In All Things

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.

Episode 143: Honest Conversations About Planting a Church with National Director of Church Planting, Dr. Tom Ricks

Dean Weaver, EPC Stated Clerk, welcomes the EPC’s National Director of Church Planting, Dr. Tom Ricks, for an authentic discussion on church planting. Many church plants don’t make it and Tom and Dean discuss the lessons we can learn from these past attempts.

Episode 142: The Ordinary Means of Grace | Effective Biblical Leadership Discussions with Pastor Zach Hopkins, Part 2

Dean Weaver, EPC Stated Clerk, welcomes Zach Hopkins a second time to finish their conversation from last week. Zach is pastor of Edgington Evangelical Presbyterian Church and joins Dean to talk about practical ways to implement the ordinary means of grace and catechisms into the discipleship ministries of the local church.

Episode 141: Lessons on Leadership for Younger Ministry Leaders | Effective Biblical Leadership Discussions with Pastor Zach Hopkins

Dean Weaver, EPC Stated Clerk, welcomes Zach Hopkins, pastor of Edgington Evangelical Presbyterian Church, who joins the podcast today to help younger pastors think through how to lead church leaders well.

Episode 140: How is Your Spiritual, Physical and Emotional Health as a Leader? | A Discussion with Pastor Betsy Rumer

Dean Weaver, EPC Stated Clerk, welcomes pastor Betsy Rumer, who has served in a number of roles within EPC churches, in her Presbytery and at the General Assembly level.  Betsy joins the podcast today to help pastors ask important questions about their spiritual, physical and emotional health.

 

Show Notes: On today's podcast Betsy references another podcast, Becoming New with John Ortberg, work by Brene Brown, Emotionally Healthy and Spirituality and Day by Day by Pete Scazzero.