Storm The Gates

Religious games, playing church, and nominal Christianity, are activities plaguing the church in the West from which brother Matt Reynolds wants to see the church liberated. Matt is a pastor in the Global Methodist Church and the founder of Spirit & Truth. Lean in and be challenged by Matt's call for the church to be more primitive and by that he means more explicitly obedient to Jesus' comman...

A New Yorker joins the podcast to testify to his yankeeness. Just kidding. God called a brother in Christ from New York to shepherd a local church in Azle, Texas. Ray shares his testimony on STG. May we all be fools for Jesus with Ray and work on our street preaching. Insider podcast information and where to get your next pizza pie awaits as well.

Vital to fulfilling our mission in the Global Methodist Church is planting new churches. On this special round table episode of STG, Jason and Shea talk about the blessings and challenges of church planting and how God is raising up new leaders to plant faith communities in creative ways. Pastors Doug, Ed, Lauren, and Jason are all actively serving newly formed congregations in the MidTexas Confer...

Sorry, we're not sorry, another podcast on holiness! Holiness is the thread of this podcast. Dr. Lohrstorfer is the Associate Professor of Wesleyan Theology at Wesley Biblical Seminary (wbs.edu). Before heading off to the Evangelical Theological Society gathering in San Diego, CA, Dr. Lohrstorfer was kind to share his convictions on what biblical holiness means in addition to his forthcoming work....

Introducing your new Bishop of the MidTexas Conference, Kenneth Levingston! Bishop Leah Hidde-Gregory will continue to lead our conference faithfully as the Conference Superintendent while serving as Bishop across several annual conferences in the Global Methodist Church. We are excited to welcome Bishop Kenneth Levingston who will serve as Bishop of MidTexas in addition to MidSouth, Panama, and P...

From Laredo, El Paso, Austin, and now Art, TX, Stella is a pastor in the Global Methodist Church. She shares her story with Storm The Gates and how she's found hope and clung to faith in liminal seasons of life. She also has recently felt God calling her to start a podcast called Living On the Edge Of Art (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/living-on-the-edge-of-art/id1770784512). In whatever s...

Coming off of a contentious presidential election, discussing all things spiritual warfare is just what the doctor ordered. The Doctor, in this case, is Dr. Pete Bellini. Dr. Bellini is Professor of Church Renewal and Evangelization in the Heisel Chair at United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio. Dr. Bellini is from Little Italy in Cleveland, OH. He's a boxer and powerlifter. In addition to bei...

Jason and Shea open up the latest STG episode by discussing how they talk about money at their respective churches. The Global Methodist Church is a connectional body that supports ministry beyond the local church that it believes serves the local church. Through connectional giving, local churches in the Global Methodist Church give to support people like Dianne Burnett. Dianne is the Executive D...

This is a special episode for STG. Jason and Shea are joined by many friends in a round table format as they share their holy experiences with the Lord in Costa Rica at the Convening Conference of the Global Methodist Church. Bishop Gregory, Ryan Barnett, Leslie Tomlinson, Forrest Deviney, Bridget Heins, and the most special guest of all, Davis Barnett, all join to share the the way God forever im...

What do Sinead O'Connor and the late Rev. Dr. William "Billy" J. Abraham have in common? Tune in to this episode and hear Dr. Vickers share with us all about the remarkable legacy of Dr. Abraham and their work together on offering the church resources to understand the agency of God to save sinners and build up the Body of Christ. We continue exploring the theme of holiness with Dr. Vickers and le...

If you ever wanted to know if it was possible to catch a flight from South Africa to the US and record a podcast at the same time, the answer is yes! Amber Camp and Dori Barber join Shea and Jason to talk about the nature of God and how they're looking forward to God revealing His nature at the Anew Conference on November 16 in Waco, TX. Amber is a member of the all-women led worship group Kingdom...

Past, present, and future, God is faithful. Through servants like Bishop Mike Lowry, the Lord is making a way in the wilderness and pathways through the desert. Bishop Lowry is now retired and serves as Bishop Emeritus in the Global Methodist Church having served as a local church pastor and bishop for decades. Lean in as he challenges the church today to be faithful to the gospel and bold in her...

Good leadership is vital for the church to grow and thrive in fulfilling her mission to make disciples of Jesus. As Rob shares in this podcast, leadership can also keep mushrooms from growing in the basement. Rev. Rob Renfroe is the President of Good News Magazine. He pastored with the Rev. Dr. Ed Robb, among others, at The Woodlands Methodist Church for 20+ years. His ministry has faithfully call...

In this special release, Shea joins us live from Costa Rica to talk all things GMC General Conference. Make sure you like, follow and share with your family and friends. We hope you enjoy this first hand account of all what has taken place at the GMC General Conference 2024.

"If the church is not telling the truth, what are we doing?" Dr. David Watson joins Storm The Gates and shares his wisdom. David writes extensively on firebrandmag.com and davidfwatson3.substack.com. He offers his insight on what is distinctive about the people called Methodist in addition to sharing his hope for the church's witness in a world that increasingly negative to her witness. In the the...

God is moving across the entire Global Methodist Church and throughout the Mid Texas Conference. We are honored to welcome Phi-LL-ip Hoeflinger from Harlingen, TX. Phillip is a Presiding Elder in the southern most covenant area of the conference. In this conversation, we begin with the basics, and God did the rest. We hope you are challenged and encouraged in your faith journey. So take a seat, un...

In this conversation Shea and Jason talk with Rev. Ryan Barnett about where we've been and where we're going as the Global Methodist Church. Ryan shares some stories about how the Holy Spirit moved through his life and ministry giving him hope that an awakening is coming from the Methodist people. Ryan is the Lead Pastor of First Methodist Church in Waco, TX. Along with the Rev. Dr. Leah Hidde-Gre...

We worship a miracle working God. That's the main focus of Shea and Jason's second conversation with Lauren Yates. For the unplanned, part two of their conversation, Lauren shares a few miracle stories that God worked through the Wall Shakers Prayer workshops. This podcast is less of a conversation and more of a clarion call for the church to pray and seek the miracle working power of God no matte...

Shea and Jason have the privilege of hosting a Spirit-filled conversation with Leigh Gettman-Allen. Leigh is a candidate for ordination in the Mid-Texas Conference of the Global Methodist Church who also teaches communications classes at Dallas Baptist University and leads The Branch at Tyler Street Church. The Branch is a young adult ministry Leigh and her husband, Billy, started and lead togethe...

Prayer changes things. Shea and Jason have the privilege of talking about prayer with the Rev. Lauren Yates who leads Wall Shakers Prayer Workshops across the Mid-Texas Conference. She shares her journey with the Lord and His surprising call upon her life to lead others in developing prayer ministries in their churches. Anyone from Mid-Texas, Heartland, and anywhere else, GMC or not, is welcome to...

Reporting from the Next Level Preaching Conference, providing and very general overview of the two proposals for bishops in the Global Methodist Church, AND the Rev. Dr. Kevin Watson are the content for episode five! Dr. Kevin Watson recently published Doctrine, Spirit & Discipline: A History of the Wesleyan Tradition in the United States. It is a definitive history and anointed book. Dr. Kevi...

Is it possible to be too polite? Does that seem like a strange question to ask on a Christian podcast? Jason and Shea are joined by Jeffrey Rickman of the PlainSpoken podcast on this fourth episode of Storm The Gates. Jeffrey shares his journey with the Lord being called into pastoral ministry and starting the podcast. They discuss the importance of speaking the truth in love, having healthy disag...

After the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump and the announcement of President Joe Biden stepping out of the next presidential race, Shea and Jason talk about their roles as pastors and how they navigate around American politics. The Rev. Dr. Rusty Freeman joins them to talk about Revive and the Wesley House of Studies at Baylor University. You don't want to miss Rusty's test...

For our second episode ever, we finish our conversation with the Rev. Dr. Leah Hidde-Gregory after talking about the "why" for the podcast and what we pray the Lord does through it. Leah shares with us more about the upcoming Convening General Conference of the Global Methodist Church in addition to her key values when it comes to leading the Mid-Texas Conference. Feel free and message us with que...

This is our first episode! We're grateful for the support of Rev. Dr. Leah Hidde-Gregory who joins us for our first two episodes. Lord willing, there will be many more to come. She shares about her upbringing and how God called her into pastoral ministry. A pivotal person in her story is the inspiration for the title. Stay tuned for weekly Monday episodes. We would love to hear from you! You can e...