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Charles Russell has served in Pastoral Ministry for 26 years. He is also a certified John Maxwell speaker, coach, and trainer for staff, leadership teams, and volunteers. He has a Masters in Organizational Leadership. Find out more at charlesrusselltraining.com.

Bruce Ritter Bruce Ritter has been a lead Pastor for 28 years and a Spiritual Life and Leadership Coach since 2005. He is also a consultant with Church Life Resources. He has a Masters in Pastoral Ministry and a Doctorate in Evangelism and Discipleship. Check out more at his website Coaching Cardia.

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The Missional Church: From Mentoring to Multiplication

2025-12-15

What if the health of a church wasn’t measured by how many people it gathers—but by how many people it sends, forms, and releases? What if reproduction, not attendance, was the real metric of mission? The New Testament already gave us the book.

In this episode of The Five Gifts Podcast, Bruce Ritter and Charles Russell examine Paul’s model of mission, discipleship, and leadership reproduction. Through the lens of Paul’s missionary journeys and epistles, they explore how churches multiply through demonstration, imitation, and reproduction—when leaders carry both the tenderness of a mother and the leadership of a father. This conversation offers a biblical, relational framework for leaders who want to build healthy, reproducing churches rooted in evangelism, formation, and shared ministry.

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