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The Rev. Mark Wingfield is the Executive Director and Publisher of Baptist News Global. He previously served as Associate Pastor at Wilshire Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas for 17 years. He recently wrote a book titled, "Honestly: Telling the Truth About the Bible and Ourselves" and joins the Rev. Dr. Robert W. Lee for a conversation on truth-telling, ecclesial journalism, and why funerals are better than weddings.
The Rev. Mark Wingfield is the Executive Director and Publisher of Baptist News Global. He previously served as Associate Pastor at Wilshire Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas for 17 years. He recently wrote a book titled, "Honestly: Telling the Truth About the Bible and Ourselves" and joins the Rev. Dr. Robert W. Lee for a conversation on truth-telling, ecclesial journalism, and why funerals are better than weddings.
We welcomed Rev. George Mason to the pulpit on January 21. George is the Senior Pastor Emeritus at Wilshire Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas.
Sally Gary is founder and director of CenterPeace, a 501(c)(3) non-profit ministry dedicated to creating space for conversation about faith and sexuality. Growing up in Churches of Christ in the ‘60s & ‘70s, Sally has a great love for the spiritual heritage that first introduced her to Jesus and instilled in her a strong faith. But as a gay Christian, she knows firsthand the pain of wrestling with her own faith and sexuality, and how difficult it can be to stay connected to church, to Christianity, to God with no support from your faith community. This is what drives Sally's passion for CenterPeace, the ministry she founded in 2006 to create a place of belonging for LGBTQ+ Christians, encouraging them to hold onto faith and stay connected to God.For over 16 years, CenterPeace has been building community for sexual minorities, hosting online and in-person retreats and other resources for nurturing the faith of LGBTQ+ individuals. CenterPeace also hosts retreats for families of LGBTQ+ youth, and workshops for churches and schools, and other organizations to foster greater inclusion of the LGBTQ+ community. Since 2009, CenterPeace has hosted a national conference featuring keynote speakers such as Justin Lee and Matthew Vines. The conference has attracted thousands over the years – LGBTQ+ Christians, church leaders, parents, and allies – from across the globe, for the purpose of learning how to love and embrace the LGBTQ+ community in our midst and beyond.This year's CenterPeace Conference is in Dallas, Texas, at Wilshire Baptist – a fully open and affirming Baptist church – November 3 – 5. Jeff Chu of “Evolving Faith” is the featured keynote speaker, along with Justin and Matthew, Joel Hollier from Australia and Staci Frenes, singer/songwriter from Los Angeles. AND Rocky Roggio, director and creative genius behind the new film 1946, a documentary about mistranslation in Scripture.Sally holds bachelor's and master's degrees in communication from Abilene Christian University and a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from Texas Tech University School of Law. A former high school speech and debate coach, trial lawyer and communication professor, Sally is a teacher at heart. Most of all, Sally is dedicated to serving queer youth, helping them know they are loved by God and that they always belong. Everywhere.The author of Affirming: A Memoir of Faith, Sexuality, and Staying in the Church, Sally currently resides in Dallas, Texas, with her wife, Karen, and their miniature dapple dachshund, Rudy.For more information about CenterPeace, visit centerpeace.net and follow on social media:Facebook – facebook.com/centerpeaceincInstagram - @centerpeaceinc
In our third conversation about the abortion debate in America, The Good Complex sits down with George Mason, Senior Pastor Emeritus at Wilshire Baptist Church in Dallas, TX. Pastor Mason shares his perspective on the issue of abortion and it will surprise many Christians.
Doug Haney is Minister of Music at Wilshire Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas. A veteran church musician for over three decades, Doug has a keen interest in staying in touch with his colleagues and keeping them connected through the challenge they face in their vocations. Most recently, Doug has given increased leadership to the Polyphony Project, collaborating with both music ministers and researchers to discover what the next generation of leaders will need in the years ahead.
The Texas 2022 primary elections are over, so Scott sits down with two policy pros to parse out the highlights heading in to the runoffs. Bonnie Bruce is long-time Capitol insider who has recently founded her own government affairs practice, Mesquite Strategies. Texas Impact Foundation Board President Beaman Floyd also joins us this week to survey the post-primary landscape. On the Weekly Watch List, Josh takes a break from all things "primary" to focus our attention on Texas senate hearings taking place this week. Reverend Dr. George Mason of Wilshire Baptist Church in Dallas gives us a surprising dose of hope with his Weekly Word.
A weekly podcast exploring stories at the intersection of faith and culture through an inclusive Christian lens. This week Mitch and Autumn talk about Omicron and its impact on communities and voting rights. Later, Rev. Dr. George Mason joins the show to talk about his upcoming retirement from Wilshire Baptist Church. George is a nationally recognized religious leader serving the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, Fellowship Southwest, Pastors for Texas Children and Faith Forward Dallas at Thanks-Giving Square. He is the Lead Advisor for the Baptist House of Studies at Perkins School of Theology (SMU). He is also the Founder and President of Faith Commons, a multi-ethnic, multi-faith organization committed to “bringing faith to life” by promoting the common good (www.FaithCommons.org). As part of his work with Faith Commons, he hosts an audio and video podcast, Good God, conversations that matter about faith and public life (www.GoodGodProject.com).
A weekly podcast exploring stories at the intersection of faith and culture through an inclusive Christian lens. This week Mitch and Autumn talk about Omicron and its impact on communities and voting rights.Later, Rev. Dr. George Mason joins the show to talk about his upcoming retirement from Wilshire Baptist Church. George is a nationally recognized religious leader serving the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, Fellowship Southwest, Pastors for Texas Children and Faith Forward Dallas at Thanks-Giving Square. He is the Lead Advisor for the Baptist House of Studies at Perkins School of Theology (SMU). He is also the Founder and President of Faith Commons, a multi-ethnic, multi-faith organization committed to “bringing faith to life” by promoting the common good (www.FaithCommons.org). As part of his work with Faith Commons, he hosts an audio and video podcast, Good God, conversations that matter about faith and public life (www.GoodGodProject.com).
Meet Rev. Dr. George Mason — 2020 Abner V. McCall Religious Liberty Honoree Dr. George A. Mason has been senior pastor at Wilshire Baptist Church since August 1989. His three decades as pastor follow a pattern of defending religious liberty and making change in an ever-changing world. You can nominate someone like George today for a future Hall of Fame Award at baylorline.com/nominate
A weekly podcast exploring stories at the intersection of faith and culture through an inclusive Christian lens. This week Mitch and Autumn talk about celebrating the first year as Good Faith Media and the Delta variant creeping across the south. Later, Rev. Ashley Robinson and Rev. Jenna Sullivan join the show to talk about their new podcast on the Good Faith Media Network, Revs on the Road. Ashley and Jenna are pastoral residents at Wilshire Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas. In Revs on the Road, they step out of the pulpit and see what God is up to in the world. They're not leaving the church — just finding it in all kinds of beautiful places.
A weekly podcast exploring stories at the intersection of faith and culture through an inclusive Christian lens. This week Mitch and Autumn talk about celebrating the first year as Good Faith Media and the Delta variant creeping across the south.Later, Rev. Ashley Robinson and Rev. Jenna Sullivan join the show to talk about their new podcast on the Good Faith Media Network, Revs on the Road. Ashley and Jenna are pastoral residents at Wilshire Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas. In Revs on the Road, they step out of the pulpit and see what God is up to in the world. They're not leaving the church — just finding it in all kinds of beautiful places.
Rev. Dr. George Mason is the senior pastor of Wilshire Baptist Church in Dallas, TX, founder of Faith Commons (a multi-faith organization that promotes the common good), and host of the Good God podcast. This week, he joins Hyphenated Life to discuss the secret to longevity and authenticity in leadership, poetry and pastoral theology, the wisdom of interfaith partnerships for the common good, and the changing shape of church in America today.
How do Christians follow Jesus' command to love our neighbor in the political realm? How can the local church help form members for responsible Christian citizenship? Perhaps now more than ever, many Christians are recognizing the need to engage in advocacy work. If you feel called to lead your church or faith-based nonprofit toward the mission of advocacy, but don't know where or how to begin, this toolkit is for you. Based on a partnership between the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship and Wilshire Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas, this toolkit offers concrete examples and tips from veteran advocates for leading a church or nonprofit to deeper engagement in advocacy and public witness. By firmly grounding advocacy in the mission work of the church, this toolkit helps pastors and members recognize advocacy as a natural extension of church ministry and includes examples of predatory lending, immigration, and racial justice work. Learn more at https://goodfaithmedia.org/product/the-mission-of-advocacy-stephen-reeves/
Scott was joined by two Baptist ministers from the Dallas-area-Danielle Ayers, Minister of Justice at Friendship West Baptist Church and Heather Musain Minister of Missions and Advocacy at Wilshire Baptist Church for the second in our Weekly Witness series, “No One can be Silent: Conversations on Racial Justice” featuring dialogues on racial justice among clergy of different races from the same faith tradition.
Are you misinterpreting the word of Christ as it pertains to LGBTQ inclusion? In this episode of Breaking Protocol Dr. George Mason of Wilshire Baptist Church walks us through equality of all human beings and why his church opens its doors to everyone! Dr. Mason is a Christian Theologian and Baptist Pastor in Dallas. He is a nationally recognized leader among Baptists, serving the Cooperative Baptist Fellowship, New Baptist Covenant, Duke Divinity School, along with other local and global ecumenical and interfaith endeavors. He is a frequent op-ed contributor to The Dallas Morning News on subjects of public interest that intersect religion, such as public education, race relations and predatory lending. He writes a monthly column on public theology for the Lakewood/East Dallas and Lake Highlands editions of the community news magazine The Advocate. His sermons have been the highest rated program on the Sunday morning worship line up on WRR radio in Dallas for many years. George earned a bachelor of business administration degree in 1978 from the University of Miami (Florida), where he was a quarterback on the football team. He also holds both the master of divinity (1982) and doctor of philosophy (1987) degrees.
How do religious groups work together for the greater good? On this episode of Respecting Religion, we bring you a conversation featuring Eboo Patel, the founder of Interfaith Youth Core (starting at 13:01). In this discussion from March 2020, Patel talks about how the history behind the term “Judeo-Christian” suggests opportunities for greater religious inclusion, shares personal reflections on what it is like to be a Muslim in America today, and explains why he is optimistic about religious pluralism. Plus, Amanda Tyler and Holly Hollman talk about how they saw religion respected in the world during the celebrations of Easter and Passover. Show notes: Segment 1: Where we saw religion respected (Starting at 00:40) Amanda mentioned her church's rendition of Handel's Messiah, which is available on YouTube. Holly mentioned this piece by Michele Norris in The Washington Post: The coronavirus is depriving people of the rituals needed to process pain. Amanda mentioned this piece in Religion News Service by Simrin Singh about the Sikh community finding new ways to celebrate Vaisakhi: Sikhs turn to online Vaisakhi For more information on the Shurden Lectures — including an interview with Walter B. and Kay W. Shurden — visit BJConline.org/ShurdenLectures. To learn more about the Baptist House of Studies at the Perkins School of Theology at SMU, visit this link. The Rev. Dr. George Mason of Wilshire Baptist Church and Faith Commons interviews Patel during this discussion. To learn more about Faith Commons, visit this link. Segment 2: Eboo Patel on the term “Judeo-Christian” and working across faiths (Starting at 13:01) Eboo Patel's latest book is Out of Many Faiths: Religious Diversity and the American Promise. Patel mentioned the Christians Against Christian Nationalism campaign. Learn more at this link. Patel mentioned an opinion piece by Nobel Prize winner Shirin Ebadi published in The Washington Post. It is titled “I thought the Iranian Revolution would bring freedom. I was wrong.” Segment 3: Close (Starting at 47:42) Videos of all three of Eboo Patel's presentations for the 2020 Shurden Lectures will soon be available on BJC's YouTube channel.
The coronavirus is leading many conversations this week, and we'll talk about how it has impacted religious communities during this unprecedented time. But first, Amanda Tyler and Holly Holllman take a look at several Supreme Court cases this term that deal with protections for workers from employment discrimination that could have implications for religious organizations. They break down the term “because of sex” in Title VII (starting at 4:30) and discuss the ministerial exception (18:20), an important part of the law that protects religious organizations. On the final segment, Amanda and Holly share how the coronavirus is impacting – and showcasing – religion in the lives of Americans and how we can lean into a theology of abundance during this time (34:40). Show notes: Segment 1: Title VII cases and the phrase “because of sex” (starting at 00:40) Read the Supreme Court press release announcing the postponement of oral arguments because of COVID-19 at this link. For more resources on the three “because of sex” cases (Bostock v. Clayton County, Altitude Express Inc. v. Zarda, Harris Funeral Homes v. EEOC), Holly recommended the resources available at SCOTUSblog, including this piece wrapping up oral arguments by Amy Howe. The podcast mentioned by Amanda is Amicus with Dahlia Lithwick. The episode featuring Dean Erwin Chemerinsky previewing the Title VII cases is available at this link. If you want to listen to the oral arguments in the Title VII case mentioned, visit this C-SPAN link. Segment 2: Ministerial exception case (starting at 17:22) Learn more about the 2012 case affirming the ministerial exception on BJC's website: BJConline.org/Hosanna-Tabor Amanda mentioned a 2011 article Holly wrote titled “Defining the ministerial exception.” If you want to read all of the amicus briefs in the current ministerial exception case (Our Lady of Guadalupe v. Morissey-Berru), you can see them at this link. Segment 3: Where did we see religion in our world? The coronavirus and religious communities (starting at 34:40) Holly mentioned articles that did a great job showing religious communities responding to the COVID-19 pandemic, including this piece on communion and rituals by Sarah Pulliam Bailey for The Washington Post. Holly also mentioned the op-ed titled “In Italy, we live in silence, die in silence — and wait.” It was written by Monica Maggioni and published by The Washington Post. Holly talked about a piece from George Mason and Mark Wingfield at Wilshire Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas, who put their experiences during the Ebola crisis into context. It's titled “How to lead calmly in a global outbreak,” published by Faith & Leadership at Duke Divinity School.
We visit with George Mason, senior pastor for the Wilshire Baptist Church in Dallas, TX. He shares his thoughts on the intersection of gun violence and religion, and how to have constructive dialogue with someone who believes in their "god-given right" to own a gun. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/brianwilliamsmd/message
Listen to the Texas Impact staff lead an Advocacy 101 workshop at the Wilshire Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas.
Weekly Witness live from Wilshire Baptist Church in Dallas, Texas talking advocacy with a Faith Panel.
P&P Daily Update June 7, 2018 "Visitors will fill a room in Wilshire Baptist Church to share a meal Thursday. They're not sharing communion or having a fellowship potluck in the East Dallas church but are coming together through Ramadan, a sacred month for those who practice Islam." Hear More Archived Episodes of The Polemics Report – HERE Visit JD Hall’s Polemics Report Page – HERE Visit JD Hall’s Pulpit and Pen Page – HERE Check Out Other BTWN podcasts – HERE
This week we welcomed Dr. George Mason for our Community Gathering for Worship. Dr. Mason currently serves as senior pastor of Wilshire Baptist Church in Dallas. The title for his sermon is "What to Preach?."
This week we welcomed Dr. George Mason for our Community Gathering for Worship. Dr. Mason currently serves as senior pastor of Wilshire Baptist Church in Dallas. The title for his sermon is "What to Preach?."
The Rev. George Mason of Wilshire Baptist Church and the Rev. Blair Monie of Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church both write worship columns for the Advocate, and coincidentally, they both chose the Advent Conspiracy movement as their December column topic. For this week's podcast, we brought the two pastors together to discuss why they decided to join the Advent Conspiracy, and what that looks like for their churches.