Episode 364 – Church Planting Secrets Every Entrepreneur Needs

00:00 Opening: Pastors + entrepreneurs can solve the world’s greatest problems

00:55 Introducing Dave Ferguson and the New Thing Network

01:41 Starting a church on the back of a napkin

02:39 From one church to 30,000: The network model that changed everything

03:39 Defining “movement”—when does something tip?

05:38 The “chaortic” principle: vision, values, and controlled chaos

06:34 Leadership, control, and the maturation of a movement

07:01 Inflection points: The first church plant and the multiplication breakthrough

10:22 Reproducing networks—the backbone of movement

12:26 Church planters and entrepreneurs: Same wiring?

13:26 What entrepreneurs and church planters share

14:53 The darkness that keeps pastors and entrepreneurs apart

16:03 Breaking down the intimidation factor on both sides

17:47 FDE Church Partnership announcement

18:35 Barna data: When pastors and entrepreneurs come together

19:28 Justice Deposits: A pastor-entrepreneur collaboration that made history

20:45 Is the church waking up to the entrepreneurial opportunity?

21:47 The “how moment”—entrepreneurs as the bridge to every domain

23:02 Flipping the door: Pastors entering the entrepreneur’s world

23:40 Going wide AND deep: The four Rs framework

25:41 Inside Multiplier: Dave’s new book and its framework

27:08 FDE Foundation Groups announcement

27:55 Making frameworks sticky—and why it matters

29:23 The Multiplier framework: “It’s in you”

30:33 The drift problem—and why healthy leaders finish strong

32:40 RPMS: The four daily gauges every leader needs

34:16 Entrepreneurs love a great dashboard—this is yours

35:04 Building faith-driven entrepreneurship that doesn’t repeat history

37:45 Four external practices: Make disciple-makers

38:27 73% of Jesus’ time was with a few—what that means for your leadership

39:36 Leadership development over HR programs

40:52 Establishing spiritual communities and mobilizing new leaders

41:52 Launching church expressions—simpler than you think

42:41 50 micro-expressions of church inside Amazon

43:17 Mission-first community: The nuclear power source

44:41 Rick’s story: A salesman plants an all-abilities church

47:09 Missional imagination vs. checklist Christianity

47:53 Closing: Pastors and entrepreneurs bringing redemptive imagination together

Episode 364 – Church Planting Secrets Every Entrepreneur Needs | Dave Ferguson