133 - "If We Cannot Say New Churches Have Been Started, We Must Weep" - The Defining Reality of a NAMS Companion - May 19th, 2026

133 - "If We Cannot Say New Churches Have Been Started, We Must Weep" - The Defining Reality of a NAMS Companion - May 19th, 2026

From That NAMS Podcast by NAMS Network

May 19, 2026 · 20 min

About this episode

Jon Shuler discusses the importance of church planting and spiritual disciplines in the context of NAMS companions.

Part 7 of the NAMS Rule & Customary Order Series. "If We Cannot Say New Churches Have Been Started, We Must Weep" - The Defining Reality of a NAMS Companion In episode 133, Jon Shuler returns to the acorn image from the previous week and pushes it further: an acorn planted but not germinating, a Bible study that hasn't multiplied in fifteen years, a movement smaller every year than the year before — these are not signs of faithfulness. They are tragedies. Drawing on a prayer book question from his Anglican childhood — "what is your bounded duty as a member of the church?" — Shuler weaves together the call to follow Christ, worship weekly, and work and pray and give for the spread of the kingdom, and shows how all seven commitments of Article III flow from that single foundation. He also previews the five personal spiritual disciplines every companion is called to live — to be unpacked in the next episode. A searching and clarifying listen for every NAMS companion, Anglican church planter, and Great Commission Christian.

People in this episode

Host: Jon Shuler

Topics covered

  • church planting
  • spiritual disciplines
  • faithfulness
  • Anglicanism
  • NAMS companions

Keywords

  • church planting
  • spiritual disciplines
  • NAMS
  • Anglican
  • faithfulness
  • Great Commission

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: NAMS

Books & works: NAMS Rule & Customary Order Series

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