One Priority Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Welcome to the One Priority Podcast, where our goal is Starting And Strengthening Congregations To Serve As Vital And Vibrant Missional Communities.
The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 partner churches that support the ministry of the CMBA.
Hosts for the One Priority Podcast are George Bullard, Executive Director at the Columbia Metro Baptist Association, and Chris Reinolds, Lead Pastor a Killian Baptist Church.
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The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. This week, Chris Reinolds and Julia Bell, CMBA Communications Director, have a conversation with Baptist Collegiate Ministry campus ministers Lesley and JJ Joseph, who began their work at Allen University and Benedict College Starting March first of this year as they seek to impact the next generation of disciple-makers.
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The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA.
This week, Chris Reinolds, Impacting Communities Ministry Mobilizer with the CMBA, has a conversation with John Lakin, Associate Pastor at NorthStar Christian Center, to discuss their partnership with the Cooperative Ministry's VITAP program, which assists low-income families with tax preparation. Thank you for listening in, and we hope you'll consider stepping into this incredibly practical ministry opportunity.
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The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA.
This week, George Bullard, Executive Director of the CMBA, sits down with Bedjriha Jazic, Director of Lutheran Services, and Ryan Dupree, International Minister with First Baptist Church Columbia, to discuss ministry partnership opportunities among the Refugee Resettlement efforts in Columbia, South Carolina. Thank you for listening in, and we hope you'll consider stepping into this ministry opportunity.
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The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA.
This week, I, Chris Reinolds, and George Bullard, Executive Director of the CMBA, sat down with Sam Smithson, Alice Drive Baptist Church's Bishopville Campus Minister, and Travis Pruden, Discipleship Pastor, to discuss how the bold steps that they're taking to reach a new community with the love of Christ. We hope you'll walk away from our conversation with them with a similar boldness to start a conversation with someone that can change their life.
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The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA.
This week, George Bullard, Executive Director of the CMBA, and Chris Reinolds sat down with Jacque Wenger and Nathan McCarthy to discuss how churches can better communicate biblical truths about financial stewardship. Take some time and consider how God may be leading you to speak with your congregation about these essential matters.
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The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA.
This week, George Bullard, Executive Director of the CMBA, and Chris Reinolds hear from Angela McNeal (Heart4Schools), Allison Caldwell (Shandon Baptist Church), and Jamie Rogers (Baptist Collegiate Ministry of South Carolina), three individuals who are incredibly passionate about ministries to international teachers and students. These ministries to internationals are happening right here in Columbia, SC, and they're having an impact across the globe because God is bringing the nations to our city. Take some time and listen in and learn how you, or your church, can make a global impact for Jesus just a few miles from your front door. Websites Mentioned: LoveCola.org Heart4Schools.org CarolinaBCM.org https://youtu.be/pjT3cL16ebQ
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The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA.
This week, I, Chris Reinolds, Lead Pastor at Discovery Church, and George Bullard, Executive Director of the CMBA, sat down with Cathy Locklear to celebrate and hear about her many years of service with the Columbia Metro Baptist Association here in Columbia, South Carolina as she is preparing for a new and exciting stage in her life.
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The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA.
This week, I, Chris Reinolds and George Bullard, Executive Director of the CMBA, sat down with Rabbi Andy Meyerson to discuss the formation of a Messianic Jewish Congregation here in Columbia, South Carolina, and his desire to see churches partnering together to reach Jewish peoples with the good news of the gospel of Jesus Christ.
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The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA.
This week, George Bullard, Executive Director of the CMBA, sat down with Ryan Burge, author of the newly released book The Nones to discuss the reality that the nones will be the largest religious group in the United States in the next decade and the implications this has for the church.
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The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA.
This week, I, Chris Reinolds and George Bullard, Executive Director of the CMBA, sat down with three Columbia South Carolina Church Musicians to talk about the past, the present, and the future of church worship through music.
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The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA.
This week, I, Chris Reinolds and George Bullard, Executive Director of the CMBA, sat down with Craig Bailey, Pastor at First Baptist Church of Winnsboro, to hear how they are building bridges in their community despite the struggles of the pandemic.
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The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA.
This week, I, Chris Reinolds and Julia Bell, CMBA Communications Director, are having a conversation with Columbia Metro Baptist Association Executive Director, George Bullard, to Discuss the Congregational Grants that the CMBA is offering for our family churches in their journey of missional ministry.
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The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA.
This week, Dr. George Bullard, Executive Director of the CMBA, and Dr. Andre Rogers, Pastor at Concord Fellowship Baptist Church have a candid conversation with a panel of state & community leaders from the Columbia Metro to address the anxiety that exists in the African-American community surrounding the Coronavirus vaccine. Let’s listen in to this essential conversation.
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The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA.
This week we’re airing a Special Martin Luther King Day Celebration podcast. Joining us is Dr. David Goatley, Associate Dean for Vocational Formation and Christian Witness, Director of the Office of Black Church Studies, and Research Professor of Christian Theology at Duke University Divinity School.
Along with Dr. Goatley, the CMBA’s Racial Reconciliation panel will contribute their voices to the ongoing work taking place here, in Columbia, and around the Midlands.
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The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA.
This week, George Bullard, Executive Director, Julia Bell, Communication Director, and Chris Reinolds, local CMBA pastor, consider the positives we’re seeing in churches as a result of the pandemic.
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The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA.
Our hosts for this week are George Bullard, Executive Director of the Columbia Metro Baptist Association, and Chris Reinolds lead Pastor at Killian Baptist Church.
This week, we had the opportunity to talk with George Russ and Kevin Cabe from the Metropolitan New York Baptist Association. We were able to hear how God is using a $30,000 gift from the family of churches located in and around the Columbia Metro, in South Carolina, to transform lives for His glory through the ministry of brothers and sisters in Christ living in New York City.
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The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA.
Our hosts for this week are George Bullard, Executive Director of the Columbia Metro Baptist Association, and Chris Reinolds lead Pastor at Killian Baptist Church.
This week, spending some time with J Thompson, Pastor at Cedar Creek Baptist Church, and Vice Moderator on the CMBA Visionary Leadership Community, and Bill Wright, Associate Pastor at Temple Baptist Church and Moderator on the Visionary Leadership Community. Today, we’re taking some time to appreciate the ongoing work of the supporting ministry of the CMBA.
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The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA.
Our hosts for this week are Chris Reinolds, Lead Pastor at Killian Baptist Church, and Julia Bell, Communications Director with the CMBA
This week, we’re speaking with CMBA’s own Ministry Mobilizer, Cathy Locklear, to explore the growth of hunger-related ministry that’s continued to flourish amid the COVID-19 pandemic.
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The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA.
This week, we’re sitting down to explore the covenantal relationship that exists with churches and their association. In order to help us do that George Bullard, our Executive Director, and David Waganer, one of our One Priority Mobilizers, are sharing about the Covenant Congregational Pilgrimage of the Columbia Metro Baptist Association.
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The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA.
This week, we’re wrapping up our ReGathering the Church podcast series by speaking with two pastors who are ministering to their church and community in unique ways. Listen in as we spend time with Andre Melvin, Pastor at Temple Zion Baptist, and Cameron DeBrew, Pastor at Beulah Baptist Church.
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The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA.
This week, we had an opportunity to sit down with David Sturgeon, Pastor at Temple Baptist Church, to discuss the perils of pastoring in a pandemic. Pastoral ministry was difficult before March of 2020, but the tensions we’re seeing in pastoral ministry are higher than most have experienced in our lifetime.
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The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA.
This week, we had an opportunity to sit down with a handful of pastors, as part one of a three-part series, to discuss the up’s and down’s and in’s and out’s of their regathering their churches in midst of a pandemic.
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The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA.
This week, we had an opportunity to sit down with Andre Rogers, Pastor at Concord Fellowship Baptist Church and Brian Thomas, Pastor at NorthStar Christian Center, to discuss the crucial need for education and action on the road to racial reconciliation.
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The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA.
This week, we had an opportunity to sit down with Robbie McAlister, the People Group Strategist with the South Carolina Baptist Convention as he shares about the unique opportunity churches have to participate in the reaching of unreached people groups without ever leaving South Carolina.
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The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA.
This week, we had an opportunity to sit down with Steve Perky, a ministry applied technology strategist and consultant to discuss how churches can launch an online campus within their church’s model of ministry.
Resources:
Steve Perky:
- www.steveperky.com
Tyler Sansom and "Church Anywhere"
- Their online church website: https://churchanywhere.us/
- Their YouTube VLOG about their journey in planting an online church: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZ1FuIk6la8DF1aShu59-EQ/featured
Life.Church's free resources to help launching an online ministry
- Video interview with Alan George the Online Pastor for Life.Church
- The Church Online Platform free to churches
- Their recommendation for "Getting Started with Church Online Equipment"
- Church Online Volunteers and Hosts
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The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA.
This week, we had an opportunity to sit down with James Walden, Pastor at Riverside Community Church in Columbia, SC, and JayWill Wilson, a Church Planting Resident at Riverside Community. Listen in as they share about how their Church is helping transform communities in significant ways through pockets of light.
Resources:
Riverside Community Church
City of Refuge Church
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The One Priority Podcast is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA.
This week, we have an opportunity to sit down with Freddy Johnson, Pastor at NorthPointe Community Church in Columbia, SC, and Kris Swataco, Director of The Singles Network Ministries in Hendersonville, NC as they share about their passion about the transformative power of singles ministry in the local church.
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The Columbia Metro Connection is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA.
Hosts for this week’s episode are George Bullard, Strategic Leadership Coach and Executive Director with the Columbia Metro Baptist Association. I’m Chris Reinolds, Certified Church Consultant & Lead Pastor, at Killian Baptist Church.
Joining us this week is Chris Hanley, Pastor at Sandy Level Baptist Church in Blythewood, SC. Sandy Level is a 250-year-old church with a passion for building community connections to show and share the love of Jesus.
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The Columbia Metro Connection is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA.
Hosts for this week’s episode are George Bullard, Strategic Leadership Coach and Executive Director with the Columbia Metro Baptist Association. I’m Chris Reinolds, Certified Church Consultant & Lead Pastor a Killian Baptist Church.
Joining us this week is Bill Crews, Pastor at Grace Church in Columbia, SC. GraceChurch is a gospel-centric church with a passion for discipleship. Their goal is to build relationships with people from Oliver Gospel Mission to the University of South Carolina to introduce people to Jesus Christ.
The Columbia Metro Connection is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA.
Hosts for this week’s episode are George Bullard, Strategic Leadership Coach and Executive Director with the Columbia Metro Baptist Association. I’m Chris Reinolds, Certified Church Consultant & Lead Pastor a Killian Baptist Church.
Joining us this week is Don Brock, Pastor at Gateway Baptist Church in Irmo, South Carolina. Gateway began as a vision of Eau Claire Baptist Church to reach the fast-growing Irmo community. From 1975 to today, Gateway exists to reach the unreached that God has placed around them. Over four decades later, they’ve planted five churches, sent hundreds to national and international mission fields, and become a leading-edge church in reaching people for Jesus.
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The Columbia Metro Connection is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. Host for this week’s episode are George Bullard, Executive Director for the CMBA and Chris Reinolds, Certified Church Consultant & Lead Pastor at Killian Baptist Church.
Joining us this week is Dr. Valerie Carter Smith, Executive Director of the WMU of Virginia of the Baptist General Association of Virginia. In her life thus far, Dr. Smith has been a wife, a mother, a widow, a teacher, a missionary, an orphan, a sister, and a leader. But in the midst of all of those things, since the age of nine, she has been a faithful follower of Jesus Christ. Dr. Smith’s life is a beautiful picture of how, in the hands of God, that which is broken can be made new, and more beautiful.
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The Columbia Metro Connection is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. Host for this week’s episode are George Bullard, Executive Director for the CMBA and Chris Reinolds, Certified Church Consultant & Lead Pastor at Killian Baptist Church.
Joining us this week is Danny Nicholson with the Connie Maxwell Children’s home to talk with us about a new pilot program that’s being launched for churches interested in ministering in Foster Care.
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The Columbia Metro Connection is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. Host for this week’s episode is Chris Reinolds, Certified Church Consultant & Lead Pastor at Killian Baptist Church.
Joining us this week is Kelly Strum, founder of Koinonia, a year-round Christ-centered nonprofit ministry partnering with Eau Claire Baptist Church. This summer, Kelly and her team are making a difference in the lives of 50 kids in their community by caring for physical and spiritual needs in real and tangible ways.
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The Columbia Metro Connection is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. Hosts for this week’s episode are George Bullard, the Executive Director of the Columbia Metro Baptist Association. I’m Chris Reinolds, Certified Church Consultant & Lead Pastor at Killian Baptist Church.
Joining us this week is Robert Grant, one of the new Ministry Mobilizers with the CMBA. With more than 40 years of ministry experience, Robert is uniquely equipped to help local churches in a variety of administrative needs. From bylaws to staff compensation, to church dissolution assistance; Robert loves assisting the church through the details of what can sometimes be a confusing process.
Welcome to the Columbia Metro Connection, a podcast where you can go to get valuable, relevant, and quality resources for you and your congregation.
The Columbia Metro Connection is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA.
Hosts for this week’s episode are George Bullard, Strategic Leadership Coach and Executive Director with the Columbia Metro Baptist Association. I’m Chris Reinolds, Certified Church Consultant & Lead Pastor a Killian Baptist Church.
Joining us this week is David Waganer, one of the new Ministry Mobilizers with the CMBA who specializes in stewardship education, interim education for churches, and church opportunities during conflict. David’s vast knowledge and experience have given him the ability to look at most church situations and boil them down to the root issues at hand so a church can resolve the congregational speed bumps and continue down the road of Kingdom Growth.
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The Columbia Metro Connection is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA.
Hosts for this week’s episode are George Bullard, the Executive Director of the Columbia Metro Baptist Association. I’m Chris Reinolds, Certified Church Consultant & Lead Pastor a Killian Baptist Church.
This week, we have an opportunity to sit down with Mary Ann Sibley from MatterSpark, where they make people matter. Mary Ann regularly engages with churches and other non-profits to help them engage people with excellence to keep them coming back time and time again. At MatterSpark, they are constantly striving to see people win and excel in leadership, customer service, and volunteer engagement. Therefore, we are really excited to sit down and hear from Mary Ann about all the insights that she has on this essential ministry.
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The Columbia Metro Connection is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. Hosts for this week’s episode are George Bullard, the Executive Director of the Columbia Metro Baptist Association. I’m Chris Reinolds, Certified Church Consultant & Lead Pastor a Killian Baptist Church.
All week we’ve featured the Baptist Collegiate Ministry in an attempt to draw attention to the great kingdom-work that is taking place in our area and to help you see the need to get involved in that work. For today's podcast, we’re going to hear from three special guests as they discuss their work among college Students. Let’s listen in as Jamie Rogers sits down with Billy Judge, Rob Nicholes, and Raj Aluri.
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The Columbia Metro Connection is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. Hosts for this week’s episode are George Bullard, the Executive Director of the Columbia Metro Baptist Association. I’m Chris Reinolds, Certified Church Consultant & Lead Pastor a Killian Baptist Church.
In today’s podcast, we’ll hear from Jamie Rogers as he gives some practical steps to a room full of pastors about how the church can get involved in the lives of students. One major emphasis in his talk is on how we, the church, can reach the next group of international leaders by simply taking one night a month and having an international student in our home. Let’s listen in as Jamie shares his passion with us.
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The Columbia Metro Connection is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. Hosts for this week’s episode are George Bullard, the Executive Director of the Columbia Metro Baptist Association. I’m Chris Reinolds, Certified Church Consultant & Lead Pastor a Killian Baptist Church.
For today’s podcast, we’re going to listen in on George Wright, Pastor at Shandon Baptist Church, as he gives his testimony to the work of the Baptist Collegiate Ministry in his life and calling to go into the dark places of the world and BE the light of the gospel.
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The Columbia Metro Connection is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. Hosts for this week’s episode are George Bullard, the Director of Missions, Strategic Leadership Coach and Lead Missiologist at Columbia Metro Baptist Association. I’m Chris Reinolds, Certified Church Consultant & Lead Pastor a Killian Baptist Church.
Joining us this week is Brenda Sheets, a member of St. Andrews Baptist Church who felt God’s call to begin participating in medical missions in Central America. Whether local or abroad, the work of a missionary is vital to the unreached people of the world. Without the beautiful feet of those willing to carry the gospel into the dark places of this world, there are millions that would go out into eternity without ever hearing the hope that they can have in Jesus Christ. We’re thankful for the many people like Brenda who inspire and encourage us to think of new ways to engage people with the gospel.
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The Columbia Metro Connection is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. Hosts for this week’s episode are George Bullard, the Director of Missions, Strategic Leadership Coach and Lead Missiologist at Columbia Metro Baptist Association. I’m Chris Reinolds, Certified Church Consultant & Lead Pastor a Killian Baptist Church.
Joining us this week is Cathy Lockear, Community Impact Ministry Mobilizer with the Columbia Metro Baptist Association. Cathy assists churches in the association that are seeking ways to impact their local communities through missions. This week, we look forward to discussing how Her investment into the local church over the past 20 years has given her unique insights on how to partner mission-minded churches with ministry opportunities in their local context.
SUBSCRIBE: iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play The Columbia Metro Connection is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. Hosts for this week’s episode are George Bullard, the Director of Missions, Strategic Leadership Coach and Lead Missiologist at Columbia Metro Baptist Association. I’m Chris Reinolds, Certified Church Consultant & Lead Pastor a Killian Baptist Church. Joining us this week is Jamie Rogers, new Baptist Collegiate Ministry Director in Columbia, South Carolina. His work spans four colleges in and around the Columbia Metro Area, where he seeks to build relationships in order to disciple and share the hope of the gospel with the people he meets.
The Columbia Metro Connection is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. This week, we have a special sponsor in Bill Roop from Upstate Digital Sign Sales.
Hosts for this week’s episode are George Bullard, the Director of Missions, Strategic Leadership Coach and Lead Missiologist at Columbia Metro Baptist Association. I’m Chris Reinolds, Certified Church Consultant & Lead Pastor a Killian Baptist Church.
This week's podcast we’re going to listen in as three pastors share their experience and method of gaining traction in a dying church. Starting something new is difficult in most churches, but it is especially difficult in a church that has experienced a prolonged decline. Let’s listen in as Bob Morgan, Daniel Schrall, and me, Chris Reinolds, share how we started gaining traction in our individual contexts.
The Columbia Metro Connection is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. This week, we have a special sponsor in Bill Roop from Upstate Digital Sign Sales.
Hosts for this week’s episode are George Bullard, the Director of Missions, Strategic Leadership Coach and Lead Missiologist at Columbia Metro Baptist Association. I’m Chris Reinolds, Certified Church Consultant & Lead Pastor a Killian Baptist Church.
This week's podcast is special because we get to listen in on a panel discussion on various approaches to church planting in a metropolitan area. From the inner city to the middle of nowhere to everything in between there are multiple models on planting a church. This panel covers what they did and the one essential component for reaching any community.
The panel is made up of Ant Frederick from Midtown-Two Noth, Brian Thomas from NorthStar Christian Center, Greg Dowey from FRESH Church, and Erik Estep from Village Church.
We hope their story helps encourage you as you consider the ways God would have you to continue spreading the gospel in your context.
Welcome to the Columbia Metro Connection, a podcast where you can go to get valuable, relevant, and quality resources for you and your congregation. SUBSCRIBE: iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play The Columbia Metro Connection is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. This week, we have a special sponsor in Thrivant Financial and joining us is Raz Bradley to tell us a little about What Thrivant Fincial is doing for churches. Joining us this week is Robbie McAlister, People Groups Consultant with the South Carolina Baptist Convention and Ryan Dupree, International Minister at Columbia’s First Baptist Church to talk to us a little about the importance of multi ethnic congregational expressions. Highlights: The Lord, throughout history, has created unique opportunities for his church to spread his gospel, and I think that immigration is one of those opportunities. The issue of migration is a moment in time that God is asking us the question, “What will you do with this opportunity?” Love is the means by which we engage people from different nations. By showing them love, we show them that God cares for them. When we help immigrants overcome their fears of a new area, they’re more open to hearing the message of the gospel. Persistent relationship building is the means to reach people with the message of the gospel. It is our desire to see every ethnic group reached in our state. More Information: Robbie McAlister - (803) 315-2741 Ryan Dupree - ryandupree@fbccola.com
SUBSCRIBE: iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play The Columbia Metro Connection is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. Hosts for this week’s episode are George Bullard, the Director of Missions, Strategic Leadership Coach and Lead Missiologist at Columbia Metro Baptist Association and Chris Reinolds, Lead Pastor a Killian Baptist Church. Joining us this week is Brian Thomas, Pastor at NorthStar Christian Center, a church that is passionate about ordinary people doing extraordinary thing through the power of God. Highlights When we put ourselves out there the needs that people have seem to snowball and that allows us to share the love of Jesus with them. We want to hear exactly what God wants us to do, therefore we wait until we hear clearly from him. I never saw myself as a church planter, but the Lord has brought us an opportunity and we want to be a very good steward of that gift. You need to listen to the voice of God to hear what your church might be like in the future. Resources: Email: Brian Thomas
SUBSCRIBE: iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play The Columbia Metro Connection is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. Hosts for this week’s episode are George Bullard, the Director of Missions, Strategic Leadership Coach and Lead Missiologist at Columbia Metro Baptist Association and Chris Reinolds, Lead Pastor a Killian Baptist Church. This week, we have a special podcast, with George Bullard, highlighting the exciting church planting movement that’s taking place here in Columbia, SC. Highlights When we had 50 members meeting for corporate worship, we were ready to start another church out of that. There is an idea that a church has to be successful before it can plant a church. But the truth is that your church needs to be significant in God’s kingdom and have to be willing to surrender to God’s leadership to plant a church. If you want to grow spiritually, start a new church. You’ll fully understand Act 2 - that everyone has a job to do within the church. First-time guests are worth their weight in gold and you treat those guests like pearls of great value A successful church plant requires a core group of people with a Christ-centered faith. Starting churches isn’t an arithmetic situation, it’s a geometric one. Instead of a church using money to build that new building, they decide to use that money to build the first unit building for a new church. Resources: Email: GeorgeBullard@ColumbiaMetro.org
Welcome back to the Columbia Metro Connection, a podcast where you can go to get valuable, relevant, and quality resources for you and your congregation. SUBSCRIBE: iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play The Columbia Metro Connection is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. Hosts for this week’s episode are George Bullard, the Director of Missions, Strategic Leadership Coach and Lead Missiologist at Columbia Metro Baptist Association and Chris Reinolds, Lead Pastor a Killian Baptist Church. Joining us this week is Ryan Dupree, international minister at First Baptist Columbia and multiethnic consultant with the South Carolina Baptist Convention. Through Ryan’s ministry, local churches in and around Columbia, are learning how they can better connect with the international community whom God has placed around them. Highlights “The Church” still has some ways to go to understand that we really are a global society. The plight of the refugee is beginning to open the eyes of the local church that there is a great need for gospel saturation in our communities. The political climate has polluted the perception of the healthy aspects of immigration. 70% of the local businesses, in the Columbia Metro area, are owned by foreigners. Internationals like to talk to people and share their story and culture. By simply asking questions about them, it can open the door for a deeper conversation. Regardless of background, we all experience the same growing pains as human beings (family, marital, and child-rearing issues). Contact: Email: ryandupree@fbccolac.com
Welcome back to the Columbia Metro Connection, a podcast where you can go to get valuable, relevant, and quality resources for you and your congregation. SUBSCRIBE: iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play The Columbia Metro Connection is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. Hosts for this week’s episode are George Bullard, the Director of Missions, Strategic Leadership Coach and Lead Missiologist at Columbia Metro Baptist Association and Chris Reinolds, Lead Pastor a Killian Baptist Church. Joining us this week is Alan Cross, a missional strategist, President of Community Development Initiatives, and voice at the Evangelical Immigration Table. Alan’s ministry focus is helping to connect people's orthodoxy with tangible orthopraxy, in that he seeks to help communities, churches, businesses, organizations, and individuals grow and develop in ways that facilitate human flourishing by developing creative partnerships to bring spiritual, social, and economic transformation to communities around the world. Highlights * The context for ministry in America is heavily affected by this conflict of race, ethnicity, and who’s from where; so it seems like planting the cross [of Jesus Christ] somewhere in the middle of that is a pretty good way from people to hear about Jesus. * The big question that I had to come to grips with was how do we turn away from inside ourselves to our neighbors of different backgrounds and cultures. * When you talk about immigrants and refugees there is a tendency to frame your view on the view of your favorite political commentator. The question is, “What does the Bible say?” * There is a difference between the role of the church and the role of the state. As Christ-followers we must understand our role in the issue of immigration is to represent the heart of God to the state. * The caravan immigrants are coming with the intention of claiming asylum, which is a legal way of coming to the United States. * As Christ followers, the church should be welcoming the stranger and the sojourner. * I'm against immigration, but once they're here, as the church, what should we do?
Resources: Twitter: @AlanLCross Email: Across@cdionline.org
Welcome back to the Columbia Metro Connection, a podcast where you can go to get valuable, relevant, and quality resources for you and your congregation. SUBSCRIBE: iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play The Columbia Metro Connection is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 family churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. Hosts for this week’s episode are George Bullard, the Director of Missions, Strategic Leadership Coach and Lead Missiologist at Columbia Metro Baptist Association. JayWill Wilson, Teaching Pastor at Generation Church and I’m Chris Reinolds, Lead Pastor a Killian Baptist Church. Joining us this week is Will Plitt, Executive Director at Christ Together, a ministry that is passionate about connecting faithful leaders with passionate churches so that the whole world might come to hear the good news of the gospel message. Christ Together pursues its mission by unleashing decentralized groups of Christians unified in their pursuit of the mission of God within their circle of influence. Highlights * What would it take for us (the church) to reach every man, woman, and child in the United States? * We have to rethink the way we engage the culture with the gospel. Sometimes I think we've turned the living waters of the gospel into the frozen waters * The church in North America has been largely focused on "just give me the app." * The church isn't so much a relevancy issue as it is an accessibility issue. * Four Powerful Questions: What does God want? What would that look like? What is the cost? How does your church measure success? * Does our scorecard for success match up with God's?
Welcome back to the Columbia Metro Connection, a podcast where you can go to get valuable, relevant, and quality resources for you and your congregation.
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The Columbia Metro Connection is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 partner churches that support the ministry of the CMBA.
This week, we have a special sponsor in the South Carolina Baptist Convention. Hosts for this week’s episode are George Bullard, the Director of Missions, Strategic Leadership Coach and Lead Missiologist at Columbia Metro Baptist Association. And I’m Chris Reinolds, Lead Pastor a Killian Baptist Church.
Joining us this week is Tom Carringer demographic and psychographic researcher and Clay Smith, Lead Pastor, at Alice Drive Baptist Church in Sumter, SC.
Together they’ll share with us the importance of the 30,000-foot view of demographics, the 10,000-foot view of psychographic/lifestyle, and how to use that information as a catalyst to help your church connect with the households in your context.
Highlights:
- Demographic data shows you general information about a people group within specific parameters while psychographics reveals the individual interests, passions, and dreams that those people groups have.
- Psychographic data helps you figure out who is going to be most receptive to your message by matching those people with the existing church body in your context.
- Understanding the lifestyle profile of your church helps you to comprehend how God has uniquely gifted the body of believers in your context to reach the community surrounding you.
- When you understand who you are as a church, it affects how you do the work of the ministry. It makes you more efficient at the unique work that God has called you to do.
- Knowing the psychographic and demographic data helps us to know, not just who we’re good at reaching, but also who we are not good at reaching.
- Before we received the data about our church, we had a “poor church” mentality. After getting the psychographic and demographic data, we realized that we weren’t a “poor church,” but we were financially blessed and could do more to minister to people in our context.
- Lifestyle profiles allow us to have a laser focus on a local level.
Resources
Contact George Bullard with Columbia Metro Baptist Association
Contact Tom Carringer
Contact Clay Smith - AliceDrive.org or wcsmith@adbc.org
Welcome to the Columbia Metro Connection, a podcast where you can go to get valuable, relevant, and quality resources for you and your congregation. SUBSCRIBE: iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play The Columbia Metro Connection is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 partner churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. Special support for this episode was given by the South Carolina Baptist Ministries of Aging. Joining us this week is Nathan McCarthy, President, and CEO of the Baptist Foundation of South Carolina. Nathan, and his team, at the Baptist Foundation are passionate about seeing churches reach their communities with the gospel. The Baptist Foundation seeks to support these gospel-centric ministries by promoting and encouraging legacy planning, helping with investment management services, and equipping churches with the tools necessary to promote wise financial stewardship from the top down. Hosts for this week's Podcast: * Chris Reinolds of Killian Baptist Church (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram) * George Bullard the CMBA Director (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram)
Highlights:
We firmly believe that the church is going to be the vehicle that's going to change culture. When the church begins to teach some basic things, not just about tithing but from a holistic point of view that generosity effects all things, time, talents and treasure, then people open their eyes and they begin to prayerfully look for ways to worship God through their money, through their generosity, through their giving and that changes everything for the church.
One of the things that's most startling here in South Carolina is that seven out of ten people pass away with no formal planning at all.
Ultimately it's going to come down to honestly that sheep, that follower of Christ that's sitting in the pew when God begins to pluck their heart and they begin to see their money in a bigger picture. That God owns it all.
When [someone plans] properly [for their financial future], Uncle Sam doesn't get his cut. The money gets to go to God's kingdom, which furthers the ministries that we have here in South Carolina.
What the church needs to stress and teach is, "Hey, you need to pray about this because this is God's money and it was given to you and you are a steward and where does God want it to go."
Resources:
Website: baptistfoundationsc.org Phone Number: 803-227-6193
SUBSCRIBE: iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play The Columbia Metro Connection is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 partner churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. Hosts for this week’s episode are George Bullard, the Director of Missions at Columbia Metro Baptist Association, Strategic Leadership Coach, Lead Missiologist, and Virtuoso of all things church-related. JayWill Wilson, Teaching Pastor at Generation Church, Urban Missionary, and Radio Host at Urban City Radio and I’m Chris Reinolds, Lead Pastor of Killian Baptist Church, Founder of ChrisReinolds.com. This week’s episode features Antony “Ant” Frederick, Campus Pastor at Midtown Fellowship: Two Notch. Midtown Fellowship: Two Notch is a smaller membership church located near the heart of downtown Columbia, South Carolina. They desire to move out beyond the walls of the church and engage the urban community surrounding them by building real and intentional relationships. Highlights: People are suffering without hope, and God began to grow a burden to reach people in the Two Notch area. Urban ministry is about building relationships with the people who are there and building trust with them. In tough neighborhoods, there is a lack of trust, and the church must be present than just a weekend, a month, or a year. There must be an ongoing presence among the people in the community. Sometimes it’s a barrier for people to come onto the church grounds. Often the church has to go and show the love of Jesus on the turf of the people. The phrase “How can I pray for you” has opened up tons of door for us to reach our community. A food desert is when a people group don’t have fresh produce nearby. We want our church to be a hub for the betterment of our community. We want to connect our community to resources that’ll help them thrive. Resources: Facebook Twitter Midtown Two Notch Antony “Ant” Frederick, Campus Pastor at Midtown Fellowship: Two Notch.
Welcome to the Columbia Metro Connection, a podcast where you can go to get valuable, relevant, and quality resources for you and your congregation. SUBSCRIBE: iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play The Columbia Metro Connection is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 partner churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. Special support for this episode was given by the Columbia International University. Joining us this week is Kenny Mills, founder, and CEO of ruins Rebuilt. Kenny and his team are passionate about seeing churches have a more significant impact on the communities where God has placed them. They long to see the leaders of these organizations encouraged and on track to achieve the dreams and goals they once had. Hosts for this week's Podcast: * Chris Reinolds of Killian Baptist Church (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram) * George Bullard the CMBA Director (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram)
Highlights:
A rebrand is a change of the logo. But a relaunch is a change in identity. In order to relaunch a church three things must happen: Posture for change, define vision, and define values. A clear vision provides direction and clear values provide protection. It didn’t take three months to create an organizational issue therefore it can’t be fixed in a three month process. A brand is simply what people say about you when they see you. A common language is a big deal because when we’re united in our speech we can accomplish incredible things together. When people in the world start to speak the language of the church then we know we have influenced the culture. The gospel changes lives, and when our lives are changed then we share the gospel with others. The best marketing for any church is word of mouth. We have to trust the Lord for the results but we have to get out of our seat and do the work.
Resources:
www.ruinsrebuilt.org Ask@ruinsrebuilt.org
Welcome to the Columbia Metro Connection, a podcast where you can go to get valuable, relevant, and quality resources for you and your congregation. SUBSCRIBE: iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play The Columbia Metro Connection is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 partner churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. This week’s episode features Pastor Jimmy Hanf. Pastor Jimmy is a part of Concord Baptist Church in Lugoff, SC. Pastor Jimmy and a team of volunteers make a difference on the first and third Wednesday of each month to help the hungry and the hurting through the ministry of the Concord Baptist Church food pantry. This Kershaw County church that has 65-70 on a Sunday morning is helping over 100 families, which represent over 500 people each month. Hosts for this week's Podcast: * Chris Reinolds of Killian Baptist Church (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram) * JayWill Wilson of Generation Church (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram) * George Bullard the CMBA Director (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram)
Highlights: If you set your mind to allow the Lord to lead you, you can do a lot of great things for the Kingdom! Smaller membership church doesn’t mean small mission. One of the first steps for a church to get involved at a school is to go and talk to the principle and found out what their needs are. 80% of the sicknesses in Peru are caused by the people not having adequate resources for clean drinking water. After providing the people in those villages with a simple six inch water filter from Sawyer Water Filtration the illnesses are cut down dramatically. Our prayer is that people would have a spiritual awakening and this time we baptized seven in the piranha invested water and a total of thirteen made professions of faith. Contact: Concord Baptist Church
Agua Es Vida
Welcome to the Columbia Metro Connection, a podcast where you can go to get valuable, relevant, and quality resources for you and your congregation. SUBSCRIBE: iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play The Columbia Metro Connection is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 partner churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. Special support for this episode was given by the Connie Maxwell Children's Home. Joining us this week is Matthew Quinton with Southern Mutual Church Insurance Company. Southern Mutual Church Insurance Company has been working with churches in a variety of ways for a number of years. In their continual pursuit to meet the needs of the local church, they've been working diligently to educate churches on the importance of up to date safety and security procedures. Hosts for this week's Podcast: * Chris Reinolds of Killian Baptist Church (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram) * George Bullard the CMBA Director (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram)
Highlights:
If you have a fire hydrant in your home, then you care about taking steps to prepare for unforeseen events. The same principle applies to church security and safety.
The first step to a more secure facility is having the conversation about the importance of security. The second would be getting a facility assessment from local law enforcement.
The church security program is built on three pillars: Equipment, Protocols, and Training.
It’s not enough to have armed people in your church. There are rings of security that exist around every church. It’s important to leverage those rings to prevent incidents from occurring.
We either react or respond. A reaction is what our instincts do, and most people react poorly. A response is when our training kicks in to handle certain situations.
Churches need more than aspirin and band-aids to treat people in the event of a mass casualty event.
Limiting access and entry points after a service has begun is key to protecting your people.
Don’t underestimate the power of the five-word statement, “How may I help you?”
Concealed Weapon Permit (CWP) training is not enough to qualify someone to work on a church security team.
Resources: Southern Mutual Church Insurance Company
Matthew Quinton
Safety and Security Video
Safety and Security Resources
The Draco Group
Welcome to the Columbia Metro Connection, a podcast where you can go to get valuable, relevant, and quality resources for you and your congregation. SUBSCRIBE: iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play The Columbia Metro Connection is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 partner churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. This week’s episode features Pastor Dee Vaughan, author of Seeing in the Dark (Amazon), and Senior Pastor at St. Andrews Baptist Church in Columbia, SC. Dee’s book, Seeing in the Dark, was birthed out of his own personal time of depression and a desire to share with others that the Bible does, in fact, speak to those who are experiencing similar times of darkness. Hosts for this week's Podcast: * Chris Reinolds of Killian Baptist Church (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram) * JayWill Wilson of Generation Church (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram) * George Bullard the CMBA Director (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram)
Highlights: The key to recognizing something has changed in you, is to listen to those who are close to you.
My process of healing began with me admitting, "I’m just not doing well.”
I grew up in a culture where there were two categories of mental health: You’re ok, and You’re crazy.
I think we’ve made God way too small in the healing process when we say there is only one way to heal depression.
The best way to eliminate stigmas about depression in the church is for pastors to lead the way.
We can’t repair this road while the traffic continues to flow on it. Sometimes you need to take a break.
Jesus named demons before he threw them out, and I think we need to name the issues before we can adequately deal with them.
Close to forty percent of people are dealing with the issue of depression.
As pastors, we have to address the issues that are affecting our people.
This is a paperback book, not a silver bullet to cure depression. This book is a source of help meant to flow into a larger river of help.
The worst enemy of emotional health is isolation and withdrawal. The best thing you can do is talk with someone about it.
If someone you love is dealing with depression, the most important thing you can do is reassure that individual that your love for them hasn’t changed.
Contact: St. Andrews Baptist Church
deevaughan@standrewsbaptist.org
Welcome to the Columbia Metro Connection, a podcast where you can go to get valuable, relevant, and quality resources for you and your congregation. SUBSCRIBE: iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play The Columbia Metro Connection is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 partner churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. This week’s episode features Dave and Andrea, with Apartment Life. Apartment Life is a faith-based, non-profit organization that has been serving the apartment industry since 2000. They believe every individual is created for community and that we are all called to love our neighbor as ourselves. Their goal is to live this out while providing strong business value to apartment owners. They help apartment owners care for residents by connecting them in relationships. This, in turn, helps improve the community's financial performance through online reputation, resident satisfaction, and resident retention. At Apartment Life, they are changing how the apartment business is done and changing the lives of those who live there. Hosts for this week’s Podcast: * Chris Reinolds of Killian Baptist Church (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram) * George Bullard the CMBA Director (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram)
Highlights:
Sometimes taking the Gospel next door can be just as difficult, if not more so, as taking the gospel across the ocean.
50% of people living in a metro area, like Columbia, live in an apartment. Only 5% of those are living out some sort of faith.
Churches can’t claim to reach the city for Christ, if their not reaching those living in apartments.
People want to know you care about them as a person before they hear about how your Savior cares for them.
Apartment life provides intentionality and structure to what the scriptures call us to do in the book of Acts.
We have closed mission fields in the United States. They’re protected by gates and key fobs.
Each Cares Team wants to point people they’ve connected with to a local church.
The more churches come together and collaborate the more people we can reach for Christ.
Key Characteristics of a great church to work with an apartment Cares Team: Recruiting Church, Praying Church, Supporting Church, Present Church, a Community-Focused Church.
Resources Mentioned * Cares Team Program
Connect with Andrea Morris: * Phone - 843-226-3785 * Email - andreamorris@apartmentlife.org
Welcome to the Columbia Metro Connection, a podcast where you can go to get valuable, relevant, and quality resources for you and your congregation. SUBSCRIBE: iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play The Columbia Metro Connection is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 partner churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. This podcast features Pastor Andre Melvin. Pastor Andre is the pastor at Temple Zion Baptist Church and Executive Director of the Columbia International University Prison Initiative. The prison initiative's mission is to train inmates to live in accordance with Biblical principles and to equip them for the unique ministry opportunities afforded by their incarceration. Hosts for this week's Podcast: * Chris Reinolds of Killian Baptist Church (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram) * JayWill Wilson of Generation Church (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram)
Highlights:
The goal of the prison program is to train the inmates to receive an associates degree in order to reach their fellow prisoners with the gospel.
Trainees, upon graduation, are sent to another institution to work under a chaplain to minister to the needs of the people in that institution
To date, we have graduated 145 students and they're stationed in twenty-two institutions throughout the state and two opted to go to Alabama and start a program there.
The goal of the prison initiative is missiological: train the locals to reach their peers.
Graduates have been spat on and "things" thrown at them as they are seeking to minister to tough yards.
Prison ministry helps us understand to not forget about those who are incarcerated.
Many inmates admit that when they were free (out of jail) they were really imprisoned (in their souls). But that through the physical incarnation they’ve found Jesus and are freer than they’ve ever been.
We’re called to live incarnationally among [the lost] in order to reach them.
God’s love is always attached to an action.
Prison is just another mission field.
Connect with Pastor Andre Melvin * Email: The Prison Initiative
Welcome to the Columbia Metro Connection, a podcast where you can go to get valuable, relevant, and quality resources for you and your congregation. SUBSCRIBE: iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play The Columbia Metro Connection is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 partner churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. For this week’s episode, we’ve received special support from The Baptist Foundation of South Carolina. Let’s take a minute to hear a word from Jacque with The Baptist Foundation: This podcast features Greg Atkinson. Greg is the Founder of Worship Impressions and the First Impressions Conference. He serves as the Executive Director of ExPastors.com, and is on the Advisory Board of Full Strength Network – a national non-profit dedicated to helping pastors and church leaders stay healthy and avoid burnout. Greg is a published author, leadership coach, consultant, and member of Forbes Coaching Council. Greg has worked with churches of all stages and sizes, including some of the largest and fastest-growing churches in the country, as well as with businesses, non-profits, and organizations such as Josh McDowell Ministries. In 2016, Greg published Secrets of A Secret Shopper, and it has been wildly successful and provided church leaders with clear and definitive steps to improve the worship experience of those who enter the church. Hosts for this week's Podcast: * Chris Reinolds of Killian Baptist Church (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram) * George Bullard the CMBA Director (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram)
Highlights:
Sometimes what people see online discourages them from ever coming in person.
People check you out online seven to ten times before making the decision to attend your church.
4 Things People Must See Online: Service Times, Directions, Staff Page, I’m New Page
The number one most read page on a church’s website is the staff page because people want to get to know the people before they commit to coming to your church
A church must determine who the client is for the web page
Your website is the true first impression
Always point people to the website
Ken Meyer - If everything is important, then nothing is.
Empower lay leaders to run social media
Two things to share on social media: Information & Inspiration
Social media is supposed to be social. Make sure you're generating content that encourages people to interact.
Dave Addison - We try to use more question marks than periods
Excellence transcends when it comes to a worship service
People can smell fake, be authentic.
Life comes down to relationships and there are people in your congregations that have not had human contact in seven days. There is power in human touch.
If we are to be welcome and hospitable to all, then that includes those who have special needs.
Resources Mentioned * Greg Atkinson's Book - Secrets of a Secret Shopper + Other Books: - Strange Leadership: 40 Ways to Lead an Innovative Organization - Church Leadership Essentials: What Every Pastor Needs to Know * George Bullard's Congregational Champions Retreat * Alejandro Reyes - Church Marketing Summit * Mark Batterson - Primal: A Quest for the Lost Soul of Christianity * Dr. Chester Goad - Huffington Post
Connect with Greg Atkinson * GregAtkinson.com * WorshipImpressions.com * FirstImpressionsConference.com * GuestServices.Church * Greg@gregatkinson.com
Welcome to the Columbia Metro Connection, a podcast where you can go to get valuable, relevant, and quality resources for you and your congregation. SUBSCRIBE: iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play The Columbia Metro Connection is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 partner churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. This podcast features Crooked Run Baptist Church's Pastor, Tommy Hutto (803.635.2022). Crooked Run Baptist Church is a smaller membership church that is doing big things for the Kingdom. During this podcast, Pastor Tommy shares the ins and outs of how God is using their church in significant ways. Hosts for this week's Podcast: * Chris Reinolds of Killian Baptist Church (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram) * JayWill Wilson of Generation Church (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram) * George Bullard the CMBA Director (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram)
Highlights: * When we saw that knocking on doors wasn’t as effective, we asked God, “What do you want us to do next?” * It’s not about them coming to our church; it’s about getting them into a church. * We’re partnering with other churches to reach our community. * We want to connect people with churches based on relationships because relationships with other people keep them coming back to the church. * We have another culture that exists in our own context. Why wouldn’t we want to reach the culture in our backyard? * Ministry is not a one size fits all. We need to determine where this church is culturally and spiritually before we launch into what we think is best. * When you go on a mission trip, it will open your eyes to the needs in your current context.
Tentative Future Podcasts: * February 27th: Greg Atkinson of Worship Impressions on the Secrets of a Secret Shopper.
Welcome to the Columbia Metro Connection, a podcast where you can go to get valuable, relevant, and quality resources for you and your congregation. SUBSCRIBE: iTunes| RSS | Stitcher | TuneIn Radio | Google Play The Columbia Metro Connection is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 partner churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. For this week's episode, we've received special support from Southern Mutual Church Insurance. This podcast features Operation Inasmuch's Executive Director, John Daugherty. Operation Inasmuch is a national nonprofit that employs proven models to motivate, train, and equip churches to move more congregants out of the sanctuary seats and into the streets to serve the neediest in their communities. Hosts for this week's Podcast: * Chris Reinolds of Killian Baptist Church(Twitter, Facebook, Instagram) * George Bullard the CMBA Director (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram)
Highlights: * Operation Inasmuch motivates, trains, and equips churches to move more congregants out of the sanctuary seats and into the streets. * Operation Inasmuch's goal is to turn out 60% or more of a church's average weekly attendance to serve in the community. * When a congregation is serving the community, it invigorates the church with new life. * We've got the basics of disciple-making down: Bible study, teaching, and learning. But serving is the next step of disciple-making. * Dave Grinnell shares the power of mobilizing people outside of their own focus and how it's energized the church. * Inasmuch has helped revitalize and restore churches who were on their way to death. * Find where God is working and join Him in that work. * Operation Inasmuch is not a pastor led process. It is a lay-led ministry. But the pastor has to be seen as supporting this ministry.
Resources Mentioned Operation Inasmuch Book
The Samaritan Way Book and Study Guide
Operation Inasmuch Event Tools Interested in a chance to receive some free stuff? Go to iTunes and leave us a rating and a review, then leave a comment on this post on our website saying "Done." Once you've done that, we'll randomly select one winner to receive the Operation Inasmuch Life Guide, a copy of David Crocker's books, Operation Inasmuch and The Samaritan Way.
Tentative Future Podcasts: * February 13th: Tommy Hutto of Crooked Run Baptist Church sharing Our Family Stories on a smaller membership church and missional engagement. * February 27th: Greg Atkinson of Worship Impressions on the Secrets of a Secret Shopper.
Welcome to the Columbia Metro Connection, a podcast where you can go to get valuable, relevant, and quality resources for you and your congregation.
The Columbia Metro Connection is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 partner churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. This first podcast features George Bullard providing an initial overview of Starting and Strengthening Congregations priority of the CMBA. To receive an e-mail notification with a link to each podcast when posted, complete this concise form: https://goo.gl/forms/saBhAh8Q379XcdPU2 or Subscribe on your favorite podcasting app (iTunes, Stitcher, SoundCloud, or TuneIn). Co-hosts for Podcasts: * JayWill Wilson of Generation Church(Twitter, Facebook, Instagram) * Chris Reinolds of Killian Baptist Church(Twitter, Facebook, Instagram) * George Bullard the CMBA Director (Twitter, Facebook, Instagram)
Tentative Future Podcasts: * January 23rd: John Daugherty of OperationInasmuch.org on a compassion revolution. * February 13th: Tommy Hutto of Crooked Run Baptist Church sharing Our Family Stories on a smaller membership church and missional engagement. * February 27th: Greg Atkinson of Worship Impressions on the Secrets of a Secret Shopper.
Highlights: * My strong desire is that all congregations will be captured by God’s empowering vision for them and continually journey towards their full Kingdom potential. - George Bullard
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At the end of the day, we are just sick people who need the same medicine that we are passing out. - JayWill Wilson
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A congregation is a spiritual organism. It is a living, breathing, moving, dynamic, ever-changing organism. And, an association is also a spiritual organism and closest in character and nature to that of congregations. - George Bullard
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The synergy of [our association to church relationship] allows for greater Kingdom progress among the fellowship area of the association and throughout our nation and the world. - George Bullard
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Too often even associations, like churches, simply try to keep busy doing many good things. But I believe the urgency of the good news of Jesus Christ would have us focus on Gospel essentials. - George Bullard Empowering congregations to be more vital and vibrant missional communities is what we want to seek to accentuate. - George Bullard
Columbia Metro Baptist Association Focus: 1. Empowering Congregations - Focus on the vitality and vibrancy of congregations 2. Multiplying Congregations - Planting new congregations strategically situated for the lost, the unchurched, the de-churched, and the underchurched. 3. Transforming Congregations - Helping existing congregations soar to new heights. 4. Developing Leadership - Developing leaders in the Richland County area. 5. Impacting Communities - Helping more congregations to more often get outside their church buildings and engage in a Compassion Revolution that offers the opportunity to engage in good works in ways that the Good News can be authentically shared. 6. Collegiate Ministry - Connecting churches with those students of higher education. 7. Missional Partnership - Resourcing congregations to do ministry beyond the fellowship area of our association.
Vision Tuesdays Beginning in January - * January 16th, 2018 Guest Speaker: John Daugherty, executive director, Operation Inasmuch at www.operationinasmuch.org * February 20th, 2018 Guest Speaker: Greg Atkinson of Worship Impressions at www.worshipimpressions.com.
Show Transcript: Topic: Starting and Strengthening Congregations
Welcome to the Columbia Metro Connection. A podcast where you can go to get valuable, relevant, and quality resources for you and your congregation. The Columbia Metro Connection is sponsored and supported by the Columbia Metro Baptist Association and the almost 100 partner churches that support the ministry of the CMBA. Hosts for this week’s episode are:
George Bullard, the Director of Missions for the Columbia Metro Baptist Association, strategic leadership coach, lead missiologist, and virtuoso of all things church-related.
Jay Will Wilson, teaching pastor at Generation Church, urban missionary, and radio host at Urban City Radio.
And I’m Chris Reinolds, lead pastor at Killian Baptist Church and founder of StrategicSherpherding.com.
We want to welcome you to the flagship episode of the Columbia Metro Connection: the place to go to get Kingdom resources for you and your congregation.
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CR: Well, personally, I cannot express how excited I am to be able to sit down with you guys and do this show. I know that’s something we’ve been talking about since somewhere in October. And, George, I can’t thank you enough for inviting me to be a part of it.
GB: Glad to do so.
JW: Yeah, I think this is a great opportunity for not just for us to get together and fellowship but for our fellowships to get together and get to know each other and just talk about different ministries.
CR: Absolutely
JW: So, I think this is a great opportunity.
GB: Well, I think it is too. Of all the people I could’ve gotten together with, you know, you two are one of them.
(Laughter)
CR: Oh, good, thanks.
JW: I don’t know if that’s a compliment or…
GB: Well, I do want to tell you though. My vision for this podcast is that we could provide timely, helpful information for pastors, staff persons and lay leaders in our congregations. My strong desire is that all congregations will be captured by God’s empowering vision for them and continually journey towards their full Kingdom potential.
CR: Mmhmm
GB: You know, time is the most precious commodity of the 21st century. All of us would like to have more money. But, the reality is that time is more precious than money. So, these approximately 20 - 22-minute podcasts are intended to help leaders learn something positive that will enhance their ministry by investing just a few minutes. The medium of podcasts means that they can learn wherever they are if their schedule doesn’t allow them time with others in a face to face setting.
CR: I agree wholeheartedly. One of the.. one of the most discouraging realities that I think that pastors face is the isolation that comes whenever you’re sitting in the Senior chair and, so, having some kind of resource, um, that speaks directly to pastors and be able to help them, um, as they are seeking to do ministry out in the field. Um, I think, I think it is incredibly beneficial.
JW: Yeah, and it will give us a chance to reveal the fact that we aren’t perfect. Sometimes we are looked at as the people to give all of the answers.
CR: Right
JW: All the solutions. And at the end of the day, we are just sick people who need the same medicine that we are passing out.
CR: Absolutely. That is exactly the case. Which is why I’m excited and thrilled to be partnered up with what you’re doing George within the Columbia Metro area. Now, for our listeners who may be new to the Columbia Metro area, George is our newly elected… now, I’m gonna make sure I get this right because it is a long one… Associational Director of Missions for the Columbia Metro Baptist Association.
JW: Now, I bet you can’t say that five times fast.
CR: Yeah, I don’t think I can say that.
JW: So, George, when did you come on?
GB: Well, you know, guys, time flies when you’re having fun or when you’re in the center of God’s will for your life and you generally love what you do. I actually started way back on July the 1st of last year. So, I’ve been in this role for more than six months as we are sitting now together taping this podcast.
CR: Now, your role as far as your perception of the role of Director of Missions is a little bit of a different take. And, when you were elected, one of the things you did was you delivered a speech that really highlighted each one of those differences. So, for this first episode, we’d like to take some time to interview you so that people can hear the different approach to your methodology.
GB: I must admit, guys, that I think I do have a different perspective on the role of the Baptist association. For one thing, I grew up in the home of an Associational Director of Missions. My father, three times in his life, served as an Associational Director of Missions. But, along the way, one of my mentors was a really funny guy named Russell Bennett who was also a person who understood deeply associationalism and would carry the title of Missiologist. Someone who knows about missions and the kind of things we need to be doing. He had a statement that went something like this: You know, there are churches and there are associations. Then, the ungodly are not so and those are our state conventions and Southern Baptist national agencies. But, here’s what he meant: A congregation is a spiritual organism. It is a living, breathing, moving, dynamic, ever-changing organism. And, an association is also a spiritual organism and closest in character and nature to that of congregations. But, a state convention and national agencies are organizations. Their role is an important one of programs, projects, and events but they do not have a primary family or solution or wisdom relationship with congregations. Their relationship is more of “acquaintance.” I know a few churches are friends. I have a few churches I know pretty well and they’re more into the broad scale, deep scope and they are more about providing information and knowledge and not really getting to the point of full wisdom that you get when you sense, you know, smell, taste or hear congregations.
JW: So, now, George, some people may interpret that in a way that you’re not meaning. Uh, you’re not saying that there’s something wrong with the state and national convention, right?
GB: Well, not in theory. Now, I know some state conventions and national agencies that are a little weird from time to time..
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GB: But, no, state conventions and national agencies are very important as a part of an integrated strategy to fulfill The Great Commission and the spirit of The Great Commandment. No part of our three-dimensional denominational structure is better than the other. Each, at their best, and that’s a very important phrase, at their best, has a unique and distinct role that contributes to the work of God’s Kingdom.
CR: Yeah, I think that that’s an accurate assessment and one of the things that you mentioned, in your speech that you gave, is that associations are really the foundation for the primary missional and fellowship relationship of churches with one another in the fulfillment of The Great Commission and the spirit of The Great Commandment. Now, if you could explain a little bit about what that means whenever you talk about that associations are the foundation for primary missional and fellowship relationships of churches in their desire to be obedient to Jesus’s command.
GB: Alright, using that phrase I introduced just a minute ago because associations are at their best closest in character and nature to congregations and closest geographically, they have a 24/7, 365, that means every day of the week, every week of the year, they have a close relationship with congregations. They can experience a full and deep relationship. Did you know that churches actually join and are members of a local Baptist association but churches only affiliate with their state convention and the Southern Baptist Convention. The relationship is totally different. That is why we call associations a family, solutions, and wisdom relationship.
CR: Now, if I could, I have a little bit of a follow up from what you just said there. A couple months ago, I was able to attend a conference you’ve been doing for, I guess, several years now. It’s called the Congregational Champions Retreat and, in that retreat, you talk about some of these things. And, specifically, you mention the importance of building a familial style or atmosphere among the churches where we begin to rely on one another for strength and encouragement, support and even some ideas. Now, this is really counterintuitive from my experiences in associations. Is this sort of the direction that you desire to see our local association to go towards?
GB: It certainly is, Chris. Churches and associations, again, I may be overusing this phrase but I think it is important to say--at their best and we are striving to be at our best in the Columbia Metro Baptist Association, have an interdependent relationship with one another. The synergy of such a relationship allows for greater Kingdom progress among the fellowship area of the association and throughout our nation and the world.
JW: Now, in your speech when you were elected last summer, one of the last statements you made was “We can stay busy or we can stay focused on Gospel essentials.” Can you please explain that statement?
GB: Sure. Yeah, you know it is very easy for us, as Baptists, to stay busy. In fact, the humorist Will Rogers used to say that he was tired of his taxes paying for roads to be built for Baptists to tear down going to meetings.
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GB: So, ugh, too often even associations, like churches, simply try to keep busy doing many good things. But I believe the urgency of the good news of Jesus Christ would have us focus on Gospel essentials. You know, what’s the main thing and keeping the main thing the main thing. Additionally, from a human and business perspective, did you know that, over the years, the North American society has taken a word that, for 300 or 400 years, was a singular word, the word “priority,” and turned it into a plural word, priorities. When they made it a plural word, that diluted our focus.
CR: Absolutely.
GB: And, I’m trying to lead our association to have what I call “Our One Priority.” The way I start it is “Starting and strengthening congregations to serve as vital and vibrant missional communities.” Things that we’ve been doing that do not fit that priority we’re, quite frankly, going to try to eliminate unless there’s some key reason to keep doing them. Empowering congregations to be more vital and vibrant missional communities is what we want to seek to accentuate.
JW: Now, that sounds like a great idea. What are our strategies to fill our one priority?
GB: We're trying to play out and roll out some strategies. And, right now, we are saying that there are seven that we are going to focus on. Um, so, it is a little bit of a long list but let me start moving into to it here. First is what we call “Empowering Congregations.” This is sort of foundational for us where we are focusing on the vitality and vibrancy of our congregations. We consider this our key, beginning strategy. Second, is Multiplying Congregations. Again, my family was involved a lot in planting new congregations and new congregations strategically situated for the lost, the unchurched, the de-churched, and the under-churched are one of the best methods of evangelism and new member recruitment. So, our associational fellowship area is expected to increase in population by 200,000 people in less than 25 years. Many new congregational expressions and evangelism efforts are gonna be needed in our context. A third one, we call “Transforming Congregations.” It’s a what I’ve spent most of my last 40 years devoting myself to under a rubric I call “Faith Soaring Congregations.” So, many of our congregations in our association need from just staying busy to where they are soaring with faith. Fourth is “Developing Leadership.” We have a particularly unique situation in the Columbia Metro Baptist Association in that, when you consider the population in our primary core county, Richland County, we are a majority minority demographically.
JW: Yes.
GB: So, we need mature, motivated, and insightful leadership that is multicultural and helps create an intercultural leadership base for our diverse setting.
CR: Now, all of this information is a lot to chew on. Especially for our listeners who are just hearing this information for the first time. Um, and, I know you’ve given many talks and had many conversations so we want to make sure that they know that, um, all of this information will be available in the show notes also with links so they can check out that information as well. But, those are just four of them, I think you said, seven of the strategies—
GB: I did.
CR: Now, that’s more than what most associations are doing—
JW: Yes.
CR: or will do in probably their lifetime. How can we accomplish that and how can there still be more things?
GB: The good news about that, and maybe the unfortunate news about that is that our association is a five talent association. God has given us a lot of resources and abilities and availability so to do any less than three more beyond the first four, uh, it is kind of like turning our back on God. And, we can’t do that. So, I really do need to add three of what I call “Supporting Strategies.” And, so, if I could, the fifth one is what I call “Impacting Communities.” We must help more congregations to more often get outside their church buildings and engage in a Compassion Revolution that offers the opportunity to engage in good works in ways that the Good News can be authentically shared.
CR: I like that Compassion Revolution. That’s good.
JW: Yeah, I like that.
GB: Well, we have a guy coming in January, that we will talk about in a minute, that will talk about the Compassion Revolution.
CR: Oh, okay.
GB: Ah, sixth, is “Collegiate Ministry.” If you think about it, including the residential and commuter students, our associational area has close to 50,000 people enrolled in higher education. That’s actually an increase from around 35,000 people just about 15 years ago. Already one-fourth of our congregations are involved with these students and their campuses. We must continue to focus on this strategy. So, there is a final one and that’s the seventh and we call it “Missional Partnerships.” This involves what our congregations do beyond the fellowship area of our association. We are a resourcing association. We need to do our part to impact the nation and our world with the unconditional love of God through Jesus Christ.
JW: That’s awesome. When do we get started with this? I mean, I want my congregation to be part of this. How can we get plugged into it?
CR: Well, I have to say, Jay Will, our congregation here at Killian, we’ve already begun benefitting from this transforming congregations strategy because we are doing a church revitalization here so I suspect that I’m probably not the only one already started benefitting from it and I’m sure there are others as well.
GB: Right you are, Chris. You know, you already are benefitting and we’ve had some time to be together at conferences and individually to help you move forward at Killian and you’re doing a great job. We appreciate it.
CR: Thank you.
GB: And it honors our Lord. But, what you’ve experienced this far, I hope, is only the beginning. The best really is yet to come. We’ll be introducing new parts of these seven strategies every month during 2018. One avenue to do this is what we’re going to be calling “Vision Tuesdays.” These will take place eight times per year, generally on the third Tuesday of the month. And, if you want more information about it, I urge people to already go to our website at ColumbiaMetro.org to see about these Vision Tuesdays and what we will be offering.
JW: This is a lot of information and my head is kind of spinning by now. I really hope that more churches get involved. That my church will get involved. I hope God will really use this for such a big challenge, um, it’s going to be great!
GB: Jay Will and Chris, it is certainly my hope that we will follow God’s lead into the mission field all around us.
CR: I hope to curb you guys’ enthusiasm as we seek to progress forward and discuss all those various ways in which we can engage the mission field that is around us but, at this point, we’ve run out of time for this initial episode of our podcast.
JW: Now, one last thing. George, do you have anything—Do you know anything about our future podcasts?
GB: Well, I kind of alluded to it a little while ago. When we have our first Vision Tuesday, on January the 16th, our guest speaker will be John Daugherty of Operation In As Much that can be found online at OperationInAsMuch.org. He’ll be speaking about how we go about creating a Compassion Revolution through ministry engagements in our diverse communities and neighborhoods throughout our association. And, we will be piloting some of the things he’ll be suggesting to us in the Fall of 2018 and hopefully having a full-blown Compassion Revolution experience in the Spring of 2019. By the way, a little trivia here, reservations are going to be required for that Vision Tuesday because we are going to be having a free lunch provided by the Southern Mutual Church Insurance Company.
JW: So, don’t show up if you haven’t reserved… (laughter)
GB: That’s right. But, see our website for more information or connect with our Facebook page would be the thing to do.
CR: Alright, well, our time really is up but if you’re interested in connecting with any of us through Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram, be sure to check out the show notes from today’s episode and all the applicable links will be there. Also, if you’ve found this podcast helpful to you or your ministry, could you please go over to iTunes and leave a review and a rating so that we can get the word out about what God is doing in the Columbia Metro area. Until next time, from all of us at the Columbia Metro Connection, we thank you for listening and urge you to share this podcast with everyone you know. It’s the good news about the Good News in the Columbia Metro Baptist Association.
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