Influencers Global Ministries

This week, we interview Kirk Sterling, a Journey brother out of Memphis, TN who lost his wife, Sandra, to COVID 5 months ago. Although it is still very raw and painful, Kirk was gracious to share his story because he believes going through The Journey and learning to Abide prepared him to face this extreme trial. Listen and be touched at how much our Lord truly does Know and Care, in the words of a desperate man whom the Lord has been carrying.

Bryan and Rocky discuss God’s call for us to make disciples of all nations and how we have taken The Journey to multiple countries and languages. We talk about lessons learned and truths revealed which have prepared us for the international opportunities we see emerging today. Please listen and be praying for God to raise up “champions” all over the world so we can help every nation, tribe and language find an intimate, abiding relationship with Christ.

Bryan is back with Rocky Fleming. They discuss the key theological foundation of Influencers, i.e. the non-negotiables and how, for 20 years, Influencers has been able to help people of all different denominational beliefs come together in a unified pursuit of Christ. To read our Statement of Faith (https://www.influencers.org/about-us/statement-of-faith/)

Bryan interviews Jaime Lind, our Communications Coordinator and organizer of the upcoming Women's Leadership Summit. Hear about the history of the women's movement in Influencers and the motivation which led to this conference. All Influencers women should listen to this and consider whether God is calling you to join this movement.

We have been tracking the progress of Journey Participant, Niles Graham, from Sacramento, CA. We interviewed him right as he started The Journey, and then, right after his first Prayer Retreat. His group just completed their Spiritual Gifts retreat, and we interviewed him again. Niles talks about the things he’s learned about The Holy Spirit, about Pruning and about His Spiritual gifts. It is so encouraging to hear Niles’ depth of wisdom and insight. The Lord is definitely doing a mighty work in his life. Listen and be encouraged.

This is part 2 of an interview between Bryan Craig and Nate Sweeney, Influencers Board Member, Pastor, and founder of The Abiding Network, who recently wrote a book, “Abiding in Physical Health.” Bryan and Nate share their testimonies about how the physical aspect of our being is important and is directly tied into the spiritual and emotional part of our being. They talk about exercise, diet and how new lifestyle changes can impact your spiritual leadership. As you look to 2022 and God’s plans for your life, perhaps you should pay attention to your physical health to make sure you are around to fulfill the work He has for you.

Bryan interviews Nate Sweeney, Influencers Board Member, Pastor, and founder of The Abiding Network, who recently wrote a book, “Abiding in Physical Health.” Bryan and Nate share their testimonies about how the physical aspect of our being is important and is directly tied into the spiritual and emotional part of our being. They talk about exercise, diet and how new lifestyle changes can impact your spiritual leadership. As you look to 2022 and God plans for your life, perhaps you should pay attention to your physical health to make sure you are around to fulfill the work He has for you.

Rocky and Bryan finish their 3-part Christmas Podcast series, Christmas is Faith, Hope and now, Love. They talk about how God is Love and Jesus is God which means Jesus brought Love into the world that Christmas Day. Abiding brings us into that Love and then, it is out job to give it away. Listen and get your Love in the right perspective right before Christmas…IT’S NOT TOO LATE!

Enjoy another special Christmas version of the Influencers Network Podcast. Rocky and Bryan talk about the Hope that Christmas brings through Jesus and how this is available, not just after we die, but NOW. Also, they are sharing a special song called, “Your Peace Will Make Us One” by Audrey Assad to accompany this week’s message. If you would like to listen to the song with the lyrics, go to the YouTube link here https://youtu.be/hCZk20ayFwI

Rocky and Bryan talk about how Faith is such an important part of Christmas. They recount their faith perspectives growing up and how the world needs the Faith of Christmas more than ever right now.

Bryan interviews Zyla Brown, one of our women Influencers in Northwest Arkansas. Zyla recounts her experience with church after church during her early years, as her heart was searching for the truth. Something always seemed to be missing for her until a friend invited her to church where they were starting a Journey group. She wasn’t even a member of the church but they welcomed her with open arms, and she found what she’d been looking for her whole life, an intimate relationship with Christ. Zyla is another example of the growing women’s movement within Influencers. If you are a female Influencer, be sure to connect with Jaime Lind to see how y ou can get plugged in. Email her at [email protected].

Bryan interviews Hassan Kibirango and Moses Ndahiro, two sharp young Influencers who live in Rwanda, Africa. They are currently going through a Virtual Journey Group and are catching a vision for discipleship for their country. This is more evidence that God is inviting us to a bigger territory than we ever thought possible. “Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us.” Ephesians 3:20 Listen and be inspired and also PRAY about how you can help take Influencers to the nations.

On the closing night of our Leadership Summit, Nate Sweeney gave a talk on body, soul and spirit health that was a blessing and challenge for our leaders. Nate is a pastor and Influencers Board member and founder of The Abiding Network. Listen and let the Holy Spirit speak through Nate to your heart.

Bryan Craig shares the talk he gave at the Leadership Summit as he recounted God's fingerprints on this ministry over the past 20 years. As you listen, you will see that God was directing our steps, and in unusual ways, but as men gave their lives away and made disciples, a worldwide ministry was born. Listen and be inspired.

As promised, we will be sharing recordings of some of the talks given out our recent Leadership Summit. We asked Board Member, Greg Huett, to give a talk about the DNA of Influencers that was very clarifying and impactful. Please listen to this, especially if you are a Journey Guide, so you will better understand the sacred responsibility of what God has given us.

Bryan sits down with Tom Seay, NWA Regional Director. Tom talks about his days with Walmart and working with Sam Walton and how The Journey taught him about Personal Abandonment, Absolute Trust and the importance of Forgiveness.

You may have caught our interview with Niles Graham 3 months ago when he was just starting his Journey Group. We wanted to track the progress of a Journey participant. Niles is from Sacramento and in our last interview, he talked about his tough background and mixed feelings on faith. We caught up with Niles at the Leadership Summit and interviewed him, just after completing his 1st Extended Prayer Session in The Journey. You will be inspired to hear how the Lord is moving in Niles’ life.

Opening Night of the Leadership Summit- “How’s Your Soul”- Rocky Fleming We recorded some of the talks presented at our recent Leadership Summit. This was the Opening Ceremony, featuring our founder Rocky Fleming, probing the “soul health” of our leaders. Perhaps he will probe your heart as you listen.

Rocky and Bryan talk about what happened last weekend at the Influencers Leadership Summit and how the Saturation Prayer over this event really affected the outcome. They also talk about what it means to be a Leader in this ministry.

Rocky and Bryan discuss the upcoming Leadership Summit happening Sept 23-26. Staff, Board Members and top leaders from around the country will gather for a special time of seeking the Lord, being challenged and equipped and encouraged. Hear more about it and how you can be praying for this.

Tom talks about all the expansion we have with the use of Virtual Journey Groups, but more importantly, he talks about the lessons he has learned in recruiting his own Journey Groups. The participants he has recruited have had marginal commitment, transformation and reproduction, but once He started turning the recruiting over to God, He has seen amazing results. Hear Tom tell the stories. It will help you as you form your next group.

Rocky and Bryan continue their series going through the 13 Kingdom Secrets found in the Compelled by Grace book. This week they talk about the Secret of Abiding in Christ: The kingdom’s greatest secret for living a faithful, abundant Christian life is found in Abiding in Christ. There will be found no clearer or more important instruction for right living and fruitful service than this guidance Jesus gave to His disciples in the past, and He gives to us now. When we live in an abiding union with Christ, we will have a life that will live with purpose, will finish its race strong, and will gain the crown of life promised to us.

Rocky and Bryan continue their series going through the 13 Kingdom Secrets found in the Compelled by Grace book. This week they talk about the Secret of Divine Illumination: Light overcomes darkness. In the physical world, we know light dispels darkness, as evidenced by a light being turned on in a dark room. In the spiritual realm the same principle applies, as God’s light will expose the darkness of evil. There will come a time in the life of God’s Champion, when he or she will face an evil that will be conquered only one way. We must rely on God’s defense, and His Divine Illumination to expose the deeds of darkness. Therefore, stand firm, and patiently trust the King of Kings to eventually bring His light into the situation.

Rocky and Bryan continue their series going through the 13 Kingdom Secrets found in the Compelled by Grace book. This week they talk about the Secret that Abandonment and Trust Forge Courage. We are “More than conquerors through Christ.” There will come a time in the life of a true Believer that we must face our lonely valleys with only the fact of God’s sovereignty and faithfulness to comfort, encourage and protect us. It is at this place that we must abandon our rights to our self and to the logical and perceived reality of our situation, and then trust God without reservation. When we face those valleys that challenge us using only one plan—God’s Plan, which is hope in God’s step-by-step involvement with us, we come to see those lonely valleys are places of great faith building, and we grow closer to our King as a result. It is in these valleys Courage is forged, and it is there that this man becomes more than a conqueror over trouble, hardship, persecution, famine, nakedness, danger or sword.

Rocky and Bryan continue their series going through the 13 Kingdom Secrets found in the Compelled by Grace book. This week they talk about the Secret of Saturation Prayer. If you read Rocky’s Blog a few days ago, he talked about how we must bombard evil with our prayers. Hear Rocky elaborate on this concept and talk about Gabe’s perspective of how saturation prayer can change circumstances and outcomes like nothing else.

Rocky and Bryan continue their series going through the 13 Kingdom Secrets found in the Compelled by Grace book. This week they talk about the Secret of Right Standing With God. As we have said before, all of Rocky’s books, even those NOT part of The Journey process reinforce the truth about an intimate, abiding relationship with God, through Jesus Christ and His Spirit. And another key truth is how God must take us through trials to test the genuineness of our faith. Listen to this inspiring conversation as we look through the eyes of Gabe and a young pastor.

Rocky and Bryan continue their series going through the 13 Kingdom Secrets found in the Compelled by Grace book. This week they talk about the Secret of God’s Compelling Grace. Understanding God’s Grace is so essential in furthering our walk with Christ and becoming His Disciple. Rocky talks about Justice, Mercy and how they compare to Grace and how we must first receive Grace and then, give it away. This is a very inspiring Episode. Don’t miss it.

Rocky and Bryan continue their series going through the 13 Kingdom Secrets found in the Compelled by Grace book. This week they talk about the Secret of God’s Plan, Not Ours. As we’ve been discussing, God has a plan for each of us, with missions He has for us to complete. As we embark upon these missions, we learn a lot about ourselves and our relationship with the Father. After we try our own ways and fail, we learn that if we had only trusted Him, our path would have been blessed. Listen to Rocky explain this important dynamic of the Christian journey.

Rocky and Bryan continue their series going through the 13 Kingdom Secrets found in the Compelled by Grace book. This week they talk about the Secret of Divine Interruption. Sometimes, as we go on our little missions from God, and we have some spiritual success, we tend to think we are good and can take it from here. Often, we get off course, and God must provide an interruption to allow for a course correction back to His plan. Sometimes, He does this, even when we think we are being faithful to follow Him. Listen to wisdom from Rocky, as portrayed in the Compelled by Grace story and in real life examples.

Rocky and Bryan continue their series going through the 13 Kingdom Secrets found in the Compelled by Grace book. This week they talk about the Secret of Divine Dependency. There are so many missions God wants to send us on, and He is preparing us for them, but we must never lose sight of our need for dependence on the Holy Spirit every step of the way. He sees things we cannot see. He sees the heart of man.

Rocky and Bryan continue their series going through the 13 Kingdom Secrets found in the Compelled by Grace book. This week they talk about the Secret of Divine Preparation. After we have been divinely dispatched on a mission from God, and if we accept this mission, we will find that the Holy Spirit has been preparing us all along. Even when we feel woefully inadequate, we will find that we are not alone. Jesus promises to be with us no matter what.

Rocky and Bryan continue their series going through the 13 Kingdom Secrets found in the Compelled by Grace book. This week they talk about the Secret of Divine Dispatchment. Once you realize that God wants to orchestrate your life and you surrender to His perspective, then, He will dispatch you to do His work. Listen and discover, perhaps, where God is trying to dispatch you.

Rocky and Bryan continue their series going through the 13 Kingdom Secrets found in the Compelled by Grace book. This week they talk about the Secret of Divine Perspective. Are we operating out of our own perspective in life or God's perspective?

Bryan and Rocky start a 13-Week series where they will discuss the 13 Kingdom Secrets found in Rocky’s book, Compelled by Grace. This book is one of Rocky’s lesser known and picks up where Journey to the Inner Chamber left off as the storyteller buys Gabe’s farm and learns all sorts of new things about Gabe and how he became the man he was. Join us for Session One as we discuss the first kingdom secret, The Secret of Divine Orchestration.

Rocky and Bryan discuss prayer: what it is, how it works, why it is essential in the life of a disciple. They also talk about hindrances to our prayers. Rocky says, “Prayer is communion with God.” Listen and be challenged and inspired.

Bryan interviews a young man in the Sacramento area who is just embarking on his Journey group. He is man with a story, and his story is worth hearing. An ex-police officer, ex-military man who dealt with life's pain until God guided Him to a church parking lot and into His kingdom. We plan to follow Niles' progress through The Journey this year, so you don't want to miss this initial interview.

Bryan interviews Rocky about one of the “kingdom secrets” explained by Gabe in Rocky’s book Compelled by Grace. It is called a “Divine Perspective.” Rocky talks about being an abider in Christ and how that allows you to consecrate your life and live in dependency upon God.

Rocky and Bryan talk about their recent Staff Retreat, reflecting on how these men resemble the first disciples, whom Jesus told to Abide in Himself and to Go Make Disciples. When Jesus started The Church, there was a Plan, and Influencers has a Plan.

These are Influencers “Champions” who are leading the charge in these new cities. They talk about the DNA of The Journey process, the DNA they see in the Influencers Staff and their hopes and dreams for the future of Influencers in their cities

A few of our emerging leaders, who we call “Champions”, were special guests, and Bryan sat down with them for an interview. Meet:Glenn Gordon, Fort Mill, SCHenry Schaeffer, Tehachapi, CaliforniaJim Hyepock, Anaheim, CAAndy Collar, Waterville, MaineMike Hearne, Wichita, KSHenry Guiterres, Costa Rica They talk about their stories with Influencers, the DNA of this process and the development of leadership in the past and in the future.

Hear the story of the Harris Family. Eric and Tina Harris went through The Journey during a critical season in their marriage. Most of their marriage they had been so concerned for the health of their oldest son, Jackson, who was born with kidney issues and given a very gloomy outlook from doctors. Not only did abiding in Christ restore their faith and their marriage, it passed on a legacy to Jackson, who is now going through The Journey as a 21 year old. When Jackson joined The Journey, the kidney his Dad donated to him when he was only four was failing and he was very sick. Through the prayers of his journey group, Jackson received a kidney transplant last November and a new lease on life.

Bryan interviews Coach Jeff Conaway of the State Championship Shiloh Saints in Springdale, AR about his experience with The Journey. He had praying for a way to unite his coaches in Christ and for a plan to disciple his players, and God answered his prayer. Influencers Board President Mark Sewell joins the conversation. He had a son at Shiloh and introduced the idea of The Journey to one of the coaches. The Journey transformed the lives of the coaches and then, they gave it to all their players the next year. Now, parents are wanting to go through The Journey as well. This is a truly amazing story you need to hear.

Rocky and Bryan discuss what happened 2000 years ago when Jesus gathered His closest followers for the Passover meal the night before He would die. Jesus modeled some very important aspects of the ministry of a true disciple. He wanted them to remember it and live it, and we believe He wants the same for us today.

Bryan interviews Tom Seay, Scott Lawson, Eric Neuyou and John Grimes, the Guide team who are leading a Virtual Journey Group of Africans. Hear how this group evolved and how God is planting amazing seeds for the future in this new territory. God is on the move!

Rocky and Bryan discuss the times in which we live and the possibility of increased persecution that Christians will face. Will our Influencers "flee" or "kneel" in abandonment and trust? Learning to Abide in Christ has never been more critical.

Greg Huett spoke to a group of our leaders recently and gave his testimony of discovering The Journey and intimacy with Christ and how God used this to call him deeper into uncharted territories of Prison Ministry. You will be inspired. If you would like to learn more, you can contact Greg at [email protected] or 479-419-0789.

Bryan visited Frank in Tulsa and sat down for a chat. Here an update on how Tulsa Journey groups weathered the COVID storm of 2020 and the outlook for 2021. Also, hear what God has been stirring up within Frank during his recent Sailboat letter during his Journey group. LISTEN NOW

In our final podcast on the discussion of our 20 year anniversary, Rocky and Bryan talk about their vision for the next 20 years: opportunities, challenges, trends, concerns. You are part of this vision! Listen and pray about how you can be a part. LISTEN NOW

Rocky and Bryan recount the history of Influencers with the very first Journey group in 2001 and just how God called this ministry into existence. It's so rewarding to look back and see God's fingerprints and His blessings. LISTEN NOW

Rocky and Bryan recount the history of Influencers with the very first Journey group in 2001 and just how God called this ministry into existence. It's so rewarding to look back and see God's fingerprints and His blessings. LISTEN NOW