Cornerstone Pastors Network

The youth coming out of our churches are in spiritual trouble. More than half of all students raised in Christian homes and participating in local churches forsake their faith sometime during their college years. What changes do we need to make in the local church to change this alarming trend? Join Campus Pastor, Jim Musser, and CPN Executive Director, Kevin Huff, as they discuss this growing trend and how churches and parents can make a difference. Jim Musser was raised in a church-going home, but came to understand what it meant to follow Jesus early in his freshman year at Ball State University. He was a student leader in his campus ministry and graduated with a degree in Social Work. He went on to complete a Master of Divinity degree at Emmanuel Seminary at Milligan University in Tennessee. After graduating, he served as Director of Campus Christians at the University of Kansas for 21 years, where he also earned a Master of Education degree in Counseling Psychology. He then was called in 2004 to the same position with Campus Christian Fellowship at Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina where he lives with his wife, Marianna. He is serving as Campus Minister Emeritus with CCF until July 2022. He also leads UpStream Ministries and is the author of the book, Letters from Downstream: Why Teaching Young People HOW TO Follow Jesus Is So Important—Insights for Parents and Churches.

In this second part to the discussion with Jon Ritner and Warren Schuh, Jon discusses more of the "how to's" to renewing the focus of discipling like Jesus and how that can look in the modern world.  Jon points out the challenges non-christians have with the church and the subtle items like language that creates confusion and apprehension to walking into a traditional church program. This discussion's purpose is to give perspective to how to grow followers in Christ and not just church numbers with practical ideas.

Jon Ritner shares, with Warren Schuh, his experiences with discipleship in Europe and how bringing this paradigm back to the States has increased believers in Christ and grown the church. He talks about the differences in measuring church growth and challenges if we are really growing at all.  His ideas are authentic and inspiring, check out this next podcast by Cornerstone Pastors Network. https://www.cpnonline.net

Jon Ritner shares, with Warren Schuh, his experiences with discipling in Europe and how he is using the same structure to renew discipling in his community in the United States and how true discipling increases believers and not just church members.

Lance Witt and Warren Schuh discuss the difficulites for pastors and church leaders with taking time for themselves.  Lance shares his experiences and supportive information to help pastors.  Cornerstone Pastors Network strives to give pastors resources to help with all the different challenges they face.