1000 Houses Podcast: Recent Episodes
Jeremy Pryor and the 1KH Team
Welcome to the 1000 Houses Podcast where we encourage and equip households to make disciples in and through the home. In each episode you’ll hear interviews, teachings, and conversations around what it looks like to turn your home into a hub for mission, community, and discipleship.
If you want to learn more about 1000 Houses or check out some of our resources, visit 1kh.org.
In this episode, Jeremy provides some insights on what it looks like to announce the Kingdom in a western context today
This episode is a teaching from our coaching intensive, "Made For Mission".
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In this episode, Jeremy shares a list of unique expressions that can be encouraged in a gathering of believers.
This episode is a teaching from our coaching intensive, "A House For Community".
- To learn more about this coaching intensive, visit 1kh.org/communitycoaching
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In this episode, Jeremy interviews Blake Smith to discuss some mindset shifts and tools to level up hospitality as a household.
This episode is a teaching from our coaching intensive, "Made For Mission".
- To learn more about this coaching intensive, visit 1kh.org/madeformission
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In this episode, Jeremy shares some tools to help ensure that there is a seed inside the fruit of your disciple-making efforts.
This episode is a teaching from our coaching intensive, "Life on Life Discipleship".
- To learn more about this coaching intensive, visit 1kh.org/discipleship
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In this episode, Jeremy shares the true goal of a gathering together as believers.
This episode is a teaching from our coaching intensive, "A House For Community".
- To learn more about this coaching intensive, visit 1kh.org/communitycoaching
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What kind of traits does a person of peace have?
In this episode, Jeremy uses scripture to help us identify the characteristics of a person of peace.
This episode is a teaching from our coaching intensive, "Made For Mission".
- To learn more about this coaching intensive, visit 1kh.org/madeformission
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In this episode, Jeremy shares how each of us are formed by the stories we find ourselves in, and what implications that truth has on our faith journey.
This episode is a teaching from our coaching intensive, "Life on Life Discipleship".
- To learn more about this coaching intensive, visit 1kh.org/discipleship
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In this episode, Jeremy shares some examples from scripture for how to seek out biblical oversight for a house church community.
This episode is a teaching from our coaching intensive, "A House For Community".
- To learn more about this coaching intensive, visit 1kh.org/communitycoaching
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You've discovered the "mission field" that you are called to in this season, but how do you begin to have gospel centered conversations with those in your new network?
In this episode, Jeremy shares 5 ways to engage in gospel conversations with those you are meeting.
This episode is a teaching from our coaching intensive, "Made For Mission".
- To learn more about this coaching intensive, visit 1kh.org/madeformission
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- To give to 1KH, click here
So... you've established a regular "front porch" event to give people an easy entry point into your household's community. Awesome! But how do you cultivate a network of that allows you to consistently invite new people in?
In this episode, Jeremy shares some tips for being intentional in growing your network of relationships so that you can experience a steady flow of opportunities to invite others in.
This episode is a teaching from our coaching intensive, "A House For Community".
- To learn more about this coaching intensive, visit 1kh.org/communitycoaching
- For more resources, tools, and event info, visit 1kh.org
- To give to 1KH, click here
When taking on apprentices for a season of discipleship, it is important that they see how you operate in your everyday, every week context.
In this episode, Jeremy shares some ways to sync up your weekly rhythm with your apprentices in a way that allows for maximum learning, especially when it comes to the lessons that are more "caught than taught".
This episode is a teaching from our coaching intensive, "Life on Life Discipleship".
- To learn more about this coaching intensive, visit 1kh.org/discipleship
- For more resources, tools, and event info, visit 1kh.org
What does it look like for your household to partner with single missionaries by having them live with you and your family for a season?
In this episode, Jeremy shares some principles and practical tips for how to set this partnership up for success from the start.
This episode is a teaching from our coaching intensive, "Made For Mission".
- To learn more about this coaching intensive, visit 1kh.org/madeformission
- For more resources, tools, and event info, visit 1kh.org
- To give to 1KH, click here
Casting a vision for your kids that captivates their hearts toward kingdom community-building is no small task and takes intentional leadership from you as the parent.
In this episode, Jeremy shares four challenges when casting vision to your family, and how to overcome each of those obstacles.
This episode is a teaching from our coaching intensive, "A House For Community".
- To learn more about this coaching intensive, visit 1kh.org/communitycoaching
- For more resources, tools, and event info, visit 1kh.org
- To give to 1KH, click here
When discipling another person, it can be easy to go into "teaching mode" the majority of the time. After all, your apprentice is asking to learn from you right?
But if we only share an idealistic version of what it means to follow Jesus, we can leave those we are discipling feeling discouraged.
In this episode, Justin Wolfenberg shares a tool to instill hope in those you are discipling as they learn from you and your faith journey.
This episode is a teaching from our coaching intensive, "Life on Life Discipleship".
- To learn more about this coaching intensive, visit 1kh.org/discipleship
- For more resources, tools, and event info, visit 1kh.org
What does it look like for disciple-making to become less of a box to check on our christian to do list and more about who we are at an identity level?
In this episode, Jeremy lays out a path toward living a disciple-making lifestyle.
This episode is a teaching from our coaching intensive, "Life on Life Discipleship".
- To learn more about this coaching intensive, visit 1kh.org/discipleship
- For more resources, tools, and event info, visit 1kh.org
Jesus calls out the Pharisees in Mark 7 for elevating the traditions of man above the commands of God.
In this episode, Jeremy suggests an approach that allows the commands of God to inform our church traditions in the West.
This episode is a teaching from our coaching intensive, "A House For Community".
- To learn more about this coaching intensive, visit 1kh.org/communitycoaching
- For more resources, tools, and event info, visit 1kh.org
- To give to 1KH, click here
There is a lot of confusion about how to find and engage with spiritually interested people in our unique western culture.
In this episode, Jeremy and Joe interview Brian and Cory from Kansas City Underground and discuss how to find spiritually hungry people in our affinity-based culture in the U.S.
This episode is a teaching from our coaching intensive, "Made For Mission".
- To learn more about this coaching intensive, visit 1kh.org/madeformission
- For more resources, tools, and event info, visit 1kh.org
- To give to 1KH, click here
There seems to be some confusion in the christian world when it comes to the definition of discipleship.
Which activities fall under the definition of discipleship, and which don't?
In this episode, Jeremy describes the way Jesus went about discipleship with his own followers, and how we can faithfully make disciples today in our unique context.
This episode is a teaching from our coaching intensive, "Life on Life Discipleship".
- To learn more about this coaching intensive, visit 1kh.org/discipleship
- For more resources, tools, and event info, visit 1kh.org
Disciple Making Movements are exploding all across the world... except here in the west. What's going on?
In this episode, Jeremy explains both the cultural and structural problems that inhibit these types of movements from gaining traction in western cultures.
This episode is a teaching from our coaching intensive, "A House For Community".
- To learn more about this coaching intensive, visit 1kh.org/communitycoaching
- For more resources, tools, and event info, visit 1kh.org
- To give to 1KH, click here
What is 1000 Houses (1KH)?
In this episode, Jeremy provides a high level look at the vision, mission, and practices of 1KH.
To learn more about 1000 Houses, visit 1kh.org
To give to 1KH, visit 1kh.org/donate.
Have you ever tried "going on mission" only to feel like your efforts are falling short, or something feels "off" as you try to reach others with the gospel?
In this episode, Jeremy introduces the idea of Extraordinary Prayer as a practice for engaging in the air war (spiritual realm) as we seek to go on mission.
This episode is a teaching from our coaching intensive, "Made For Mission".
- To learn more about this coaching intensive, visit 1kh.org/madeformission
- For more resources, tools, and event info, visit 1kh.org
- To give to 1KH, click here
Why is it so difficult for many of our traditional churches to make disciples?
In this episode, Jeremy talks through the 3 primary obstacles to disciple-making, and provides some suggestions for how to solve this problem.
This episode is a teaching from our coaching intensive, "Life on Life Discipleship".
- To learn more about this coaching intensive, visit 1kh.org/discipleship
- For more resources, tools, and event info, visit 1kh.org
Does the Bible itself contain a blueprint for how to do church? If so, what are the limits to that idea?
In this episode, Jeremy points out the difference between descriptive and prescriptive verses about church and community life in the scriptures, and explains how both can help us form a healthy understanding of how Jesus wants his church to operate together.
This episode is a teaching from our coaching intensive, "A House For Community".
- To learn more about this coaching intensive, visit 1kh.org/communitycoaching
- For more resources, tools, and event info, visit 1kh.org
- To give to 1KH, click here
To what degree do you believe that you are an ambassador sent from another kingdom?
In this episode, Jeremy teaches from Isaiah 6 to highlight the identity we are called to take on as believers: to go on mission to "another place".
This episode is a teaching from our coaching intensive, "Made For Mission".
- To learn more about this coaching intensive, visit 1kh.org/madeformission
- For more resources, tools, and event info, visit 1kh.org
- To give to 1KH, click here
As believers, many of us are familiar with the concept of stewardship, especially as it relates to money and time.
But what does it look like to be good stewards of our network of relationships?
In this episode, Jeremy shares a tool for how to ramp up intentionality when it comes to building relationships with the people we are called to invest in.
This episode is a teaching from our coaching intensive, "A House For Community".
- To learn more about this coaching intensive, visit 1kh.org/communitycoaching
- For more resources, tools, and event info, visit 1kh.org
- To give to 1KH, click here
Have you ever felt unqualified or unworthy to make a disciple?
In this episode, Jeremy shares a helpful analogy (preparing to have kids vs. preparing to disciple someone) to answer the question, "How do you know when you're truly ready?"
This episode is a teaching from our coaching intensive, "Life on Life Discipleship".
- To learn more about this coaching intensive, visit 1kh.org/discipleship
- For more resources, tools, and event info, visit 1kh.org
- To give to 1KH, click here
To what degree do you believe that you are an ambassador sent from another kingdom?
In this episode, Jeremy teaches from Isaiah 6 to highlight the identity we are called to take on as believers: to go on mission to "another place".
This episode is a teaching from our coaching intensive, "Made For Mission".
- To learn more about this coaching intensive, visit 1kh.org/madeformission
- For more resources, tools, and event info, visit 1kh.org
- To give to 1KH, click here
"Are you guys starting a house church?"
For those building a community, the way you choose to answer this question could have a massive impact on your household.
In this episode, Jeremy shares some helpful tips on how to talk to others about what "this thing" that you are starting actually is, and isn't.
This episode is a teaching from our coaching intensive, "A House For Community".
- To learn more about this coaching intensive, visit 1kh.org/communitycoaching
- For more resources, tools, and event info, visit 1kh.org
- To give to 1KH, click here
When it came to discipleship, Jesus clearly raised the bar for his followers, and so should we.
In this episode, Jeremy shares some ways to clarify the commitment for those you are inviting to join you in a season of discipleship.
This episode is a teaching from our coaching intensive, "Life on Life Discipleship".
- To learn more about this coaching intensive, visit 1kh.org/discipleship
- For more resources, tools, and event info, visit 1kh.org
- To give to 1KH, click here
There are two ways to go about finding a needle in a hay stack. You can take the hay stack apart piece by piece, OR you could obtain a powerful metal detector and almost immediately find the needle.
In this episode, Jeremy shares some ways to prepare ourselves to be guided by the Holy Spirit while on mission in order to find the "needle", the person of peace who is ready and open to receive the gospel.
This episode is a teaching from our coaching intensive, "Made For Mission".
- To learn more about this coaching intensive, visit 1kh.org/madeformission
- For more resources, tools, and event info, visit 1kh.org
- To give to 1KH, click here
Settling into your weekly rhythms as a community feels great, but over time something will start to feel stale and too familiar about these rhythms if you don’t spice things up with special events throughout the year.
In this episode, Jeremy shares 5 annual event ideas to consider as you seek to deepen the connection within your community.
This episode is a teaching from our coaching intensive, "A House For Community".
- To learn more about this coaching intensive, visit 1kh.org/communitycoaching
- For more resources, tools, and event info, visit 1kh.org
- To give to 1KH, click here
Discipleship isn't a group bible study.
In order to truly help those you are discipling, you need to understand where they are coming from during this season of apprenticeship in ALL of life.
In this episode, Jeremy shares some practical ways to engage these apprentices in a coaching meeting that allows for maximum traction on the journey to real growth, and in a way that allows for the Holy Spirit to lead.
This episode is a teaching from our coaching intensive, "Life on Life Discipleship".
- To learn more about this coaching intensive, visit 1kh.org/discipleship
- For more resources, tools, and event info, visit 1kh.org
- To give to 1KH, click here
Healthy things grow. It shouldn't be a surprise when a community grows in such a way that multiplication is required.
In this episode, Grant Dawson shares his experiences with multiplying healthy church communities.
This episode is an excerpt from our coaching intensive, "A House For Community
- To learn more about this coaching intensive, visit 1kh.org/communitycoaching
- For more resources, tools, and event info, visit 1kh.org
- To give to 1KH, click here
TRUTH: Not all spiritual gifts are automatically represented in a local church body. So how should a community of believers fill those "gaps" in order to continue to grow and mature together?
In this episode, Jeremy shares the history of the relationship between local church bodies and the traveling equippers described in the New Testament, along with suggestions on how to take a similar approach in our church expressions today.
This episode is a teaching from our coaching intensive, "A House For Community".
- To learn more about this coaching intensive, visit 1kh.org/communitycoaching
- For more resources, tools, and event info, visit 1kh.org
- To give to 1KH, click here
Trying to sustain a community on your own is a bad idea. But what does it look like to invite others to help you maintain important community rhythms without feeling guilty about it?
In this episode, Jeremy shares a simple mindset shift when it comes to job sharing, as well as some tools to help us on the journey toward building thriving communities.
This episode is a teaching from our coaching intensive, "A House For Community".
- To learn more about this coaching intensive, visit 1kh.org/communitycoaching
- For more resources, tools, and event info, visit 1kh.org
- To give to 1KH, click here
If you feel a deep conviction to start living an intentional disciple-making lifestyle, one of the first questions you'll most likely face will be, "how do I find apprentices?".
In this episode, Jeremy shares some practical ways to find "F.A.T." people who are ready to enter into a season of discipleship with you.
This episode is a teaching from our coaching intensive, "Life on Life Discipleship".
- To learn more about this coaching intensive, visit 1kh.org/discipleship
- For more resources, tools, and event info, visit 1kh.org
- To give to 1KH, click here
There is no quicker way to building momentum with those that you are discipling than to plan a getaway.
In this episode, Jeremy shares the WHY, WHAT, and HOW of pulling off a powerful immersion getaway event with your apprentices.
This episode is a teaching from our coaching intensive, "Life on Life Discipleship".
- To learn more about this coaching intensive, visit 1kh.org/discipleship
- For more resources, tools, and event info, visit 1kh.org
- To give to 1KH, click here
When it comes to disciple-making, it's easy to jump straight to the "how" questions? But if we are going to truly commit to a life of disciple-making, we must remind ourselves of the "why".
In this episode, Jeremy shares five reasons that we should constantly remind ourselves of when embarking on a disciple-making journey.
This episode is a teaching from our coaching intensive, "Life on Life Discipleship".
- To learn more about this coaching intensive, visit 1kh.org/discipleship
- For more resources, tools, and event info, visit 1kh.org
- To give to 1KH, click here
We live in a time where neighboring can be confusing. How do we engage our neighbors in relationship? What does it look like to share Jesus with those who are in close proximity to where we live?
In this episode, Jeremy and Joe Long share stories and practical insights regarding how to be a good neighbor as they react to Jay Pathak's book, The Art of Neighboring.
This conversation is an excerpt from our coaching intensive, Made For Mission. To learn more about coaching and to apply for this intensive, visit 1kh.org/madeformission
For more resources, tools, and event info, visit 1kh.org
To give to 1KH, click here
Perhaps our most asked question from those who are considering building a home-based community is, "What are we supposed to do with the kids?"
In this episode, Jeremy shares a simple framework for how to handle kids in a community gathering that allows for everyone to experience what the Holy Spirit is doing without completely excluding children from participating as well.
This episode is a teaching from our coaching intensive, "A House For Community".
- To learn more about this coaching intensive, visit 1kh.org/communitycoaching
- For more resources, tools, and event info, visit 1kh.org
- To give to 1KH, click here
What is the first and most important rhythm for creating community?
In this episode, Jeremy shares some ideas for how to go about creating a rhythm for a regular shared meal with those with whom you are seeking deeper relationship.
This episode is a teaching from our coaching intensive, "A House For Community".
- To learn more about this coaching intensive, visit 1kh.org/communitycoaching
- For more resources, tools, and event info, visit 1kh.org
- To give to 1KH, click here
There is one event that allows conversation to go deep faster than most: Men/Women specific groups. But there is a lot to consider when starting such a group.
In this episode, Jeremy shares some ways to approach the launching of a gender specific rhythm that can lead to the deepening of relationships with those in your network.
This episode is a teaching from our coaching intensive, "A House For Community".
- To learn more about this coaching intensive, visit 1kh.org/communitycoaching
- For more resources, tools, and event info, visit 1kh.org
- To give to 1KH, click here
We talk a lot about reaching our neighbors where we work, live, and play. But how should we think about visiting the places we would never think to go to reach the lost and broken with gospel? In this episode, Jeremy and Joe Long share stories and practical insights for how to "go where you'd never go".
This conversation is an excerpt from our coaching intensive, Made For Mission. To learn more about coaching and to apply for this intensive, visit 1kh.org/madeformission
For more resources, tools, and event info, visit 1kh.org
To give to 1KH, click here
So you've eaten a meal... cleaned up... now you're sitting in a living room in a circle looking at each other... what do we do next?
On this episode, Jeremy shares a simple blueprint for how to approach a community gathering.
This episode is a teaching from our coaching intensive, "A House For Community".
- To learn more about this coaching intensive, visit 1kh.org/communitycoaching
- For more resources, tools, and event info, visit 1kh.org
- To give to 1KH, click here
If someone in our network is closed to the gospel, what should be our next step? In this episode, Blake Smith joins Jeremy to discuss a helpful framework that can help us discern how to take the next right step in our friendships with not yet beleivers.
This conversation is an excerpt from our coaching intensive, Made For Mission. To learn more about coaching and to apply for this intensive, visit 1kh.org/madeformission
For more resources, tools, and event info, visit 1kh.org
To give to 1KH, click here
Does building a community with another family make things easier or more complicated? Grant Dawson joins Jeremy to share his experience in building and leading a community alongside another family.
This episode was taken from one of our coaching intensives, "A House For Community".
- To learn more about this coaching intensive, visit 1kh.org/communitycoaching
- For more resources, tools, and event info, visit 1kh.org
- To give to 1KH, click here
One of the most important parts about building a community in and through your house is the house itself.
In this episode, Jeremy shares five physical spaces that can facilitate a healthy kingdom community in a home setting. This episode is a teaching from "A House For Community" coaching intensive.
- To learn more about this coaching intensive, visit 1kh.org/communitycoaching
- For more resources, tools, and event info, visit 1kh.org
- To give to 1KH, click here
Should we start building a community by inviting others to a spiritual rhythm at our house, or did Jesus have something else in mind?
In this episode, Jeremy Pryor advocates for a relationally centered approach toward community building, and what this approach can look like practically.
- To learn more about this coaching intensive, visit 1kh.org/communitycoaching
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- To give to 1KH, click here
We are stewarding really important stories that are worth sharing.
In this episode, Jeremy Pryor shares the three milestones in his journey of discovering what Kingdom Community looks like. This episode is a teaching from our coaching intensive "A House For Community".
- To learn more about this coaching intensive, visit 1kh.org/communitycoaching
- For more resources, tools, and event info, visit 1kh.org
- To give to 1KH, click here
The #1 question we get from missionally minded households is... How do we avoid burnout?
In this episode, Jeremy Pryor shares the top 7 tips for how to guard against burnout by making your missional rhythms SUSTAINABLE.
- To learn more about our coaching intensive, Made For Mission, visit 1kh.org/madeformission
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How do we make living like a missionary SUSTAINABLE in the midst of all the busyness of our everyday lives?
To learn more about our coaching intensive, Made For Mission, visit 1kh.org/madeformission
For more resources, tools, and event info, visit 1kh.org
To give to 1KH, click here
To learn more about our coaching intensive, Made For Mission, visit 1kh.org/madeformission
For more resources, tools, and event info, visit 1kh.org
To give to 1KH, click here