BSSM School Planting Leader's Podcast: Recent Episodes
BSSM School Planting
"We Exist To Champion School Leaders" This podcast aims to provide in-depth, practical guidance to schools of ministry across the globe, by sitting down with various leaders with a wide variety of skills and callings. BSSM School Planting is a department under the umbrella the Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry located in Redding, California.
Candace Smith, the BSSM Missions Mobilization Manager, sat down with us to share her insights on running Missions and Ministry Trips with students! With a background leading missions trips on the ground as well as overseeing groups of trips, Candace delved into her wealth of wisdom to discuss God's heart for the nations. She shares best practices, testimonies, and how you can partner with the Lord by having Missions as a part of your school. We love Candace and her heart for what God does on trips through and for students!
February's podcast is another edition of What We've Learned, where we hear from school leaders from all over the world! This month our guest is Santiago Figueroa, who has been leading a school in Argentina for the past four years. In this episode, he shares testimonies and lessons he has learned as a young leader. Santi opens up about building culture, killing comparison, and questions he would've asked other school leaders before starting. Adrianna and Santi had a great conversation that we are excited to share with you! P.S.: Santi would love to connect with you! You can email him at santifigueroa12@gmail.com :)
This month our podcast guest is the absolutely incredible Paula Romez! Formerly our Third Year Administrator, Paula now is the Director of BSSM Portugues. She shares amazing testimonies from her students, the transitional journey from an administrative role to a school director, and what God has taught her throughout the launch of the school. Paula and Adrianna talk about bringing your full self and letting God fill in the gaps, as well having a “big why” for starting schools. We hope you enjoy listening to November’s podcast as much as we enjoyed recording it!
A few weeks ago we had the privilege of sitting down with Simeon Jansen, a former school leader in Germany. Simeon shared some amazing insights about placing yourself under the leadership and authority of a church and its leaders, and shared some great tips on how to serve the local church well. This is an important message for every school leader to hear, especially those who are under a church. We hope you enjoy!
Our podcast this month is one we've been looking forward to for a long time! During this year's Summer Refresh program, Adrianna sat down with our dear friend Nathan Willson to talk about engaging Gen Z in a meaningful way. Having recently graduated BSSM Third Year, Nathan shares his heart for his generation, what he found most impactful at school, and answers questions about loving Gen Z well. This was such an impactful session, and we hope that you enjoy it as much as we did!
This month on the podcast, we are continuing our What We've Learned series with a recorded Zoom session from Tristan Conway! In What We've Learned, we hear from school leaders all over the world who are championing the Kingdom of God in their region. Tristan has an online school based in Australia with satellite schools in several other countries. He shares nuggets of wisdom, including his teams' journey as they started School of Faith and leading the way God has uniquely designed you! We hope you enjoy!
Our guest this month is Sara Lane, our incredible BSSM Admissions Director! Adrianna recently sat down with her to discuss all things Admissions: the process (from both our end and the incoming students’), loving students well through interviews, and more. This was such a great podcast session to record, and we are excited to share it with you!
Our guest this month is the wonderful Candace Berney, a school director from Merritt Island, Florida! Candace leads the powerful River School of Supernatural Ministry, and shares with Adrianna lessons she’s learned about longevity and leading people well with love. We love Candace and you will too!
Our podcast this month features our amazing BSSM School Planting Director, Adrianna! She shares about leading free and responsible teams, what that means, and how to develop and free and responsible culture in your environment. (Makenzie here - having worked with Adrianna for almost two years now, I can confidently say that this is something she does extremely well! If you’ve ever wondered what Bethel’s core value of free and responsible means in the context of leadership and teams, this month’s podcast is for you!)
This month we have another installment of our What We’ve Learned series, where we feature leaders of schools of supernatural ministry just like yours! Our guest is the incredible Jared Walther, who has a school in the state of Washington. Jared carries deep faith that he imparted in this session, recorded via Zoom during Summer Refresh 2022. He shares insights on starting a school, staying grounded as a leader, and lessons he has learned by experience with the Lord. We hope you enjoy!
Our February podcast guests are the incredible Ruth and Steve Moore! Along with being our BSSM School Planting Overseers, the Moores oversee the entire BSSM Online world along with several other teams within Bethel. On this podcast, they have a powerful, honest conversation about leading individuals and teams. They answered questions about hard situations: how do you lead a team of people you inherit but didn’t pick? How do you practically care for your team members’ hearts over tasks? It was so much fun and such an honor to hear wisdom from our amazing leaders; we hope that you enjoy it!
This month we are continuing our What We’ve Learned series, in which we record with passionate leaders of schools of supernatural ministry just like you! Our January guest is Liz Gregg, who was a part of our Summer Refresh program and recorded her What We’ve Learned session live over Zoom! She talks about the process of starting a school in Bradford, England, how they translate curriculum to fit their culture, and shares wisdom drawn from 8+ years of experience. This was such a fun, wisdom-filled session to listen to, and we are excited to share it with you!
Our December podcast guest is the powerful Lindsey Reiman! Linsdey is part of our Bethel Prophetic department and heads up our Prophetic Labs. She also founded the spiritual intelligence company Aqua Regia and is a co-founder of the SQ Institute. She is passionate about helping people unlock their spiritual gifts so that they can become “spiritual X-Men”! In this podcast, Linsdey shares her testimony of coming to the Lord and growing in the prophetic, and gives wisdom and insight on how to activate others. It was so valuable to get to record this session with her, and we pray that you feel empowered as you listen!
This month on our podcast, we are starting a new series called What We’ve Learned. Every other month, you’ll hear from leaders of other schools of supernatural ministry share their experiences and wisdom. November’s guests, Ian and Therese, are from the Life School of Supernatural Ministry in Victorville, California. We loved getting to chat with them about their journey in leading the school, challenges, testimonies, and wisdom they’ve gained from the Lord through leading!
Our October podcast guest is the wonderful Libby Gordon! Libby has been a part of Bethel for many years and taken on many roles, and was recently the leader of BSSM Online’s Spiritual Life department. By always leading back to Jesus and having a passion for the Word of God, Libby guided students through inner healing and powerful growth during her time in this department. We asked her to share her wisdom in leading students into freedom, and it was a delight getting to hear her share on God’s redemption.Libby and her team sent us a list of resources on this subject that we are excited to share with you; you can access these resources by using the link below!
https://bssm.net/schoolplanting/wp-content/uploads/sites/3/2022/10/Freedom-Course-Resource-List.pdf
Adrianna recorded a special podcast for you this month! In this episode, Adrianna shares a few things she is passionate about - taking care of hearts over tasks, dealing with difficult people, and setting boundaries. As leaders, we want to model Jesus with the understanding that we are still human and are still learning. If you lead any type of people, this is a great podcast to listen to!
We sat down with Marc McComas, a professional marketing and advertising specialist to talk about how to properly market and advertise in a ministry setting.
We sat down with Paul Kummer, one of the Revival Group Pastor's at the Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry to discuss pastoring, and fathering students!
We sat down with Rich Schmidt, the lead Bible instructor at the Bethel School of Supernatural Ministry to talk about the dynamics of teaching theology and the Bible in a supernatural environment.
This month, we sit down with Adrianna Ramos to talk about how to effectively lead leaders in a school of ministry environment!