Backstage With The Simple Church

In a special episode this week we had guests on Backstage with the Simple Church, co-host Evan Semanco was joined by Do Good Pastor Robyn Horton after her message "Love Does", and the Warden of the David Wade Correctional Center in Claiborne Parish, Michele Dauzat. Robyn takes a deeper dive into Matthew 25 and has a longer conversation with the Warden about why they have chosen to partner with The...

Co-Hosts Josh Mitchell and Evan Semanco talk with Lead Pastor Justin Haigler to recap the message from Mother's Day, a backstage look at what it takes to pull off special days, Chickfila trivia, stories about Justin's mom, and reflecting on the  incredible story of Naomi and Ruth.  “When god can’t get humility from you, he will send humiliation to you” Justin Owens Join us each Monday on Facebook...

Co-Hosts Josh Mitchell and Evan Semanco talk with Lead Pastor Justin Haigler to recap the message from Sunday on parenting. They guys discuss how to be a less anxious parent, what to do when you can't control everything, and an Australian Geography lesson as we chat with a listener in Australia (Ballina to be precise).   Join us each Monday on Facebook Live at 3:30 pm via The Simple Church Faceboo...

Co-Hosts Josh Mitchell and Evan Semanco talk with Lead Pastor Justin Haigler this week about the continuing No Fear series and how to really practically combat fear and anxiety on a day to day basis, plus a great question from a listener about prayer and of course some fun rabbit trails about milking cows and more.  Join us each Monday on Facebook Live at 3:30 pm via The Simple Church Facebook Pag...

Co-Hosts Josh Mitchell and Evan Semanco talk with Lead Pastor Justin Haigler this week with a health update from Justin, a deeper dive into the No Fear series, how to fight the fear of failure / not knowing what do to next, and more weird animal stories after the videos Justin showed in the message on Sunday.  Join us each Monday on Facebook Live at 3:30 pm via The Simple Church Facebook Page to a...

Host Evan Semanco and Producer Jordan Phillips are with Lead Pastor Justin Haigler this week sans Josh to talk about practicing what you preach, what is next for Justin, and some great actual theological questions from a listener about communion and baptism. Plus we celebrate the unbelievable money raised to forgive medical debt in Northwest Louisiana, milk and cinnamon roll talk, and more. Join u...

Co-Host Evan Semanco is joined by Josh Mitchell to talk with Lead Pastor Justin Haigler about the Easter weekend and #DoingGood forgiving medical debt, some fun behind the scenes stories about what it takes to pull of 6 services in 2 days, a whole lot of nonsense about attack giraffes, snakes, and cinnamon rolls, plus some real fears and challenging situations going on at The Simple Church.  Join...

Co-Host Evan Semanco is joined by Josh Mitchell to talk with Lead Pastor Justin Haigler about our Playlist series, with a few detours on Monster energy drinks and shopping for mustard (you're just going to have to listen). We also answer a listener question about communion and talk about everything happening this weekend for Easter! Join us Saturday or Sunday at the Louisiana Boardwalk, and get al...

Co-Host Evan Semanco is joined by Josh Mitchell to talk with Lead Pastor Justin Haigler about our Playlist series, and we answer listener questions about reaching out to someone who has been hurt by the church and the difficulty of waiting. Plus we share some great book recommendations in the comments below and have more talk about statue sanding...  Join us each Monday on Facebook Live at 3:30 pm...

Co-Host Evan Semanco is joined by Josh Mitchell to talk with Lead Pastor Justin Haigler about our Playlist series, and Josh asks a great question on how to walk through difficult situations as Christians. Plus some tangents on a camel disaster, why Justin played "dirty Jesus",  and of all things, a Golden Corral story.  If you are ready to put love into action, signup to volunteer this Easter with...

Co-Host Evan Semanco is joined by Josh Mitchell to talk with Lead Pastor Justin Haigler about the new series Playlist, time change, the one genre of music Justin doesn't like, and some stories about an invite that changed peoples lives.  If you are ready to put love into action, signup to volunteer this Easter with us! Fill out the volunteer form with the link below to join hundreds of other volun...

Co-Host Evan Semanco is joined by Josh Mitchell to talk with Lead Pastor Justin Haigler about the message from this past Sunday with a surprising amount of research about doing versus talking in the state of Louisiana. Then we cover ways you can do good, and a tease of this coming Sunday's new series, Playlist.  If you are ready to put love into action, signup to volunteer this Easter with us! Fil...

Co-Host Evan Semanco is joined by Josh Mitchell to talk with Lead Pastor Justin Haigler about the message from this past Sunday, why the Lovers series is resonating and challenging so many people, a pretty gross story about foot washing gone wrong, Josh getting licensed as a minister, and more!  If you are ready to put love into action, signup to volunteer this Easter with us! Fill out the volunte...

Host Evan Semanco is joined by Producer Jordan Phillips to talk with Lead Pastor Justin Haigler about the message from Sunday, talk about Ai, Song of Solomon, loading the dishwasher, and more. We also discuss the upcoming Worship Night on February 22nd, a first tease about Easter 2026, and more. Check out the links below to get all the info.  Join us each Monday on Facebook Live at 3:30 pm via The...

Co-Hosts Evan Semanco and Josh Mitchell are joined by 3/5th of Open Eyes this week; Justin Haigler, Allen Smith, and Greg "The Wolf" Walker to talk about their mini reunion last Sunday, how the band got started, and why the reunion fit perfectly into this weeks message, Week 1 of the new series "Lovers".  Enjoy this week as Justin, Allen, and Greg reminisce about getting detained by Canadian Mount...

Co-Hosts Evan Semanco and Josh Mitchell are joined with Pastor Justin Haigler to discuss the last week of Haters, but right out of the gate go in another direction about the title of "Pastor", what it means to be a Pastor, and why Justin struggles with the title.  We also discuss our sneak preview of the new Picklr facility at the Boardwalk, a great family event with the student ministry next week...

Co-Hosts Evan Semanco and Josh Mitchell are joined with Pastor Justin Haigler to discuss the Haters message from this week, why Justin is so adamant about being known for more than just talking, and a lot of talk about snakes and how strongly we as a podcast are anti-snake. Join us each Monday on Facebook Live at 3:30 pm via The Simple Church Facebook Page to ask your questions in real time, or em...

Co-Hosts Evan Semanco and Josh Mitchell are joined with Pastor Justin Haigler to discuss the message from this week, why the entire Simple Church Staff visited David Wade Correctional Center this week, the Concert for Stroope that raised money for musicians in our area fighting cancer, Chasing Aces restaurant review, and more!  Join us each Monday on Facebook Live at 3:30 pm via The Simple Church...

Co-Hosts Evan Semanco and Josh Mitchell are joined with Pastor Justin Haigler for the first podcast of 2026 recapping the new series Haters! Justin's message from Sunday hit on how we deal with haters in the church, and what all of us can do to work on dealing with negativity in our life.  We also discuss a way to Do Good for people experiencing cancer at the Concert for Stroope (tickets below), B...

We hope you had a Merry Christmas and have a Happy New Year! Backstage with The Simple Church will be back on Tuesday, January 6th, but we wanted to share our most downloaded episode from this year today from February 2025! If you are intersted in going to Honduras, a trip for 2026 is singing up now!  Find out more here: https://subsplash.com/u/-5N3S3K/forms/d/a67d8549-ccf8-4124-adcb-83764dc1d825...

Co-Hosts Evan Semanco and Josh Mitchell are joined with Pastor Justin Haigler and special guest Will McGinnis from Audio Adrenaline, Hands and Feet Project, and most recently, our food packing event where Simple Church came together to pack 147,000 meals for Haiti.  Will and Justin reflect back on their careers in Christian music, talk about the work they are doing in Haiti, and reflect on the ama...

Co-Hosts Evan Semanco and Josh Mitchell talk with Pastor Justin Haigler after the message from Sunday, share stories from the Christmas Countdown Advent Challenge, AND are joined by surprise special guest Greg "The Wolf" Walker for some Christmas Cheer. Join us each Monday on Facebook Live at 3:30 pm via The Simple Church Facebook Page to ask your questions in real time, or email us Podcast@thesim...

Co-Hosts Evan Semanco and Josh Mitchell talk with Lead Pastor Justin Haigler after the message from Sunday, recap the Christmas Countdown Advent Challenge, discuss Laugh for Good and Jingle Jam, and more.  We get Josh's review after seeing Christmas Vacation for the first time ever, discuss Justin's trip to see the Cowboys in Detroit with his brother, and all the good being done by you incredible...

Co-Hosts Evan Semanco and Josh Mitchell talk with Lead Pastor Justin Haigler after the message from Sunday November and our new series, Christmas Countdown. Justin talks about not growing up practicing Advent, his research into the meaning and history of this season, and why we are challenging everyone at The Simple Church to Do Good for someone else every day this December. Plus we throw in some...

We hope you have a great Thanksgiving week! There is no new podcast this week, but check out our most downloaded episode this year from February, and you can go to Honduras with The Simple Church in 2026! Find out more at https://www.thesimplechurch.tv/events FROM FEBRUARY 2025: On today's episode host Evan Semanco is joined by Do Good Pastor Robyn Horton and two mission trip participants, Britney...