
KCU Podcast
Discover how to live as everyday disciple-makers in Kansas City and beyond. Through real stories, practical tools, and inspiring conversations, we equip you to Get to Know KCU, Train as Missionaries, and Multiply Disciple-Makers. Join us as we explore what it means to bring the beauty, justice, and Good News of Jesus to where you live, work, learn, and play.
Shift 4—Discovery-Based Learning Over Lecture-Based Teaching
Shift from lecture-based teaching to discovery-based disciple-making! Learn how Jesus led through questions, experience, and real-life mission.
Shift 3—Obedience-Based Disciple-Making
Shift to obedience-based disciple making! Explore how responding to Jesus with your life, not just knowledge, creates movement-minded disciples.
Shift 2—Disciple-Making Within Existing Networks
Cory and Brian dive into the second paradigm shift in disciple-making: planting the gospel within existing networks of relationships. They explore why starting where people already are—family, friends, workplaces—is key to seeing generational growth and gospel multiplication.
Continuing the Missionary Pathway Journey
Corey and Brian wrap up the Missionary Pathway series with the final tool: What’s Next? Whether you've completed a Missionary Pathway training or are simply looking to continue growing as a disciple maker, this episode explores practical steps for ongoing fruitfulness in mission.
Navigating Gospel Conversations
In this episode, Corey Ozbun and Corey McElvain (Corey squared!) dive into one of the most critical tools for disciple-makers: Gospel Conversations. How do you move conversations from casual to meaningful to spiritual? The Coreys introduce the F.R.O.G. framework (Friends, Recreation, Occupation, Goals) to help you intentionally navigate relational evangelism without making it weird.
Finding Persons of Peace
In this episode, Brian and Corey break down the importance of identifying Persons of Peace—those spiritually open and relationally connected individuals who are key to multiplying the good news of Jesus. Rooted in Luke 10, this concept is essential for disciple-makers who want to see gospel movements spread in their neighborhoods, workplaces, and beyond.
Moving from Discovery Group to Microchurch
In this episode, Corey and Brian unpack the Acts 2 Discovery Tool—a simple resource to help groups identify their collective identity as the church. Whether you’re in a discovery Bible study (DBS) or gathering people in an emerging context, this tool provides a practical framework to reflect, grow, and live into the rhythms of church as described in Acts 2.
