The Art of Holiness

Rev. Mark Sorensen is the senior pastor of the Woodlands Methodist Church in The Woodlands Texas, just north of Houston. Mark has stepped into the beautiful history of The Woodlands Methodist Church of 45 years. Mark is the second senior pastor of in the church's history. While honoring the past leadership of Dr. Ed Robb, Mark is also bringing in his new vision that builds upon what has been....

Austin and Maddie Wofford are the head pastors at Arise Church, which is a house church movement based in Lexington, Kentucky. They meet in House Churches across the city and every first Sunday of the month all Arise House Churches meet together! Arise Church is birthed out of a conviction around church looking like a place for people to be deeply loved, discipled, challenged, and formed into a li...

Aaron Calhoun, is a Foursquare pastor, church planter, and Director of next gen ministries with the FourSquare Church. He is bright, humble, faithful, and curious about how to build intergenerational relationships inside the church. Listen to him say more about intergenerational ministry at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TNu8LQRufs. Such a great conversation.

Dr. Sandra Richter is with us for a second time, to talk about the prophetic life. Hers is a voice you want to hear on this subject. She is an internationally known Old Testament scholar, the author of the extraordinary Epic of Eden Bible study, and professor and Dean at Westmont College. Raised in a pentecostal tradition and trained at Harvard, she relates to the beautiful subtleties of God’s voi...

Pete Greig is someone we keep coming back to, because his ministry and story have so much to offer. What a great example he is of one who has given himself deeply to the work of prayer over most of a lifetime. Pete is the founder of 24-7 Prayer Network, which reaches more than half the nations on the globe. He is also the pastor of Emmaus Road in England. In this podcast, we talk about the art of...

Bishop James Swanson is well-known name among Methodists. He has served as a bishop in the United Methodist Church since 2004, and travels widely sharing love and Jesus as a charismatic and prophetic preacher of the Word. In this conversation, he shares his own story of being raised in a Pentecostal tradition and coming home to Methodism as an adult. 

Carol Ward has a unique call on her life, to "go where no one wants to go." That call has sent her into some of the darkest places in the world, including war-torn regions of Uganda and South Sudan, where she shares love with those who feel most forgotten. Carol, the child of missionaries, is the founder and director of Favor of God Ministries, which seeks to change whole nations one per...

Friends, we are so excited about Carolyn Moore's new book When Women Lead. Carolyn is not only one of our co-host for the Art of Holiness Podcast, but she is also a church planter, speaker, writer, and most importantly a wife, mom, and grandmama.  Carolyn's new book looks at the topic of Women Leading from a biblical, practical, and cultural view point. This book is for you! We are on ou...

Rev. Dr. Jo Anne Lyon is General Superintendent Emerita of The Wesleyan Church. She serves now as The Ambassador — a position specifically created by action of the General Board of The Wesleyan Church to retain the considerable connections and influence of of Dr. Lyon. It is a great title for a role she plays naturally, not just for The Wesleyan Church but for the whole Church of Jesus Christ. Dr....

Mark Barrow is the CEO of Aldersgate Ministries, a renewal movement within the United Methodist Church that has been contending for Spirit-filled ministry for decades. Aldersgate’s mission is offer opportunities for every follower of Jesus to experience transforming growth through the love of the Father, by the power of the Holy Spirit. Mark’s work as a leader in this ministry is to connect local...

Scott Kelso is a writer, a community organizer, and a prophet to the Church. Currently, he serves as the General Overseer of the 5 Points Greater Columbus Apostolic Network, which is an alliance of churches and ministries gathered to see the Kingdom of God established and maintained in the greater Columbus, Ohio area. He has served with Aldersgate Renewal  Ministries and as the President of the Ch...

We’ve tried with this series of interviews to focus a little more on the value of community, and that’s what led us to Sean. He was part of an intentional community in Texas, then moved to Lexington, Kentucky where he became part of another intentional community in the MLK neighborhood of Lexington. Sean is also part of the larger 12-step community and he will talk about alll these projects and wa...

Bob Garrett is the General Coordinator for the Alleluia Community, an ecumenical, charismatic community in Augusta, Georgia. The Alleluia Community is not a church. It is an intentional  community of more than 200 households seeking to help one another live lives that glorify God through the power and guidance of the Holy Spirit. For fifty years this community has explored what it means to live in...

Jessica LaGrone is the Dean of the Chapel at Asbury Theological Seminary, where she leads an amazingly creative team of musicians, worship leaders and servants, prayer warriors, and Levites, or what I like to call holy organizers. She also teaches preaching at Asbury and has a very cool online practice called Preacher's Block … where pastors can block off time to prepare in community but with...

Dr. Sandra Richter is an internationally known Old Testament scholar. She is the author of the extraordinary Epic of Eden Bible study, and professor and Dean at Westmont College. Her areas of expertise include Deuteronomy, Isaiah, and ancient languages, as well as a forthcoming book on environmental theology. We tapped Sandra so we could talk with her about supernatural ministry in the Old Testame...

Well it has been a minute for The Art of Holiness Podcast and we are thrilled to be back with you all. In this episode you will hear what we have coming up on this season and what has been happening in the life of Carolyn and Pierce. Let's just say one of them is moving across the country, so don't skip this episode. Thanks for listening! 

With this episode, we wrap up season three of The Art of Holiness, and we do so with a ton of gratitude for you. Our podcast community is a great blessing to us. Thanks for listening. Today, we're giving you a double dose of good conversation with two of our favorite people. Dr. Alec Rowlands is the senior pastor of Westgate Chapel in Edmonds, Washington, and the founder of Church Awakening,...

In a season when anxiety and hopelessness seem to be at record highs, today's conversation with Dr. Matthew Sleeth is especially poignant. Dr. Sleeth is a former emergency room physician and Chief of Staff, who resigned from his position to teach, preach, and write about faith and health. He has spoken at more than one thousand churches, campuses, and events, including serving as a monthly gu...

It has been a sheer joy to get to know Dr. Ivan Filby. You're going to love this conversation with him. Ivan has all the credentials of a scholar (he has served as president of Greenville University in Illinois, and taught business studies at Trinity College Dublin for 16 years), and all the heart, soul, and wisdom of a true prophet.  Ivan has helped people learn how to minister in the power...

Rich Villodas was raised up under the ministry of Pete Scazzero (author of Emotionally Healthy Spirituality and other books in that same theme), and succeeded him as the lead pastor of New Life Fellowship, a large multiracial church with more than seventy-five countries represented in Elmhurst, Queens. Born and raised in Brooklyn, Rich is uniquely gifted to lead this urban and diverse community of...

In this episode, we had a great conversation with Tara Beth Leach about what the Church can be. Tara Beth is a pastor, speaker, writer, and encourager, who has served as a pastor in the Nazarene tradition in Pasadena, California and suburban Chicago. She is the author of Kingdom Culture, Emboldened, and most recently,  Radiant Church: Restoring the Credibility of Our Witness. She calls herself a “...

We sat down for an incredible conversation with Bishop Dr.. Todd Hunter at New Room Conference 2021. Dr. Hunter is the founding bishop of The Anglican Diocese, Churches for the Sake of Others. He is a past president of Alpha USA and former national director for the Association of Vineyard Churches. An adjunct professor at several seminaries, he is author of Christianity Beyond Belief , Giving Chur...

Jo Saxton trains women to lead, which makes her an automatic hero to us. She is a podcast co-host along with Steph O-Brien (the podcast is called Leading Stories), an internationally known speaker, the author of four books (More than Enchanting, The Dream of You), and a leadership coach focusing on helping women find their voice. Her newest book is called Ready to Rise. Using her own story as a ba...

This week, we are honored to air a recent conversation recorded with Dr. William J. "Billy" Abraham. It was a privilege that Billy graciously gave us his time during the NewRoom Conference to talk about a broad range of issues. Tragically, just two weeks later, Billy passed from this life unexpectedly. Pierce and I  want to remember him by airing this conversation together with two frien...

We were honored to sit down at NewRoom Conference 2021 with Allen Hood. Allen is first and foremost a lover of Jesus, Husband, and Dad.  Allen served as the Associate Director of IHOPKC from 2000-2020 and as the President of the International House of Prayer University from 2003-2016.  In January 2019, Allen founded the Excellencies of Christ Ministries, which exists to proclaim the gospel of Jesu...