The Next Chapter for Leading Microchurch Networks with Steven and Lucia Barr

Rob is a ragamuffin who lives to love Jesus, his wife, his daughters, and his extended spiritual family in his neighborhood. He’s also one of the founding leaders and directors of the Kansas City Underground, a mission agency and decentralized network of microchurches and missional leaders committed to filling Kansas with the beauty, justice, and good news of Jesus. Rob also serves on the Global Leadership Team of NewThing, a global tribe equipping movement-makers in every nation of the world who believe in networking around the Jesus Mission. The Starfish and the Spirit: Unleashing the Leadership Potential of Churches and Organizations is his latest book, which he co-wrote with Lance Ford and Alan Hirsch.

Brian Johnson serves as one of the founders and directors of the Kansas City Underground, a mission agency and decentralized network of missionaries and microchurches in Kansas City. KCUG’s forty-year vision is to have a missionary on every street and a microchurch in every network of relationships, connecting with training Hubs throughout the city, saturating Kansas City with the beauty, justice, and Good News of Jesus. Brian and his wife Kristen live as missionaries with their five kids in their neighborhood, seeking to build an extended spiritual family there.

Steven and Lucia Barr are the founding leaders of Cast Member Church, a network of microchuches and Kingdom Expressions spanning six continents, with disciplemaking hubs in Orlando, Anaheim, Paris, Tokyo, Hong Kong, and Shanghai. With 30 years of pastoral leadership in his rearview mirror, Steven is a recognized cultural futurist who is always learning new ways to reveal Jesus to those who have never touched a Bible nor have a previous expression of faith. Lucia is originally from Oaxaca, Mexico, and has worked for The Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando for more than a decade. On any given day, she is invested in dozens of working Cast Members from all over the world. Together, Lucia and Steven are forming a global generation of disciplemakers among those who work in the entertainment industry on six continents. Steven is the author of such titles as KINGDOM INFLUENCE: Three Proven Keys to Revealing Jesus in a Skeptical and Suspicious World and A GUIDE TO A LIFE BEYOND IMAGINATION (both available on Amazon). As the founding leader of the KINGDOM INNOVATORS Mentoring Collective, Steven invests in high-capacity Kingdom pioneers and faith-based entrepreneurs who are multiplying networks that reveal Jesus in fresh and unconventional ways. Steven and Lucia have two adult children (both Disney Cast Members) and split their time living between Orlando, Florida, and Paris, France.