Sharing the Weight of Planting (with Michelle Herbst & Lenny Konschewitz) S10E7

What happens when a diocese completely reshapes its administrative systems to empower every single parish to participate in church planting? In this episode, host Molly Ruch sits down with Michelle Herbst and Fr. Lenny Konschewitz, the co-canons leading the church planting charge in the Gulf Atlantic Diocese. They share how their diocese is leaning fully into the "All Forward" movement, pioneering centralized administration to remove bottlenecks for local parishes, and embedding church plant assessments directly into the ordination track. From launching a groundbreaking ministry to the unreached deaf community in St. Augustine to pioneering new ground in Miami, this conversation is an encouraging look at how communal discernment, localized coaching, and an apostolic band of brothers and sisters can sustain a planter's soul in the messy, high-and-low reality of ministry.

In this episode: • Communal Discernment in Assessment • Centralizing Administration to Scale Movements • Harvesting Potential via Ordination Pipelines • The Lifeline of an Apostolic Band and more!