The Ambassador Podcast

Welcome to the first debrief episode of Season 03! Our debrief episodes proved to be a helpful resource from Season 02, so we are excited to be bringing them back. These episodes provide an opportunity to take what was discussed and said in the previous interview and work through some of the more heavier matters in personal and practical ways. On this episode, we have Dr. Matt LaPine debriefing th...

Welcome to the first interview of season three. On this episode, Jarryd interviews Raymond Chang as he lets us in on his life, ministry, and convictions. Ray is an author, campus chaplain, and Bible teacher at Wheaton college . He is also the president of the Asian American Christian Collective (AACC) . With a heart for reconciliation and justice, Ray’s is a helpful and challenging voice that brea...

The Ambassador Podcast is excited to be back with more great content for season 03! In this episode, Jarryd takes us back through the first two seasons and gives us vision for the third. He also unpacks some of the new and exciting things that The Ambassador is doing and has been up to since season 02. Take a listen and get ready for a fun, educational, and challenging season! Host : Jarryd Cole W...

Special Guest: Rechab Gray

First, it was Purshia. Now, Tracee! When you're doing ministry in a sending culture, often times there is a season where saying goodbye is inevitable. The Ambassador has been made better by Purshia's and Tracee's voices and their impact will be missed. This episode, although not a surprise, gets deeper into where Tracee is going and why she is going. We also have a special guest to...

Justice is a difficult yet important topic to discuss for our faith. Mike Edmondson, lead pastor of Koinonia  in Nashville, TN, joins Jarryd and Tracee as he sheds light on the topic. Mika is a husband, pastor, theologian, author, and well rounded scholar. He is passionate about Jesus and the multiethnic church and is committed to seeing and being a part of holistic reconciliation and unity throug...

Our guest, Kari Minter joins us as we debrief the Assimilation vs. Accommodation episode. Our interview with Hosanna Wong was dense and this episode was no different. One of the most divisive topics in Christian spaces, aside from race and diversity, is the role of women in ministry. On these two episodes we tackle both. Kari is a wife, a mom, a student of Jesus and a gifted Bible teacher. We were...

On this episode, Jarryd and Tracee sit down with Hosanna Wong as she talks about her life and experience going from the streets of spoken word to the pulpits of preaching. Hosanna is an amazing communicator that uses her talents acquired from poetry to deliver compelling messages that uplift and glorify God. This was one of our favorite episodes as we get into topics like assimilation and accomoda...

In this episode, our guest, Troy Nesbitt joins us to debrief Dhati's episode, Why I Stay. Troy is the founding pastor of Cornerstone Church in Ames, IA and the director of the Salt Network. The Salt Network is a church planting network that focuses on reaching the next-generation in every major university center in the U.S. Check out this episode to hear Troy's story and how this timely...

On this episode, Jarryd and Tracee sit down with Dhati Lewis lead pastor of Blueprint Church in Atlanta, Georgia and VP of the Send Network . Dhati is a husband, father, pastor, and author and has been influential in reaching the city and equipping city leaders for the work of ministry. Dhati speaks on his life experiences, the Gospel, and answers the question why he stays in white evangelical spa...

In this episode, our guest Roger Wheeler, joins us as we discuss the interview with Mark DeYmaz about church economics. The way we think about church is often getting people in the door and retaining those people. In some sense, church becomes something that is about sustaining a building. Roger helps us dive into Mark's concept of community impact and the road it took them to generate a para...

In this episode, we interview Mark DeYmaz, lead pastor of Mosaic Church in Little Rock, AK. Mosaic is a multiethnic church in the heart of Little Rock that has a passion for reaching the city and blessing the city. Mark is also the founder and director of Vine and Village and Mosaix Global Network that offers services to train, encourage, and equip ministry leaders with a multiethnic church vision...

On this episode, Shane Rothlisberger joins us to debrief Derwin Gray's Multiethnic Church Episode. Shane wears many hats among which is a pastor at Cornerstone Church and a business owner with Versalifts . If Shane is passionate about anything, its Jesus and squats! And kids. He has a lot of kids! Shane and Jarryd were able to go to Derwin Gray's Multiethnic Church Round Table in the Spr...

Welcome back! We are excited to kick off our first episode of season two of The Ambassador podcast. On this season, we have been blessed to be able to interview a handful of key voices on race, the church, justice, culture, and the ministry of reconciliation. It has been a blast and we hope you all find these episodes as encouraging and challenging as we did. On this episode, Derwin Gray joins us...

On this episode, we honor the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.  MLK Day comes every year on the third Monday in January. MLK's legacy has left a lasting impact that reverberates in our history, is made tangible in our present, and echoes in our future. The year 2020, and now 2021, have been tumultuous for our nation in terms of racial tensions. Racial tensions have been the epitome of who Amer...

Looking back and going forward.

Special guest, Dr. Jones, joins us to speak about race and the next generation!

We say farewell to our dear friend and fellow host, Purshia Gambles, as she makes the move to a new state.

Jarryd, Tracee, and Purshia discuss therapy.

Where Are All The Black Theologians?

Join Jarryd, Tracee, and Purshia as they talk about their black joy!

Special guests: Abdullah Muhammad and Quentin Riser join us!

Unhelpful Voices in the Movement

Purshia, Tracee, and our special guest, JoAnna, walk us through what it looks like to be a black woman living in America.

Purshia, Tracee, and our special guest, JoAnna, walk us through what it looks like to be a black woman living in America.