Healing, Disciple-Making, and the Glasshouse Hub
Episode Summary
In this episode, Brian and Cory sit down with Brandon Kelly, co-leader of the Glasshouse Hub in Kansas City Underground. Brandon shares the journey of transitioning from traditional church leadership into a disciple-making movement. They discuss spiritual renewal, healing from church trauma, and reimagining what it means to plant the gospel in a city. From running a business as a missional outpost to guiding others through soul care and disciple-making, Brandon and his wife, Courtney, are leading a movement of deep healing and multiplication.
Key Themes & Takeaways
1. From Church Planting to Disciple-Making
Brandon and Courtney originally set out to plant a traditional church but soon realized Jesus was already planting churches around them.
Instead of launching a Sunday service, they began equipping disciple-makers and microchurches through everyday relationships in Independence, Missouri.
Their business—a wedding venue and coffee shop—became a place for gospel conversations and community transformation.
2. Healing from Spiritual Trauma & Religious Systems
Brandon shares about walking through a season of deconstruction and renewal, realizing that some systems inherently produce broken results.
Encountering spiritual abuse and church hurt forced them to rethink leadership, authority, and disciple-making.
The Glasshouse Hub was born out of this realization: creating spaces where people can heal, rediscover Jesus, and find spiritual renewal.
3. Glasshouse: A Place for Growth in Any Climate
The Glasshouse metaphor represents an environment where growth happens despite external challenges.
Many in their community are either:
Recovering from harmful church experiences and seeking healing, or
Embedded in traditional systems but hungry for deeper transformation.
They focus on soul care and disciple-making as intertwined realities—a whole-person approach to following Jesus.
4. Missionary Pathway: A Tool for Transformation
The Missionary Pathway isn’t just a training program—it’s a process of deep personal repentance.
Brandon’s team spends the first week focusing on soul care and transformation before even talking about strategy.
One participant from Denmark, sent by her denomination to find a new way of doing church, was radically impacted and started a new faith community called The Living Room.
5. Dreaming for the Future: Healing and Multiplication
Brandon and Courtney are developing a disciple-making pathway that integrates deep healing with missional movement.
Brandon is currently writing a book, "The Way of the True," which explores how spiritual growth flows from alignment between mind, body, and soul.
The Glasshouse Hub continues to raise up leaders who can bring healing to others while multiplying microchurches in Kansas City and beyond.
Final Thoughts
Disciple-making is not about strategy alone—it’s about healing, surrender, and embodying the gospel in every area of life. The Glasshouse Hub is a testament to how God can transform trauma into healing, isolation into community, and business into mission.
Whether you’re feeling stuck in traditional church systems, recovering from church hurt, or longing for a deeper way to live on mission, this episode invites you to reimagine disciple-making as a whole-life transformation.
