Jessica and Tommy Bowman sat down to ask the question: How does a church aimed at a movement of Jesus affect all areas of the church, including our Kids ministry? Here at Mission, families are integral to how we live out the mission in neighborhoods to be the Church, just not at the church!
0:00 - Introduction
5:12 - What Is The Vision Of Mission Kids?
6:25 - How We Build Trust With Parents
13:28 - How Do We Long To See A Child Grow?
20:07 - Kids ARE The Church
24:32- How Do We Equip Families To Go Missionally?
31:31 - Prepare Your Home
Jessica Bowman, Kids Director: Jessica@WeAreMisssion.com
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20 Apr 2026
Trusting Our People To GO • Taking Flight Episode 11
Dan Ruta and Kylie Chrismond sat down to ask the question: How does our Planter Course equip our people to live missionally? Here at Mission, Planters are the people we commission to be sent out to be the Church, just not at the church!
0:00 - Introduction
1:58 - What Is The Planter Course?
7:14 - A Growth Track With The End In Mind
13:42 - Week By Week Of The Planter Course
25:30 - The Flow Of The Night
30:58 - How Do I Know People Are Ready?
38:17 - Ongoing Equipping
Our MAP and Planter Course Book: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1cNsEjYWygNL86_E7KMVRT45Is6YJMQH0?usp=sharing
Missional Community Best Practices: https://youtu.be/VP26uB8SAS4?si=4zMDm1Icim_TnGMb
Missional Community Video: https://youtu.be/88Etx81ZsTo?si=AUP83yHSNL5FL7M4
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16 Mar 2026
Churches Have Members But Movements Require Something More • Taking Flight Episode 10
Tommy Bowman and Kylie Chrismond sat down to ask the question: What does having Partners verses having church Members change? Here at Mission, Partner is a key part of our movement model, and today we get to share all of the details with you of how we do that!
Watch Our Growth Track Episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYeT30AzNE0&list=PLTBAQo7b6h2KUqW-3hO_1Nnk2oQ-Dxygz&index=5&t=577s
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24 Feb 2026
Church Movement Experience Invite
Church Movement Experience is on March 9th and 10th!
We would love for you to take part in this so we can help you see a movement of Jesus in your local context.
You can register here: https://www.wearemission.com/churchmovementexperience
16 Feb 2026
The Alpha Course At Your Church • Taking Flight Episode 9
Dan Ruta and Kylie Chrismond sat down to ask the question: Could the Alpha Course be more than an evangelism tool at your church? Here at Mission, Alpha is a key part of our movement model, and we want to share all of the details with you of how we do that!
0:00 - Introduction
3:20 - What is Alpha?
11:28 - Is Alpha just an evangelistic tool?
14:15 - Alpha Breakdown
19:55 - Our Alpha Team
31:23 - How We Promote Alpha
39:50 - Our Alpha Flow
42:33 - Offsite Alpha
19 Jan 2026
Church Communications: Do More With Less
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15 Dec 2025
What Your Church Should Stop, Start, & Continue In 2026
Tommy Bowman and Kylie Chrismond sat down to discuss how a simple exercise of Stop, Start, & Continue helped our church further our Vision of a movement of Jesus. We pray this episode helps you discover what God has in store for your church in 2026!
Learn more about the Church Movement Experience: https://www.wearemission.com/churchmovementexperience
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17 Nov 2025
Missional Community Best Practices
This month, we're welcoming Tobbias Ngala to the Taking Flight Podcast! Tobbias and his family moved from London to Illinois to be a part of the vision that God has given us: To see a movement of Jesus in The 10 in our lifetime. Hear more about his story, why they moved, and what he sees God doing in and through the people of Mission Church.
Learn more about the Church Movement Experience: https://www.wearemission.com/churchmovementexperience
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00:00 - Introduction
6:39 - How Tobbias Got Into Ministry
11:04 - Why Do You Do What You Do?
14:25 - How Do We Define What A Missional Community Is?
17:40 - How Missional Communities Gather, Grow, & Go
23:00 - The Missional Action Plan
26:42 - Barriers To The Mission
30:52 - Trust Your People
34:06 - The Planter Table
39:44 - A Movement Of Jesus
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20 Oct 2025
From Mega Church To Missional Church
This month, we're welcoming Pat Cimo to the podcast! Pat led for over 30 years in ministry, but it wasn't until she saw a missional model in our church that she realized that God had more for her.
Learn more about the Church Movement Experience: https://www.wearemission.com/churchmovementexperience
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00:00 - Introduction
5:25 - How Pat Started At Willow Creek
8:44 - Pat's Gospel Story
12:16 - Pat's Experience At Mission
17:13 - Pat's Foster Care Missional Community
26:02 - Gifts On Mission
28:20 - New Growth Through Obedience
31:00 - Community On Mission
35:45 - Pat's Encouragement
Additional Resources:
Learn More About Our Growth Track: https://wearemission.com/grow
Our Movement Vision: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVUfP_vQw_k&t=59s
Partner Course Video Example: https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/1055662357/240247f872
Partner Course Host Guide Example: https://www.wearemission.com/s/Partner-Course-Host-Notes.pdf
Growth Track Card: https://www.wearemission.com/s/220713-Growth-Track-Registration-Card-copy-copy.pdf
Instagram Promo Example: https://www.instagram.com/p/DE59Ab2PS_G/
16 Sept 2025
Is your growth track GROWING your vision?
Dan Ruta and Kylie Chrismond are doing a deep dive into our Growth Track this month! Are your structures stewarding and moving your people toward your vision? If not, maybe a Growth Track could help!
Learn more about the Church Movement Experience: https://www.wearemission.com/churchmovementexperience
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00:00 - Introduction
1:46 - What Is Our Growth Track?
4:04 - Finding The Right Strategy
7:36 - How We Changed Our Strategy
16:02 - How We Run Our Growth Track
37:42 - Encouragement To Start
Additional Resources:
Learn More About Our Growth Track: https://wearemission.com/grow
Our Movement Vision: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVUfP_vQw_k&t=59s
Partner Course Video Example: https://vimeo.com/manage/videos/1055662357/240247f872
Partner Course Host Guide Example: https://www.wearemission.com/s/Partner-Course-Host-Notes.pdf
Growth Track Card: https://www.wearemission.com/s/220713-Growth-Track-Registration-Card-copy-copy.pdf
Instagram Promo Example: https://www.instagram.com/p/DE59Ab2PS_G/
18 Aug 2025
Why We Killed Small Groups
Today we're sitting down with Co-Founding Pastors, Jon Peacock and Tommy Bowman, to learn why and how they went from a small group model to a movement model as a church.
We hope this episode encourages you and challenges you to consider what a movement model could look like in your church!
Learn more about the Church Movement Experience: https://www.wearemission.com/churchmovementexperience
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0:00 - Introduction
0:30 - The History Of Small Groups
3:50 - The Outcomes Of Small Groups
8:07 - When We Killed Small Groups
15:22 - Sent vs. Stuck
27:45 - How To Kill Small Groups
36:08 - Long Obedience In The Same Direction
20 Jul 2025
Blessings & Barriers Of Movement
Dan Ruta from Mission Church sits down with Moses Mukisa Senior Pastor from Worship Harvest in Kampala Uganda.
With almost 4,000 Missional Communities launched from Worship Harvest, rapid multiplication and discipleship, ongoing salvations, and church planting, Dan and Moses discuss the blessings and barriers of a movement model no matter what part of the globe you’re in.
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0:00 - Introduction
1:57 - Moses' Story
5:21 - The Fruit Of Mobilizing People
12:09 - From Me To Mission
16:15 - From Planning To Praying
18:02 - From Complexity To Simplicity
22:55 - Care Structure
24:42 - Staffing
26:41 - Encouragement For YOU!
16 Jun 2025
The Heart Of A Missional Church
Welcome to episode one of Taking Flight! This podcast exists to equip churches for a movement of Jesus through their church.
In our first episode, we're starting from the beginning. What do we mean by "movement of Jesus"? How did we get here? What does "missional" even mean?
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0:00 - Introduction
1:12 - Why Are We Doing This?
3:34 - Why "Mission Church"? How Did We Begin?
7:54 - What Does "Missional" Mean?
18:15 - Is Living Missionally Biblically Based?
21:24 - What Were Our Barriers To Being Missional?
24:40 - The 4 S's
30:05 - The Most Critical Things Your Church Needs To Be Missional
37:20 - Encouragement To Start
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