Bringing Mission to Life in Your Parish - Jason Simon | Ep. 104 | Ron Huntley Leadership Podcast

In the church, we often judge & evaluate fruitfulness based on external factors–things like the offertory, the October counts, or the number of people coming through the doors each week.

But Jesus himself used a different metric for measuring success: "Did you love the least of these? The forgotten?"

We're not used to judging fruitfulness by how many people we've formed & sent into the community to be living witnesses & disciple-makers. We've moved into an apostolic stage where it's imperative that we learn how to share the gospel through testimony, ask good questions of our neighbours and facilitate groups for authentic conversation to take place.

But what does that look like in practice?

This week's guest, Jason Simon, President of the Evangelical Catholic, is full of hope and passion for the church's future. His experience of being sought after and apprenticed by a zealous disciple maker drives him to help others have the confidence and skills to reach people in the world with the abundant life of Jesus. Under his leadership, the Evangelical Catholic has experienced a consistent expansion in equipping Catholic laity for apostolic impact worldwide. He has seen first-hand the power of lay evangelization fueled by the institution of the Church.

Our conversation is a deep dive into leadership formation and bringing the mission alive in a fresh way in your parish. From forming and training people for this work to supporting them within the community, then finally uniting laypeople in a vision of outreach for the community!