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The Door to PeaceCuriosity Over Judgement: A Better Way to Share Peace - Conversation with Jon RitnerHow can followers of Jesus bring the peace of Christ into a world that sees Christians as judgmental, hypocritical and hateful?Jon Ritner advocates for a shift from some traditional Christian behaviors to living more like Jesus — connecting with people with genuine curiosity to better understand their needs and longings. This podcast will offer new perspectives on how to approach ideologies that differ from our own. Tom engages Jon to delve into his commitment to connecting with people who may expect judgment or condemnation. The two explore the idea of radical and powerful disruption of traditional Christian “in an...
2024-08-2145 min
SELAH CommonwealthTraining: TeachersIn this training, we continue our exploration of the five gifts that Jesus has given his church. Every Christ-follower has specific gifts given to them by Jesus so that we might all become more like Jesus, experience the fullness of God's presence, and participate in his ongoing mission in the world together. This week we look at the fifth of these five gifts: teachers.Special thanks to Alan Hirsch. J.R. Woodward, Nathan Brewer, Brentview Church, and Jon Ritner for their contributions to this episode.
2024-07-2931 min
The Communitas International PodcastThe Christian Crisis of the 21st Century: With Mike FrostJon Ritner joins Joy and Geoff on this episode as they have a conversation with Michael Frost about the peculiar challenges of Christianity in the 21st Century. He speaks about the deep disturbing shift that happened during the industrial 1950s that reduced what most know as Christianity to a highly political and narrow-minded version of faith. However, he sees great hope if we utilize the collective wisdom for collaboration towards advocacy, social justice and unraveling systems of oppression.
About Mike Frost
Michael Frost is an internationally recognized Australian missiologist and one of the l...
2024-06-1953 minSELAH CommonwealthTraining: ProphetsIn this training, we continue our exploration of the five gifts that Jesus has given his church. Every Christ-follower has specific gifts given to them by Jesus so that we might all become more like Jesus, experience the fullness of God's presence, and participate in his ongoing mission in the world together. This week we look at the second of these five gifts: prophets.Special thanks to Alan Hirsch. J.R. Woodward, Nathan Brewer, Jon Ritner, Rich Robinson, Tim Catchim, Jessie Cruickshank, and Brad Brisco for their contributions to this training series.
2024-05-2026 minSELAH CommonwealthTraining: ApostlesIn this week's training, we continue our journey in Ephesians 4 as we explore the five gifts that Jesus has given his church. These gifts come to us in the form of people. People are the gifts. Everyone has specific gifts given to them by Jesus for the serving of others so that we might all become more like Jesus, experience the fullness of God's presence, and together participate in his ongoing mission in the world. This week we look at the first of these five gifts: apostles. Special thanks to Alan Hirsch. J.R. Woodward, Nathan Brewer, J...
2024-05-0629 minSELAH CommonwealthTraining: Introduction to APESTOver the next couple of months, we will be exploring Ephesians 4 and its profound implications for us as Jesus followers. As we begin this journey, we find right away that Jesus has designed his church with great intentionality. It is to be a community in which each person has a unique and irreplaceable role to play in God's ongoing work in our midst. Special thanks to Alan Hirsch. J.R. Woodward, Nathan Brewer, Jon Ritner, Rich Robinson, Tim Catchim, Jessie Cruickshank, and Brad Brisco for their contributions to this training series.
2024-04-2223 min
First Baptist Arlington SermonsOnward and Upward . . . Together! - February 11, 2024Dennis R. Wiles First Baptist Arlington February 11, 2024 WINTER 2024 Together . . . in Christ Jesus January 7 – February 13, 2024 Preaching Voice: Apostle Onward and Upward . . . Together! Ephesians 4:11-13 Theme FBCA 2024: Together Theme for Lent/Easter 2024: Together . . . in Ascent Theme for Winter 2024: Together . . . in Christ Jesus Apostles, Prophets, Evangelists, Shepherds, Teachers (APEST) – these designations refer to leaders given to the church by Christ. This is not an exhaustive list of all the spiritual gifts...
2024-02-1233 min
Andrew Petty is DyingEp. 090 | A Tale of Two Mountaineers: How Comfort Sabotages Our Contentment, and What to Do About ItDo you desire genuine fulfillment and contentment? Are you searching for a way to achieve true satisfaction and inner peace? In this episode, I'll reveal an antidote to discontentment. By embracing the hero's journey, you can unlock the path towards lasting contentment, breaking free from the sabotaging clutches of comfort and convenience. It's simple in principle, but far from easy in reality. Perhaps that's why so many of us avoid it. But don't let that be you. Wide (and easy!) is the way that leads to discontentment, and many find it. Narrow (and hard!) is the way that leads...
2023-10-2310 min
First Baptist Arlington SermonsFirst Baptist Arlington: In Partnership with Others! - October 15, 2023Dennis R Wiles FBC Arlington October 15, 2023 2023 - Why Does It Matter? FALL 2023 The Church: Why Does It Matter? September 3 – November 4, 2023 First Baptist Arlington: In Partnership with Others! Philippians 1:1-11 In the United States, we are currently experiencing the largest and fastest religious shift in the history of our country, as tens of millions of formerly regular Christian worshipers nationwide have decided they no longer desire to attend church at all. These are what we now call the dechurched. About 40 million adults in America today used to go to church b...
2023-10-1640 min
Andrew Petty is DyingEp. 088 | Become the Hero in Your Own Story: Overcoming Resistance and Fear on the Journey, with Vince ColemanIf you're experiencing overwhelming frustration and disappointment because despite your efforts to find fulfillment in your current career, you still feel empty and unfulfilled, then you are not alone! If you're constantly taking on new projects and responsibilities, hoping they will bring you joy and purpose, only to find yourself in the same state of dissatisfaction, then you are not alone! If you're caught in a cycle of fear and resistance, unable to take the leap into a new adventure that excites you, because the fear of the unknown is paralyzing, then you are not alone! If you're longing...
2023-09-2544 minThe Communitas International PodcastCommunity in the Context of Culture; with Jon RitnerJon Ritner shares with Geoff and Joy the impact of culture and generational cohort on faith and spirituality. As he shares in his book, Positively Irritating, God is always working and we can come alongside that movement no matter where it's happening or how it looks.
About Jon
Jon Ritner is the Chief Strategy Officer for Communitas Intl. Jon pastored locally for 20 years; serving a “mega church” in Williamsburg, Virginia, planting “micro churches" in Brussels, Belgium, and then re-missioning an existing church in Hollywood, CA around missional incarnational paradigms and practices. Jon is a gradu...
2023-09-0758 minAndrew Petty is DyingEp. 086 | The Best is Yet to Come: Rediscovering an Ancient Compass for a Life of Purpose and Adventure Today“Not only did this hero's journey resonate with a desire we all have, it felt like it told the story of the life I was actually living. And I think I realized that it wasn't a one-time adventure–that it had the potential to be a pattern or a framework that I could lean into and try to follow over and over again in order to find more meaning, more purpose, and more transformation in my life. In many ways it was what I was missing back in Virginia. I realized it was offering me a pathway, almost like guid...
2023-08-281h 05
Only On A SundayPositively IrritatingAn interview with Jon Ritner. Former pastor of Ecclesia Hollywood, current church-planting catalyst with Communitas and author of the book "Positively Irritating".
2023-07-3152 min
In The Room With Communitas North AmericaTransitioning from Prevailing to Missional Models of Church
Is it possible for prevailing model churches to initiate missional activity in their communities? How can this happen without undermining the base congregation? In this episode of "In The Room With Communitas NA," we talk with Communitas International board member Jon Ritner about his experiences leading in various settings. Jon has twenty years of pastoral leadership experience, from growing an American megachurch to planting microchurches in Brussels, Belgium.
2023-06-301h 05
Spiritual Life and Leadership127. From Sunday-centric to Mission-centric, with Jon Ritner, author of Positively IrritatingJon Ritner is the author of Positively Irritating: Embracing a Post-Christian World to Form a More Faithful and Innovative Church. In this episode, we discuss what it means to be the church in a post-Christendom world. How can the church be the kind of church that a Post-Christendom world actually needs—and the kind of church that God is calling the church to be?THIS EPISODE'S HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE:Jon Ritner is the author of Positively Irritating: Embracing a Post-Christian World to Form a More Faithful and Innovative Church and has served as lead at Ecclesia Holl...
2022-04-2647 min
Ecclesia HollywoodD. Paul Thomas Guest speaker D. Paul Thomas, a former member of Ecclesia's original "pastoral posse", asks us, "What's your cup that's before you?" He reminds us that we don't worship God because of blessings. We worship God because He is God. In addition, the Ecclesia family commissions the Ritner family as Jon prepares to step down from his nearly seven-year position as our lead pastor.
2022-04-1055 minEcclesia HollywoodD. Paul Thomas Guest speaker D. Paul Thomas, a former member of Ecclesia's original "pastoral posse", asks us, "What's your cup that's before you?" He reminds us that we don't worship God because of blessings. We worship God because He is God. In addition, the Ecclesia family commissions the Ritner family as Jon prepares to step down from his nearly seven-year position as our lead pastor.
2022-04-1055 min
200churches Podcast: Ministry Encouragement for Pastors of Small ChurchesEpisode 372 - Detaching Your Church From A Sunday Morning Centric Ministry Focus with Jon RitnerJon Ritner, from Ecclesia, a church in Hollywood CA, joins Jonny to talk about the impact of our post-Christian culture on how we approach ministry in 2022 America. Jon's book, Positively Irritating: Embracing a Post-Christian World to Form a More Faithful and Innovative Church, came out in 2020 and is exactly about what the subtitle says!Jonny and Jon talk at length about that, and pastoral burnout from the last two years. But, they open up with a great story - while they pastor in churches 2,000 miles apart, they were both impacted personally by the...
2022-03-1749 min
Forge America Missional PodcastEpisode 71 - Mobilizing Missional Disciples Webinar - Remission# 4 Mobilizing Missional Disciples
Remission — Moving a congregation of members to a community of missionaries
There’s never been a more important time to mobilize the people of God in the everyday spaces of life. So how then do we take a congregation of members and see them transformed into a community of missionaries? How do we lead people from being consumers of church-y goods and services, to living out the imago dei in the places they live work and play? Join us as we discuss these questions with pastor and author Jon Ritner.
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2022-01-0355 min
Exponential NEXT PodcastMobilizing Missional Disciples: Remission — Moving a congregation of members to a community of missionariesMobilizing Missional Disciples
Remission — Moving a congregation of members to a community of missionaries
There’s never been a more important time to mobilize the people of God in the everyday spaces of life. So how then do we take a congregation of members and see them transformed into a community of missionaries? How do we lead people from being consumers of church-y goods and services, to living out the imago dei in the places they live work and play? Join us as we discuss these questions with pastor and author Jon Ritner.
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2021-11-0156 min
The H2 Leadership Podcast236 - Jon Ritner ”Hollywood, food trucks and irritation”On today's episode, Alan chats with Jon Ritner, pastor from Hollywood and city advocate about how to love our neighbors right now and why we should be irritating sometimes.
About Jon
Jon served a “mega church” in Williamsburg, Virginia for 10 years before moving to Brussels, Belgium to help plant “micro churches.” Now Jon is applying the lessons he learned about adapting the church to post-Christendom back in America as part of a local faith community in LA.
Jon serves as Lead Pastor of Ecclesia Hollywood, a community of artists and creatives who long for new...
2021-09-2839 min
Keep Climbing PodcastCreativity, Culture, and Self Leadership - Jon Ritner (Pastor, leader, speaker)Jon Ritner is a pastor, leader, and has been a speaker for over 20 years. He has served in various ministry leadership roles in Virginia, Belgium, and he currently pastors a church in Los Angeles. Jon recently authored a book called Positively Irritating: Embracing a Post-Christian World where he invites leaders to lead in every day areas of life. On this episode we talk about creative process, creating culture, and ways to continue growing as a leader.
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The Keep Climbing Podcast is a series of curious conversations for young learning leaders. Our goal is to...
2021-09-2451 min
Shifting CultureEp. 20 Jon Ritner - Embodying Good News for the CityIn this episode, Jon Ritner talks about his new book Positively Irritating, embodying the good news for the city, and he gives us a new paradigm for church. Jon has twenty years of pastoral leadership experience, from growing an American megachurch to planting microchurches in Brussels, Belgium. He currently serves in Los Angeles as lead pastor of Ecclesia Hollywood and is on the board of directors for Communitas International, a global church planting movement. Jon trains pastors and church planters from across the country with Forge America, Fuller Theological Seminary, the V3 Movement, and 100 Movements. Jon and...
2021-09-1457 min
Predigten aus der Zellgemeinde BremenAnstelle einer Predigt: Meine Lesereise im Sommerurlaub 2021 - Gedanken und Folgerungen
Für alle, die interessiert, was ich im Urlaub gelesen habe und woher ich Inspiration erhalte. Im Podcast kommentiere ich die einzelnen Bücher und stelle weitere Überlegungen an. (Leider ist die Aufnahmequalität nur begrenzt gut geworden.)Jens Stangenberg
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Oscar Cullmann (1948): Christus und die Zeit. Die urchristliche Zeit- und Geschichtsauffassung.James P. Carse (1986): Finite and infinite Games.Fulbert Steffensky (2006): Schwarzbrotspiritualität.Gerschom Scholem (1977): Von der mystischen Gestalt der Gottheit: Studien zu Grundbegriffen der Kabbala.Bruno Latour (2008): Wir sind nie modern gewesen – Versuch einer symmetrischen Anthropologie.Ariane Martin (2011): Sehnsucht – der Anfang von allem: Dimension...
2021-08-271h 02
Forge America Missional PodcastEpisode 47 - Questions the Church Should Be Asking - Jon RitnerWe have the opportunity to sit down with Jon Ritner, pastor at Ecclesia Hollywood, author of "Positively Irritating", and director of Forge Hollywood and discuss some of the questions the Church should be asking.
2021-07-0647 min
Forge America Missional PodcastEpisode 40 - The Interview - Jon RitnerRowland grabs time with Hollywood Hub Leader Jon Ritner to discuss his new book on church innovation
2020-11-2012h 00
Entrepreneurial Ministry LeaderPositively Irritating with Jon RitnerIn this episode of the Entrepreneurial Ministry Leader Podcast, we sit down and talk with Jon Ritner, Pastor of Ecclesia Church in Hollywood. We talk with Jon about his journey working in a megachurch, moving to Europe to do church planting in Brussels, and now pastoring a church in Hollywood. We talk about how the church needs to look different in this post-Christian society, what the church needs to do differently, and the changing role of the pastor.
2020-11-0536 min
Together LA Listening TourChurch Leadership with Jon RitnerIn this week’s episode of the Together LA podcast series, we sit down with Pastor Jon Ritner, Lead Pastor of Ecclesia Hollywood and speak with him on church life, leadership and how he is choosing to lead through a global pandemic.
2020-11-0436 min
Fishers of MenNo. 1: What Is Dating?What is dating? What is a date? What is the difference between dating and hanging out? Why is this so confusing?
We posed these questions to our friends, as well as pastor Jon Ritner of the Ecclesia church in Hollywood, to try to get a handle on it. The result? We’re even more confused than before, but we sure had fun trying to figure it out!
Thank you to everyone who allowed us to corner them and shove mics in their faces while asking impossible-to-answer questions.
Here is the Reddit survey on Catholic Dating that we mention in this ep...
2016-04-1952 min