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"Not that we lord it over your faith, but we work with you for your joy, for you stand firm in your faith" (2 Cor. 1:24)
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Going out for a run should be routine for those who enjoy running. Not so for many Black men. Louis and Stephen discuss a rather close call for Stephen. This is Part 2 of Stephen's story.
Going out for a run should be routine for those who enjoy running. Not so for many Black men. Louis and Stephen discuss a rather close call for Stephen.
Thabiti comes on the porch again and continues the conversation about his recent apology to some evangelicals.
What are the barriers to getting on the mission field? What are the barriers to getting your church invested in missions? And then what are strategies that can we employ to overcome, with God's help, those barriers? Join Bishop David Perrin and Thabiti Anyabwile for this time.
C'mon up and learn about the National African-American's Missions Conference and its history within the larger tradition of African-American's participation in missions. In this episode, Thabiti Anyabwile and Bishop David Perrin discuss conferences and the way to best equip and strengthen the church for international missions as well as other faithful partnerships.
Thabiti and Bishop Perrin continue to discuss life and ministry. What is the tension between international missions and needs within your community? In this podcast, Perrin relates experiences where he sensed the Lord's discipline, and he discusses the difficulty of international missions in Guyana specifically. Bishop Perrin discusses how, on the mission field, God led him to return home to be a faithful sender. C'mon up and chop with the brothers.
Thabiti joins Bishop David Perrin, who has faithfully served in Washington D.C. area for a long time, to discuss life, ministry, and God's faithfulness throughout both. C'mon up and join the brothers as they begin to consider brother Perrin's work and passion for international missions.
What might we think about all that went down this past year? From growth of the The Black Lives Matter Movement to The Supreme Court's changing of the legal definition of marriage, 2015 provided a number of issues that cast an interesting shadow for 2016. Will evangelicals miss the moral moment in this new year? Will the evangelical church remain undiscipled on issues of racial identity and attitudes? Will the Warriors win the 2016 NBA finals? C'mon up and join the conversation.
If women are called to appropriately participate in everything that is the mission of the church, how might we encourage sisters' involvement in the mission of the church? What is God's mission for the local church? How do we correct chauvinism masquerading as complementarianism? Is the home the only a place of ministry for sister? C'mon up and join the conversation.
A church's most important decision is who they call to be their leaders because pastors have room for great exploitation, particularly of women, or great effectiveness. What are appropriate boundaries to be maintained between pastors and women in the church? How should a church view a pastor who is having an illicit sexual relationship? What are signals of a pastor grooming a sister for abuse? C'mon up and join the conversation.
How do you care for godly women in a culture in a world that blurs the line between male and female? How might a pastor define biblical femininity for a growing generation of women who do not know what that means? Considering unique needs for older and younger women like single motherhood, submission, body image, bodily protection, how might we equip and disciple our sisters. C'mon up and join the discussion.
What unique needs to do sisters in churches have? How might they be better shepherded by their pastors? Why do many sisters feel unequipped by their pastors? C'mon up and join the conversation.
Christians have a curious problem of forgetting that we're sinners. Yet we should strive to have a habit of encouraging one another daily (Hebrews 3:13). How might we war against our sin together? What does it mean to agree with God about our sin, and why do so many churches forgo discipline? C'mon up and join the conversation, and visit www.thefrontporch.org for more resources related to this podcast.
There are many things for a pastor to take joy in. But why is the pastor's greatest joy a holy people? How can people ease their pastor's load in shepherding, and how can a pastor bolster his people's holiness? C'mon up and join the conversation.
Why is the people's greatest need a holy pastor? What do you do as a church if your pastor is not holy? What is the damage that an unholy pastor does? Perhaps we see this damage best in light of the blessings of a holy pastor. In an age where people are calling darkness light and light darkness, holy pastors are essential for the quiet, comfort, and edification of the sheep. C'mon up and join the conversation.
A church's congregation ought to operate together for holiness and delight in Christ. But what does this mean on the local level? Why does holiness matter for God's people? How do pastors and their people influence their church's holiness? How does Christ? C'mon up and join this conversation in our new series: Holiness and Purity.
What does it say about a church's health if there are no friendships in the church between pastors and their people? How is maturing in the faith possible if there is no friendly endeavor? Many have said pastors should not have friends in their churches. What do you think? C'mon up and join the conversation.
What kind of plan is the best plan to begin discipleship? Must a discipleship agenda be the same in every relationship? How do you end a discipleship relationship in a healthy way? Thabiti Anyabwile and Isaac Adams chop it up and discuss these basic issues to discern why we offer prayer, identify people, clarify our purposes, and establish processes in our discipleship. See more Pastor & People conversations at www.thefrontporch.org.