Podcast appearances and mentions of urban church

In today's #podcast episode, I interview Alvin Sanders. I ask Alvin about his work with World Impact and the Urban Church. I also ask Alvin about his new book Uncommon Church. Alvin also shares how we have a call as Christians to do more than just be aware of poverty and justice issues.   Show Notes and Resources.

Jon Tyson, founding and senior pastor of Church of the City in New York, joins me to talk about the urban church in today's world. Tyson discusses:How to deal with the constant population churn in the city?The differences between pre-Covid and post-Covid New YorkHow Covid wiped out 70% of what Tim Keller and others built over the previous 35 years in terms of New York City church plantsThe flow of church planters into New York drying upWhat's unique about Generation Z? Includes that they don't want to plant churches.Why New York is not as different from the rest of the country culturally as it used to be.The impact of the migrant influx on ManhattanThe future of the cultural engagement model of churchWhat he thinks of Trumpist culture war ChristianityHow he talks about flashpoint cultural issuesAdvice for church planters thinking about New York City.Visit Church of the City: https://www.church.nyc/Subscribe to my newsletter: https://www.aaronrenn.com/

The Urban ChurchSeries: The Lectionary Preacher: Rev. Thomas HinsonDate: 5th May 2024Passage: Acts 11:19-30

Host Tony Merida chats with long-time friend and colleague Dr. Doug Logan, Send Network’s Director of Urban Planter Development, to share the latter’s experiences in urban church planting. Tune in as the author, pastor, and planter shares insight into loving your city well, investing in your mental and emotional health, and reaching your people through meeting their needs.

In this episode, Darrell Bock and Zion McGregor explore the intricacies of the Urban Church, particularly the issues it faces and how the Church can respond. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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“We're in a time where people need healing, and the Church is the answer for that. Jesus is the answer, but [knowing] Jesus through the Church is critical. [If pastors only] knew how much people needed the Church—not the politics of the Church, not all of the theology of the Church, but just the Church in action.” Thoughts on Mission & Ministry FROM LEADERS IN URBAN CHURCHES & COMMUNITIES, Page 12 Pastors have a God-given opportunity to lead their church to impact communities for the common good. Listen as Angela welcomes Dr. Alvin Sanders, President and CEO of World Impact, an organization that trains and equips church leaders and workers to serve in urban areas. World Impact and the Barna Group released a study this month: Inside the Urban Church – How local congregations engage with and impact their communities (October 2023). With a representative sample across eight major US metros, this quantitative and qualitative study heard from a cross-section of pastors, community, civic leaders, and churched and unchurched participants. One of the many key findings of the study was that churched and unchurched respondents saw the church as a safe space to wrestle with and help figure out the moral issues of the day; thus, urban churches have a huge opportunity to convene discussions that bring understanding and healing through God's truth. “The study also revealed that metro residents inside and outside the Church think Christian churches are well-positioned to address the problem of loneliness. This finding is notable for highlighting the top issue locals entrust to churches and as a sign of common ground in perceptions among the churched and unchurched.” (Page 22) Both these insights offer encouragement on how we can have new conversations on abortion in our churches and be perceived as safe to approach for help. In this episode, Angela and Dr. Sanders discuss their hope and mutual love for the Church to be as Christ designed, a place of grace and belonging to reflect the kingdom in a secularized world. How can the Church be ready to receive people with the love God intended? Links: World Impact: https://www.worldimpact.org/ DePaul University's website on Asset Based Community Developmenthttps://resources.depaul.edu/abcd-institute/Pages/default.aspx The study can be purchased here: https://shop.barna.com/collections/frontpage/products/inside-the-urban-church Also, here is a study we didn't mention but is very relevant:https://www.churchandculture.org/blog/2023/9/14/the-late-great-planet-church Books Mentioned: Uncommon Church – By Alvin Sanders (uncommonchurches.com) (https://uncommonchurches.com/) Bridging the Diversity Gap - buy on Amazon (https://www.amazon.com/Bridging-Diversity-Gap-Leading-Multi-Ethnic/dp/0898276780)

We're called to become more like Jesus. But does that mean we're supposed to become more like a Middle-Eastern man? When we become a Christian, we learn that the goal is to grow “more like Jesus.” As a young person, I used to wonder what that meant. I wasn't very enthused by the thought that I should aim to become like someone other than myself! So what does it look like to become spiritually mature?  Spiritual growth is work of the Spirit and involves deep and thorough transformation. The Apostle Paul wrote to the church in Corinth, “if anyone is in Christ, the new creation has come: The old has gone, the new is here!” (2 Cor 5:17).  But that doesn't usually mean that God snaps his fingers and the work is done. Formation is a process outworked in conjunction with the Holy Spirit. In other words, we have an important role to play too.  In this episode of the God Conversations podcast, Tania explores the process of spiritual formation and how we co-operate with the Spirit to make us new. Her guest is Ps Ally Cawthorn from Western Australia. Ally pastors a church with her husband and is the founding director of ‘The Immersion Academy', a spiritual formation academy that seeks to reimagine ancient Christian formation practices for a contemporary context. The episode covers: Ally's story and how spiritual formation came to be a key part of her leadership journey. The goal of spiritual formation - to become our true selves. That involves letting go of false ways of being and removing the masks we often wear. The Spirit works to set us free from death-producing behaviours and become the person we've been created to be. The pathway of spiritual formation as individualised. While the goal is spiritual maturity, the pathway will look different for every person. Spiritual practices that facilitate the work of the Spirit - including contemplative practices such as slow-down prayer and slow reading of Scripture, journalling, silence and spiritual direction.  The way triggers in our behaviour such as anger, jealousy and anxiety can act as opportunities for reflection and growth. In following Jesus and allowing the Spirit to work in us, we become more like true selves. Subscribe to God Conversations with Tania Harris and never miss an episode! Ally Cawthorn (D.Min, MA. Bib. Stud.) pastors Urban Church in Western Australia along with her husband. She is the Vice President of Australian Christian Churches (ACC), Western Australia and was elected as a member of the ACC National Executive in 2021. She is also the Founding Director of ‘The Immersion Academy' (www.theimmersionacademy.com), a spiritual formation academy that seeks to reimagine ancient Christian formation practices for a contemporary, Pentecostal context. Ally is passionate about equipping believers to live a prophetic life and is seeing Christians experience a deeper relationship with God.  

Integrating Spiritual Formation Planting, campusing, and integrating Spiritual Formation through it all Ally Cawthorn, along with her Husband Steve, planted Urban Church in the city of Perth through the Harvest Net Network of churches. In this episode of the podcast, Ally gives insight into several paradoxes; her passion for Ignatian spirituality while serving on the ACC National Executive, bringing their church under an existing church with an enormous vision for multiplication in our nation, and how Spiritual formation has become the bedrock of her ministry and how she believes the emerging generations hunger for a renewed level of depth. This is a fascinating conversation! Episode.50 available on SPOTIFY | YOUTUBE | APPLE PODCASTS For more great resources head to our webpage at: exponential.org.au

In this episode, Darrell Bock and Zion McGregor explore the intricacies of the Urban Church, particularly the issues it faces and how the Church can respond.   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Episode 51: As a multi-site church, we get to minister to many different cultures of the cities around us! Our City Campus, which took ground in Minneapolis several years ago, is located in the heart of Minneapolis and sees a very different culture than some of our rural campuses. Pastor Anthony Cox is the campus pastor of our City Campus, and he sat down to break down his thoughts on pastoring an urban church, and how we can best serve the inner city communities. Whether you have a campus or church in the inner city, we encourage you to pray about how God wants to use you and your team there!

Sometimes it is refreshing to just hear a church leader be vulnerable enough to let you behind the curtain. Chris Barras was that church leader for Dyke and Rebecca  in this new episode of the Waypoint Podcast. Chris is the lead pastor at Area 10 Faith Community in Richmond, VA. In this episode Chris shares his heart for planting in an urban setting and doesn't shy away from telling some real struggles the church has faced (none Covid related!) Chris is also a wise voice with great insight into how the Church should be preparing for the future. This episode is truly worth your time and we hope you enjoy!If you would like to reach out to Chris you can contact him atchris@area10church.comYou can always find out more about Waypoint and future events atwaypointchurchpartners.com

What is our church's reputation? What are we known for? This series on the church's vision raises big questions about our church's identity and reputation. In Christ's letter to the Ephesian church, we're warned that it is possible to be known for loving God's truth and loving to defend it – without really loving God or others. We who have ears, let us hear.

Welcome back to Season 2 of Highly Unlikely!Kristen Wilkerson is a pastor, speaker, writer, wife, and mom-of-three from New York City. Kristen and her husband pastor Trinity Church in Harlem, New York, and love doing ministry in the city. Join Pastors Josh and Jenaye Skjoldal as they talk with Kristen about how to love people well, what it meant to plant a church in New York City, and how the Lord has been faithful to their ministry.

If we want to equip and support urban church planters it will take more than just an alternative to seminary. We need to think about long term support and that includes good literature written by front line practitioners for front line practitioners that is theologically rich, pastorally practical, accessible and affordable.

On Easter Sunday, we celebrate Thomas A. Dorsey, who not only once worked as Ma Rainey's pianist and musical director, but was also the key architect in revolutionizing the sound of gospel music.To learn more about Dorsey watch the 1982 documentary Say Amen, Somebody, check out his collection of papers archived at Fisk University, read 1994's The Rise of Gospel Blues: The Music of Thomas Andrew Dorsey in the Urban Church which you can borrow from the Internet Archive, and 2015's Anointed to Sing the Gospel: The Levitical Legacy of Thomas A. Dorsey by Kathryn B. Kemp. You can also watch 2005's The Story of Gospel Music documentary.Dorsey's hometown of Villa Rica, Georgia holds an annual Thomas A. Dorsey Birthplace Heritage Festival. This year's is June 25th and 26th.Sources:https://www.pbs.org/thisfarbyfaith/people/thomas_dorsey.htmlhttp://downtownvillarica.com/event/thomas-a-dorsey-gospel-heritage-festival/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/rev-thomas-a-dorsey-mn0000926198/biographyhttps://www.songhall.org/awards/winner/Thomas_A_Dorseyhttp://nashvillesongwritersfoundation.com/Site/inductee?entry_id=4259https://www.nytimes.com/1993/01/25/arts/thomas-a-dorsey-is-dead-at-93-known-as-father-of-gospel-music.htmlIf you like these Daily Drops, follow on Apple, Google Podcasts, RSS.com, Amazon, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. Leave a rating or review, share links, or tell a friend. Check out goodblacknews.org or search and follow @goodblacknews anywhere on social.

Chelsea is the Mesoamerica Central Field Coordinator for Global Missions! She is a former Florida youth pastor, current missionary in the Dominican Republic and soon to be Urban Church planter in Update New York. She co-hosts a podcast called the Worthless Servant! She grew up in Arkansas but has since traveled the world!  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/millennial-pastors/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/millennial-pastors/support

Over the course of this winter and spring, we're offering a short series of ideaExchange sessions, exploring what it is about being in an urban space that has helped our expression of church to thrive. For this first session, we turned to Travis and Stephanie Unger of Many Rooms Church Community, which is based in an area of the city just a kilometre and a half from us, but in many ways exists in a whole different social context. This podcast includes the opening portion of the session, in which they told their story, shared what they've learned, and offered some helpful thoughts on holding things lightly.Please consider heading to the podcast post for this session, which is located on our website. There you will also find a link to the full catalogue of our podcasts, that we've been producing since 2006. You might also consider offering a bit of support for our online ministry, which you can do through the Donate page on our website.Subscribe to the show wherever you listen to audio and recommend this episode to your friends. We invite you to rate us or write a review of what we are doing on Apple Podcasts. Reviews help others join the conversation.* * *This podcast is created at saint benedict's table, a congregation of the Anglican Church of Canada in Winnipeg, where we've been making great audio since 2006. Listen to other recent episodes on our website and see our entire catalogue of well over 500 shows on our hosting page.Our MissionTo provide rich and stimulating audio resources to the wider church and engage topics and issues relevant to the concerns and questions of the larger culture in which we live.

In this episode, Scott Velasquez discusses the joys and challenges of doing youth ministry in an urban setting. Later in the show, you'll also hear from CIY Director of MIX Caleb DeRoin.Connect with Scott:- ilovethischurch.comConnect with Caleb:- @thederoin on InstagramHere's how you can connect with us:- www.ciy.com- @christinyouth on Instagram: you can find all of our individual program accounts in the bio- CIY Community Facebook Group- Email us at podcast@ciy.comAs always, be sure to subscribe wherever you listen to podcasts. It also helps us out if you rate and review us on Apple Podcasts and send this episode to a friend!

Dean Weaver, EPC Stated Clerk, welcomes Brian Evans, Planting Pastor of 5point7 Community Church in Detroit, Michigan, and a member of the EPC National Leadership Team. The two discuss the importance of the local church in ministry to the inner city, as well as Brian's background growing up in the neighborhood he now serves.

In the episode, Al Yanno, Director of Church Multiplication sat down with the Assemblies of God General Treasurer, Wilfredo "Choco" DeJesus. Get to know Pastor Choco's heart and hear about his ministry in urban church planting and multiplication. Regardless of your ministry context, you will be blessed by Pastor Choco's words.

This is a great conversion where Dyke and Rebecca sit down with urban church planter, Joel Pazmino, of Encounter Church in DC. Joel is full of wisdom and interesting take aways from his time bringing Jesus to the city at his church. Don't miss this episode!If you want to learn more about church planting  through Waypoint check-outiplantchurches.comWaypoint loves to help ANY church leaders, if you need to get ahold of us you can find us atwaypointchurchpartners.comIf you want to find out more about the NEW Waypoint Pastors' Wives Podcast find it here:waypointchurchpartners.com/podcasts

Check out The Seed of Inheritance – Moving Up with Mark Stevens, this was Recorded Live on the 22nd August 2021

Pastor Jerome Vierling and Citylife Church are an anomaly in Urban Church Planting. From day one they were self-sustainable and have seen incredible growth and life change as they have raised up an army of leaders and artists to Love their city. Jerome and Tommy share some of the highlights, but also walk through some of the heavy struggle and dark moments of ministry in the city. For information on the Flavor Fest Urban Leadership Conference coming Octover 7th - 10th in Tampa @ Crossover Church: www.flavorfest.org For information on The Innovative Pastors Network & Pastor Tommy's courses and resources: www.tranzlationleadership.com Follow us on Social Media: www.instagram.com/urband813 www.facebook.com/urband813 www.instagram.com/flavorfest www.facebook.com/flavorfest Filmed and Edited by TreLibra of 39 Lashes.

As we seek to plant churches in cities around the world, do we go fast or do we go deep? What models of church are most appropriate to the city context?

Pastor Duddley Francois was born of Haitian parents in Orange, New Jersey. As a native New Yorker, he grew up in the Adventist Church and quickly became a part of Youth Ministries at an early age. Pastor Duddley is a graduate of Washington Adventist University (formerly known as Columbia Union College) with a B.A. in Theology and a concentration in Pastoral Ministry. He served as Chaplain of the Black Student Union as well as the Spiritual Life Coordinator for the campus. He also holds a Master's degree in Visual Communications and Design from Liberty University. Known for his dynamic preaching, Pastor Duddley has been blessed with the opportunity of speaking at several ministry related events over the past 10 years; preaching in over 12 states as well as overseas. By the grace of God, Pastor Duddley has baptized over 500 souls for the Kingdom of God and continues to try to be obedient to God's call. He is the co-founder of the Bible Unplugged Vesper Series (a vibrant, practical program on Fridays) focused on unpacking relevant spiritual topics for youth and young adults, since 2007. He has a passion for soul winning, media ministry, community activism and the Gospel. Pastor Duddley believes in the power of empathy. His hobbies include: reading, graphic design, writing, swimming, and watching his beloved Boston Celtics. He also has a passion for social justice issues and urban community reform; working with the District 12 Council Member's office in the Bronx as well as being a member the NYPD 47th Precinct Clergy Coalition. His favorite verses are found in Romans 8:28, Exodus 20:1-2, and Hebrews 12:1-2. He lives by the saying “Hard work beats talent when talent fails to work hard.” He is happily married to his wife Gina, a Registered Nurse since 2011. Together they have two (2) young children; son Pierce and daughter Jordan Taylor. He is currently the pastor of the MyGeneration Church under the Greater New York Conference of Seventh-day Adventists. email: pastor@mygen.church ig: @pastorduddley --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whataword/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/whataword/support

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Urban environments present unique challenges to church planters, both from a financial and a cultural perspective, which causes some to be hesitant to plant in the middle of a city. […]

Urban environments present unique challenges to church planters, both from a financial and a cultural perspective, which causes some to be hesitant to plant in…

Using the tools of anthropology is not just for those working among tribals in Africa. This podcast is about how to exegete our community for effective church planting and outreach.

Join Us with Mike McMahon as we explore the importance of understanding God's purpose. Mike McMahon is the Pastor of Urban Church in Warrington England. He has a passion to build the Kingdom of God on earth as it is in Heaven in everything he does. His mission is to INSPIRE, EQUIP AND GROW leaders around the world.

Today is brought to you by the letter ‘U’ and that stands for Urban Church. So what do we mean by the term ‘urban church’? Our working definition of urban includes High Density (population), High Diversity and High Disparity. Each of our guests today are pastors in urban churches from coast to coast. Each urban centre is so different from the other, but we are finding lots of common ground in what it means to be an urban congregation.

This conversation got good quickly! Listen as Cornelius and Eli talk about the disconnect between urban churches and mainstream churches. Does an international conference really reflect the international church? Does a national conference prove to be effective just because the speakers are popular? What's the real disconnect? They have an honest conversation about this subject.

Stephen Dinkins and his family moved to East Africa in 2013 to serve with the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. Stephen now serves as the Nairobi City Team Leader in Nairobi, Kenya. In this episode, Stephen and Timothy discuss the distinct dynamics of urban church planting in sub-Saharan Africa. For more information about the International Mission Board, please go to https://www.imb.org.  

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This message by Ian McFadden introduces the series "Kingdom Come," based on Jesus' "Blessed are..." statements at the beginning of the Sermon on the Mount in Matthew 5:1-12. Preached at St Moses Church, Baltimore, on January 3rd, 2021.

In this concluding episode of the series "Urban World, Urban Church" we look at several odd things about the urban church.The first is how nationalism is increasingly disparaged in Christian circles today, while urban church people want us to strongly identify with our city. How many sermons or articles have warned about making an idol out of the city vs. making one of your nation? They seem to be encouraging us to transfer our allegiance from our country to our city.The second is how the urban church world is very focused on starting new churches, while rarely trying to renew old ones. This is very odd in light of how they often explicitly transform an entire city. Can you transform a city of you can't transform a church? The Catholic Church is an exception in this regard, having successfully transformed many parishes as neighborhood demographics changed.The third is how tribal these urban church groups seem to be. At the elite levels, they seem to have virtually nothing to do with each other (e.g., Redeemer NYC and Hillsong NYC) and avoid even commenting on each other.  They argue against nationalism by saying that our identity as fellow Christians should trump other loyalties, yet they seem to not even be in active fellowship with the church down the street.

Donald Trump shined a light that exposed a fundamental rift inside Evangelical Christianity which was previously hidden to most people. This shows the value of events that divide people in unexpected ways; they allow us to gain unexpected insights.In identifying himself with the anti-Trump Evangelicals, Christianity Today CEO Tim Dalrymple acknowledges that the urban church elites, although they have achieved high socio-economic status, have failed to achieve cultural influence. Contra Dalrymple, these churches have frequently explicitly sought to obtain cultural influence, which is revealed in their transformationalist vision statements around bringing "cultural renewal," "wholeness," etc to cities.  While they've achieved a lot in other areas, they have not made much progress here. Instead, they have primarily acquired power and influence over the rest of Evangelicalism, which they are using to remake it in their own image.Tim Dalrymple: Why Evangelicals Disagree on the President: https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2020/november-web-only/trump-election-politics-church-kingdom.html Tim Dalrymple Tweet: https://twitter.com/TimDalrymple_/status/1323025271226847234 (archived at: https://archive.is/FEBR1 )The Testosterone-Cortisol Ratio: http://www.aaronrenn.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/The-Masculinist-29-The-Testosterone-Cortisol-Ratio.pdf

This episode begins a series called "Urban World, Urban Church" looking at the trends in global urbanization and the church's response to them. This first installment looks at the great shift underway from a planet that was almost entirely rural a century ago to one that will be overwhelming urban at the end of this century. As cities and megacities growth, this will require a complete shift in the way that the church approaches evangelization and missions.

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Empowered: For the Urban Leader. For the Local Church.Join us as host David Estrada interviews Rev. Dr. Alvin Sanders and Rev. Dr. Don Davis about World Impact's urban church relief grant!To donate or apply: worldimpact.org/grantThe Conversation doesn't end here, Share your Questions and topic suggestions below.Comment on this episode on YouTube: https://youtu.be/QkwJzGGPpag  Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/worldimpactinc  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/worldimpact/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/World.Impact.Inc Connect with us over at www.worldimpact.org/empowered for all the different ways to watch or listen, and learn more about World Impact.Sign up for our Empowered Email at https://eepurl.com/dJ1XH2 

With guest, the Rev. Dr. Darrell Griffin, Senior Pastor of Oakdale Covenant Church in Chicago, IL. We discuss the blessing, challenges, history, and future of the African American and Urban Church. Dr. Griffin is a powerful preacher, organization change expert, and African American Church practitioner. City Beats with Efrem Smith is about the engaging of urban subcultures, issues, and challenges for the purpose of life and community transformation. We are living in the age of urbanization, diversity, and unfortunate division. Host Efrem Smith will explore reconciliation, justice, and bridge building as the way forward.

This week, Edwin Vargas joins us to talk about church planting in urban environments, the challenges he has faced, the misconceptions people have, and some awesome things people can do if they find themselves in that situation www.theleadpodcast.com Twitter: @ryan180becker, @leadsuE-mail: leadsupodcast@gmail.com Music: www.hooksounds.com