Backstage With The Simple Church

The Backstage with The Simple Church podcast started in January 2020, and 5+ years later we're now 300 episodes in and excited to share with you some big changes, starting with our new permanent co-host, Middle School Pastor, Josh Mitchell! Scott Odom, founder of the podcast, has found a new career and we are sad to see him go, but excited about this new chapter with Josh! Co-Host Evan Semanco and...

Today we're continuing the Backstage Interview Series with our interview with one of our favorite comedians, Michael Jr.! We brought Michael Jr. in for a show way back in 2011, but then he released a movie nationwide and we partnered with him again to come in for a show, talk about his movie More Than Funny, and help raise money for the Shreveport / Bossier Rescue Mission.  We need your feedback!...

Today we're continuing the Backstage Interview Series with our interview with the Toy Hunter, Jordan Hembrough! Jordan had a TV Show called Toy Hunter, and for our Christmas Series in 2014 we brought Jordan in live to talk Toys.  We need your feedback! We're working on changes for the podcast, CLICK HERE to fill out our survey to hear from you what you'd like to hear more of going forward and we'l...

Co-Hosts Evan Semanco and Josh Mitchell are joined by Do Good Pastor Robyn Horton and Gingerbread House CEO Jessica Milan Miller this week to talk about the incredible work The Gingerbread House does in the Shreveport / Bossier Area helping families affected by child abuse.  Jessica shares what drew her to work in this field, what the Gingerbread house does in helping hundreds of kids every year,...

Today we're continuing the Backstage Interview Series with our  Lincoln Brewster interview at the James Burton Guitar Festival at Municipal Auditorium. Lead Pastor Justin Haigler interviews Lincoln Brewster about playing with Steve Perry, writing music for the church, and more; if you missed Part 1 last week go check out that episode first! We need your feedback! We're working on changes for the p...

Today we're continuing the Backstage Interview Series with our  Lincoln Brewster interview at the James Burton Guitar Festival at Municipal Auditorium. Lead Pastor Justin Haigler interviews Lincoln Brewster about playing with Steve Perry, writing music for the church, and more. Subscribe for Part 2 next week! We need your feedback! We're working on changes for the podcast, CLICK HERE to fill out o...

Host Evan Semanco and producer Jordan Philips are excited to announce a new era for the Backstage With the Simple Church Podcast, announcing our new permanent co-host Josh Mitchell!  Josh is the Middle School Pastor at The Simple Church as well as a real estate agent, and an avid podcast listener.  Today's episode is about getting to know Josh, and a new direction for the podcast and we need your...

Host Evan Semanco is joined by producer Jordan Philips as we continue The Interview Series here on the BWTSC Podcast. Since 2007 when The Simple Church launched, we've had some incredible guests and we want to bring some of those interviews to the podcast audience! Today we're bringing you Part 2 our 2013 interview with Mrs. Kay Robertson from Duck Dynasty Fame. The Robertson family is based just...

Host Evan Semanco is joined by producer Jordan Philips as we continue The Interview Series here on the BWTSC Podcast. Since 2007 when The Simple Church launched, we've had some incredible guests and we want to bring some of those interviews to the podcast audience! Today we're bringing you our 2013 interview with Mrs. Kay Robertson from Duck Dynasty Fame. The Robertson family is based just up the...

Host Evan Semanco is joined by producer Jordan Philips as we continue The Interview Series here on the BWTSC Podcast. Since 2007 when The Simple Church launched, we've had some incredible guests and we want to bring some of those interviews to the podcast audience! Today we're bringing you Part 2 of our 2019 interview with two of the founding members of the Christian Rock Band Audio Adrenaline, Ma...

Host Evan Semanco is joined by producer Jordan Philips as we continue The Interview Series here on the BWTSC Podcast. Since 2007 when The Simple Church launched, we've had some incredible guests and we want to bring some of those interviews to the podcast audience! Today we're bringing you our 2019 interview with 2 of the founding members of the Christian Rock Band Audio Adrenaline, Mark Stuart an...

Host Evan Semanco is joined by producer Jordan Philips as we continue The Interview Series here on the BWTSC Podcast. Since 2007 when The Simple Church launched, we've had some incredible guests and we want to bring some of those interviews to the podcast audience! Today you can hear Part 2 of an exclusive interview from the band For King and Country that was lost to the archives for over 10 years...

Host Evan Semanco is joined by producer Jordan Philips as we continue The Interview Series here on the BWTSC Podcast. Since 2007 when The Simple Church launched, we've had some incredible guests and we want to bring some of those interviews to the podcast audience! Today you can hear an exclusive interview from the band For King and Country that was lost to the archives for over 10 years! For King...

Host Evan Semanco is back with Producer Jordan Phillips for an BWTSC tradition, interviewing two bright graduates in The Simple Church before Senior Sunday. Samyia Graham from Haughton High School and Drew Kent from Parkway High School join the show to talk about growing up at The Simple Church, the experiences that shaped them in student ministry, and find out on air they both are going into psyc...

Host Evan Semanco is joined by producer Jordan Philips to talk about a new series on the Backstage with the Simple Church Podcast: The Interview Series. Since 2007 when The Simple Church launched, we've had some incredible guests and we want to bring some of those interviews to the podcast audience! We continue the interviews with the lead singer of the band Payable on Death (P.O.D.), Sonny Sandov...

Host Evan Semanco is joined by producer Jordan Philips to talk about a new series on the Backstage with the Simple Church Podcast: The Interview Series. Since 2007 when The Simple Church launched, we've had some incredible guests and we want to bring some of those interviews to the podcast audience! We continue the interviews with the lead singer of the band Payable on Death (P.O.D.), Sonny Sandov...

Host Evan Semanco is joined by producer Jordan Philips to talk about a new series on the Backstage with the Simple Church Podcast: The interview series. Since 2007 when The Simple Church launched, we've had some incredible guests and we want to bring some of those interviews to the podcast audience! We continue the start with (debatably) our most famous guest, NFL Quarterback Drew Brees. We brough...

Host Evan Semanco is joined by producer Jordan Philips to talk about a new series on the Backstage with the Simple Church Podcast: The interview series. Since 2007 when The Simple Church launched, we've had some incredible guests and we want to bring some of those interviews to the podcast audience! We start out the gate with (debatably) our most famous guest, NFL Quarterback Drew Brees. We brough...

Evan Semanco is joined by Lead Pastor Justin Haigler and Producer Jordan Phillips to talk with someone you probably wouldn't know, Erney Chaney, but will after this episode because without Erney, there is no Simple Church.  Justin and Evan go Backstage to find out how Erney got involved in Christian Music in Shreveport, what effect it had on Justin, and why Erney was so influential 40+ years ago a...

Evan Semanco is joined by Producer Jordan Phillips today to talk with the one and only Blake "Tricky" LeVassuer, a Simple Church volunteer staple who has some wild stories about working in the movie industry, using his gifts and talents for good, and why Sylvester Stallone almost ruined his career.  Blake has created incredible sets for The Simple Church over the years, and he opens up about why h...

Co-Hosts Scott Odom and Evan Semanco have a full studio with some of the team fresh off a trip to Honduras! Care Pastor Bryan Reed led the trip, and Stephen Knight and Jessica Beseau are long time Simple Church Partners who are on to share their experiences, why they chose to go on mission trip with young kids at home, and how all of their lives are changed #DoingGood.    LINKS FROM THE EPISODE Up...

Co-Hosts Scott Odom and Evan Semanco are back with Lead Pastor Justin Haigler to talk all things Easter, worship, and 90s Christian Music.  Easter 2025 is going to be unlike any Easter at The Simple Church before, and we'd love for you to join us on Saturday, April 19th at 2, 4, or 6 p.m. or Sunday, April 20th at 8, 9:30, or 11 a.m. at the Louisiana Boardwalk.  We also need more volunteer than eve...

Co-Hosts Scott Odom and Evan Semanco are reunited today with producer Jordan Phillips and Productions Pastor Chip Mitchell, who we realized had known all three of us individually since we were in middle school.  Chip is over all things tech at The Simple Church, and take a deep dive back to the beginning of his ministry career, how he became a Production Pastor, what a production pastor is, and wh...

Host Evan Semanco sits down with one of our favorite and most frequent guests, Amber McDonnold, the Life Group coordinator at The Simple Church. Life Groups are small groups that meet in homes or various places each week, and they're the best way to make a big church seem small.  Every semester we have Amber on to highlight some new groups and share stories of the difference being in a Life Group...

Host Evan Semanco and fill in co-host, Volunteer Coordinator Mallory Semanco, chat with the amazing DiDi Hayes, a long-time volunteer at The Simple Church. DiDi has worn many hats over the years at The Simple Church, and after retiring two years ago she decided to take on a unique challenge: volunteering to clean our buildings every week with a great team to make a big difference. We'll dive into...