The EquipCast
Practical Evangelization & Parish Ministry Tools for Catholic Leaders
Displaying items 1-10 of 16 in total of The EquipCast with the tag "clear path to discipleship".
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217: Inside the USCCB | What's Comes After the Eucharistic Revival?
Episode | September 15th, 2026 | 59 mins 18 secs
accompaniment, anchor consulting, catechesis, catholic, church growth, church leadership, clear path to discipleship, david spesia, diocesan directors, disaffiliation, discipleship, evangelization, everyday evangelization, jim jansen, ministry, mission directive, national eucharistic revival, new evangelization, parish renewal, parish tools, unaffiliated, usccb
USCCB Executive Director David Spesia reveals how the US bishops are uniting behind one mission to reach the unaffiliated and how to love the Church through human flaws.
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216: Are You Managing Programs or Making Disciples? | Solving the Parish Puzzle with Christina Semmens
Episode | September 8th, 2026 | 59 mins 26 secs
accompaniment, anchor consulting, catholic, christina semmens, church growth, church leadership, clear path to discipleship, diocesan directors, discipleship, evangelization, everyday evangelization, holistic formation, jim jansen, ministry, new evangelization, parish communication, parish renewal, parish strategy, parish tools, solving the parish puzzle, volunteer coaching
Parish renewal fails when we rely on programs instead of people. Jim Jansen and Christina Semmens reveal how putting key leadership pieces together creates a relational culture where disciples thrive.
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Evangelization Hot Take | Choose Your Local Parish
Episode | September 1st, 2026 | 11 mins 28 secs
adam stephenson, anchor consulting, catholic, catholic discipleship, catholic evangelization, catholic faith, church growth, church leadership, clear path to discipleship, diocesan directors, discipleship, equipcast, evangelization, everyday evangelization, geographic parish, jim jansen, local parish community, ministry, new evangelization, parish boundaries, parish life, parish ministry, parish renewal, parish shopping, parish tools
Should you stick to the parish in your own backyard? Jim Jansen and Adam Stephenson debate geographic parish boundaries, why parish shopping leaves us disconnected, and how staying local changes how we love our actual neighbors.
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215: Overcoming Ministry Burnout | Restoring Order to Your Family and Mission
Episode | August 25th, 2026 | 52 mins 59 secs
anchor consulting, catholic, church growth, church leadership, clear path to discipleship, diocesan directors, discipleship, evangelization, everyday evangelization, jim jansen, ministry, new evangelization, parish renewal, parish tools
When ministry work becomes a task we tackle with our own strength, burnout and empty programs follow. Hannah Keisling joins Jim Jansen to show how putting God and family back in first place restores real fruitfulness to your mission.
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214: Hearing God’s Voice | How to Move from One-Sided Prayer to Intimacy with Jonna Schuster
Episode | August 18th, 2026 | 1 hr 1 min
anchor consulting, catholic, catholic life, church growth, church leadership, clear path to discipleship, diocesan directors, discipleship, evangelization, everyday evangelization, interior life, jim jansen, mentorship, ministry, new evangelization, parish renewal, parish tools, prayer
If your prayer life feels like a one-sided checklist, you're missing the conversation. Jonna Schuster breaks down how to move past performance anxiety, recognize God’s voice, and step into two-way intimacy.
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213: Knocking on Doors | Practical Outreach for Parish Renewal
Episode | August 11th, 2026 | 1 hr 3 mins
anchor consulting, catholic, church growth, church leadership, clear path to discipleship, diocesan directors, discipleship, doorstep evangelization, evangelization, everyday evangelization, gretna nebraska, jim jansen, lay leadership, ministry, neighboring, new evangelization, parish mapping, parish renewal, parish tools, st charles borromeo
What happens when a priest in a cassock and a layman with a clipboard start walking their neighborhood boundaries? Fr. Jeff Loseke and Adam Stephenson join Jim Jansen for a conversation on how simple mapping tools and weekly walks break through isolation to bring neighbors back to the sacraments.
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The EquipCast is back!
Episode | August 4th, 2026 | 3 mins 42 secs
anchor consulting, catholic, church growth, church leadership, clear path to discipleship, diocesan directors, discipleship, evangelization, everyday evangelization, jim jansen, ministry, new evangelization, parish renewal, parish tools
Ready to stop managing decline and start making disciples? Host Jim Jansen returns with practical evangelization strategies and real parish renewal tools to help Catholic ministry leaders form disciples.
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Episode 204: How to Break Your Clear Path (Part 2)
Episode | January 20th, 2026 | 44 mins 11 secs
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What happens when we start trusting programs more than we trust people? Discipleship slows down—because programs don’t accompany anyone. People do. Programs support the mission, but people are the mission. In part two of this conversation on what really breaks a clear path to discipleship, we talk honestly about why great programming isn’t enough, how over commitment burns out your best leaders, and why accompaniment and simplicity matter more than adding one more initiative.
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Episode 203: How to Break Your Clear Path (Part 1)
Episode | January 13th, 2026 | 39 mins 5 secs
alpha evangelization, archdiocese of omaha, building disciples, catholic, catholic discipleship, catholic ministry, clear path to discipleship, conversion first leadership, disciples, evangelism, evangelization, evangelization strategy, making disciples, missionary discipleship, parish discipleship, parish leadership, parish renewal
Why do discipleship efforts that start with so much hope sometimes stall—or fall apart? In this episode, I sit down with coaches from our Parish Support Team to talk honestly about how Clear Paths to discipleship can break down—often before we even realize it’s happening. We walk through five common ways parishes unintentionally derail discipleship—and what faithful leaders can do differently. We talk about slowing down to listen to the Holy Spirit, why conversion has to come before strategy, and how real fruit grows through relationships, not just programs.
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Episode 196: The Quiet Crisis in Our Pews: Why Saving Marriages will Save the Faith
Episode | October 14th, 2025 | 1 hr 2 mins
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What if saving a marriage could save a soul? In this episode, I sit down with Jared Smyth from Communio a consultancy helping parishes build thriving marriage ministries. We talk about the quiet crisis unfolding in our parishes—and the incredible hope breaking through. Parishes that invest just a few hours into helping couples build stronger relationships are seeing renewal from the inside out: healed marriages, thriving families, and faith coming alive again.