What's APT?
What's APT? is produced by CityLife, a faith-based nonprofit working with apartment management companies, teams and partnerships to build flourishing apartment communities to live, work, play, grow and serve.
Episodes
37 episodes
Thanksgiving Meal Bags 2024 (E37)
This was our 4th year to partner with Long Hollow Church in Hendersonville, TN and the LH Missions Team to provide Thanksgiving Meal Bags to families who live in apartments that we serve. Each year we go to the apartment management of 4-6 of ou...
What Happened on National Apartment Day 2024 (E36)
Three years ago we started promoting a day of prayerwalking in apartments. We started with the few we had at that time here in Middle TN. CityLife now has connections, relationships and friendships with people across the US who have interest an...
ABIDE in Flexibility Like Clay (E35)
When Rod, CityLife's Director of Operations, moved from NJ to PA, he was given a large golden framed plaque from friends he ministered with at the Stonecrest Community Church of Warren, NJ. The plaque read,“As the clay is in the potter’s hand, ...
Behind the Scenes of MissionLab 615 (E34)
This episode is a deep dive into helping listeners understand what goes on behind the scenes of CityLife’s MissionLab 615 and what it takes to do a mission experience in our Middle TN apartments. Rod and Gary talk about how we customize, short-...
The Role of the Local Church in Apartment Ministry (E33)
Local churches have been doing apartment ministry for decades however most churches don’t stay. There are several reasons a church’s ministry to apartment residents is not consistent or sustainable. It could be because….They can’t g...
Why Pray? (E32)
How many times have I prayed over and over and eventually began to feel like God was just not hearing my prayers? If you can identify with this, then you might be interested in our discussion today regarding why we pray and how it changes us.&n...
What Is A PrayerWalk? Interview with CityLife's National Prayer Coordinator, Casey Cobb (E31)
Prayerwalking is essential for CityLife to be effective in our apartment ministry with employees and residents. Today's episode is a deep dive into the mechanics of prayerwalking. Rod and Gary covered prayerwalking in a recent episode but Casey...
National Apartment PrayerWalk Day (E30)
Prayer Movements precede Disciple Making Movements. There is no doubt in the history of the Church that strong movements of prayer have resulted in God moving in miraculous ways in the people of God as well as the lost. CityLife has adopted tha...
The Heart of a Prayer Warrior (E29)
We embrace what the late Dr. Henry Blackaby says, "Prayer is not a substitute for hard work–prayer is the work! God does things in and through our lives by prayer that He does in no other way. As we pray and as our attention is turned ...
How To Have Spiritual Conversations (E28)
One of the most effective evangelism tools in the New Testament are persons of peace talked about in Luke 10 and Matthew 10. One way to find persons of peace is to have spiritual conversations with them. Also, spiritual conversations are a g...
The Gospel Gap In Apartments (E27)
Today Gary will be interviewing Rod on a topic that describes how the Church and CityLife work together in apartments. The Church has been the teaching ground to live holy, to live humbly and to be hungry for the Word of God. The Church is also...
Opportunity Day (E26)
There were 9 nonprofits, 3 businesses, 30+ volunteers from 6+ churches that came together to serve, love and make friends in an apartment complex that desperately needs transformation. Rod and Gary will talk about a Saturday event ...
The Blessing and Fruit of Networking (E25)
This is a sequel to Episode 15 "The Ministry of Networking." Rod and Gary go deeper into the purpose of networking as well as what the blessings and fruit of networking. Listeners will hear how networking accomplishes great things for Kingdom w...
The Angel Tree Project (E24)
If you would like to make a huge impact on an apartment community, then this episode is for you. We will talk about a specific access ministry called The Angel Tree Project that we did twice at the same apartment that is ninety percent Hispanic...
Selecting Scripture Sets for Discovery Bible Study (E23)
One of the most important tools for making and multiplying disciple-makers is Discovery Bible Study. It's simple 8 question inductive format is being used all over the world to help people discover the God of the Bible in all languages and cult...
DiscipleMakers Are World Changers Part 2 (E22)
This is part 2 of a short series on how disciplemakers change the world. This episode is a discussion on how to get started as a practitioner and multiplier of disciples. Rod and Gary go back and forth with prodding questions and stirring conve...
DiscipleMakers are World Changers Part 1 (E21)
Rod and Gary talk about what it means to be a disciplemaker and the Biblical mandate to multiply. This is a two-part series with this episode focused on how and why disciplemakers are actually world changers. This is a great conversation for in...
Prayer Walks and Trash Talkers (E20)
This episode is a robust conversation about how important and effective prayer walks are for the apartments we serve. Prayer walks are strategically necessary as we start CityLife in an apartment but also how prayer sustains the ministry. We've...
How CityLife Works With Apartment Management (E19)
We are flipping the roles of Rod and Gary on this episode. Gary interviews Rod this time to talk about how and why we work with apartment management instead of knocking on doors to share the Gospel. We discovered four years ago that CityLife's ...
Hospitality Is a Great Access Ministy (E18)
You will hear Rod and Gary talk about how CityLife uses access ministries in apartments they serve. CityLife has used several ministries and events to gain access to residents as we work with apartment management. You will hear some of those ac...
Meal of Hope (E17)
CityLife is called to make and multiply disciplemakers in and through apartments therefore we were determined to stay focused on the multi-family housing mission field. However, we began to hear from the Lord that we needed to expand our scope ...
Home Missions, Part 2 Live Podcast from Mt. Juliet Christian Academy High School Chapel (E16)
America is home to many nationalities and cultures. As we continue with this discussion on Home Missions and CityLife we will acknowledge some of the many cultures we connect with in our apartment ministry. We pray that these sessions regarding...
Home Missions, Part 1 Live Podcast from Mt Juliet Christian Academy High School Chapel (E15)
This is the first time Gary and Rod did their podcast recording in from of a live audience. Mt Juliet Christian Academy invited us to speak at one of their High School chapels services. We were asked to represent CityLife as an example of...
What Are DiscipleMaking Movements? Part 3 Interview with John King (E14)
This is the final episode of an interview Gary Jennings had with John King, the retired global coach with Final Command Ministries. John is also Gary's coach as he practices the principles of DMM in the context of apartments. CityLife is commit...
What Are DiscipleMaking Movements? Part 2 Interview with John King (E13)
This is an ongoing interview that Gary Jennings had recently with John King focused on how critical ordinary people are to lead, disciple and multiply movements. Traditionally, the local church depends on seminary-trained ministers to sha...