EP 200 THE BOOTCAMP LOOKS BACK AND FORWARD

Well Bootcampers we made it!  This is the 200th Episode! We had the opportunity to turn over the mic to one of our Replanter friends, Evan Skelton. He asked some great questions about our podcast, what we've learned and where things are heading in the future. We also get to hear from some of the friends of the Podcast along the way.  This EP is a bit longer than usual, but there's some real gold in the conversation and comments. We're grateful for your listening ear, thanks for giving us the opportunity encourage you in your work of renewal at the local church. A special thanks to our great sponsor who makes this all possible, One Eighty Digital. Let them know you are a bootcamp listener and get their help with your website, branding and social media needs. Stay tuned, EP 201 is on the way.   JimBo Stewart: [00:00:00] Hey, bootcampers welcome to episode 200 of the replant bootcamp podcast. This is such a special episode and we are so excited. That you have decided to join with us for a little while for this. One of the reasons this is going to be very special and different from our normal episodes is it will be more than twice the length of our normal episodes. We hope that's good news to you. If not just stick around next week, we'll be back with our normal length of episodes. There's a couple of reasons why this is going to be different and special to celebrate 200 episodes. One as we've brought on a special guest, Evan Skelton, who's been on here before to interview Bob and I, and that's the bulk of the content of this episode. But another reason is we have asked you to celebrate this with us and be a part of this episode. And part of the way that many of you have done that is by sending in either written or audio recorded. Segments to be a part of this witness. I want to kick us off with one from Trevin wax, one of our former guests. Here's what he wrote in. Hey guys. Congratulations on reaching the milestone of [00:01:00] 200 episodes. I don't know that I have a favorite moment from the podcast to share because my favorite moment happens frequently off the podcast. It's when I meet a pastor who has stepped into a COVID co-located. Vocational role and a small dying church and suddenly realizes that he's not just revitalizing, he's replanting that church. And after I point him to this podcast and the resources that you and mark Clifton and the replant team are providing. I will hear back a few weeks later. And I'll get a huge, thank you. And a comment on how you guys are speaking to the soul of what he's working toward and wrestling with at the church. And then I'll hear about how he's signing up for events and connecting with your team. And that is my favorite moment hearing that someone is being strengthened for ministry in their context. And it happens often. And I'm glad to be just one chain in this brotherhood of linking arms. With pastors doing tough work in churches being renewed. Trevon. Thanks for sending that in. It's going to be segments like that. The interview segments that are going to [00:02:00] make this episode so different, so special. So maybe if you wrote in or you send an audio, you'll hear yours. Just like this one from Kyle Buerrmann. Kyle Bueermann: Hey, Bob and Jimbo, Kyle Biman here from the Replant team alongside you guys, and also not another Baptist podcast. Just wanna say congratulations on your 200th episode. That's incredible. So grateful for you guys getting, to work alongside you and, uh, for the work you do on the podcast. to encourage, folks along the way in the replanning journey. Keep up the good work guys. God bless you. JimBo Stewart: [00:00:00] Here we are back at the bootcamp. Back at it again, Bob, and we've made it epis