Episode 699: Zach Zehnder on What’s Wrong in Current Discipleship, Planting a Church In a Mainline Denomination, and How to Know When It’s Time to Leave Your Full-Time Job
Lutheran pastor and author Zach Zehnder talks about what’s wrong with the current approach to discipleship, what it’s like to plant a church in a mainline denomination and the challenges of being an entrepreneurial pastor and how to know when it’s time to leave your full-time job.
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