Equipping
Who We Are
Expositors Collective is a growing network of pastors, leaders, and laypeople which exists to equip, encourage, and mentor the next generation of Christ-centered preachers. We provide resources through our weekly podcast, our two-day intentional training seminars, and interactive webinars.
Up Next
Expositors Collective Tri-ValleyÂ
Our next in-person Training Weekend for men and women of all ages will be in Pleasanton, CA on May 24-25, 2024. In this interactive seminar, attendees will meet in groups and build ongoing relationships.
Valley Community Church
Del Valle Parkway
Pleasanton, CA 94566
$79 Early Bird Registration is now open until April 15!
Expositors Collective Uganda
September 11-13, 2024
Calvary Chapel Kampala, UgandaÂ
This will be a free event. Register now!
About CGN
We are a family of churches working together to proclaim the Gospel, make diciples, and plant churches.
Visit our website for more Information about care, coaching, and resources.
The Team
Nick is the author of Theology for the People, a blog and podcast discussing the intersection of theology and culture. Additionally, Nick is on the steering committee of the Expositors Collective, an organization that exists to equip and mentor the next generation of Christ-centered preachers. He also serves as a Local Connector with Calvary Global Network and recently developed Cultivate, a program to assess, train, and deploy new church planters and missionaries.
In 1993, when 23 years old, he moved to San Luis Obispo on California's Central Coast to plant Calvary SLO Church, which has become an influential church in the area and beyond, with it's church planting /missions work.
Best of all, Bryan is the father of two daughters, Brianna & Brooke, and enjoys spending time with his family. He's often be found hanging around SLO at one of it's many coffee shops, taking photos, or in the surf.
The Podcast
Luke Simmons is the founding and Lead Pastor of Ironwood Church, a growing church in the Phoenix metro area. He’s been in full-time pastoral ministry since 2004 and has the scars to prove it. As a catalytic leader, he’s been curating resources and coaching leaders for over a decade.
Because Luke loves to learn and enjoys sharing what he’s learned with other pastors, he founded Faithful and Fruitful to help pastors experience a lifetime of joyful, God-honoring ministry.
Through resources, tools, and coaching experiences, he helps pastors build their confidence to lead for the long-haul in a changed and changing world. Faithful and Fruitful is a biblical vision of ministry and a lot of fun.
As an experienced church planter, Luke also leads the Redeemer City to City Church Planting Incubator for the Surge Network in Phoenix, where he helps planters begin their churches with theological vision, effective systems, and sustainable personal habits.
Luke has a communications degree from the University of Illinois, where he played third base for the Fighting Illini, as well as an M.A. in Missional Theology from Covenant Theological Seminary.
You can find out more about Luke's next Preaching Lab here:Â Â https://faithfulandfruitful.com/the-preaching-lab-interest/
Subscribe to Luke's podcast ”Preaching Through” here:Â https://ptpodcast.buzzsprout.com/
Suggested Listening:Â
Vision Casting as a Tool to Serve God's People – Todd Peeble :Â https://open.spotify.com/episode/5vrAj8VyWcaTvl2NbN9vsq?si=a94e08ad028c4e71Â
Exposing the Word or Imposing Upon the Word – Mike Neglia : https://open.spotify.com/episode/3acaNXkFJyzTziG88cbaFp?si=62785bfe930a4ae9Â
True and False Pastoral Productivity – Chad Brooks:Â https://open.spotify.com/episode/6p7ROrx8GYSNiBM9Qk4sBq?si=f2178ed29e664f49Â
Pleasanton, California Expositors Collective Training Event May 24th & 25th
We’re excited to be partnering with Valley Community Church to host our first training seminar in the Bay Area. We have a lot of friends (and podcast downloads) in that part of California and we know that it is going to be a great time!
To register or for more information visit https://expositorscollective.org/gatherings/
The Expositors Collective podcast is part of the CGNMedia, Working together to proclaim the Gospel, make disciples, and plant churches. For more content like this, visit https://cgnmedia.org/
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