Park Street Dialogues
Hosted by Park Street Church's senior minister, Mark Booker, Park Street Dialogues is a series of conversations with the intent of connecting followers of Jesus in Boston and beyond. Mark talks with a diverse group of guests about their work and ministry in the city and their perspectives on the work of God in Boston: both in its opportunities and its challenges. Season 1 of Park Street Dialogues is now complete; check back soon for Season 2.
Episodes
17 episodes
PSD 16 | Remembering Roberto Miranda, Senior Pastor of Congregation Lion of Judah (Re-release of Episode 9)
We extend our compassion to our sisters and brothers at Congregation Lion of Judah, whose beloved pastor of 40 years, Dr. Roberto S. Miranda, passed away suddenly into the Lord’s presence on May 21, 2022. While we grieve this tremendous loss to...
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Season 1
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Episode 16
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58:26
PSD 15 | Dave Searles, Pastor of Central Assembly of God Church
Dave Searles serves at Central Assembly of God Church in East Boston where he lives with his family. The multi-cultural nature of the neighborhood is reflected in Central Assembly of God Church, and in this final episode for Season 1 of Park St...
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Season 1
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Episode 15
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1:00:26
PSD 14 | Enoch Liao, Assistant Pastor at Boston Chinese Evangelical Church
Enoch Liao has been on staff at the Boston Chinese Evangelical Church (BCEC) for 20 years, and he currently serves as an Assistant Pastor at their Chinatown campus, overseeing their English-speaking ministry. BCEC has campuses in both Chinatown...
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Season 1
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Episode 14
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59:59
PSD 13 | Ruth Wong, Director of the Boston Education Collaborative at EGC
Ruth Wong serves as the Director of the Boston Education Collaborative (BEC) at the Emmanuel Gospel Center. The BEC aims to encourage and support partnerships between churches and schools in greater Boston. In addition to sharing about how she ...
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Season 1
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Episode 13
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1:04:27
PSD 12 | Dave Hill, Pastor of Abundant Grace Church
Dave Hill, pastor of Abundant Grace Church of Boston, talks with Mark about the history of gathering pastors and churches to pray in the city. Dave also shares the story of how he and his wife came to Boston in 1989, in response to God’s call, ...
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Season 1
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Episode 12
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51:43
PSD 11 | Hugh Halter, Founder of Post Commons and Lantern Network
Hugh Halter lives in Alton, IL, where he and his family are doing what they can to help the town in Jesus’s name. Hugh has written several books about the missional church, and for the past fifteen years he has helped churches and church plante...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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1:14:04
PSD 10 | Ray Hammond, Founding Pastor of Bethel AME
Ray Hammond is the Pastor of Bethel AME Church in the Jamaica Plain neighborhood of Boston. Ray and his wife, Gloria, started Bethel AME in their dining room in 1988. They were both trained as medical doctors and served in that capacity prior t...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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1:14:13
PSD 09 | Roberto Miranda, Senior Pastor of Congregation Lion of Judah
Roberto Miranda is the Senior Pastor of Congregation Lion of Judah, a Spanish/English speaking church in the South End which has had a tremendous impact in the city of Boston. Roberto shares the story of his own calling into pastoral ministry a...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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59:34
PSD 08 | Arva Byron, Social Worker and Roslindale Baptist Church Youth Minister
Arva Byron works at the Massachusetts Department of Children and Families, where she supports adolescents, and as the Youth Minister at Roslindale Baptist Church. She and Mark discuss these vocations as well as her radio program, “Live with Arv...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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59:48
PSD 07 | Christian and Mary Grant of the Boston Project and Young Life Boston
Christian and Mary Grant are seeking to bring the gospel of Jesus to teenagers in the TNT neighborhood of Dorchester in Boston. They’re doing this through a partnership between The Boston Project and Young Life. In this conversation with Mark, ...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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1:13:50
PSD 06 | Dana Baker of the Boston Trauma Healing Collaborative
Dana Baker leads the Boston Trauma Healing Collaborative, an effort to bring together different entities in Boston that are working on trauma related issues. Dana spent 18 years on the staff at Grace Chapel working as a pastor in intercultural ...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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58:10
PSD 05 | David Wright, Executive Director of BMA TenPoint
David Wright is the Executive Director of BMA TenPoint, which is a merger of the Black Ministerial Alliance and the Boston Ten Point Coalition, as well as an adjunct Professor at Gordon Conwell Theological Seminary's Boston Campus, Assistant to...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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1:03:15
PSD 04 | Betsy Cowan Neptune, Chief of Economic Development, Metropolitan Area Planning Council and Co-Leader of Thrive and Grow
Betsy Cowan Neptune serves as the Chief of Economic Development for the Metropolitan Area Planning Council. In this role, she helps with the development and planning of communities and neighborhoods around greater Boston. In her conversation wi...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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54:43
PSD 03 | Jua Robinson, Executive Director of Boston Collaborative
Jua Robinson is the Executive Director of Boston Collaborative, an organization that connects networks of Christians to each other and to organizations that help Boston flourish. In this conversation with Mark, he shares his heart that Christia...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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1:01:22
PSD 02 | Bryan Wilkerson, Senior Pastor of Grace Chapel
Bryan Wilkerson, senior pastor at Grace Chapel in Lexington, joins Mark Booker for a conversation about Boston culture, challenges in the life of the church, and ways that Boston churches can learn from and ...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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58:37