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The Church in Action Podcast
Conversations with leaders about how followers of Jesus are accelerating evangelism by working in unity to make disciples, do justice and share Jesus in New England.
Episodes
289 episodes
The Spiritual Discipline of Suffering
What happens when life changes in an instant?This week on Vision New England’s Church in Action, Charles Galda talks with Pastor Brian Dube of Christian Fellowship Center in New Bedford about a sudden, life-threatening health cris...
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History of Revivals in New England - Part 2
What if the next awakening doesn’t start somewhere else—but right here in New England? 🌱In Part 2 of the Church in Action Program, host Charles Galda continues a powerful conversation with Adam de Pasquale o...
History of Revivals in New England - Part 1
What if remembering New England’s spiritual past could ignite its future?On this week’s Church in Action Podcast, Charles Galda talks with Adam DePasquale of Walnut Hill Community Church about revival, faith, ...
The Financially Resilient Church
What if the future of the Church in New England isn’t just more churches—but healthier, more resilient ones? 🎙️ This week on the Church in Action Podcast from Vision New England, host Charles Galda
Fight for Freedom
What happens when a pastor from New England says yes to God’s call—straight into a global crisis?This week on Church in Action Program, host Charles Galda sits down with Craig Mowrey, Leadership & Development Director with Fight for...
A Woman's Journey with God
Host Charles Galda sits down with Rev. Dr. Moreen Hughes of Concord Baptist Church of Boston to talk spiritual formation, Christian character, and her book A Woman’s Journey with God: Engaging in the Spiritual Disciplines. A powerful c...
Best of: C.S. Lewis and Dallas Willard on Justice
This week on Church in Action, we’re revisiting a powerful conversation on biblical justice—through the surprising wisdom of Dallas Willard and C.S. Lewis. These giants of the faith aren’t usually linked with justice conversations, whi...
Cape Awakening - Part 2
What happens when revival costs something?In Part 2 of Church in Action, Ben Feldott continues the story of the Cape Awakening—and the surprising people God used to change the spiritual temperature of an entire town.A pastor who...
Cape Awakening - Part 1
A forgotten revival… right on Cape Cod?What if God had already done something incredible in your community—and most people have forgotten the story?In this episode of Church in Action, Pastor Ben Feldott of Cape Cod Church share...
Serving the Disability Community: A Blessing
This week on Vision New England’s Church in Action, we talk with Mary Swank from Valley Community Baptist Church about how churches can love their communities through disability ministry, foster care, and local partnerships. Be inspire...
Reinvigorating Discipleship
This week on Vision New England’s Church in Action, Charles Galda sits down with Kirk Patterson, lead pastor of Trinity Evangelical Church, to talk about disciple-making, ministry in New England, and helping people hear and obey
Growing People Spiritually in House Churches
This week on Church in Action, Charles Galda talks with Pastor Dereck Jackson, lead pastor and church planter of Earthen Vessels Community Church, about house-churches, disciple-making, and living faith beyond Sunday. A compelling conv...
Everyday Mission - Part 3
This is the second of a three part series where we're talking with Jesus followers around New England who are intentionally living on mission in their everyday places and spaces; being good news people to their friends, their neighbors, and the...
Everyday Mission - Part 2
This is the second of a three part series where we're talking with Jesus followers around New England who are intentionally living on mission in their everyday places and spaces; being good news people to their friends, their neighbors, and the...
Everyday Mission - Part 1
This is the first of a three part series where we're talking with Jesus followers around New England who are intentionally living on mission in their everyday places and spaces; being good news people to their friends, their neighbors, and thei...
Awakening in New England - Part 2
This week we'll continue our conversation with Chris Goeppner of Riverbank Church in White River Junction, talking about the history of awakenings coming from New England, the impact they had on the world, and that maybe God might be star...
Awakening in New England - Part 1
This week, Charles Galda will be talking about the rich church history that New England has with our friend and former board member Chris Goeppner, pastor of River Bank Church in White River Junction, Vermont. You will not want to miss th...
Civil Rights: Did Busing Help or Hurt?
This week on Church in Action, Charles Galda is talking with Bishop Larry Ward, recently retired leader of Abundant Life Church in Cambridge, about his personal experience being a student of busing in the sixties and seventies.Follow Us!...
Study on Suicidal Ideation in Churches
Karen Mason, of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, joins us on Church in Action to share the results of her study on those who experience suicidal ideation in our churches. Don't miss this insightful conversation. Follow Us!
Biggest Challenges Facing the Church in the Next 5-10 Years
On this week's Church in Action Sunday, we're talking with Reverend Dr. J Anthony Lloyd of Greater Framingham Community Church in Massachusetts. Dr. Lloyd's got his pulse on what's happening in New England and what we need to be focused on in t...
New England Prayer Week January 2026
On this week’s Church in Action, we are revisiting a November conversation about a week of Prayer that vision New England is hosting this January all across the states of New England. Noelle Jones and Adam DePasquale are sharing inspiring...
Feed Starving Children as a Thrive Initiative
Don't miss this week's Church in Action. Host Charles Galda is talking with Doug Scalise, the pastor of Brewster Baptist Church on Cape Cod. Doug is a founding pastor of Thrive Cape Cod which led to a new initiative called Feed My Starving Chil...
Thrive Farmington Valley
Don’t miss this week’s Church in Action! Charles Galda sits down with Rob O’Neal—pastor of Farmington Valley Baptist Church in Avon and co-founder of Thrive Farmington Valley—to explore how churches are linking arms to strengthen one a...