Storm The Gates

Pastor Bryan shares about his year with Hodgkin's Lymphoma and how the Lord is healing him in many ways. Who hasn't been impacted by cancer in some way? Bryan shares a powerful testimony of the power of the Holy Spirit and God's goodness every step of the way. Rev. Bryan Rogers is the Lead Pastor of Lutie Watkins Memorial Methodist Church in Llano, TX. He's a Presiding Elder in the MidTexas Confer...

If you're a process person who wants to know how the sausage is made, this is the STG episode for you! Pastor Chris shares with us extensively related to the new process for electing Bishops in the Global Methodist Church at the 2026 General Conference. As the chair for the Commission on Episcopacy for the GMC, he knows more than any human being about the process. This is an assignment of the Lord...

Making music and touring for more than two decades, John Mark McMillan has felt God calling him to focus on other ventures and not solely music this year. Many listeners of STG might be familiar with the worship songs "How He Loves" and "King Of My Heart." John Mark wrote those. The latter of which he cowrote with his wife Sarah. John Mark McMillan is something of an anomaly. A singer-songwriter,...

The spiritual sense Anna Grace has for what the Lord is doing now is shifting the church from defense to offense and playing the long game. Anna Grace Legband is the Associate Director of Events for New Room. She is the author of the recently published Advent study, Brought To The Light: Advent For All Who Need It (https://my.seedbed.com/product-category/advent/). Anna Grace has global perspective...

We pray your definitions of what worship is and it's primary aim is challenged and/or deepened in this conversation with Dr. Johnathan Powers. For example, if you always considered evangelism to be the primary aim of worship, this conversation will ask you to reconsider. Dr. Powers is the Interim Dean of the E. Stanley Jones School of Mission and Ministry as well as Associate Professor of Worship...

The double doctor himself, Mike Voigts, joins STG to share with us all the importance of staying in love with God. Pastor Mike has been in pastoral ministry since 1993, when he served as an Associate Pastor at First Methodist in Waco. After serving churches in both Texas and Kentucky, he joined the faculty at Asbury Theological Seminary in 2017, serving as a Professor of Christian Spirituality and...

Dr. Brian Yeich rejoins the podcast to share more about his involvement with the discipleship movement called Inspire. Dr. Yeich's passion is helping people become fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ through the church and the academy. He is an ordained elder in the Global Methodist Church and has pastored 11 years in both large and small congregations as well as a church restart Including his...

The Holy Spirit always brings fresh wind and fresh fire through the Spirit & Truth team (spiritandtruth.life). At Spirit & Truth, they long to see the church fully alive! They exist to help equip a global movement of local churches to become empowered by the Spirit, rooted in the truth, and mobilized for the mission. STG is grateful to have the Founder and President of Spirit & Truth,...

Whether you're interested in the upcoming Anew Conference (https://midtexasgmc.jotform.com/251336256349965) on November 8 or not, you'll enjoy hearing Kelly Minter's heart for the Lord. She's been writing Bible studies and teaching the Bible for the past two decades. She spent her first few years in Nashville making records with three different labels. Eventually, she decided to dedicate herself f...

Join us this week for an inspiring conversation with ministry power couple, Melanie and Arnold Arreaga. Melanie is the Children's Minister at Friendswood Methodist Church and was also the featured speaker at the Revive Kids camp. Arnold leads worship at The Woodlands Methodist Church and is a member of Bristol House. In this episode, they open up about their individual faith journeys, sharing how...

Welcome to a vulnerable episode of STG where addiction, therapy, and recovery are in focus under the mighty sovereignty of God. Ryan and Jason share parts of their stories and what God has done and is doing to heal every part of them. We believe and pray that God uses this episode for breakthrough in someone else's life who is listening and feels hopeless. There is hope in the Lord no matter what...

If you ever needed encouragement to sit down and receive the amazing gifts of God, take this opportunity. If you've never been told to sit back and wait for the Lord to speak before going about and doing the significant things of life, take this opportunity to listen to Dr. Kenneth Collins. This conversation was a means of grace for us. And we pray it'll be a means of grace for you. Dr. Kenneth J....

Bishop Webb joins Storm The Gates for a deep conversation about spiritual formation and multiplying disciples of Jesus Christ. From 7th grade onward, Bishop Mark Webb grew up in a United Methodist Church that he describes as “an amazing place for young people,” especially those aspiring to ministry. A Pennsylvania native, Bishop Webb attended Shippensburg University and, through the Christian Fell...

Your local church is exactly where college students can discover hope in Jesus and grow in a community of faith. Miriam Swanson is the National Director for Fusion USA. She moved to the USA in 2019, married an American and started Fusion USA in 2020, establishing it as a non-profit organization in 2021. She had previously worked for Fusion across the UK and Europe for over a decade and with invita...

From casting vision for the Board of Ministry to serving the Kingdom of God through the Global Methodist Church as the Bishop of several conferences and as the Conference Superintendent of the MidTexas Conference, Bishop Leah Hidde-Gregory is back on STG to testify to the amazing work of the Lord. She is overjoyed by the work of the Holy Spirit to raise up holy disciples of Jesus. Enjoy her storie...

Thank you Holy Spirit for Pastor Abe. His testimony is so refreshing for the church to hear. Abraham Guajardo is one of the Lead Pastors of Eden Church in Houston, Texas (edenchurchhouston.com). As the name indicates, Eden intends to be a garden in the city. A community where new life in Jesus is planted, watered, and grown in some of the hardest places. It's a relatively new church plant although...

God is raising up new generations of men and women and calling them into vocational ministry. One young man with such a call is Coy Gammons. Coy is a student at Texas A&M University where he serves Christ Church in College Station and Breakaway. Coy is from Forney, Texas where he serves actively as a member of First Methodist Church. The power of an invitation and being present and available t...

"How to make meth" didn't seem as appropriate of a title. Although, in a sense, that's what we're talking about! Meth being short for Methodist! What makes the Wesleyan/Methodist movement distinctive and an essential movement of the Holy Spirit within the Body of Christ? Brothers Ryan and Jason both offer an invaluable resource for the church to grow deeper as disciples of Jesus. Please check out...

It's with a heavy heart that we release this special episode of STG. Lord have mercy. In the wake of the loss of life and incalculable physical and emotional damage due to the recent flooding in the Texas Hill Country, we offer these faithful servants and their witness to the Kingdom of God in such a time as this. Please keep praying for these friends and the communities impacted severely by the f...

Get ready to be moved, challenged, and inspired! The Holy Spirit is doing a work through brother Zach. Whether you're in a rural church, urban church, or anywhere else, we believe the Lord will speak to you through this testimony. If you'd like to follow up with Pastor Zach and the Dirt Roads Network, you can contact them here: dirtroadsnetwork.com. Rev. Zach Kingery is a Network Ambassador with D...

What a friend we have in Jesus! Dr. Nijay Gupta is also a friend we have in the GMC. Becoming Christian friends is a key component of discipleship. He is a Professor of New Testament at Northern Seminary and a Wesleyan at his core. He is a prolific writer and has a theological mind to build up the one holy, catholic, and apostolic church. Nijay Gupta (DPhil, University of Durham) has written sever...

We're coming back to the heart of worship in this conversation with Dr. Tesia Mallory. She is a Lecturer in Worship at United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio where she is also the Dean of the Chapel. Tesia is a trained musician and vocalist who serves on key teams and committees in the Global Methodist Church providing worship resources and leading worship across our church. If you're at all...

My personal preferences and the Kingdom of God are not perfectly aligned this side of Jesus' Second Coming. We pray for sanctifying grace and trust God will lead us into scriptural holiness if we welcome Him into our lives. In this episode, some of our friends in the MidTexas Conference returned from Bulgaria to tell us of the sanctifying work God is doing in the GMC in Bulgaria and in the establi...

Seatbelts at the ready! Prepared to be blown away by passionate heart and vision for the tribe called church. This episode was reverse engineered and is backwards compared to how we normally start a podcast. Rev. Greg Oberg is the first voice you hear in the conversation. He is an Elder in the GMC who serves as the Pastor for First Methodist Church in Coleman, TX. Pastor Greg also serves on the Bo...

What if rest wasn’t a reward but a way of life? In this episode, we’re joined by Blaine Keene—pastor of Journey Community Church in Plain City, Ohio—for a conversation about Sabbath not as obligation, but invitation. Blaine shares how the practice of rest and the posture of surrender are deeply connected to our identity as the beloved of God. Together, we explore what it means to live from our bel...