The Church in Action Podcast

This week on the Church in Action, we are talking about a ministry called Overseed and how it supports pastors and their spouses in New England. We will be talking with the President of Overseed, Dr. Jim Harrell, along with his wife, Sharon Harrell who is the Field Director for their pastor spouses ministry. Dr. Jim and Sharon are passionate about serving the Church through caring for its ministers. Follow Us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/visionnewenglandFacebook: https://facebook.com/visionnewengland  Website: https://www.visionnewengland.orgTo learn more about Overseed, click below!https://overseed.org/about-us/

This week on the Church in Action, we're discussing research on New England church planting, published in the Church Landscape Review by the Emmanuel Gospel Center. We're talking with Stacie Mickelson, Executive Director of the Emmanuel Gospel Center (EGC).Follow Us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/visionnewenglandFacebook: https://facebook.com/visionnewengland  Website: https://www.visionnewengland.orgTo learn more about Emmanuel Gospel Center and their Church Landscape Review, click below!https://www.egc.org/churchlandscapereview

This week on the Church in Action we are talking about some exciting offerings that will help us grow ourselves and others spiritually. We will be talking with Rev. Dr. Steve Macchia, founder and president of Leadership Transformations, as well as the author of over 16 books!Follow Us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/visionnewenglandFacebook: https://facebook.com/visionnewengland  Website: https://www.visionnewengland.orgTo learn more about Leadership Transformations and their Cohorts, click below!https://www.leadershiptransformations.org/training/

On this episode of the Church in Action, we are talking with Jua Robinson, Executive Director of Boston Collaborative. We will be talking about his personal spiritual life! This was a great conversation and we pray that as you listen, you will be inspired on how you can deepen your relationship with Christ through your own daily spiritual journey.Follow Us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/visionnewenglandFacebook: https://facebook.com/visionnewengland  Website: https://www.visionnewengland.orgTo learn more about Boston Collaborative, click below!https://bostoncollaborative.org

This week on the Church in Action, we are talking with Pastor Steven White, Lead Pastor of First Baptist Church of Salem, Massachusetts. We will be discussing his spiritual life, in hopes that it may inspire you as you continue developing yours. You may get some ideas or prompts from the Holy Spirit that you can start implementing in your daily life today! Follow Us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/visionnewenglandFacebook: https://facebook.com/visionnewengland  Website: https://www.visionnewengland.orgTo learn more about First Baptist Church of Salem, click below!https://www.firstbaptistchurchsalem.com/

This week on the Church in Action we are joined by a very special guest host, Pastor Adam DePasquale, one of the Lead Pastors at Walnut Hill Community Church. Pastor Adam sits down with Noelle Jones, Director of The Living Room, a house of prayer located in Henniker, NH. Together they discuss the power of prayer and an incredible prayer initiative that Noelle is spearheading to unite Christ followers across each of New England's 6 states!Follow Us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/visionnewenglandFacebook:  https://facebook.com/visionnewengland  Website: https://www.visionnewengland.orgTo learn more about Walnut Hill Community Church and The Living Room, click below!https://walnuthillcc.org/https://www.thelivingroomhenniker.com/

Join us this week on the Church in Action as we revisit an enriching episode on the biblical imperative to do biblical justice from the perspectives of Dallas Willard and C.S. Lewis. Two great voices in the church but not typically known for speaking on topics such as biblical justice. In this episode, we are joined by Jahdiel Perez, a Postdoctoral Fellow at Villanova University, and Pastor Dave Ripper, Lead Pastor at Crossway Christian Church in Nashua, NH. Follow us!Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/visionnewengland/?hl=enFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/VisionNewEngland/Website: https://www.visionnewengland.org/

We have an encouraging and practical episode of the Church in Action coming to you this week! We will be sitting down with Gina Mueller who has served as a pastor and has led national disciple-making ministries but currently serves as Vision New England's Disciple Making Catalyst. We will be talking about her spiritual life. What does it look like? How can we learn from it? And how can we implement some key tools into our own spiritual practices? Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/visionnewengland/?hl=enFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/VisionNewEngland/Website: https://www.visionnewengland.org/To learn more about the Disciple Maker Leader Lab, click below!https://www.eventbrite.com/e/make-disciples-leader-lab-tickets-1270591436189?aff=oddtdtcreator

This week on the Church in Action, we are discussing how the people of God can help their communities thrive by fixing what's broken and missing in our communities and churches. We will be talking to Pastor Ben Feldott, Senior Pastor of Cape Cod Church and a key leader and partner in hosting Thrive Cape Cod. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/visionnewengland/?hl=enFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/VisionNewEngland/Website: https://www.visionnewengland.org/To learn more about Cape Cod Church, click below!https://www.capecodchurch.com/

Join us this week on the Church in Action Program for a continuation of teachings from Rev. Dr. J. Anthony Lloyd. In this session, he helps us discover our biblical purpose all while recognizing the power and providence of our God.  Rev. Dr. Lloyd is such a wise leader to glean truth from, you don't want to miss it! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/visionnewengland/?hl=enFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/VisionNewEngland/Website: https://www.visionnewengland.org/To learn more about Greater Framingham Community Church, click below!https://www.gfccnet.org/web/

Join us for this week's Church in Action Program! For this episode, we are doing something a little bit different. We welcome Rev. Dr. J. Anthony Lloyd, Senior Pastor of Greater Framingham Community Church and Professor at Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary. In this session, he takes the time to teach on our call to ministry. We ALL have this unique responsibility no matter our vocation!Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/visionnewengland/?hl=enFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/VisionNewEngland/Website: https://www.visionnewengland.org/To learn more about Greater Framingham Community Church, click below!https://www.gfccnet.org/web/

This week on the Church in Action Program, we are talking about how the people of God can help fix their churches and communities, as well as help them thrive by fixing what's broken and missing. We will be talking with Pastor Rob O'Neal, Senior Pastor at Valley Community Baptist Church and a key leader and partner in hosting THRIVE Farmington Valley. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/visionnewengland/?hl=enFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/VisionNewEngland/Website: https://www.visionnewengland.org/To learn more about Valley Community Baptist Church, click below!https://avon.valleycommunity.cc/

This week on the Church in Action Program we welcome Rev. Dr. Moreen Hughes, Associate Pastor and Minister to Women at Concord Baptist Church in Boston. As an influential voice regarding spiritual formation, she shares with us her personal spiritual formation journey and what it looks like in her daily life. Join Church in Action Co-Host, Brittany Feldott, Pastoral Associate of Cape Cod Church, for this encouraging and challenging conversation. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/visionnewengland/?hl=enFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/VisionNewEngland/Website: https://www.visionnewengland.org/To learn more about Concord Baptist Church, click below!https://www.cbcboston.org/

This week on the Church in Action Program, we continue part 2 of the conversation with guest host Brittney Feldott, a Vision New England board member and pastoral associate at Cape Cod Church, and Vision New England president Charles Galda. In this episode, they discuss our 140-year history and its evolution. God continues to move and the best is yet to come!

This week on the church in action program, Brittany Feldott, Pastoral Associate at Cape Cod Church and Board Member of Vision New England, interviews Vision New England President, Charles Galda. They talk about the rich history of the organization, how it got started and the evolution of the many things God has done throughout its history to impact the local Church today. What an encouraging conversation! 

This week on the Church in Action podcast, we're talking about how people here in New England can minister to closed countries! Closed countries are countries in which religious practice is heavily restricted. We'll be talking with Bill Blount, president of Blount Communications, which you may know as Life Changing Radio. This is an interesting episode that gets us thinking outside of ourselves and opens the conversation to ways we can effectively share the gospel. 

In this week's episode, Dr. Paul Hoffman, who co-authored AI Shepherds and Electric Sheep with Dr. Sean O'Callaghan, will discuss his latest book. The book explores how Christians should respond to AI technology and examines its social and ethical impacts on ministry and teaching. Dr. Hoffman is the senior pastor of the Evangelical Friends Church, a Professor at Seminary Now, and co-author of Preaching to a Divided Nation. This is a captivating discussion you won't want to miss!

This week on the Church in Action Program we revisit an amazing conversation with Reverend Esau Vance, Senior Pastor of Mount Olive Pentecostal Church in Worcester, Massachusetts. In this best of episode, we discuss discipleship and what it looks like to disadvantage ourselves to understand others and bridge divides in the Church. 

This week on the Church in Action Program, we have an interesting discussion on innovative ways to “do church”, evangelism and disciple making. We are joined by Chris Backert, Senior Director of Fresh Expressions North America, and Kathleen Blackey, Senior Coordinator of Communications for Fresh Expressions and Co-Pastor of First Baptist Church of South Londonderry, Vermont. We hope you enjoy this fun and unique conversation! 

This week, Dr. Terry Dorsett, Executive Director of the Baptist Churches of New England, joins the Church in Action Program. Dr. Dorsett has been serving in ministry throughout New England since 1994 and has much to add regarding church revitalization. In this conversation, he discusses the difference between church planting and revitalization and how existing churches can refocus and reshape how they bring the gospel to the community.

Pastor Bryan Cerrone, Waterbury Campus Pastor at Walnut Hill Community Church, joins us to discuss his new book, Embers of Hope: When Depression Comes to the Church. The discussion is an enlightening and encouraging discussion about loving Jesus and therapy, being committed to following Jesus while still wrestling with depression and anxiety, and the call for a conversation between the church and those experiencing depression.

In this episode, we are joined by Pastor Justin Kendrick, Lead Pastor of Vox Church, to discuss his new book, "How to Quiet a Hurricane," and how we as Christians can endure suffering and the part the Church plays in that unique journey.

We're taking a break from our regular content to share an episode from our Making Disciples series. In this conversation, Gina Mueller, VNE's Disciple Making Catalyst and former Director of 3dMovements North America, brings us back to Jesus' disciple making model. Gina, who has over 15 years of experience in discipleship ministry, shares valuable insights about following Jesus and learning how to be radically obedient to His ways. Her expertise in disciple making, both on small and large scales, is a wonderful resource for aligning our priorities with God's, as we strive to be disciples who make disciples. 

We're taking a break from our regular content to share a favorite episode from our Becoming Like Jesus series. Rev. Dr. Bryan Wilkerson, Pastor Emeritus of Grace Chapel in Lexington, MA, shares the importance of silence and solitude in personal spiritual formation. As we head into Christmas week, we encourage you to reflect on the birth of our Savior as you practice these disciplines.

This week on the Church in Action podcast, we discuss a new resource, The New Testament in Color, a multi-ethnic commentary. Dr. Mateus de Campos, Associate Professor of New Testament at Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary and contributing author to this valuable resource, joins the podcast to discuss this first-of-its-kind commentary.

In part two of a two-part episode, we continue the conversation about VNE's rich history during what we call the “Don Gill Years,” what God did, who was involved, and fun stories to honor our history and those who served so faithfully during those years. We talk with Dennis Gill and Rev. Dr. Gordon MacDonald. Dennis is Don Gill's son and a well-known church planter, pastor, and former VNE director. Rev. Dr. MacDonald is a well-known pastor, author, and member of VNE's Advisory Board. 

Vision New England has a rich history of impacting New England with the gospel of Jesus Christ because we desire that all might be saved. In part one of a two-part episode, we talk about that history during what we call the “Don Gill Years,” what God did, who was involved, and fun stories to honor our history and those who served so faithfully during those years. We talk with Dennis Gill and Rev. Dr. Gordon MacDonald. Dennis is Don Gill's son and a well-known church planter, pastor, and former VNE director. Rev. Dr. MacDonald is a well-known pastor, author, and member of VNE's Advisory Board. 

This is part two of a conversation about Vision New England's rich history. We're talking about what we like to call the Macchia Years with Steve Macchia and Caleb and Bonny Loring. Join us to hear about what God did, who was involved, and some fun stories from that era in our history!

Vision New England has a rich history. In this two-part episode, we're talking about what we like to call the Macchia Years with Steve Macchia and Caleb and Bonny Loring! Join us to hear about what God did, who was involved, and some fun stories from that era in our history.

In this week's episode, Rev. Enoch Liao and Rev. Sergio Perez join us for an uplifting and encouraging post-election conversation. Whatever your political stance, we can all agree that Christ is our anchor, and He is in control! In this discussion, we ask ourselves questions such as, How do we have a kingdom mentality after the election? How do we approach election results with grace? And are we striving to look like Jesus?

In the last episode of this four-part series, we continue the conversation with Rev. Sergio Perez, Rev. Ray Hammond, and Rev. Enoch Liao about the biblical principles that should be reflected in our voting and our call to reflect the love of Christ.In the last episode of this four-part series, we continue the conversation with Rev. Sergio Perez, Rev. Ray Hammond, and Rev. Enoch Liao about the biblical principles that should be reflected in our voting and our call to reflect the love of Christ.

In part three of this four-part series, we continue the conversation with Rev. Sergio Perez, Rev. Ray Hammond, and Rev. Enoch Liao about the biblical principles that should be reflected in our voting and our call to reflect the love of Christ.

In part two of this four-part series, we continue the conversation with Rev. Sergio Perez, Rev. Ray Hammond, and Rev. Enoch Liao about the biblical principles that should be reflected in our voting and our call to reflect the love of Christ.

Amid a divisive election, as Christians, it's easy to get caught up in partisanship and forget about the biblical principles that should be reflected in our voting and our call to reflect the love of Christ. In part one of a four-part series, we discuss key election issues, the biblical principles at stake, and how they inform our voting and behavior. This is an enlightening and informative conversation with pastors Rev. Sergio Perez, Rev. Ray Hammond, and Rev. Enoch Liao.

Politics can be divisive in our churches and communities. In this episode, we're talking to Rev. Travis Bond about how The After Party, a small group curriculum, is helping his congregation better understand their political differences and reduce tensions in the church and community.

In this episode, we're talking about peacemakers—the people God called us to be. Rev. Dr. Paul Hoffman, senior pastor at Evangelical Friends Church of Newport, RI, joins the podcast to share his thoughts and insights about moving toward unity and peace in the Body of Christ.

This week on the Church in Action Program, we talk to Rev. Cindy Cabral, Pastor of Lively Stones Christian Center in Brockton, MA. This conversation takes a deep dive into making disciples, growing people spiritually to be like Jesus, and resources that can help you.

In the last episode, we sat down with Andy Mills to discuss his thoughts on the public reading of scripture as it relates to personal growth. The conversation continues in this episode with part two. What an encouraging listen! 

In part one of a two-part episode, Andy Mills joins the podcast to discuss the public reading of scripture as it relates to spiritual growth. Andy is the co-chair of the Grace & Mercy Foundation. He served as a board member and senior fellow at Kings College and co-chair of the Theology of Work project. We hope the discussion encourages you in your spiritual journey!

Karen Munn, Pastor at Orchard Covenant Church in Indian Orchard, MA, discusses how a small group curriculum is helping her church de-escalate political tensions in its congregation, communities, and families.

Do you long for a more intimate prayer life or deeper insight from God's Word, but just don't know how to get there? Then this episode is for you! Rev. Dr. Adele Calhoun joins us to show how desires and discipline work together to lead us to the transformation we long for―transformation only Christ can bring.

In this episode, we're talking about accelerating evangelism through church planting. Erin Crider, Professor of Practical Theology and Director of Church Planting at Gordon-Conwell joins the podcast to discuss the seminary's church planting degree and her passion for educating and keeping the conversation going about the purpose and importance of planting churches in our communities. 

In part two of this episode, Rev. Dr. Steve Macchia continues to share how Leadership Transformations, Inc. helps ministry leaders form godly habits of soul care and rest while allowing God to disciple them as they disciple others!

We're sharing one of our favorite two-part episodes on the Church in Action program!Rev. Dr. Steve Macchia shares how and why he began Leadership Transformations, a ministry created to transform leaders spiritually through rest and godly soul care practices.Dr. Macchia is the founder and president of Leadership Transformations, Director of the Pierce Center for Disciple Making at Gordon-Conwell, and author of 16 books.

In this episode on the Church in Action Podcast, we sit down with Gina Mueller, Director of 3DM, and Kirk Patterson, Lead Pastor of Trinity Evangelical Church. Join us as we discuss what it means to become a disciple making church.

In part two of a two-part episode, we discuss the challenges of evangelicalism and its definition with Gordon College President Mike Hammond.

In part one of a two-part episode, we discuss the challenges of evangelicalism and its definition with Gordon College President Mike Hammond.

In part two of this two-part conversation, we're talking with Jo Frost, Co-Director of the Being Human Project, about an amazing new small group resource from our friends at the Evangelical Alliance in the UK!

Jo Frost, Director of Communications and Engagement at Evangelical Alliance in the UK, joins this week's podcast. We discuss the many ways God is using the Evangelical Alliance to unite the Church and individuals, all for the sake of the Gospel in various regions of Europe.

In the episode, Russell Moore, Editor-in-Chief at Christianity Today, joined the podcast to discuss navigating polarization and partisanship in the Church. What a thought-provoking conversation!

In part two of this two-part conversation, Mary Speta, Executive Director of Amirah, shares the challenges survivors of sexual exploitation face and what loving them truly looks like.