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Cultivating a Multiethnic Kingdom Culture

New Churches Podcast Season 1 Episode 780

Episode 780 Hosts Tony Merida and Vance Pitman spend time with author and pastor Jamaal Williams to discuss Scripture’s example of the multi-cultural church through the lens of Jamaal’s book, In Church as It is in Heaven. Discover the steps...
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Are Americans Open to Talking About Their Faith?

New Churches Podcast Season 1 Episode 779

Episode 779 Host Ed Stetzer meets with Executive Director of Lifeway Research Scott McConnell to discuss their recent findings on evangelism and gospel conversations in the United States. Tune in to discover why your expectations of pushback may be holding...
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Essential Christianity

New Churches Podcast Season 1 Episode 778

Episode 778 Host Tony Merida chats with pastor, author, and long-time ministry partner J.D. Greear to discuss the basics of the Christian faith in an age of deconstruction, as gleaned through the New Testament book of Romans. Tune in to...
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Connecting Sunday and Monday

New Churches Podcast Season 1 Episode 777

Episode 777 Host Ed Stetzer joins his with long-time friend, colleague, professor, and ethics expert Scott Rae to discuss how pastors and planters can better address the week-long needs of their congregations. Tune in to discover the unique vantagepoints of...
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How to Make Gospel-Centered Applications

New Churches Podcast Season 1 Episode 776

Episode 776 Host Tony Merida chats with pastor, author, and long-time ministry partner J.D. Greear to discuss the implications of addressing the heart as we preach the Word of God. Here’s how the gospel reaches beyond moralization and leads to...
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AI and the Ethics of Preaching

New Churches Podcast Season 1 Episode 775

Episode 775 Host Ed Stetzer meets with author, ethics expert, and his own colleague Dr. Scott Rae to chat about the ethical implications of ChatGPT and its impact on preachers, planters, and pastors today. Tune in to discover why AI...
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Renewing the Importance of the Gathered Church

New Churches Podcast Season 1 Episode 774

Episode 774 Hosts Noah Oldham and Vance Pitman sit down with Send Network’s Vice President for Planter Development Tony Merida to discuss why we are called to gather as the body of Christ. From topics like Christ’s incarnation to the...
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Considerations for Buying a Building for Your Church

New Churches Podcast Season 1 Episode 773

Episode 773 Host Ed Stetzer joins with rural pastor and planter Will Basham to discuss God’s faithfulness over a decade of ministry at New Heights Church. Listen as they dive into the fundamental details of purchasing a church building, along with...
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Theological Accountability

New Churches Podcast Season 1 Episode 772

Episode 772 In this episode, hosts Vance Pitman and Noah Oldham talk with pastor, planter, and professor Tony Merida on the significance of an accountability that reaches past moral convictions. Tune in to discover all you have to gain from...
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Rural Church Planting

New Churches Podcast Season 1 Episode 771

Episode 771 Host Ed Stetzer sits down with rural pastor and planter Will Basham to discuss his heart for reaching the lost in rural America. Regardless of our own backdrop, this church-planting mission remains the same for us, too, as...
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Leading Well in Social Media

New Churches Podcast Season 1 Episode 770

Episode 770 What exactly are the benefits of engaging with social media? Hosts Vance Pitman and Noah Oldham team back up with pastor and planter Josh Howerton to share insight into social media’s role in ministry. Here’s how your online...
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Habits of Healthy Church Planting Couples

New Churches Podcast Season 1 Episode 769

Episode 769 Host Ed Stetzer teams back up with long-time ministry leaders Christine and Kyle Hoover to share their wisdom gained through all their years of marriage and church planting. Tune in to discover the lessons they learned the hard...
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Leading and Supporting Planters from a Large Network

New Churches Podcast Season 1 Episode 768

Episode 768 Hosts Vance Pitman and Noah Oldham spend time with pastor and planter Josh Howerton discussing how networks can help us go further faster. Tune in to discover how this valuable kingdom advancement can be yours for the taking...
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How to Help Your Wife Thrive

New Churches Podcast Season 1 Episode 767

Episode 767 Host Ed Stetzer chats with ministry leaders Christine and Kyle Hoover about how church pastors and planters can better serve their wives while leading their congregations. Tune in to discover how understanding balance and boundaries, along with calling...
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Prayer and Church Planting

New Churches Podcast Season 1 Episode 766

Episode 766 Hosts Vance Pitman and Noah Oldham offer their insights into what it means for a church to truly be a house of prayer. Here’s how your congregation can more intentionally be in tune with the Lord in each...
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The Preacher as Theologian

New Churches Podcast Season 1 Episode 765

Episode 765 Host Ed Stetzer teams back up with writer, professor, and missionary Trevin Wax to hone in on the ways theology impacts us as preachers, pastors, and planters. Tune in to discover how you’re already doing the work of a theologian…...
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Creating a Culture of Prayer

New Churches Podcast Season 1 Episode 764

Episode 764 Hosts Vance Pitman and Noah Oldham spend some time with Strategic Renewal President Daniel Henderson to discuss the role of prayer in the pastor’s life and in the life of the church as a whole. Discover how you...
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Building a Theological Vision

New Churches Podcast Season 1 Episode 763

Episode 763 Host Ed Stetzer teams back up with author, pastor, and leadership expert Eric Geiger to discuss the church’s responsibility to engage hard questions with applicable theological truth. Here’s how you can intentionally shepherd your people as they examine...