In All Things

Episode 153: How the EPC is Responding to Hurricane Helene | Gianna Lazzaro Interviews Dean Weaver About Hurricane Helene Relief

Gianna Lazzaro, EPC’s Communications Associate, changes things up as she interviews EPC Stated Clerk Dean Weaver to talk about the devastation of Hurricane Helene and how the EPC is ministering and caring for those in need.

Episode 152: Laying the Groundwork for the Next Steps of World Outreach | Global Movement discussions with Johnny Long, Director of Operations at World Outreach

Dean Weaver, EPC Stated Clerk, welcomes Johnny Long, Director of Operations of World Outreach.  Dean and Johnny talk about the preparation that has gone into preparing our global workers and denomination for the next steps of World Outreach.

Episode 151: Reflecting Your Neighborhood | Church Health Discussions with Pastor Sean Brubaker

Dean Weaver, EPC Stated Clerk, welcomes Dr. Sean Brubaker, pastor of Calvin Presbyterian Church, to talk about how they used extraordinary circumstances to reflect the community around them.  Sean shares how this has made them more effective in ministering to their surrounding neighborhood.

Episode 150: Leading a Church to Life | Church Health Discussions with Pastor Stefan Bomberger

Dean Weaver, EPC Stated Clerk, welcomes Stefan Bomberger , pastor of Manoa Community Church to talk about what the Lord is doing at Manoa as they experience a dramatic increase in people coming to faith in Christ and baptisms. Stefan also shares very practical advice he has learned around the ideas of children’s ministry, evangelism and leadership to lead a church to life found in the Gospel.

Episode 149: A Response to the Pastor Shortage Crisis | Church Health Discussions with Rosemary Lukens, Bill Rasch and Bob Stauffer

Dean Weaver, EPC Stated Clerk, welcomes Rosemary Lukens, the 42^nd Moderator of the EPC General Assembly,  Bill Rasch, National Director of Transitional Pastor Training, and Bob Stauffer, National Director of Church Health to discuss the pastor shortage crisis of our day and how the EPC has responded.

Episode 148: When Two Church Planters Plant Two Churches in the Same City | A Discussion with Pastors Sean Boone and Eric Stiller

Dean Weaver, EPC Stated Clerk, welcomes two church planters, Sean Boone and Eric Stiller, who both planted churches in the St. Louis area. Boone shares his experience of planting The Bridge North County in Ferguson while Eric Stiller talks about his story of planting Central West End Church in another section of the city.

Episode 147: Why We Plant Churches | A Discussion with South Regional Church Planting Director, Richard Rieves About the Trends, Challenges, and Benefits of Church Planting

Dean Weaver, EPC Stated Clerk, welcomes South Regional Church Planting Director, Richard Rieves, to talk about trends in the culture and how church planting remains a unique solution to reaching the world with the Gospel.

Episode 146: Who’s Your One More Person? | Church Planting Discussions with Pastor Mike Moses

Dean Weaver, EPC Stated Clerk, welcomes pastor Dr. Mike Moses to talk about reaching the unchurched and the importance of church planting in that process. Mike also gives practical self-assessment questions for possible future church planters to ask as they engage with the idea of whether the Lord might be calling them to church planting. Mike is the founding and lead pastor of the Lake Forest Family of Churches.

Episode 145: So, You Think You’re Called to Church Planting | Discussions About Church Planting with Elizabeth Gibson of the Northampton Church Planting Network

Dean Weaver, EPC Stated Clerk, welcomes Elizabeth Gibson of the Northampton Church Planting Network, as they talk all things church planting from assessments to information that will help those wrestling with a possible call to church planting.   

You can connect with Elizabeth at elizabethgibson@nhcpn.org.

Episode 144: A Beautiful Tension: Reflecting Your Community While Remaining Countercultural | Discussions About Church Planting with Pastor Justin Garrett

Dean Weaver, EPC Stated Clerk, welcomes Justin Garrett, church planter and pastor at Athens KC. In this episode, Justin shares his heart and story the story behind planting a church in Kansas City, Missouri, while giving encouragement and practical advice to ministry leaders.