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Conversations with New England leaders about critical issues that impact how Christians engage in our culture to accelerate evangelism. Join us as we focus on making disciples, doing justice, and sharing Jesus to accelerate evangelism in New England!
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In this week's episode, guest host Rev. Dr. Michael Bailey talks to Dr. Deborah DeBisschop about the life-changing experiences and benefits of Christian education.
This week, we’re talking with Joe Reid, CEO and founder of Exponent Group in Boston, about an exciting new app to help Jesus followers make disciples!
This week, Dr. Jahdiel Perez and Rev. Dr. Dave Ripper join us to talk about the biblical imperative to do justice from the perspectives of C.S. Lewis and Dallas Willard, two great voices in the church, but not necessarily known for speaking to the topic of biblical justice.
This week we're talking to Kevin Palau, President and CEO of Palau Association, about a great new resource that helps us share Jesus.
Bishop Larry Ward joins us to help define what a theology of work means, along with how it relates to being a disciple or forming us to be like Jesus.
In our hectic, overscheduled lives, caring for the soul is imperative. That's we've asked soul care director Dr. Barbara Peacock to share about her book, "Soul Care in African American Practice,'' and her experience in helping people find their spiritual direction while pursuing Christ.
This week we're wrapping up our two part conversation with Bobby Warrenburg, Senior Pastor of North Shore Community Baptist Church, as we explore how his church family makes disciples that don't simply show up for church, then go about their week.
Bobby Warrenburg, Senior Pastor of North Shore Community Baptist Church in Beverly, MA, joins us in a two-part special to share how he forms disciples (and not just churchgoers), using intentional planning and assessing spiritual transformation.
This week, we're talking to Rick Ferris about how C12 helps marketplace leaders integrate their faith with their businesses.
This week, we’re talking about loving, including, and ministering to those affected by a disability. Liz Babbitt and Hannah Bollacke from Joni & Friends join us to discuss ways to welcome and include people and families impacted by disability.
This week on the Church in Action program, Patty MacDonald joins us to talk about World Relief, the country’s largest Christian relief agency, which is celebrating their 80th anniversary evidencing the love of Jesus by doing work in some of the most critical and toughest areas across the globe.
We're all in need of healing - but how do we heal well as a disciple of Christ? And how do we make disciples through healing?That's why we've invited Peter Scalzo, author of “Cancer and Peace, My 15 Year Journey,” Celebrate Recovery Ministry Leader for Walnut Hill Community Church, and launcher of new CR programs.
Chris Goeppner, Lead Pastor of Riverbank Church in Vermont, to join us and share their methodology in pursuing both evangelism and disciple making in their congregation, including advice on how you can replicate this in your own church family.
For Martin Luther King Jr. day, we’re sharing a highlight episode with Rev. Esau Vance of Mt. Olive Pentecostal Church in Worcester, MA, who grew up in the deep south during the 1950's as a Black man, where he and his family had to navigate the injustice of racism. Now, as a pastor, he sits down with us to reflect on the impact of racism, and how the Church can lovingly pursue racial reconciliation and healing.
Rev. Dr. Gordon MacDonald joins us to look ahead into 2024, examining how our world's brokenness has impacted the Church and our communities, along with how he believes the Church should respond to effectively serve as God's ambassadors and "keep the lights on."
Happy New Year! As we celebrate the start of 2024, we're taking a break from our regular content to share an episode on findings we've uncovered on the Post-Pandemic Church...President Charles Galda shares research findings from a series of focus groups we conducted, where we asked more than 100 ministry leaders from across New England - representing different ministry types, contexts, races, ethnicities, and more - to identify how God is calling us to change. We’ll unpack those findings and discuss how we can faithfully respond to God’s call!
Merry Christmas! We're taking a break from our regular content to share an old favorite on Foster Care Ministry...Currently, there are over 425,000 children in the American foster care system, approximately 24,000 of whom live in New England. Join us and Jonathan Reid - Executive Director and Founder of Fostering Hope, based in Providence, RI - as we discuss what it looks like to enter the world of foster care ministry as a church in New England, and how Fostering Hope strives to reunite biological families, support foster care families, and offer loving homes where reunification isn't possible.
Rabbi Daniel Berman of Temple Reyim joins us to kindly share how he, his family, and his community have been impacted by Hamas terrorism and the resulting war. Rabbi Berman will also detail common misconceptions surrounding these difficult dynamics, and help us better understand the history behind the current conflict in Israel.
Are you looking for methodology to better make disciples in your church? Then check out this episode on practical disciple making with Adam Mabry, Senior Pastor at Aletheia Church (a multisite Church based in Massachusetts) and author of multiple books, like The Art of Rest!
Pastor Clark Pfaff is the lead pastor at Valley Brook Community Church and is a founder of the Granby Racial Reconciliation. He joins us to share how the Granby Racial Reconciliation addressed a recent racist episode in their community.
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