Ministry Mondays with Meg

Jonathan D. Lawrence has been ordained in the ABCUSA since 1997 (ordained in Corning, NY) and is an Associate Professor of Religious Studies and Theology at Canisius University in Buffalo, where he has taught since 2005.  He has served as pastor for a small United Church of Christ congregation since 2013.  His father is an American Baptist pastor and he grew up attending Camp Vick in New York and...

Meg welcomes Rev. Dr. Brian Henderson, Executive Director of the Association of Welcoming and Affirming Baptists (AWAB) to the show. Learn more about what AWAB does and why Brian has been involved with AWAB since 2009. Brian is an ordained American Baptist and has served three churches over his 25-year career. You can learn more about AWAB at www.awab.org

Meg goes fangirl in her conversation with Dr. Sarah Drummond, Founding Dean of Andover Newton Seminary at Yale University. Dr. Drummond has published five books, with a sixth on the way, and written multiple articles for The Christian Citizen. You can learn more at www.sarahbdrummond.com

@Mattwithadream, Minister Matthew Rivera tells his story. It all started with an ice cream cone and a dream. Seminary. Believing in others and changing lives. Matthew Rivera is a student at Yale Divinity School and the Executive Director of The Dream Support Network. You can learn more about him on Facebook or www.thedreamsupportnetwork.com Join us at Space for Grace 2024 and meet Matt in person!...

The Rev. Dr. Michael Woolf (he/him) holds a Doctor of Theology (ThD) degree from Harvard Divinity School. He graduated summa cum laude from the University of Tennessee - Knoxville with a BA in Religious Studies in 2011 and completed his Master of Divinity degree at Harvard Divinity School in 2014. Michael is also an ordained American Baptist Churches USA and Alliance of Baptists pastor currently s...

Meg chats with Author, Melinda Mitchell (aka Mindi Welton-Mitchell) about her debut novel Next of Kin which is available December 12th on argusentertainment.com. Rev. Mindi Welton-Mitchell serves as the Executive Minister of American Baptist Churches of Wisconsin. You can find out more about Melinda and her writing at melindamitchell.com Books can be purchased at argusentertainment.com

Rev. Paul Schneider is back to talk about his experience participating in The Co-Creator's Incubator and his Oasis ministry. Paul is the pastor of Burien Community Church in Burien, Washington. He is also one of the associate executive ministers for the Evergreen region.

Eden Carlton is a strategic consultant who helps corporations, non-profits, and small businesses plan and navigate change to implement growth. She is also an ordained minister who is the founder of Between Churches, a ministry for those who are deconstructing or questioning their faith. You can find out more on her website https://www.betweenchurches.org Look for Between Churches on all social me...

Join Rev. Meg Biddle and Rev. Paul Schneider as they chat about the many changes in Paul's ministry over the last year. Oasis, Co-Creator's Incubator, a church closure, and a new job.

Since 2013 Coach Garry Mills has been making a difference in the lives of boys and girls in Philadelphia through his program Shoot Basketballs Not People. The goal- to protect youth from gun violence. Coach Garry‘s documentary film Bad Things Happen in Philadelphia, directed by Kyra Knox, will be released on Netflix December 2nd. https://www.joinsbnp.org

Pastor Travis Ball began working as an ASL interpreter in the education system before being called to serve as the pastor at First Baptist Church in Parsons, KS, in 2018. Meg and Pastor Travis chat about surviving a brain tumor and life in ministry, including Care Cupboard, a hygiene pantry. Pastor Travis and his wife are the parents of three young children. Care Cupboard https://www.facebook.com/...

The Rev. Dallas Flippin joins Meg to chat about life in ministry, including Cafe’ Connection, a ministry provided by First Baptist Church of Jackson, MI, and is supported by the community. Rev. Dallas has served as the pastor of First Baptist Church in Jackson, MI, since 2018 and is the Technology Consultant for the American Baptist Churches of Michigan. You can learn more: First Baptist Church of...

The Rev. Dr. John Park joins Meg to chat about life in ministry, beginning with his arrival in the United States 24 years ago. Dr. Park is currently the Program Director of the Doctor of Ministry program at Central Theological Seminary in Shawnee, Kansas, and teaches students in five ministry programs at home and abroad. Link to YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@EnglishwithJohnPark

Meg and Rev. Dr. Eugene Downing chat about clergy burnout and the importance of self-care and sabbatical. Rev. Downing is the pastor at New Hope Denver. You can connect with him on Insta, Facebook, X, or his website www.dreugenedowning.org Barna Group has multiple articles covering clergy burnout that can be found at www.barna.com

Content Warning// Transphobia, Homophobia, Violence against the LGBTQ Community, Suicide Rev. Dr. Donnie Anderson will be live on the podcast, available to answer your questions. Dr. Anderson serves as the minister of Pilgrim United Church of Christ in New Bedford, MA, and is a board member of the Association of Welcoming and Affirming Baptists. She enjoys the opportunity to present and moderate c...

Meg and Kurt discuss life being left-handed (Kurt is left-handed, Meg is not). Kurt Kaufman serves as Communications Coordinator, Association of Welcoming & Affirming Baptists; Ministerial Associate, First Baptist Church of Denver, Denver, CO; and an MDiv student at Central Seminary, Shawnee, KS. https://christiancitizen.us/i-am-left-handed/

Meg and Rev Dr. Cliff Matthews chat about understanding LGBTQ issues in the African American church tradition. Meg learns she has much to learn. Cliff is the pastor at St Luke's Missionary Baptist Church in Charlotte and is a member of the AWAB board.

Meg Biddle and Curtiss Paul DeYoung chat about DeYoung's book- The Risk of Being Woke: Sermonic Reflections For Activists. The book is available at www.judsonpress.com Curtiss Paul DeYoung serves as the Co-CEO of the Minnesota Council of Churches and is an ordained minister through the Church of God (Anderson, IN)

Meg and Minister Shavon Walker talk about Twitch streaming, Social Media, LGBT inclusion, Ministry, and hilarity ensues.

Linda A. Mercadante is Distinguished Research Professor Emerita at the Methodist Theological School in Ohio and an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church (USA). She is Founder of HealthyBeliefs - Healthy Spirit, www.healthybeliefs.org

Rev. Meg Biddle and Curtis Ramsey-Lucas chat about the book #InThisTogether Curtis Ramsey-Lucas is editor of The Christian Citizen, a digital-first publication of American Baptist Home Mission Societies and editor of the book, #InThisTogether: Ministries in Times of Crisis, published by Judson Press. An award-winning writer, he has been published in The Washington Post, The Christian Century, Reli...

Meg Biddle and Rev. Dr. Jonathan Malone chat about the wilderness, Baptist stuff, ducks, and firetrucks. Hilarity ensues. Jonathan Malone has been an American Baptist pastor for 20 years and is the author of A Peculiar Church. He actively blogs at "Theological Snob" and podcasts on "Twelve Enough," both of which can be found at www.twelveenough.com. Malone is also the founder o...

Marcia Patton is the Executive Minister Emerita of Evergreen Association of American Baptist Churches. She was given this title when she retired after her work with the establishment of the Association and serving as Executive Minister for its first 13 years. She was born in Waynesburg Pennsylvania, raised in Temperance Michigan. She is a graduate of Michigan State University (B.A.) and twice a gr...

Rev. Evan Duncan is the Senior Pastor at The Baptist Church of West Chester. www.bcwc.org

Rev Jason Mack is the pastor at Underwood Memorial Baptist Church in Wisconsin. Loving all God's people.