Asking for me: a podcast of questions: Recent Episodes
Robin & Elizabeth
hosted by pastors' wives and ministry leaders having meaningful conversation about life in ministry.
Eugene would like to apologize for being a bit raw and unfiltered in this recording. He says he was in a mood. We loved every word and hope you do too!
Eugene is an ordained minister with over 25 years of experience in local church ministry. For 17 years, he played an integral role in growing a church from its early stages into a thriving, multi-location community. However, recognizing the need to rethink traditional models, Eugene discerned that it was time to step beyond the familiar and reimagine what it means to be and do “church" from the ground up. He left his pastoral role in 2020 to establish New Wine Collective, a church innovation think tank and R&D lab.
Since founding New Wine Collective, Eugene has been learning, ideating, and convening conversations about the evolving spiritual landscape and future of the Church. He speaks, facilitates, and consults with churches and organizations interested in exploring change and innovation, all while remaining a pastor at heart who loves walking alongside people in their journeys. Eugene’s passions lie in systemic change and designing new ways of being the Church that can help heal the world and give everyone a place to belong.
Eugene grew up in Queens, NY and Seoul, Korea, and now lives in the Boston area. He loves hanging out with his three children, enjoying good food, cooking, and watching Korean dramas with his wife.
Read more about New Wine and other initiatives:
Our website: newwinecollective.org
Threads, Facebook, Instagram: @eugenepkim
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The 2nd conversation in the series on leaving the church is with Timothy Cho, a former PCA member. Abuse of spiritual authority in the church is one of the most cited reasons for many leaving evangelical spaces as more and more stories of harm and confusion come out from the pews.
For more on Timothy's story and info on his new initiatives:
timothyisaiahcho.substack.com
https://www.instagram.com/tisaiahcho
and his COFFEE!
https://www.mosaiccolumbus.com/
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Join our conversation with Reverend Laura Tarro at Bethany Covenant Church in the suburbs of West Chicago. Tarro is a church planter with Evangelical Covenant Church, a denomination that celebrates and promotes female pastors and church planting.
Visit our website for more information about resources for women in church planting and more.
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Our new season starts with a conversation with pastor Steve Marusich, formerly a PCA Teaching Elder. In what ended with a classic whistleblower case, Steve talks about the events that led up to his church in Indiana leaving the denomination they once called home.
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a short intro to the first episode, a conversation with Steve Marusich formerly of the denomination PCA (Presbyterian Church in America). Stay tuned for the full conversation coming soon.
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Stay tuned for a new series on Leaving the Church as we talk about issues that compel some of us to leave the church spaces we have long known and loved.
Here's a short clip from our first conversation with Pastor Steve from Indianapolis.
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In part 2 of this episode, Julie and John share their story of heartbreaking fallout from their church conflict and the growing tensions between church leadership and the truth. Listen in to their experience and how they have been able to make sense of what happened and learn from their hurt and anger at sin and the lack of repentance in the church.
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In this conversation, John and Julie share their experiences with a church plant in Salt Lake City, from its beginning stages through the situation that led them to leave the church. Hear how the rapid explosion of a church plant in downtown SLC, Utah, led to growing pains and then exposed the lack of discipleship and spiritual maturity as the years went by. Join us for part 1 of their story and heartache in the midst of ministry.
Topics in this episode:
- Rapid growth of church plants
- Seeker sensitive models
- the Willow Creek business-church
- Metrics of success for plants - evangelism v discipleship
- The unique needs of Salt Lake City, LDS (ex-mormon seekers)
- Protecting the brand over the people
- When sin enters the camp, prophets call for repentance
Stay tuned for part 2 to hear more and some lessons learned.
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Ginny Barker has had three church planting experiences with three different denominations. Her wealth of knowledge and discernment, along with her tender, shepherd's heart made this conversation an easy one. She is passionate about churches being healthy and addressing the issues that keep them from engaging the people sitting in the pews week after week, looking for help.
Ginny's blog post "Church Planting 101" can be found here.
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"To plant a church, you have to be so arrogant to think that what you say on Sunday is better than every one else around you and that your message will connect with the people that the megachurch and the church that's been there 100+ years can't. There is a certain level of either realized or unrealized arrogance. Some of that caught up with us."
- Dr. Bobby Griffith, Jr.
Ep. 1: Church Plant Gentrifying - join us as Dr Griffith looks back on years at City Presbyterian in Oklahoma City and some of the issues of planting in a downtown, urban residential area.
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In this episode we talk about the overtures in the PCA regarding "gay" Christianity, side B, Revoice, TE Greg Johnson, and the implications of the SJC ruling going forward.
What is spiritual abuse? Why does it seem so prevalent and whose fault is it? Who gets to say what abuse is or isn't? Join us as we talk about what we've learned and seen and experienced in the first of the discussions on Spiritual Abuse in the Church.
A short break from talking PCA and GA Overtures this episode, as Elizabeth and Robin share their stories on meeting and marrying their pastor-husbands and their journey so far in ministry. Being a ministry spouse can have unique challenges and sharing our stories can help others know they are not alone.
How do we reflect God's heart in all we do in our local churches? Do investigations and trials in the church courts portray the goodness and grace of Jesus? We're looking at Overtures re: church discipline & investigations.
Social media is a blessing and a curse, isn't it? Today we discuss the good, the bad, and the ugly of social media and the many concerns that it can bring up. How does social media affect us? Does it matter how we are on social media? Tune in as we talk about the questions we need to be asking of ourselves as believers and of our leaders as our examples to follow.
We are talking today about our reactions to an investigation that has become public from a PCA Presbytery and to a conference that was held this week by an organization within the PCA. Listen in as Elizabeth and Robin break it all down.
Elizabeth and Robin dive in to the first set of Overtures on the Docket for the PCA GA 2021 coming up in June. Listen in on a conversation about women's roles in ministry and life, the complementarian-egalitarian debate, local church womens' ministries, and more.
General Assembly for the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) is coming up in June. In this podcast, Elizabeth and Robin talk all things GA with pastors Rob Wootton and Tim Mindemann. We answer burning questions like What's an Overture? and is there a...