Christ Our Redeemer Seminary Podcast

David Green was a member of our founding team at Christ Our Redeemer Seminary and currently serves as a student mentor. In this episode you’ll hear how one key mentoring relationship in his life has led him on a journey of helping young people reach their potential. Listen as he describes how he incorporates biblical insights into interpersonal relationships and how he helped us craft the vision o...

Max Beebe is a student in our inaugural cohort at Christ Our Redeemer Seminary. Listen to his testimony as he recounts God’s faithfulness in his upbringing, meeting wife in college, and his life since as he pursues a call to work in cross-cultural ministry. He specifically reflects on the blessing of studying Scripture in depth alongside a community of believers and his desire to once again see Ch...

Hannah Nation is the Managing Director of the Center for House Church Theology. Her primary ministry and passion is helping translate the writings of leaders in the Chinese Church so that believers worldwide may be edified by them. We pray that while listening to this episode you are encouraged and challenged by the faithful testimony of our brothers and sisters in China and the work that God is d...

Frank Vaughn is the Dean of Mentoring at Christ Our Redeemer Seminary. In this episode, you’ll hear his testimony of God’s grace in the midst of tragedy, his path into student ministry through the influence of faithful men and women the Lord placed in his life, and his passion for making disciples through biblical mentorship.

Tim Kurtaneck is the Dean of Practicum and Program Director at Christ Our Redeemer Seminary. Listen to his story of God’s providential work in his life through his adoption, growing up as the son of a seminary professor, and his unexpected journey into full-time vocational ministry. You’ll be encouraged by his passion for all people and how he is using that passion to pour into the lives of our st...

Jere Scott Bradshaw is the Pastor of Covenant Presbyterian Church. He has a gift for simply and clearly articulating gospel truth and the reality of life in Christ. We hope that you are encouraged by his words and how they reflect the transformational ministry training model we are striving for at Christ Our Redeemer Seminary.

Randy Schlichting is the President of Metro Atlanta Seminary and a member of the Board of Trustees for Christ Our Redeemer Seminary. You’ll hear his testimony of the Lord sowing seeds in his heart during his time working in business, both overseas and domestically, which eventually led to his call into ministry. This helped cast the vision for a locally accessible seminary centered around disciple...

Michael Alsup is a Campus Minister with RUF International at Auburn University. Listen as he shares his experience in pastoral and international ministry. In this episode, Michael and Hoffman discuss how ministry in culturally diverse contexts helps to enrich one’s understanding of God and his revelation.

Dr. Joseph Fan is an Associate Professor of Forestry at Auburn University and a Pastor of the Chinese Church in Auburn. In this episode you’ll hear his powerful testimony of how the Lord brought him and many of his family members to faith in Christ and his subsequent calling to minister to Chinese students on college campuses. As both a member of the Board of Trustees and student at Christ Our Red...

Chris Gonzalez is the President of the Missional Training Center in Tempe, Arizona. He shares his experience in applying missional theology derived from the biblical narrative as the basis for planting thriving churches and training effective leaders. Together Chris and Hoffman discuss the necessity of local churches uniting to fulfill God’s mission in their city, a vision which defines both the M...

Garrett Walden is a pastor at Grace Heritage Church and the Dean of Admissions for Christ Our Redeemer Seminary. Listen to his testimony of how God kindled in him a heart for discipleship and evangelism during college which has become a love for pastoral ministry and preaching. He also tells of his PhD studies and his desire to use his degree to facilitate theological education for others in his c...

Courtney Rhyne is a former missionary and the wife of Christ Our Redeemer Seminary President Hoffman Rhyne. In this episode she shares her testimony of being called to intercultural ministry through playing collegiate softball before spending several years serving in Tibet and China. You’ll also hear about her role in founding the seminary and her vision for local and international believers being...

Bernard Anderson is the Pastor of Mt. Moriah Missionary Baptist Church and a member of the Board of Trustees for Christ Our Redeemer Seminary. Pastor Anderson shares from his wisdom and experience as a long-tenured leader in the Auburn community. You’ll hear about God’s providence in his marriage and call to ministry as well as his unique fingerprint on the founding of the seminary.

Ben Jefferies is the Rector (Senior Pastor and Priest) at The Good Shepherd Anglican Church in Opelika. His journey from England to the American Midwest and then to Alabama gives him a unique perspective on the breadth of modern evangelicalism. Listen as he shares about his appreciation for the rich liturgy of his Anglican tradition and the practical ministry training model of Christ Our Redeemer...

Josh Yates is the Assistant Pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Opelika. Hear about his experience in college and local church ministry as well as his passion for equipping believers to rightly interpret and proclaim the Word of God for use in vocational ministry and everyday life. He also shares practical wisdom concerning the value of theological education and what he loves about the “by the...

Noah Kiser is the Senior Pastor at First Presbyterian Church of Opelika. Listen as he shares his call to ministry and God’s providence in bringing him to FPO. Noah also discusses his appreciation for the ecumenical unity of the churches in Auburn-Opelika and the benefits of the local church model of Christ Our Redeemer Seminary.

Trace Hamiter is a local pastor and network overseer of the Simple Church Network of Auburn and Opelika.  He is also the executive director of All Things Ministries.  The topic of discipleship has been a long-time interest for Trace and became the focus of his doctoral work at Beeson Divinity School.  Drawing from that and 20+ years in the trenches of discipleship, Trace taught our...

Jeff Hollis has the unique perspective of being on our launch team as well as being our very first student and member of our inaugural cohort!  Listen in as he shares about what God is doing through Christ Our Redeemer Seminary.

As part of our initial launch team, Lee Cadden's sacrificial service helped get Christ Our Redeemer Seminary off the ground.  As a local pastor, Lee shares in this podcast why he's excited about how this seminary model centers the training of aspiring leaders in the local church.  

Christ Our Redeemer Seminary is a partnership of churches in Auburn & Opelika working together to equip leaders for God’s global mission.  We offer accredited theological training designed to shape the mind and heart with the gospel of Jesus Christ. Through this podcast you’ll learn more about how the Bible is an epic story of God’s mission through God’s people to save God’s world and how...