Lead With Vision
Welcome to the Vision Arizona Leadership Podcast, where we help you lift your head above the trenches and gain fresh vision for ministry.
Vision Arizona is a church planting movement experiencing a move of God in our time and we interview church planters, pastors, and Network leaders that share powerful insights from the trenches.
Lead With Vision
Mark It Hard To Go To Hell - Pastor Jason Taylor
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What does it actually take to plant a church that reaches a city?
In this episode of the Lead With Vision Podcast, Nolan sits down with Pastor Jason Taylor of The Vertical Church in Yuma, Arizona.
Jason shares the honest story of parachuting into Yuma, shrinking from 54 people to 18, learning his city the hard way, and watching God build a thriving, evangelistic church over the last two decades.
This conversation is packed with practical wisdom for church planters and pastors:
- How to contextualize without compromising
- How to build a culture of evangelism
- Why every leader needs coaching
- Why humility may be one of the greatest predictors of fruitfulness in ministry
If you want to reach people, lead through growth, and stay hungry without losing humility, this conversation is for you.
Follow Pastor Jason:
https://vertical.church/
https://www.instagram.com/jasontayloryuma
https://www.instagram.com/theverticalchurch/
Join us for a free Vision Arizona event:
We can’t wait for the next Vision Arizona Start & Strengthen Gathering!
This is a networking event for starting and strengthening churches and church leaders. Join us for free lunch and free leadership training. Invite your teams!
Date: Wednesday, August 19, 2026
Time: 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Location: Cornerstone Chandler
1595 S. Alma School Road
Chandler, AZ 85286
Register here:
https://vision-arizona-473523.churchcenter.com/registrations/events/3730345
You can also sign up for Pre-Event Breakouts beginning at 9:30 AM.
Speaker: Chris Hilken
Dr. Chris Hilken is the Senior Pastor of College Avenue Church in San Diego, where he leads a multi-generational congregation in one of the most complex cultural and ideological environments in the country.
He also serves as a professor of theology, training future leaders to think clearly, biblically, and critically in a confused age.
Chris collaborates with the Dad Tired Podcast, engaging honest conversations surrounding masculinity and Christian fatherhood.
Shaped by a heartbreaking story of grief and loss, he is known for clear, direct teaching, biblical depth, and unfiltered realism.
Interested in planting in Arizona?
https://www.visionarizona.com/