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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
233 episodes
Best Of: C.S. Lewis and Dallas Willard on Justice
Join us this week on the Church in Action as we revisit an enriching episode on the biblical imperative to do biblical justice from the perspectives of Dallas Willard and C.S. Lewis. Two great voices in the church but not typically known for sp...
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Disciple Making Labs
We have an encouraging and practical episode of the Church in Action coming to you this week! We will be sitting down with Gina Mueller who has served as a pastor and has led national disciple-making ministries but currently serves as Vision Ne...
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Thrive Cape Cod: Blessing Our Communities in Unity
This week on the Church in Action, we are discussing how the people of God can help their communities thrive by fixing what's broken and missing in our communities and churches. We will be talking to Pastor Ben Feldott, Senior Pastor of Cape Co...
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What is the Biblical Purpose and Mandate for Your Church?
Join us this week on the Church in Action Program for a continuation of teachings from Rev. Dr. J. Anthony Lloyd. In this session, he helps us discover our biblical purpose all while recognizing the power and providence of our God. Rev. D...
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A Call to Ministry is Different than Any Other Job
Join us for this week's Church in Action Program! For this episode, we are doing something a little bit different. We welcome Rev. Dr. J. Anthony Lloyd, Senior Pastor of Greater Framingham Community Church and Professor at Gordon Conwell Theolo...
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How Is Your Spiritual Life?
This week on the Church in Action Program we welcome Rev. Dr. Moreen Hughes, Associate Pastor and Minister to Women at Concord Baptist Church in Boston. As an influential voice regarding spiritual formation, she shares with us her personal spir...
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Helping Our Churches and Communities Thrive
This week on the Church in Action Program, we are talking about how the people of God can help fix their churches and communities, as well as help them thrive by fixing what's broken and missing. We will be talking with Pastor Rob O'Neal, Senio...
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140 Years of God Moving in New England - Part 2
This week on the Church in Action Program, we continue part 2 of the conversation with guest host Brittney Feldott, a Vision New England board member and pastoral associate at Cape Cod Church, and Vision New England president Charles Galda. In ...
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140 Years of God Moving in New England - Part 1
This week on the church in action program, Brittany Feldott, Pastoral Associate at Cape Cod Church and Board Member of Vision New England, interviews Vision New England President, Charles Galda. They talk about the rich history of the organizat...
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Reaching Restricted Countries
This week on the Church in Action podcast, we’re talking about how people here in New England can minister to closed countries! Closed countries are countries in which religious practice is heavily restricted. We’ll be talking with Bill Blount,...
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AI Shepherds and Electric Sheep: Leading and Teaching in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
In this week’s episode, Dr. Paul Hoffman, who co-authored AI Shepherds and Electric Sheep with Dr. Sean O'Callaghan, will discuss his latest book. The book explores how Christians should respond to AI technology and examines its social and ethi...
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Civil Rights Story
This week on the Church in Action Program we revisit an amazing conversation with Reverend Esau Vance, Senior Pastor of Mount Olive Pentecostal Church in Worcester, Massachusetts. In this best of episode, we discuss discipleship and what it loo...
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"Fresh Expressions" of Church
This week on the Church in Action Program, we have an interesting discussion on innovative ways to “do church”, evangelism and disciple making. We are joined by Chris Backert, Senior Director of Fresh Expressions North America, and Kathleen Bla...
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Church Revitalization
This week, Dr. Terry Dorsett, Executive Director of the Baptist Churches of New England, joins the Church in Action Program. Dr. Dorsett has been serving in ministry throughout New England since 1994 and has much to add regarding church revital...
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Embers of Hope: When Depression Comes to the Church
Pastor Bryan Cerrone, Waterbury Campus Pastor at Walnut Hill Community Church, joins us to discuss his new book, Embers of Hope: When Depression Comes to the Church. The discussion is an enlightening and encouraging discussion about loving Jesu...
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How to Quiet a Hurricane - How to Endure Suffering
In this episode, we are joined by Pastor Justin Kendrick, Lead Pastor of Vox Church, to discuss his new book, "How to Quiet a Hurricane," and how we as Christians can endure suffering and the part the Church plays in that unique journey.
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Making Disciples Like Jesus Did
We're taking a break from our regular content to share an episode from our Making Disciples series. In this conversation, Gina Mueller, VNE’s Disciple Making Catalyst and former Director of 3dMovements North America, brings us back to Jesus' di...
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Becoming Like Jesus Through Silence and Solitude
We're taking a break from our regular content to share a favorite episode from our Becoming Like Jesus series. Rev. Dr. Bryan Wilkerson, Pastor Emeritus of Grace Chapel in Lexington, MA, shares the importance of silence and solitude in personal...
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The New Testament in Color
This week on the Church in Action podcast, we discuss a new resource, The New Testament in Color, a multi-ethnic commentary. Dr. Mateus de Campos, Associate Professor of New Testament at Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary and contributing auth...
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The Legacy VNE is Building on Today - Part 2
In part two of a two-part episode, we continue the conversation about VNE’s rich history during what we call the “Don Gill Years,” what God did, who was involved, and fun stories to honor our history and those who served so faithfully during th...
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The Legacy VNE is Building on Today - Part 1
Vision New England has a rich history of impacting New England with the gospel of Jesus Christ because we desire that all might be saved. In part one of a two-part episode, we talk about that history during what we call the “Don Gill Years,” wh...
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VNE's Foundation and Legacy in the Macchia Years - Part 2
This is part two of a conversation about Vision New England's rich history. We’re talking about what we like to call the Macchia Years with Steve Macchia and Caleb and Bonny Loring. Join us to hear about what God did, who was involved, and s...
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VNE's Foundation and Legacy in the Macchia Years - Part 1
Vision New England has a rich history. In this two-part episode, we’re talking about what we like to call the Macchia Years with Steve Macchia and Caleb and Bonny Loring! Join us to hear about what God did, who was involved, and some fun storie...
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Election Recap
In this week’s episode, Rev. Enoch Liao and Rev. Sergio Perez join us for an uplifting and encouraging post-election conversation. Whatever your political stance, we can all agree that Christ is our anchor, and He is in control! In this discuss...
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Being a Disciple in an Election Year - Part 4
In the last episode of this four-part series, we continue the conversation with Rev. Sergio Perez, Rev. Ray Hammond, and Rev. Enoch Liao about the biblical principles that should be reflected in our voting and our call to reflect the love of Ch...
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