In All Things

Episode 69: Discipleship and coaching for church health with Brandon Addison

Dean Weaver, EPC Stated Clerk, welcomes Brandon Addison, Church Health Coordinator for the Presbytery of the West and a ministry coach with Tin Man Ministries. The two discuss how a healthy church helps its members have a healthy understanding of discipleship. Addison also describes how a church is a relational system, the value of inter-generational connection, and the value of coaching for both pastors and congregations.

Episode 68: Discipleship culture for the next generation with Andy Koesters

Dean Weaver, EPC Stated Clerk, welcomes Andy Koesters, Pastor to Churches and Families for FamiliesAlive and Church Health Coordinator for the Presbytery of the New River. The two discuss how discipling the next generation is critical to church health. Koesters also explains how God’s “Plan A” is for parents to be the primary disciplers of their children, as well as some key steps churches can take to develop a discipleship culture for children, students, and families.

Episode 67: Church revitalization principles with Ritchey Cable

Dean Weaver, EPC Stated Clerk, welcomes Ritchey Cable, Pastor of Gashland Presbyterian Church in Kansas City, Mo., and Church Health Coordinator for the Presbytery of Mid-America. The two discuss Cable’s experience leading revitalization efforts in two churches. Cable also shares three revitalization principles from Revelation 2, and explains how and why he wrote the screenplay for the motion picture “The Author.”

Episode 66: Intersection of church health and church planting with Marc de Jeu

Dean Weaver, EPC Stated Clerk, welcomes Marc de Jeu, Church Health Coordinator and Mission Mobilizer for the Presbytery of the Alleghenies. The two discuss a variety of avenues for church health, including the role of a mentor in the life of the pastor, how healthy churches are those that are outward-focused and relational, how mission catalyzes community, and how church health and church planting intersect under the EPC’s goal for churches of “faithfulness in the neighborhood.”

Episode 65: Personal evangelism’s role in church health with Mark Farrell

Dean Weaver, EPC Stated Clerk, welcomes Mark Farrell, Pastor of Tampa Covenant Church in Tampa, Florida. The two discuss the impact of a high school coach on Farrell’s faith journey, as well as how his 22-year Air Force career prepared him to serve both as a pastor and as Church Health Coordinator for Presbytery of Florida and the Caribbean. Farrell also explains how to develop an evangelistic culture in the church; how the 3 Circles method is a fully biblical, effective tool for personal evangelism among all ages; and how to incorporate the 3 Circles in a variety of avenues in the church.

Episode 64: Building an evangelistic church culture with Stefan Bomberger

Dean Weaver, EPC Stated Clerk, welcomes Stefan Bomberger, Pastor of Manoa Community Church in Havertown, Pennsylvania. The two discuss three aspects of church health in the EPC—evangelism, revitalization, and transitional pastorates. In addition, Bomberger explains how and why Manoa Community Church went into “growth mode” during the COVID-19 pandemic, as well as how the denomination’s Church Health Team helps congregations develop an evangelistic culture.

Episode 63: Business ownership, stewardship of EPC resources with Earla Bethel

Dean Weaver, EPC Stated Clerk, welcomes Earla Bethel, Ruling Elder for St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Kirk in Nassau, Bahamas, and Chair of the NEPC National Leadership Team Finance Committee. The two discuss her faith journey, as well as how St. Andrew’s and Lucaya Presbyterian Church in Freeport, Bahamas, came to the EPC from the Church of Scotland. Bethel also describes how she applies the principle of Luke 12:48 as a business owner. The two also discuss the background behind the EPC funding formula conversion from Per Member Asking (PMA) to Percentage of Income (POI), and how the Office of the General Assembly stewards those resources.

Episode 62: Developing flourishing churches and pastors with Dana Allin

Dean Weaver, EPC Stated Clerk, welcomes Dana Allin, Synod Executive with ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians. The two discuss some of the fundamental principles for how churches flourish, areas of collaboration between ECO and the EPC, how ECO’s Flourish Institute of Theology meshes theological education with practical application, and how ECO is defining itself as a church for its second decade and beyond.

Episode 61: Inclusive leadership with Kim Wells

Dean Weaver, EPC Stated Clerk, welcomes Kim Wells, Executive Director of Executive Education and the Center for Career Excellence at Howard University in Washington, D.C. The two discuss how inclusive leadership does not necessarily mean racial diversity but is the discipline of seeking information from a variety of sources, listening, pausing, and then reflecting.

Episode 60: EPC Chaplaincy ministry with Mark Ingles

Dean Weaver, EPC Stated Clerk, welcomes Mark Ingles, the EPC’s Chaplain Endorser. The two discuss the various ministry opportunities for chaplains in both the military and civilian institutions, as well as his how his role as Chaplain Endorser helps facilitate those pursuing chaplaincy ministry in the EPC. Ingles also recounts his path as the son of an Army father to his own calling as an Air Force chaplain.