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The Movement CastChris Galanos on: Trading the Megachurch for Disciple-Making Part 1This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit emanuelprinz.substack.comI’m still buzzing with excitement about the launch of The Movement Cast! In just the past few weeks, over 50 new subscribers have joined us. A huge thank-you to everyone who’s shared it with others—you’re helping spread something truly meaningful.In the last two episodes, we explored the heart of Disciple-Making Movements (if you missed them, you can still listen to episode one and episode two).Today, I’m excited to share a new episode of...
2025-05-2821 min
The Movement CastChris Galanos on: Navigating Church Transformation - From Megachurch to Movement Part 2This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit emanuelprinz.substack.comHi! I just got back from a full week off—completely unplugged, even from my phone. It was so good for my soul. I’m back with fresh passion, renewed energy, and sharper focus.Today on The Movement Cast, I continue the conversation with Chris Galanos—founding pastor of Experience Life Church and once America’s Youngest Megachurch Pastor. We dive into five ways pastors can shift toward a movemental approach, and he shares what it was like personally to trade...
2025-05-2828 min
The Movement CastRoy Moran on: Delving into the Heart of Disciple-Making Movements Part 1This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit emanuelprinz.substack.comToday, I’m thrilled to share something with you I’ve been dreaming about for several years: the very first episode of my brand-new podcast, The Movement Cast!Why a podcast? Because many of you prefer listening over reading—my blog analytics made that clear. And let’s be honest, conversations are just more enjoyable to take in. So here it is: real, raw, unedited conversations with movement thought leaders and hands-on practitioners who are seeing God multiply disciples and chur...
2025-05-2824 min
MPavilionMTalks—Design Odyssey: This Tech Will Save UsExplore the pitfalls and possibilities between tech, humans, and the planet with experts David Stringer (Bloomberg), Chris Speed (RMIT), Gemma Baxter (MAVlab), Joe Glesta (Climasens), Theodore Galanos (Aurecon; Infraredcity.ai), and Vanessa Toholka (Byte Into IT). Supported by Bloomberg Philanthropies.
2025-05-1644 min
Conversations as you Go152. The Seven Sails with Klaus Lehtimaki and Peter NicholesIn this episode, we hear from Klaus Lehtimaki and Peter Nicholes at our Launch 25 gathering, where they share insights on the vital DMM (Disciple-Making Movement) principles, referred to as “Raising The Seven Sails.” These principles are based on the teachings of movement leader and author, Chris Galanos. (If you missed it, check out our previous podcast series with Chris: Megachurch to Multiplication).
While we cannot create a movement on our own—since it’s ultimately the work of God—raising the sails makes space for His Spirit to fill and empower the work. Listen and be inspired and encour...
2025-03-2139 min
Pastor to PioneerEpisode 56: From Megachurch to Multiplication- Chris GalanosIn this episode of the Pastor to Pioneer podcast, Britton and Chris Galanos discuss the transformative journey of church planting and the shift from traditional models to a multiplication-focused approach. Chris shares his personal story of starting a church in Lubbock, Texas, the challenges faced during the transition, and the importance of prayer and community in ministry. They explore the significance of coaching for pastors and the need for a collective journey in pursuing movements. Chris emphasizes the importance of expecting a great harvest and being open to where God leads, encouraging listeners to embrace the journey of faith...
2024-10-091h 00
The Church LobbyEp 086: Vibrant Ministry From A Traditional Building In A Difficult City, with Tim WalkerWhy would a young church planter choose to do ministry in the poorest neighborhood of a city in crisis?Many churches are fleeing the inner cities. Grand old church buildings with deep histories sit empty. But Tim Walker and Restored Church are facing these realities head-on in Wilkes-Barre PA.Karl Vaters talks with Tim about subjects like:Their church’s Hub for Movement strategyTheir decision to do ministry in the poorest part of townMinistry in a deeply post-Christian contextHonoring history, while moving into the future from a legacy church buildingTheir plan to plant a microchur...
2024-09-261h 00Conversations as you Go123. Pray and Share with Jim BrittsThis episode, we begin our conversations with movement catalyst Jim Britts who has just released a new book, 21 Days to Becoming a Disciple Maker.
Jim’s story
In 2018, after serving as a pastor for 20 years, Jim had a middle-of-the-night encounter with God who said,
“Jim, I love the story of your church but you’ve missed the whole point. I called you to make disciples that make disciples and you’re not.”
He started reading everything he could get his hands on about disciple making. This soon led Jim to discover what God was...
2024-06-1400 minConversations as you Go114. Brian and Klaus – Reaching CanberraWe catch up with Brian and Klaus from Grace Church Canberra at our Launch gathering in Melbourne to hear their journey of the paradigm shifts that they and their local church has gone through as they completely embrace DMM.
View this interview as a video here.
These guys represent the Crosslink network of more than 160 churches around Australia and have a vision as a local church of seeing the whole of Canberra reached.
They share how their journey into DMM included being struck by and influenced by people like Chris Galanos and his fa...
2024-03-1822 min
Iowa Church Leaders Podcast34. Josh Howard ~ Central India Christian Mission & Disciple Making MovementsJosh has been living in India since 2008 and has a passion to see the Kingdom of God spread throughout the world. He is overseeing the church planting school at Central India Christian Mission (CICM), which prepares church planters to go to unreached areas in India and the surrounding countries. In 2015, he launched a branch of the ministry called Ignite, which has seen over 10,000 churches started in eight years! Josh also serves as the regional director of Central Asia for the NewThing Network. He has a Master of Arts in Missional Church Movements from Wheaton College and is the co-author...
2023-10-1751 minConversations as you Go98. Megachurch to multiplication #2This is part 2 of our two part series with Chris Galanos.
People of peace (in a western context)
Chris shares how he came to realise the significance of the person of peace by sharing a powerful story from an access ministry his father was part of in a local US gaol.
Engaging with ‘PIPSY’ people
Chris encourages us to join God where he is already working. Jesus tells us when we help those in need, we help him (Matthew 25:31-46). Chris sums up those in need in this passage in four groups...
2023-10-0937 minConversations as you Go97. Megachurch to multiplication #1Chris Galanos joins the conversation over the next two episodes. In this podcast, Chris starts by sharing the challenging journey of his successful Texan megachurch in the US switching to embrace a vision for multiplication.
From 10,000 to 1 million – compelled into multiplication by a God sized vision
After reaching their ten year vision to reach 10,000 people in just eight years, Chris describes how God gave him and the church leadership a new God sized vision for the next ten years. After asking God what his vision would be for them, Chris tells us how God birthed a c...
2023-10-0200 min
Lost and Found PodcastDMM - Extraordinary Prayer - Ty HorsfordBefore we can see an extraordinary movement of God, we must experience and engage in extraordinary movement of God. This week we continue our emphasis on disciple multiplying movements in a conversation with DMM catalyst, Ty Horsford, from Lubbock, TX.Recommended reading: Megachurch to Multiplication - Chris GalanosContact us: derek@lostandfoundpodcast.caInformation on DMM: derek@e-lifenow.caSupport the show
2023-09-2859 min
Everything I Did Wrong as a Church Planter: A Million Part SeriesI Focused on the Product and Not the Process (with Former Santaquin, Utah Church Planter Christopher Murray)Here in Season 2, I'm focusing on life and ministry from the time we arrived in Provo, Utah until the launch service of our new church plant.
In this episode, I'm joined by former church planter Christopher Murray of Santaquin, Utah. As he shares his story, he discusses how he was enamored with the product of church planting, rather than the process.
At minute [8:17] I mentioned a book discussion I led around From Mega Church to Multiplication. You can order a copy here. You can watch the recordings of our Q&A with...
2023-08-0242 min
Jesus in the Upper Left#17 - An Inspiring Gospel Multiplication StorySend a textChris Galanos took a bold and scary step, and many people thought he was crazy. But God is using this former megachurch to create a mega-movement. Take a behind-the-scenes look at what Experience Life Church did, why they did it, and what we can learn about reaching Portland in this season.CONNECT TO MULTIPLY PDX: Get more info, subscribe for news and connect to events at http://www.upperleftshow.com/.#church #pastor #churchplanting #pnw #pacificnorthwest #multiplypdx #HealthyLeadership #LeadershipInsights #MinistryWisdom #ThriveInLeadership #LeadershipAdvice #InspiringStories #PodcastRecommendation
2023-07-2940 min
Guerrilla Discipleship with Kevin Baker and Tim ParkerDisciple-Making Movements Disrupt the Traditional Church - Part 2Pastor Kevin talks with his disciple-making coach, Pastor Chris Galanos, about Disciple Making Movements (DMM). They focus today on the need for disciple-makers to be involved in peer coaching for support and accountability. This conversation is continued from last week.
Read Chris' Book: experiencelifenow.com/store/p/from-megachurch-to-multiplication
Find out more about Experience Life Church: experiencelifenow.com
This episode was originally posted on April 14, 2021
2022-06-1528 minGuerrilla Discipleship with Kevin Baker and Tim ParkerDisciple-Making Movements Disrupt the Traditional ChurchPastor Kevin talks with his disciple-making coach Pastor Chris Galanos about Disciple Making Movements (DMM). Specifically focusing on how Chris started a church in Lubbock, Texas that grew into a megachurch. This megachurch model was disrupted when Chris and his team started living out DMM principles. This conversation will be continued next week.
Read Chris' Book: experiencelifenow.com/store/p/from-megachurch-to-multiplication
Find out more about Experience Life Church: experiencelifenow.com
This episode was originally posted on April 7, 2021
2022-06-0832 min
The More Disciples PodcastWhatever it Takes - Whatever it CostsToday's guest, Chris Galanos, the pastor of Experience Life has seen God multiply disciples in West Texas. He and his wife began a church in their living room with a big prayer - 10,000 people in 10 years. After the first 10 years, God gave them a bigger goal: 1 million people in the next 10 years! Chris and The More Disciples Podcast team explore the topics of collaboration, perseverance, and the great burden of committing to whatever it takes to see God raise up disciple-making movements.
2021-09-1447 min
Now I See PodcastChris Galanos: Character by ChoiceKit McCarty welcomes Chris Galanos, blogger, speaker, former health services senior executive and Air Force officer, to talk about character development and why it matters.
Show Quotes
"I see myself as a person interested in leadership and character. I think about, “How do you lead? Why do you lead? How do you motivate people and how do you get them to be their best person? What qualities do you look for?”
Moms’ advice: “Son, you can do whatever you want to do. Make up your mind. Stick to it. You can make it happen.”...
2021-06-0332 min
The Disciple PodcastThe Disciple | Season 2 | Episode 2: Chris GalanosThis week Simon Holley and Steve Wilson connected with Chris Galanos.
Chris is the pastor of Experience Life in Texas, recently listed as one of the fastest growing churches in the US which was founded in Chris’ living room in 2007.
Experience Life’s original prayer was for 10,000 people to commit their lives to Jesus in 10 years. After the Lord answered that prayer in year 8, they believed the Lord was leading them to pray for 1,000,000 people to become disciples of Jesus in the next 10 years. As a result, they began a bold transition from a “megachurch” model to...
2021-05-101h 06
PROPEL | A Podcast by Fellowship PacificEp. 31 | Microchurch: A different way of thinking about church w/ John PritchardMicrochurch. House Church. No matter what you call them, chances are you may have heard something about this model of church over the past year during Covid. Of course, this isn’t a new way of doing church; it literally goes back all the way to the first churches. But it’s a model that still feels unfamiliar to many of us in North America. Over the past year, however, there’s been a growing interest in microchurch as a model due to the public health restrictions we’ve been living with. In this episode, Mike Mawhorter from our Church L...
2021-05-0459 min
Movements with Steve Addison246-From Megachurch to Multiplication with Chris GalanosChris Galanos tells the story of his journey from megachurch pastor to movement catalyst.
You can connect with Chris and access his training and resources at experiencelifenow.com.
To find out more about 2414 visit 2414now.net.
2021-04-2335 min
Guerrilla Discipleship with Kevin Baker and Tim ParkerWant to be a better Disciple-Maker? Seek ongoing Peer Caching - part 2 of 2Pastor Kevin talks with his disciple-making coach Pastor Chris Galanos, of ELife Church, about about Disciple Making Movements (DMM) and the importance of ongoing peer coaching. This conversation is continued from last week.
2021-04-1428 minGuerrilla Discipleship with Kevin Baker and Tim ParkerWant to be a better Disciple-Maker? See ongoing peer coaching - part 1 of 2Pastor Kevin talks with his disciple-making coach Pastor Chris Galanos, of ELife Church, about Disciple Making Movements (DMM). Specifically focusing on how Chris started a church in Lubbock, Texas that grew into a megachurch. This megachurch model was disrupted when Chris and his team started living out DMM principles. This conversation will be continued next week.
2021-04-0732 min
The Iron Deep PodcastThe Brett Snodgrass Podcast - Ep 03: Chris Galanos - "Growing Your Church Multiplying"Chris Galanos shares about innovative and effective changes he's made as a pastor to entrepreneur. He also shares with Brett the changes in his church. Chris is the pastor of a megachurch who has cut staff payroll, including his own, so that leaders don't take money from the church. Instead Chris started his own real estate business to support himself, juts like Paul supported himself as a tentmaker. Chris speaks on leading by example, and he has a ministry that trains other pastors how to do the same thing. Chris also speaks to Brett on the large shift from...
2021-01-181h 03
Faith > FearEp. 63: A Dangerous Prayer - Chris GalanosWhat happened after Chris Galanos led his church in praying a dangerous prayer? Giving and attendance went down, but so much else was gained. Hear Chris’ story in this episode.Join us twice a week to learn from everyday individuals about how they are learning and living in an uncertain world. Episodes are also available at https://gnpi.org/updates/faith-fear.
2020-10-2625 min
Movement Conversations - Powered By New Generations Global PlatformChris GalanosSend us a textChris Galanos is the Founding Pastor of Experience Life Church in Lubbock, TX, which is now a network of many churches meeting across the nation. He graduated from Southwestern Seminary in 2006 and then started Experience Life in his living room in the Spring of 2007. In the first 10 years of Experience Life’s history, God allowed the church to help over 13,000 people commit their lives to Christ & baptize over 7,000 people. Toward the end of the first 10 years, the Lord began to give Chris & the eLife Leadership Team the vision of seeing 1,000,000 disciples made in th...
2020-09-1442 min
The KC Underground PodcastA Million in the Next Ten Years (An Interview with Chris Galanos)Cory and Brian interview Chris Galanos and learn about a network aiming at movement in Lubbock, TX.
2020-05-2652 min
Gangland WireButch Petrocelli and the Wild BunchDon’t forget to buy me a coffee on Venmo at ganglandwire. This week, Chicago writer and Outfit historian, Camillius “Cam” Robinson and I talk about Butch Petrocelli and the Wild Bunch. As a special bonus in the sho0w notes, Cam has written a short piece with additional facts and stories about Butch and this feared hit team of young Turks in the Outfit.
I had a great time talking with Gary on Gangland Wire. I thought it might be helpful to include a bit more information on our buddy Butch as a companion to the podcas...
2019-05-2035 min
Gangland WireButch Petrocelli and the Wild BunchDon’t forget to buy me a coffee on Venmo at ganglandwire. This week, Chicago writer and Outfit historian, Camillius “Cam” Robinson and I talk about Butch Petrocelli and the Wild Bunch. As a special bonus in the sho0w notes, Cam has written a short piece with additional facts and stories about Butch and this feared hit team of young Turks in the Outfit.
I had a great time talking with Gary on Gangland Wire. I thought it might be helpful to include a bit more information on our buddy Butch as a companion to the podcas...
2019-05-2000 min
Begin The Full Audiobook Everyone Is Talking About — So Best-Selling!From Megachurch to Multiplication by Chris GalanosPlease visithttps://thebookvoice.com/podcasts/2/audible/230122to listen full audiobooks.
Title: From Megachurch to Multiplication
Author: Chris Galanos
Narrator: Chris Galanos
Format: mp3
Length: 5 hrs and 14 mins
Release date: 11-16-18
Ratings: 5 out of 5 stars, 99 ratings
Genres: Discipleship
Publisher's Summary:
What would cause Experience Life Church, frequently named one of the fastest growing churches in the country, to completely change directions? Why would they risk an attendance drop and a decrease in giving to pursue a vision that has seldom been attempted in the American church? The leaders of Experience Life knew this journey would be risky and calculated the...
2018-11-165h 14
The Iron Deep PodcastSWP: 036 Partnering with God To Crush It As A Real Estate Whole"Tailer"We are so excited to have Chris Galanos from Lubbock, Texas on the show today! He is the pastor of Experience Life and is one of America's youngest megachurch pastors! Chris is also doing some awesome stuff in real estate and today he is going to share what it's like to run a megachurch and invest in real estate on the side. You definitely want to tune into this episode if you're investing in real estate and looking for ways to find balance between your time with God, your job, family and...
2016-12-111h 06