Perspectives With Pastor Lance

In this episode, Pastor Lance interviews Pastor Rob Wooten and speaks about his book "Through The Valley."

What is deconstruction and why are so many evangelicals engaged with it? This episode of Perspectives with Pastor Lance from NCF of Sacramento continues our interview with Minister James Petropoulos on some of the issues, questions and even challenges to evangelical Christianity.  We address some of the factors that motivate deconstruction as well as some of its positive aspects. We end with a ministry initiative called Beer and the Bible led by Minister James that seeks to address some of the issues raised by deconstruction.

Perspectives with Pastor Lance opens our second season with an interview with James Petropoulos. James grew up in Sacramento and after coming to faith in his early 20's got connected with Pastor Lance through a friend of his. We cover James' call to ministry, early ministry activity, what led him to Westminster Seminary West, how the Lord led him back to Sac and the special blessing God gave him while in seminary.

We end our first season of Perspectives with Pastor Lance with an interview with Dr. Tim LeCroy. Dr. LeCroy serves as a PCA pastor and adjunct professor at Covenant Seminary. We spoke with him concerning his role as the chair of the PCA Ad Interim Committee on Domestic Abuse and Sexual Assault. It was a sobering conversation on the nature of the report, the prevalence of abuse within the PCA and how local churches can make good use of the report. You can find a link to the report in the show notes of our program. https://pcaga.org/aic-report-abuse/

We were beyond blessed to spend some time with sister Genafine Bartoo who serves as the Church Relations/Good Neighbor Team Coordinator for World Relief of Sacramento. We discussed God's call on her life to serve in this way, her work with World Relief of Sacramento, along with practical ways churches and individuals can obey the biblical mandates to love those who are in the process of seeking refuge. Sit back, take some notes, and be refreshed from this dear servant of God and please be sure to check out the World Relief of Sacramento website for ways to serve along with them.https://worldrelief.org/sacramento/

This week's PWPL revisits the topic of mental health and well-being. We spoke with Dawn Lewis-Robinson (MMFT) about various issues relating to our mental health and well-being. We discussed the importance of removing the stigma of mental illness, some of the more prevalent mental health issues affecting our society along with a few ways we can improve our mental health. 

Today's PWPL encourages us to use our imagination to see our neighbors as the image-bearers they truly are. We sat down with Dr. Mary McCampbell. Dr. McCampbell serves as a Humanities Professor, Author, and Speaker. Her book, Imagining Our Neighbors as Ourselves: How Art Shapes Empathy, looks at the part narrative art plays in cultivating our empathy for others. It's a crucial work given the times in which we live that can so easily move us to dehumanize those from whom we differ. Please listen and reflect on this fruitful and necessary conversation and then pick up the book to read and share with others. You can follow Dr. McCampbell's writings here, Website: marywmccampbell.comNewsletter: https://bit.ly/3sEjtLHAnd purchase the book here, https://bit.ly/32WP0xI

This week on PWPL we sit down with Sister Grace Shim and our co-host MInister Anthony English to discuss missions. We begin with how God cultivated their desire for missions, how He's working in their lives now concerning missions, and how churches and individuals can participate in what God is doing to spread the message of Christ's full redemption to the world. Please be sure to check out the links for an upcoming missions conference on North Korea as well as good info on missions. https://youtu.be/zhovsM4qzowhttps://www.reah.org/https://mtw.org/about/hubs/mtw-west-coast

This week PWPL takes our first but not last look at the issue of trauma. We interview Pastor Lance's good friend, Michele Neverdon. Michele is a Licensed Professional Counselor and Certified Clinical Trauma Professional. Our initial discussion probed the reality of trauma, some of the signs we've experienced trauma along with some of the ways the church can faithfully minister to those who've suffered through trauma. 

Today's episode takes us to a vital non-profit in our city of Elk Grove. Uplift People of Elk Grove is an anti-poverty non-profit with a mission to help individuals and families break the cycle of poverty and create more abundant lives for themselves. You can find out more about them from their website. https://upliftelkgrove.org/ and how to make a donation to them during the Big Day of Giving. https://www.bigdayofgiving.org/organization/upliftpeopleofelkgrove

Today's discussion is with Robin Jester Wooton, a gifted and passionate writer about ministry within the PCA. Pastor Lance and Minister Anthony discuss how she became connected to the PCA, some of her struggles within the denomination, and how the structure of the PCA can negatively impact women who've been subject to abuse. We end with a few practical ways local churches can do a better job by including women in the ministry of the church as well as being sure to hear their voices on all issues that affect the church. You can read Robin's blog about faith, hope and mostly love at https://robinwootton.wordpress.com/

Pastor Lance and Minister Anthony have an informative and encouraging conversation with Sister Cherilyn Holloway of Pro Black-Pro Life (https://problackprolife.com/). In it we discuss her story, what it means to be pro Black and pro life as well as how it's connected to racial justice. 

Pastor Lance and Minister Anthony welcome Ekemini Uwan and Dr. Christina Edmonson to discuss the new book they co-authored with Rev. Michelle Higgins titled Truth's Table: Black Women's Musings on Life, Love, and Liberation. We discuss the importance of the book for the church in general and men in particular. 

What is Redemptive Ethnic Unity and is it a cover for CRT? In this episode of PWPL from New City Fellowship of Sacramento Minister Anthony and Pastor Lance take some time to define this doctrine and speak of its importance to the church today. 

Why do so many evangelicals express reservations, fear, and even anger over the issue of biblical social justice? Is it because Scripture has little to say about it? In this episode of PWPL from New City Fellowship of Sacramento Minister Anthony and Pastor Lance take a brief look at the history of biblical social justice in America to help answer these important questions about it. 

Pastor Lance and Minister Anthony discuss the mission, vision, and focus of New City Fellowship of Sacramento. Topics include the place of biblical social justice and redemptive ethnic unity in our mission. 

In episode 2 of PWPL of New City Fellowship, we take a dive into Reformed Theology. What is Reformed Theology, is it relevant to African-Americans and other minorities and how did American Reformed Theology deviate from historic reformed theology. 

In this first episode of Perspectives with Pastor Lance we'll introduce Pastor Lance, his upbringing, and ministry. We'll also get in a little talk about Minister Anthony's fantasy football team. 

Pastor Lance Lewis discusses the theological issue of Social Justice again in his ongoing series episode entitled "Long Live The King." Thank you for listening! Please join us again as we consider other theological issues such as race, ethnicity, immigration, economics, sexism and others which have an impact on our society. Feel free to email your questions to perspectiveswithpastorlance@gmail.com

This edition of the Perspectives With Pastor Lance podcast is entitled "On Knowing God." Thank you for listening! Please join us again as we consider other theological issues such as race, ethnicity, immigration, economics, sexism and others which have an impact on our society. Feel free to email your questions to perspectiveswithpastorlance@gmail.com

Pastor Lance Lewis discusses the theological issue of Social Justice. Thank you for listening! Please join us again as we consider other theological issues such as race, ethnicity, immigration, economics, sexism and others which have an impact on our society. Feel free to email your questions to perspectiveswithpastorlance@gmail.com

Pastor Lance Lewis discusses the theological issue of Social Justice. Thank you for listening! Please join us again as we consider other theological issues such as race, ethnicity, immigration, economics, sexism and others which have an impact on our society. Feel free to email your questions to perspectiveswithpastorlance@gmail.com