Local Spirituality. Innovative Community. Social Change.
REPLACING CHURCH
Imagining new expressions of church
Becoming church in the neighborhood
RePlacing Church exists to support Christians who believe the kind of church Jesus had in mind is still possible. Through training, coaching, writing, and especially a podcast, I help people imagine, create, and lead new expressions of church that seek to follow Jesus in the neighborhood, foster wholehearted community, and pursue social change locally and globally.
REPLACING CHURCH PODCAST
In each episode, I explore local spirituality, innovative community, and social change through interviews, stories, and ideas. Popular topics include: justice, leadership, church planting, parish, and many more.
LATEST EPISODES
Coda: Closing Reflections & Thanksgiving
Creator & Host Ben Katt offers some closing reflections and thanksgiving at the conclusion of RePlacing Church.
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#99 Krista Tippett on Being
Krista Tippett is the Founder and CEO of The On Being Project and host of the Peabody Award winning conversation, On Being, which she […]
#98 Jonathan Brooks on Exile and Englewood
Jonathan Brooks is the pastor of Canaan Community Church in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood and the author of the forthcoming book, Church Forsaken: Practicing […]
If you care about the future of the church, subscribe to this podcast.
No one needs to be convinced that both the Church and the broader culture is undergoing massive change. If you are interested in the growing movement of people joining God at work in your everyday life, in your neighborhoods, amongst a team of friends, this is the podcast for you. Ben is a wise guide, I’m thrilled he’s offering this wisdom in a podcast.
Michael Frost, Missiologist, Speaker & Author of The Shaping of Things to Come, The Road to Missional, and Incarnate
LATEST BLOG POSTS
The Parables of Eloheh Farm with Dr. Randy Woodley (Bonus Episode!)
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Preparing for Peacemaking Post-Charlottesville
If you've spent any time in the Twitterverse, by now you've seen all sorts of responses and recommended responses for the church - and they don't all agree. I just want to highlight two [...]
The Church That Devours Its Young
“He called me into his office the day before I was supposed to make partner,” my friend recently told me. He had been an accountant at this firm for his entire career since he [...]
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I’ve been helping people join God’s renewal in their neighborhoods for over a decade, as a church planter and pastor of Awake Church, founding executive director of the Aurora Commons, co-founder of the Parish Collective and Inhabit Conference, and coach and consultant with Thresholds. Let me know how I can support you on your journey!
SPEAKING
I am a storyteller who loves talking about Jesus and supporting pastors, church planters, and spiritual leaders.I am a storyteller at heart, and I love exploring themes like awakening, soul, change, culture, creativity, vision, vocation, justice, leadership, and reconciliation.
I love talking about Jesus the Christ, and all the stories about his life and death and life again, and Jesus the New Human, the radical nature of the church, the kingdom of God, the movement of the Spirit, and the renewal of all things.
I love supporting and encouraging pastors, church planters, and spiritual leaders. As an experienced church planter and pastor, I have a lot to offer regarding planting, neighborhood/parish church expressions, wholehearted community, healthy leadership, and missional practice.
If your church, organization, or group is interested in having me speak, please contact me.
TRAINING
I facilitate training cohorts for those who have launched or would like to launch a neighborhood church expression.I facilitate learning cohorts with Thresholds. The Thresholds Cohort is a 6-12 month collaborative journey created specifically to provide insight, direction and encouragement for those seeking to inhabit and create community in the places they live. Each of this cohort’s four 2.5 day intensives engage the concepts and practices that are critical in birthing and stewarding an embedded community of faith and reconciliation. We engage these topics academically, conversationally, and experientially in the context of homes and neighborhoods.
Contact me if you are interested in participating in a cohort or hosting one in your community.
COACHING
I empower changemaking leaders through in-person and online coaching.I offer one-on-one online coaching sessions and in-person sessions if you are in the Seattle area. If you are hoping to discover deeper aspects of your identity, grow as a leader, gain clarity about your calling, or looking for support as you lead a neighborhood church expression or spiritual community, my one-on-one coaching will empower you with greater self-knowledge, practical tools, and direction as you encounter the possibilities and obstacles that come with the terrain!
My coaching is informed by ten years of experience as a pastor in which my primary passion was to empower and coach people from various backgrounds in the areas of life, leadership, and vocation.
Contact me if you are interested in coaching.
Let me know how I can support you on your journey of replacing church!
Ben has a truly unique gift of standing in the gap, believing in people, mobilizing, encouraging, and catalyzing a delicate hope into bold and audacious action that changes lives, churches, neighborhoods, and cities.
Tim Soerens, Cofounding Director, Parish Collective & Co-Author, The New Parish
Ben has a unique ability to identify people’s gifts and coax them out. He helped me not only to see my unique abilities and strengths, but to believe in and trust them. He has a great sense of humor, is genuine and smart, and has great intuition. Anyone who works with Ben will benefit greatly.
Elizabeth Dahl, Executive Director, Aurora Commons
It’s no secret the church world is struggling to remain vibrant and meaningful as committed believers leave in droves. I’ve had the privilege of joining Ben on his adventure in Seattle the past 7 years, and among the scores of men and women I’ve enjoyed working with in the ecclesial world, he is one of the most talented we’ll see. Those aspiring to accomplish what he has will benefit greatly from his wisdom and insight.
Ron Carucci, Cofounder & Managing Partner, Navalent Consulting & Author, Rising to Power
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RePlacing Church is an initiative operated under the umbrella of the Thresholds Community, a 501c(3) non-profit organization. Your gifts empower the critical work of helping people imagine, create, and lead the church of the future by covering the cost of podcast production and other RePlacing Church experiments.