Always Forward Podcast

Season 8 of the Always Forward Podcast is just around the bend. In this preview episode, Canon Dan shares about some updates to our podcast, our new partnership, topics we will cover this season, as well as some upcoming events. We can't wait to share this season with you!

Here a bonus episode of the Always Forward Podcast! Listen in on a conversation between Canon Jeff Bailey and Rev. Claude Atcho, Vicar of Church of the Resurrection in Charlottesville, VA, and author of the Reading Black Books (available everywhere books are sold). In this engaging dialogue, Jeff and Claude delve into the profound ways our Anglican heritage ignites perseverance, the significance o...

On this special unscheduled episode of the Always Forward Podcast Canon Dan speaks with Fr Jason Hill, planter at Kingsfield Mission in Maui, Hawaii. Learn how this young church plant is helping with relief efforts in the wake of the tragic wildfires and how you can support this sister church plant as they bring hope amid the flames. Find out more about Kingsfield Mission and GIVE to their relief...

Two Canons for Church Planting, Tuck Bartholomew and Jim Salladin, had a conversation around Tim Keller's life and legacy. Both were directly influenced by Dr. Keller's ministry and had plenty to share on this closing episode of Season 7.

Church planting is inherently a sacramental work--so how do we reclaim that sacramental work? Dr. Hans Boersma, keynote speaker at our upcoming Always Forward Conference in September, joins the show to discuss. You can get more details on the conference at www.always-forward.com/af-conference-2023.

How can we assess the health and state of our plants...before it's too late? Jim Griffith joins the show to discuss.

Recently the Global Anglican Future Conference convened in Kigali, Rwanda. Dan shares how church planters can navigate their work with the variety of issues swirling about in the international Anglican Communion.

How are the rich traditions of liturgical worship a gift to the work of starting new churches? Shawn McCain joins the show to interview Dan Alger on his new book, Word & Sacrament: Ancient Traditions for Modern Church Planting.

Anxiety doesn't just exist within us; it exists between us. Rev. Kris McDaniel, rector of Trinity Anglican Church in Atlanta, joins the show to discuss family systems theory and how it applies to church planting.

How do spiritual disciplines or practices shape our lives and work in church planting? Fr. Aaron Damiani joins the show to discuss.

Hear the story of a church planting movement that's taking shape in West Virginia from Canon Ben Sharpe.

Your church is full of people who are NOT in full-time vocational ministry like you are. So how can we as church planters faithfully empower our parishioners in their vocational callings? Dr. Nathan Hedman joins the show to discuss.

What do the numbers really say about the Church? Scott McConnell, executive director of Lifeway Research, joins the show to talk current trends and statistics.

What does it look like to follow a call into church planting? Chase Edgar, Vicar (lead planter) of Church of the Ascension in Anderson, SC shares his story. Interviewed by Seth Cain, Canon for Church Planting for the Diocese of the Carolinas.

What if church planting looked as simple as loving our neighbors as ourselves? Rev. Jamie Sosnowski, lead planter of the Parish Church at Habersham in Beaufort, SC joins the show to tell his story of planting in a community where everyone knows your name.

Is liturgy missional? Or are the two somehow opposed? Shawn McCain returns to the show to talk about how mission and liturgy are inextricably linked.

What can it look like to be Black and Anglican, both in America and globally? We're grateful @_revcameron, lead pastor at @emanspart, lent his expertise and experience in an important conversation about cultural heritage, ethnic identity, and Anglican church planting.

The phrase "Word and sacrament" is thrown around a lot in Anglican circles. But what does it really mean? Canon Dan explains.

Leaving the community you love. Planting during a pandemic. Enduring early struggles. But through it all, faithfulness to Jesus and his call. Kempton Jackson's stepped off the frontlines of ministry to give a plenary session at this year's Always Forward Conference, sharing a word from Luke 10.

It's hard to plant without the right people. But how do you gather them to pack up and follow you into the vision of your church? The Rev. Canon Todd Simonis joins to show to talk about gathering your launch team.

Dan chats with author and leader J.R. Briggs for a fresh perspective on Anglicanism—from the outside looking in—to help us as church planters see more clearly.

In our desire to strategically target cities over the past few decades, many church planting efforts have made the unfortunate mistake of overlooking rural areas. This week we chatted with Joshua Nelson, director of the Spalding Society, about rural church planting--why it matters and how it can be done successfully.

At this year's Always Forward Conference Dan got to sit down with our keynote speaker Dr. Curt Thompson, MD, to talk a little more about navigating trauma and shame in church planting--both within ourselves and the people we serve. Curt is a psychiatrist and author of several books, including The Soul of Desire and The Soul of Shame. He's also the host of the Being Known podcast.

Jed Roseberry joins us to talk about the necessity of forming (and being formed by) sacred space in our church planting efforts.

After a two-year hiatus, we are back! Dan explains where we've been over the break, where we're going and what you can expect.