFS025: Michael Whitworth - Start 2 Finish

May 18th, 2014 33m 9s

Michael Whitworth is a minister at Carter Lake Road Church of Christ in Bowie TX. He has authored several books, including the award-winning The Epic of God: A Guide to Genesis. He is an Eagle Scout and third-generation preacher who graduated f

WFS024: Cara Terrance - A Ministry's Leader

May 11th, 2014 29m 10s

Cara is an author, speaker, writer, and advancing leader. Her book is A Ministry's Leader: Effective Ways to Lead Kingdom Minded. She is the Founder and CEO of Youthful Soul Enterprises, LLC a creative writing company. Cara holds a Masters degr

WFS023: Frank Viola - Jesus Now

May 4th, 2014 28m 32s

Frank Viola is a happily married man, a father, a cat owner, author, speaker, and entrepreneur. He loves movies, music, and NY style pizza. His mission is to help serious followers of Jesus to know their Lord more deeply, to gain fresh perspect

WFS022: Greg Atkinson - Strange Leadership

Apr 27th, 2014 34m 40s

Greg Atkinson is an author, consultant and speaker who loves Jesus, the Gospel, and the Church. He is the editor of Christian Media Magazine. Greg discusses his new book Strange Leadership, 40 Ways to Lead an Innovative Organization.

WFS021: Bruce Van Horn - Life is a Marathon

Apr 20th, 2014 38m 8s

Bruce Van Horn is a Dad, a writer, a coach, an entrepreneur, a speaker, a runner, and a lot of other things as life demands. His personal motto is: “Life is a marathon, so let’s train for it!” Most of the inspiration for that motto comes from t

WFS020: Ron Edmondson

Apr 13th, 2014 20m 53s

Ron Edmondson is the senior pastor at Immanuel Baptist Church in Lexington KY. Before entering full-time ministry Ron had over 20 years of business experience, mostly as a self-employed business owner. Ron holds a Master’s Degree in Counseling

WFS019: Matthew Wester

Apr 6th, 2014 35m 59s

Matthew Wester is the Director of Congregational Care and Development at Algona First United Methodist Church in Algona IA. His job is to encourage people in their spiritual growth. He attended Arizona State University and received his Master o

WFS018: Brandon Cox

Mar 30th, 2014 26m 2s

Brandon Cox, along with his wife Angie, are planting Grace Hills Church in Northwest Arkansas. He also oversees the content and online community of Pastors.com and Rick Warren’s Ministry Toolbox.

WFS017: Robert Lloyd Russell

Mar 23rd, 2014 21m 45s

Robert (Bob) Lloyd Russell is a Bible teacher and seminar leader whose purpose is to help Christians develop a living theology and dynamic discipleship. He is the author of the Christian Concepts Series as well as the Editor of "JIM ELLIOT: A C

WFS016: Shawn Sommerkamp

Mar 16th, 2014 25m 3s

Shawn is a certified executive coach and public speaker and founder of Motivationeer™ Christian Coaching in Boston MA. He uses the teachings of Jesus to help Christians in corporate America achieve breakthrough career results.

WFS015: Steve Gladen

Mar 9th, 2014 35m 54s

Steve Gladen currently serves as the pastor of small groups of Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, CA. He has a Masters of Divinity from Fuller Theological Seminary with a concentration in pastoral counseling. Steve has authored several books, in

Ep#14: Jeff Keady

Mar 2nd, 2014 28m 13s

Jeff Keady is the senior pastor at Dover Avenue Alliance Church in Orange City, Iowa. Originally from Rochester, NY, Jeff graduated from Baptist Bible College in Pennsylvania with a degree in Bible and Pastoral Ministry. He is currently involv

Ep#13: Joe Woodruff

Feb 23rd, 2014 26m 7s

Joe Woodruff is a speaker, author, coach and pastor. He has led several churches ranging in size from 400 to 4000 and is currently the lead pastor at New Vision Fellowship in Beaverton, Oregon. Joe is the author of several books, including I'm

Ep#12: Tony Sutherland

Feb 16th, 2014 30m 12s

Tony Sutherland is a speaker, author and worship leader. He travels the U.S. and other countries serving local churches and ministering the gospel of grace. He is an author and he serves as a worship leader at the Free Chapel in Gainesville, Ge

Ep#11: Barak Strickland

Feb 12th, 2014 17m 24s

Barak Strickland shares the first summary episode of the Water For Shepherds podcast. He reviews some highlights of the content from ten previous guests of the show along with some inside details.

Ep#10: Sue Detweiler

Feb 9th, 2014 28m 30s

Sue Detweiler has been in ministry for 30 years, beginning in the inner city of Chicago, missions in Belize, a youth pastor along with her husband, a church planter and pastor. She is a teacher, speaker, writer.

Ep#09: Bob Tousey

Feb 2nd, 2014 27m 18s

Pastor Bob Tousey is a graduate of the University of Baltimore School of Law. He was ordained in 2001 and is the Executive Director of Jerimiah 29:11 Ministries and the Pastor of Community Outreach at Journey Church of Columbia MD.

Ep#08: Arno Heinrichs

Jan 26th, 2014 34m 5s

Arno Heinrichs has served as a pastor for 25 years. Currently he serves as a pastor at Shalom Christian Fellowship in Curitiba Brazil. Listen as he shares some keys to effective ministry.

Ep#07: Mark Bradley Morrow

Jan 22nd, 2014 33m 40s

Mark Bradley Morrow is a Certified and Licensed Counselor from Erie Pennsylvania. Mark earned his Bachelors degree in Speech Communication and Masters degree in Counseling from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania.

Ep#06: Drew Baker

Jan 19th, 2014 35m 12s

Drew Baker had a 20 year career in the Air Force. He spent nine years in ministry with Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF) and also with Mission Aviation Repair Center (MARC). He currently flies for a medevac company in Alaska and has time to vol