Columbia Metro Connection

  SUBSCRIBE:  iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. This week, Chris Reinolds and Julia Bell, CMBA Communications Director, have a conversation with Baptist Collegiate Ministry campus ministers Lesley and JJ Joseph, who began their work at Allen University and Benedict College Starting March first of this year as they seek to impact the next generation of disciple-makers.   

SUBSCRIBE:  iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play     The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. This week, Chris Reinolds, Impacting Communities Ministry Mobilizer with the CMBA, has a conversation with John Lakin, Associate Pastor at NorthStar Christian Center, to discuss their partnership with the Cooperative Ministry's VITAP program, which assists low-income families with tax preparation.   Thank you for listening in, and we hope you'll consider stepping into this incredibly practical ministry opportunity.  

SUBSCRIBE:  iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play     The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. This week, George Bullard, Executive Director of the CMBA, sits down with Bedjriha Jazic, Director of Lutheran Services, and Ryan Dupree, International Minister with First Baptist Church Columbia, to discuss ministry partnership opportunities among the Refugee Resettlement efforts in Columbia, South Carolina. Thank you for listening in, and we hope you'll consider stepping into this ministry opportunity.  

SUBSCRIBE:  iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play     The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. This week, I, Chris Reinolds, and George Bullard, Executive Director of the CMBA, sat down with Sam Smithson, Alice Drive Baptist Church's Bishopville Campus Minister, and Travis Pruden, Discipleship Pastor, to discuss how the bold steps that they're taking to reach a new community with the love of Christ.   We hope you'll walk away from our conversation with them with a similar boldness to start a conversation with someone that can change their life. 

SUBSCRIBE:  iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play     The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. This week, George Bullard, Executive Director of the CMBA, and Chris Reinolds sat down with Jacque Wenger and Nathan McCarthy to discuss how churches can better communicate biblical truths about financial stewardship.  Take some time and consider how God may be leading you to speak with your congregation about these essential matters. 

SUBSCRIBE:  iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play     The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. This week, George Bullard, Executive Director of the CMBA, and Chris Reinolds hear from Angela McNeal (Heart4Schools), Allison Caldwell (Shandon Baptist Church), and Jamie Rogers (Baptist Collegiate Ministry of South Carolina), three individuals who are incredibly passionate about ministries to international teachers and students. These ministries to internationals are happening right here in Columbia, SC, and they're having an impact across the globe because God is bringing the nations to our city. Take some time and listen in and learn how you, or your church, can make a global impact for Jesus just a few miles from your front door.   Websites Mentioned: LoveCola.org Heart4Schools.org CarolinaBCM.org https://youtu.be/pjT3cL16ebQ

SUBSCRIBE:  iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play     The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. This week, I, Chris Reinolds, Lead Pastor at Discovery Church, and George Bullard, Executive Director of the CMBA, sat down with Cathy Locklear to celebrate and hear about her many years of service with the Columbia Metro Baptist Association here in Columbia, South Carolina as she is preparing for a new and exciting stage in her life.

SUBSCRIBE:  iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play     The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. This week, I, Chris Reinolds and George Bullard, Executive Director of the CMBA, sat down with Rabbi Andy Meyerson to discuss the formation of a Messianic Jewish Congregation here in Columbia, South Carolina, and his desire to see churches partnering together to reach Jewish peoples with the good news of the gospel of Jesus Christ.

SUBSCRIBE:  iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play      The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. This week, George Bullard, Executive Director of the CMBA, sat down with Ryan Burge, author of the newly released book The Nones to discuss the reality that the nones will be the largest religious group in the United States in the next decade and the implications this has for the church.

SUBSCRIBE:  iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play      The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. This week, I, Chris Reinolds and George Bullard, Executive Director of the CMBA, sat down with three Columbia South Carolina Church Musicians to talk about the past, the present, and the future of church worship through music.

SUBSCRIBE:  iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play      The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. This week, I, Chris Reinolds and George Bullard, Executive Director of the CMBA, sat down with Craig Bailey, Pastor at First Baptist Church of Winnsboro, to hear how they are building bridges in their community despite the struggles of the pandemic.

SUBSCRIBE:  iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play      The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. This week, I, Chris Reinolds and Julia Bell, CMBA Communications Director, are having a conversation with Columbia Metro Baptist Association Executive Director, George Bullard, to Discuss the Congregational Grants that the CMBA is offering for our family churches in their journey of missional ministry. 

SUBSCRIBE:  iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play      The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. This week, Dr. George Bullard, Executive Director of the CMBA, and Dr. Andre Rogers, Pastor at Concord Fellowship Baptist Church have a candid conversation with a panel of state & community leaders from the Columbia Metro to address the anxiety that exists in the African-American community surrounding the Coronavirus vaccine.  Let’s listen in to this essential conversation.

SUBSCRIBE:  iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play      The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. This week we’re airing a Special Martin Luther King Day Celebration podcast. Joining us is Dr. David Goatley, Associate Dean for Vocational Formation and Christian Witness, Director of the Office of Black Church Studies, and Research Professor of Christian Theology at Duke University Divinity School. Along with Dr. Goatley, the CMBA’s Racial Reconciliation panel will contribute their voices to the ongoing work taking place here, in Columbia, and around the Midlands. 

  SUBSCRIBE:  iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play      The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. This week, George Bullard, Executive Director, Julia Bell, Communication Director, and Chris Reinolds, local CMBA pastor, consider the positives we’re seeing in churches as a result of the pandemic. https://youtu.be/AK40D2aCyXs

SUBSCRIBE:  iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play      The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. Our hosts for this week are George Bullard, Executive Director of the Columbia Metro Baptist Association, and Chris Reinolds lead Pastor at Killian Baptist Church. This week, we had the opportunity to talk with George Russ and Kevin Cabe from the Metropolitan New York Baptist Association. We were able to hear how God is using a $30,000 gift from the family of churches located in and around the Columbia Metro, in South Carolina, to transform lives for His glory through the ministry of brothers and sisters in Christ living in New York City. 

SUBSCRIBE:  iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play      The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. Our hosts for this week are George Bullard, Executive Director of the Columbia Metro Baptist Association, and Chris Reinolds lead Pastor at Killian Baptist Church. This week, spending some time with J Thompson, Pastor at Cedar Creek Baptist Church, and Vice Moderator on the CMBA Visionary Leadership Community, and Bill Wright, Associate Pastor at Temple Baptist Church and Moderator on the Visionary Leadership Community.  Today, we’re taking some time to appreciate the ongoing work of the supporting ministry of the CMBA.   

SUBSCRIBE:  iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play      The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. Our hosts for this week are Chris Reinolds, Lead Pastor at Killian Baptist Church, and Julia Bell, Communications Director with the CMBA This week, we’re speaking with CMBA’s own Ministry Mobilizer, Cathy Locklear, to explore the growth of hunger-related ministry that’s continued to flourish amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

SUBSCRIBE:  iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play      The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. This week, we’re sitting down to explore the covenantal relationship that exists with churches and their association. In order to help us do that George Bullard, our Executive Director, and David Waganer, one of our One Priority Mobilizers, are sharing about the Covenant Congregational Pilgrimage of the Columbia Metro Baptist Association.

SUBSCRIBE:  iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play      The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. This week, we’re wrapping up our ReGathering the Church podcast series by speaking with two pastors who are ministering to their church and community in unique ways. Listen in as we spend time with Andre Melvin, Pastor at Temple Zion Baptist, and Cameron DeBrew, Pastor at Beulah Baptist Church.

SUBSCRIBE:  iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play      The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. This week, we had an opportunity to sit down with David Sturgeon, Pastor at Temple Baptist Church, to discuss the perils of pastoring in a pandemic.  Pastoral ministry was difficult before March of 2020, but the tensions we’re seeing in pastoral ministry are higher than most have experienced in our lifetime. https://youtu.be/a9C9kCed5P8

SUBSCRIBE:  iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play      The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. This week, we had an opportunity to sit down with a handful of pastors, as part one of a three-part series, to discuss the up’s and down’s and in’s and out’s of their regathering their churches in midst of a pandemic.  

SUBSCRIBE:  iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play      The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. This week, we had an opportunity to sit down with Andre Rogers, Pastor at Concord Fellowship Baptist Church and Brian Thomas, Pastor at NorthStar Christian Center, to discuss the crucial need for education and action on the road to racial reconciliation.  

SUBSCRIBE:  iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play      The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. This week, we had an opportunity to sit down with Robbie McAlister, the People Group Strategist with the South Carolina Baptist Convention as he shares about the unique opportunity churches have to participate in the reaching of unreached people groups without ever leaving South Carolina.

SUBSCRIBE:  iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play      The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. This week, we had an opportunity to sit down with Steve Perky, a ministry applied technology strategist and consultant to discuss how churches can launch an online campus within their church’s model of ministry. Resources: Steve Perky: www.steveperky.com Tyler Sansom and "Church Anywhere" Their online church website: https://churchanywhere.us/ Their YouTube VLOG about their journey in planting an online church: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ1FuIk6la8DF1aShu59-EQ/featured Life.Church's free resources to help launching an online ministry Video interview with Alan George the Online Pastor for Life.Church The Church Online Platform free to churches Their recommendation for "Getting Started with Church Online Equipment" Church Online Volunteers and Hosts

SUBSCRIBE:  iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play      The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. This week, we had an opportunity to sit down with James Walden, Pastor at Riverside Community Church in Columbia, SC, and JayWill Wilson, a Church Planting Resident at Riverside Community. Listen in as they share about how their Church is helping transform communities in significant ways through pockets of light. Resources: Riverside Community Church City of Refuge Church

SUBSCRIBE:  iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play      The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. This week, we have an opportunity to sit down with Freddy Johnson, Pastor at NorthPointe Community Church in Columbia, SC, and Kris Swataco, Director of The Singles Network Ministries in Hendersonville, NC as they share about their passion about the transformative power of singles ministry in the local church.

SUBSCRIBE:  iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play The Columbia Metro Connection is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA.  Hosts for this week’s episode are George Bullard, Strategic Leadership Coach and Executive Director with the Columbia Metro Baptist Association.  I’m Chris Reinolds, Certified Church Consultant & Lead Pastor, at Killian Baptist Church.  Joining us this week is Chris Hanley, Pastor at Sandy Level Baptist Church in Blythewood, SC. Sandy Level is a 250-year-old church with a passion for building community connections to show and share the love of Jesus.

  SUBSCRIBE:  iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play The Columbia Metro Connection is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA.  Hosts for this week’s episode are George Bullard, Strategic Leadership Coach and Executive Director with the Columbia Metro Baptist Association.  I’m Chris Reinolds, Certified Church Consultant & Lead Pastor a Killian Baptist Church.  Joining us this week is Bill Crews, Pastor at Grace Church in Columbia, SC. GraceChurch is a gospel-centric church with a passion for discipleship. Their goal is to build relationships with people from Oliver Gospel Mission to the University of South Carolina to introduce people to Jesus Christ.

The Columbia Metro Connection is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA.  Hosts for this week’s episode are George Bullard, Strategic Leadership Coach and Executive Director with the Columbia Metro Baptist Association.  I’m Chris Reinolds, Certified Church Consultant & Lead Pastor a Killian Baptist Church.  Joining us this week is Don Brock, Pastor at Gateway Baptist Church in Irmo, South Carolina.  Gateway began as a vision of Eau Claire Baptist Church to reach the fast-growing Irmo community.  From 1975 to today, Gateway exists to reach the unreached that God has placed around them.  Over four decades later, they’ve planted five churches, sent hundreds to national and international mission fields, and become a leading-edge church in reaching people for Jesus. 

SUBSCRIBE:  iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play The Columbia Metro Connection is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA.  Host for this week’s episode are George Bullard, Executive Director for the CMBA and Chris Reinolds, Certified Church Consultant & Lead Pastor at Killian Baptist Church. Joining us this week is Dr. Valerie Carter Smith, Executive Director of the WMU of Virginia of the Baptist General Association of Virginia.  In her life thus far, Dr. Smith has been a wife, a mother, a widow, a teacher, a missionary, an orphan, a sister, and a leader.  But in the midst of all of those things, since the age of nine, she has been a faithful follower of Jesus Christ.  Dr. Smith’s life is a beautiful picture of how, in the hands of God, that which is broken can be made new, and more beautiful.

SUBSCRIBE:  iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play           The Columbia Metro Connection is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA.  Host for this week’s episode are George Bullard, Executive Director for the CMBA and Chris Reinolds, Certified Church Consultant & Lead Pastor at Killian Baptist Church.  Joining us this week is Danny Nicholson with the Connie Maxwell Children’s home to talk with us about a new pilot program that’s being launched for churches interested in ministering in Foster Care.     

SUBSCRIBE:  iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play       The Columbia Metro Connection is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA.  Host for this week’s episode is Chris Reinolds, Certified Church Consultant & Lead Pastor at Killian Baptist Church.  Joining us this week is Kelly Strum, founder of Koinonia, a year-round Christ-centered nonprofit ministry partnering with Eau Claire Baptist Church.  This summer, Kelly and her team are making a difference in the lives of 50 kids in their community by caring for physical and spiritual needs in real and tangible ways.  

 SUBSCRIBE:  iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play        The Columbia Metro Connection is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA.  Hosts for this week’s episode are George Bullard, the Executive Director of the  Columbia Metro Baptist Association.  I’m Chris Reinolds, Certified Church Consultant & Lead Pastor at Killian Baptist Church.  Joining us this week is Robert Grant, one of the new Ministry Mobilizers with the CMBA. With more than 40 years of ministry experience, Robert is uniquely equipped to help local churches in a variety of administrative needs. From bylaws to staff compensation, to church dissolution assistance; Robert loves assisting the church through the details of what can sometimes be a confusing process.      

Welcome to the Columbia Metro Connection, a podcast where you can go to get valuable, relevant, and quality resources for you and your congregation.      The Columbia Metro Connection is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA.  Hosts for this week’s episode are George Bullard, Strategic Leadership Coach and Executive Director with the Columbia Metro Baptist Association.  I’m Chris Reinolds, Certified Church Consultant & Lead Pastor a Killian Baptist Church.  Joining us this week is David Waganer, one of the new Ministry Mobilizers with the CMBA who specializes in stewardship education, interim education for churches, and church opportunities during conflict.  David’s vast knowledge and experience have given him the ability to look at most church situations and boil them down to the root issues at hand so a church can resolve the congregational speed bumps and continue down the road of Kingdom Growth.    

SUBSCRIBE:  iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play       The Columbia Metro Connection is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA.   Hosts for this week’s episode are George Bullard, the Executive Director of the  Columbia Metro Baptist Association.  I’m Chris Reinolds, Certified Church Consultant & Lead Pastor a Killian Baptist Church.  This week, we have an opportunity to sit down with Mary Ann Sibley from MatterSpark, where they make people matter.  Mary Ann regularly engages with churches and other non-profits to help them engage people with excellence to keep them coming back time and time again.  At MatterSpark, they are constantly striving to see people win and excel in leadership, customer service, and volunteer engagement.  Therefore, we are really excited to sit down and hear from Mary Ann about all the insights that she has on this essential ministry.    

SUBSCRIBE:  iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play      The Columbia Metro Connection is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA.  Hosts for this week’s episode are George Bullard, the Executive Director of the  Columbia Metro Baptist Association.  I’m Chris Reinolds, Certified Church Consultant & Lead Pastor a Killian Baptist Church.  All week we’ve featured the Baptist Collegiate Ministry in an attempt to draw attention to the great kingdom-work that is taking place in our area and to help you see the need to get involved in that work.  For today's podcast, we’re going to hear from three special guests as they discuss their work among college Students.  Let’s listen in as Jamie Rogers sits down with Billy Judge, Rob Nicholes, and Raj Aluri.    

SUBSCRIBE:  iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play       The Columbia Metro Connection is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA.  Hosts for this week’s episode are George Bullard, the Executive Director of the  Columbia Metro Baptist Association.  I’m Chris Reinolds, Certified Church Consultant & Lead Pastor a Killian Baptist Church.  In today’s podcast, we’ll hear from Jamie Rogers as he gives some practical steps to a room full of pastors about how the church can get involved in the lives of students.  One major emphasis in his talk is on how we, the church, can reach the next group of international leaders by simply taking one night a month and having an international student in our home.  Let’s listen in as Jamie shares his passion with us.  

SUBSCRIBE:  iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play       The Columbia Metro Connection is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA.  Hosts for this week’s episode are George Bullard, the Executive Director of the  Columbia Metro Baptist Association.  I’m Chris Reinolds, Certified Church Consultant & Lead Pastor a Killian Baptist Church.  For today’s podcast, we’re going to listen in on George Wright, Pastor at Shandon Baptist Church, as he gives his testimony to the work of the Baptist Collegiate Ministry in his life and calling to go into the dark places of the world and BE the light of the gospel.  

SUBSCRIBE:  iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play       The Columbia Metro Connection is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA.  Hosts for this week’s episode are George Bullard, the Director of Missions, Strategic Leadership Coach and Lead Missiologist at Columbia Metro Baptist Association.  I’m Chris Reinolds, Certified Church Consultant & Lead Pastor a Killian Baptist Church.  Joining us this week is Brenda Sheets, a member of St. Andrews Baptist Church who felt God’s call to begin participating in medical missions in Central America.  Whether local or abroad, the work of a missionary is vital to the unreached people of the world.  Without the beautiful feet of those willing to carry the gospel into the dark places of this world, there are millions that would go out into eternity without ever hearing the hope that they can have in Jesus Christ.  We’re thankful for the many people like Brenda who inspire and encourage us to think of new ways to engage people with the gospel.    

  SUBSCRIBE:  iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play     The Columbia Metro Connection is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA.  Hosts for this week’s episode are George Bullard, the Director of Missions, Strategic Leadership Coach and Lead Missiologist at Columbia Metro Baptist Association.  I’m Chris Reinolds, Certified Church Consultant & Lead Pastor a Killian Baptist Church.   Joining us this week is Cathy Lockear, Community Impact Ministry Mobilizer with the Columbia Metro Baptist Association.  Cathy assists churches in the association that are seeking ways to impact their local communities through missions.  This week, we look forward to discussing how Her investment into the local church over the past 20 years has given her unique insights on how to partner mission-minded churches with ministry opportunities in their local context.  

SUBSCRIBE:  iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play        The Columbia Metro Connection is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA.    Hosts for this week’s episode are George Bullard, the Director of Missions, Strategic Leadership Coach and Lead Missiologist at Columbia Metro Baptist Association.  I’m Chris Reinolds, Certified Church Consultant & Lead Pastor a Killian Baptist Church.    Joining us this week is Jamie Rogers, new Baptist Collegiate Ministry Director in Columbia, South Carolina.  His work spans four colleges in and around the Columbia Metro Area, where he seeks to build relationships in order to disciple and share the hope of the gospel with the people he meets.  

The Columbia Metro Connection is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA.  This week, we have a special sponsor in Bill Roop from Upstate Digital Sign Sales. Hosts for this week’s episode are George Bullard, the Director of Missions, Strategic Leadership Coach and Lead Missiologist at Columbia Metro Baptist Association.  I’m Chris Reinolds, Certified Church Consultant & Lead Pastor a Killian Baptist Church.  This week's podcast we’re going to listen in as three pastors share their experience and method of gaining traction in a dying church.  Starting something new is difficult in most churches, but it is especially difficult in a church that has experienced a prolonged decline.  Let’s listen in as Bob Morgan, Daniel Schrall, and me, Chris Reinolds, share how we started gaining traction in our individual contexts.  

The Columbia Metro Connection is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA.  This week, we have a special sponsor in Bill Roop from Upstate Digital Sign Sales. Hosts for this week’s episode are George Bullard, the Director of Missions, Strategic Leadership Coach and Lead Missiologist at Columbia Metro Baptist Association.  I’m Chris Reinolds, Certified Church Consultant & Lead Pastor a Killian Baptist Church.  This week's podcast is special because we get to listen in on a panel discussion on various approaches to church planting in a metropolitan area.  From the inner city to the middle of nowhere to everything in between there are multiple models on planting a church.  This panel covers what they did and the one essential component for reaching any community.   The panel is made up of Ant Frederick from Midtown-Two Noth, Brian Thomas from NorthStar Christian Center, Greg Dowey from FRESH Church, and Erik Estep from Village Church. We hope their story helps encourage you as you consider the ways God would have you to continue spreading the gospel in your context.

Welcome to the Columbia Metro Connection, a podcast where you can go to get valuable, relevant, and quality resources for you and your congregation.   SUBSCRIBE:  iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play        The Columbia Metro Connection is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA.  This week, we have a special sponsor in Thrivant Financial and joining us is Raz Bradley to tell us a little about What Thrivant Fincial is doing for churches.   Joining us this week is Robbie McAlister, People Groups Consultant with the South Carolina Baptist Convention and Ryan Dupree, International Minister at Columbia’s First Baptist Church to talk to us a little about the importance of multi ethnic congregational expressions.   Highlights:   The Lord, throughout history, has created unique opportunities for his church to spread his gospel, and I think that immigration is one of those opportunities.   The issue of migration is a moment in time that God is asking us the question, “What will you do with this opportunity?”   Love is the means by which we engage people from different nations.  By showing them love, we show them that God cares for them.   When we help immigrants overcome their fears of a new area, they’re more open to hearing the message of the gospel.   Persistent relationship building is the means to reach people with the message of the gospel.   It is our desire to see every ethnic group reached in our state.   More Information:    Robbie McAlister - (803) 315-2741 Ryan Dupree - ryandupree@fbccola.com  

SUBSCRIBE:  iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play        The Columbia Metro Connection is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA.   Hosts for this week’s episode are George Bullard, the Director of Missions, Strategic Leadership Coach and Lead Missiologist at Columbia Metro Baptist Association and Chris Reinolds, Lead Pastor a Killian Baptist Church.   Joining us this week is Brian Thomas, Pastor at NorthStar Christian Center, a church that is passionate about ordinary people doing extraordinary thing through the power of God.   Highlights   When we put ourselves out there the needs that people have seem to snowball and that allows us to share the love of Jesus with them.   We want to hear exactly what God wants us to do, therefore we wait until we hear clearly from him.   I never saw myself as a church planter, but the Lord has brought us an opportunity and we want to be a very good steward of that gift.   You need to listen to the voice of God to hear what your church might be like in the future.   Resources: Email: Brian Thomas

    SUBSCRIBE:  iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play        The Columbia Metro Connection is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA.   Hosts for this week’s episode are George Bullard, the Director of Missions, Strategic Leadership Coach and Lead Missiologist at Columbia Metro Baptist Association and Chris Reinolds, Lead Pastor a Killian Baptist Church.   This week, we have a special podcast, with George Bullard, highlighting the exciting church planting movement that’s taking place here in Columbia, SC.   Highlights   When we had 50 members meeting for corporate worship, we were ready to start another church out of that.   There is an idea that a church has to be successful before it can plant a church.  But the truth is that your church needs to be significant in God’s kingdom and have to be willing to surrender to God’s leadership to plant a church.   If you want to grow spiritually, start a new church.  You’ll fully understand Act 2 - that everyone has a job to do within the church.   First-time guests are worth their weight in gold and you treat those guests like pearls of great value   A successful church plant requires a core group of people with a Christ-centered faith.   Starting churches isn’t an arithmetic situation, it’s a geometric one.   Instead of a church using money to build that new building, they decide to use that money to build the first unit building for a new church.   Resources: Email: GeorgeBullard@ColumbiaMetro.org

Welcome back to the Columbia Metro Connection, a podcast where you can go to get valuable, relevant, and quality resources for you and your congregation.   SUBSCRIBE:  iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play        The Columbia Metro Connection is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA.   Hosts for this week’s episode are George Bullard, the Director of Missions, Strategic Leadership Coach and Lead Missiologist at Columbia Metro Baptist Association and Chris Reinolds, Lead Pastor a Killian Baptist Church.   Joining us this week is Ryan Dupree, international minister at First Baptist Columbia and multiethnic consultant with the South Carolina Baptist Convention.  Through Ryan’s ministry, local churches in and around Columbia, are learning how they can better connect with the international community whom God has placed around them.   Highlights   “The Church” still has some ways to go to understand that we really are a global society.   The plight of the refugee is beginning to open the eyes of the local church that there is a great need for gospel saturation in our communities.   The political climate has polluted the perception of the healthy aspects of immigration.   70% of the local businesses, in the Columbia Metro area, are owned by foreigners.   Internationals like to talk to people and share their story and culture. By simply asking questions about them, it can open the door for a deeper conversation.   Regardless of background, we all experience the same growing pains as human beings (family, marital, and child-rearing issues).   Contact: Email: ryandupree@fbccolac.com

Welcome back to the Columbia Metro Connection, a podcast where you can go to get valuable, relevant, and quality resources for you and your congregation.   SUBSCRIBE:  iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play        The Columbia Metro Connection is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA.   Hosts for this week’s episode are George Bullard, the Director of Missions, Strategic Leadership Coach and Lead Missiologist at Columbia Metro Baptist Association and Chris Reinolds, Lead Pastor a Killian Baptist Church.   Joining us this week is Alan Cross, a missional strategist, President of Community Development Initiatives, and voice at the Evangelical Immigration Table.  Alan’s ministry focus is helping to connect people's orthodoxy with tangible orthopraxy, in that he seeks to help communities, churches, businesses, organizations, and individuals grow and develop in ways that facilitate human flourishing by developing creative partnerships to bring spiritual, social, and economic transformation to communities around the world.   Highlights   The context for ministry in America is heavily affected by this conflict of race, ethnicity, and who’s from where; so it seems like planting the cross [of Jesus Christ] somewhere in the middle of that is a pretty good way from people to hear about Jesus.   The big question that I had to come to grips with was how do we turn away from inside ourselves to our neighbors of different backgrounds and cultures.   When you talk about immigrants and refugees there is a tendency to frame your view on the view of your favorite political commentator.  The question is, “What does the Bible say?” There is a difference between the role of the church and the role of the state.  As Christ-followers we must understand our role in the issue of immigration is to represent the heart of God to the state. The caravan immigrants are coming with the intention of claiming asylum, which is a legal way of coming to the United States. As Christ followers, the church should be welcoming the stranger and the sojourner. I'm against immigration, but once they're here, as the church, what should we do? Resources: Twitter:  @AlanLCross Email:  Across@cdionline.org

Welcome back to the Columbia Metro Connection, a podcast where you can go to get valuable, relevant, and quality resources for you and your congregation.   SUBSCRIBE:  iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play        The Columbia Metro Connection is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA.   Hosts for this week’s episode are George Bullard, the Director of Missions, Strategic Leadership Coach and Lead Missiologist at Columbia Metro Baptist Association.  JayWill Wilson, Teaching Pastor at Generation Church and  I’m Chris Reinolds, Lead Pastor a Killian Baptist Church.   Joining us this week is Will Plitt, Executive Director at Christ Together, a ministry that is passionate about connecting faithful leaders with passionate churches so that the whole world might come to hear the good news of the gospel message. Christ Together pursues its mission by unleashing decentralized groups of Christians unified in their pursuit of the mission of God within their circle of influence.   Highlights   What would it take for us (the church) to reach every man, woman, and child in the United States? We have to rethink the way we engage the culture with the gospel.  Sometimes I think we've turned the living waters of the gospel into the frozen waters The church in North America has been largely focused on "just give me the app." The church isn't so much a relevancy issue as it is an accessibility issue. Four Powerful Questions:  What does God want?  What would that look like?  What is the cost? How does your church measure success? Does our scorecard for success match up with God's?  

Welcome back to the Columbia Metro Connection, a podcast where you can go to get valuable, relevant, and quality resources for you and your congregation. SUBSCRIBE:  iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play The Columbia Metro Connection is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 partner churches that support the ministry of the CMBA.  This week, we have a special sponsor in the South Carolina Baptist Convention. Hosts for this week’s episode are George Bullard, the Director of Missions, Strategic Leadership Coach and Lead Missiologist at Columbia Metro Baptist Association. And I’m Chris Reinolds, Lead Pastor a Killian Baptist Church. Joining us this week is Tom Carringer demographic and psychographic researcher and Clay Smith, Lead Pastor, at Alice Drive Baptist Church in Sumter, SC. Together they’ll share with us the importance of the 30,000-foot view of demographics, the 10,000-foot view of psychographic/lifestyle, and how to use that information as a catalyst to help your church connect with the households in your context. Highlights: Demographic data shows you general information about a people group within specific parameters while psychographics reveals the individual interests, passions, and dreams that those people groups have.   Psychographic data helps you figure out who is going to be most receptive to your message by matching those people with the existing church body in your context. Understanding the lifestyle profile of your church helps you to comprehend how God has uniquely gifted the body of believers in your context to reach the community surrounding you.   When you understand who you are as a church, it affects how you do the work of the ministry.  It makes you more efficient at the unique work that God has called you to do.   Knowing the psychographic and demographic data helps us to know, not just who we’re good at reaching, but also who we are not good at reaching.   Before we received the data about our church, we had a “poor church” mentality.  After getting the psychographic and demographic data, we realized that we weren’t a “poor church,”  but we were financially blessed and could do more to minister to people in our context. Lifestyle profiles allow us to have a laser focus on a local level.   Resources Contact George Bullard with Columbia Metro Baptist Association Contact Tom Carringer Contact Clay Smith - AliceDrive.org or wcsmith@adbc.org