The Tomorrowland Church podcast
Tim Healy currently serves as a lecturer in Theology and Ministry at Alphacrucis College in Perth, Western Australia. He has been in full time ministry for 25 years and has pastored two churches: a 1500 member Assemblies of God church in Johannesburg, South Africa and more recently a 4500 member independent charismatic congregation called Riverview Church, in Perth, WA. He has a Masters degree in theology from the University of Wales with a thesis focus on Christian Environmental Ethics. He is married to Liezl and they have two children, a 15-year-old son called Nathan and an 11-year-old daughter called Rachael. Tim is also a passionate wildlife photographer and formidable poker player. Tim shares with us about utilizing crisis in your leadership, prioritizing the all important work of thinking and offers an outsider's perspective on the American Church. Find Tim at TimHealy.net
Dave Dummitt is the Senior Pastor at Willow Creek Church in the Chicagoland area. Before serving at Willow, he had founded 2|42 Community Church, which was recognized by Outreach Magazine as one of the fastest-growing churches in the United States. Dave shares with us what it's like to take over a new church, the listening sessions that he implemented as he arrived, the mindset that everything ought to multiply, and utilizing physical campuses to serve the needs of the community during the week.
Dr. Alexander is the President of Hope International University, a Christian University in Southern California that has been preparing servant leaders since 1928. He talks to us about changes he is seeing in ministry students over the decades, a unique take on how to combat consumerism in the church, how to engage millennials in leadership and intentionally pursuing soul care and space for reflection.
Blake Ryan, founder of Restoration Roasters and also cohost of the Tomorrowland Church Podcast shares about his experience with innovating new ways for the church to partner in the community with a local organization and with other local churches in launching an intentional local business.
Jared is the Lead Pastor at Parkcrest Christian Church in Long Beach, CA. Jared shares with us about creating intentional dreaming days, the significance of changing environments to reinvigorate, leaning into self-awareness, and the reality of how who we're becoming shapes the kind of future that we'll lead into.
Nancy Beach helped to innovatively bring different expressions of the arts into the church culture over the past several decades. Her first book, "An Hour on Sunday", helps to express a vision for an effective arts ministry. She currently serves as a leadership coach and wrote her second book about leading as a woman in the church, called "Gifted to Lead". She shares with how we don't have to put authenticity and excellence at odds, teaching leaders how to say goodbye in order to make room for the next generation, seeing women and men partnering together in leadership, and surrounding ourselves with beauty and thoughtfulness.
Kem Meyer is a brand therapist and clarity advisor known for eliminating the complexity and information overload that sabotages effective work. She is the author of "Less Chaos, Less Noise", and spends time talking with us about what it looks like to move from being the person who has the answers to becoming someone who goes on a learning journey in order to be thinking about the church of tomorrow.
Dave Gibbons is the Founding Pastor and Chief Visionary of New Song Church in Santa Ana, CA. He has written multiple books including "The Monkey and the Fish", "Xealots", and "Small Cloud Rising". Dave shares about how a trip to Thailand changed the trajectory of his ministry at what had been recognized as one of the fastest and most innovative churches in America. Dave helps us think through how we navigate this present moment as well as how we be leaders who are always on the edge of dreaming about the future
Chris Kirish is the Lead Pastor at Renovate Church in Long Beach. Chris was in the midst of building a church plant when COVID hit, forcing him to have to decide how he would move forward. He and his team decided to adjust to launch digitally. Chris talks to us about what it looks like to be committed to a vision and to also be open to adjusting that vision.
Chuck Booher is the Senior Pastor at Crossroads Christian Church in Corona. Chuck is constantly innovating while maintaining a relational ministry posture. In our inaugural episode, Chuck shares with us some new ideas they're working on and how he maintains rhythms of innovation while leading a large established church.