The C4SO Podcast with Bishop Todd Hunter

Our Black History Month focus continues with the Very Rev. Leon "Mac" McKenzie discussing what the church can learn from Malcolm X, and why it's important for us as Christians to listen to those outside our faith traditions, and outside our faith. Leon McKenzie is the Pastor of Preaching and Teaching at Redeemer Community Church [...]

We talked with artist Steve Prince, the artist we are celebrating during Black History Month, asking him about what got him started in art, how his artistic process works now, why he does what he does, and his experience as a Black artist. Steve is a mixed media artist, master printmaker, lecturer, educator, and art [...]

In 2022, our mission field has changed—and will continue to change with the realities of COVID, politics, sexual and gender concerns, and social justice issues. But even in our crazy world, the basic principles of kingdom mission stand unchanged. We ask C4SO churches and leaders how they are returning to these fundamentals in 2022—exegeting their [...]

In 2022, our mission field has changed—and will continue to change with the realities of COVID, politics, sexual and gender concerns, and social justice issues. But even in our crazy world, the basic principles of kingdom mission stand unchanged. We ask C4SO churches and leaders how they are returning to these fundamentals in 2022—exegeting their [...]

We kick off 2022 with a word of encouragement for the diocese from Bishop Todd, focusing on faithful, contextual mission in the midst of relentless cultural shifts, and ending with a blessing spoken over our churches. Announcements and Links: Our Cycle of Prayer Spotlight ministry this week is Trinity Northside in Atlanta, GA, led by [...]

We continue our series on Melodies of Hope: Hymns From Advent and Christmastide. Each year, our churches sing a familiar rotation of Advent and Christmas hymns, often without knowing their meaning and context. To provide a fresh take on the Christmas carol canon, we've enlisted eight worship leaders, songwriters and thinkers from around C4SO to [...]

We continue our series on Melodies of Hope: Hymns From Advent and Christmastide. Each year, our churches sing a familiar rotation of Advent and Christmas hymns, often without knowing their meaning and context. To provide a fresh take on the Christmas carol canon, we've enlisted eight worship leaders, songwriters and thinkers from around C4SO to [...]

We continue our series on Melodies of Hope: Hymns From Advent and Christmastide. Each year, our churches sing a familiar rotation of Advent and Christmas hymns, often without knowing their meaning and context. To provide a fresh take on the Christmas carol canon, we've enlisted eight worship leaders, songwriters and thinkers from around C4SO to [...]

This is a BONUS episode in our series on Melodies of Hope: Hymns From Advent and Christmastide. We've been talking about favorite old hymns for the season, but we also have worship leaders and pastors writing new music for Advent, Christmas, and beyond, and we wanted to highlight a song that emerged last year at [...]

We continue our series on Melodies of Hope: Hymns From Advent and Christmastide. Each year, our churches sing a familiar rotation of Advent and Christmas hymns, often without knowing their meaning and context. To provide a fresh take on the Christmas carol canon, we've enlisted eight worship leaders, songwriters and thinkers from around C4SO to [...]

We continue our series on Melodies of Hope: Hymns From Advent and Christmastide. Each year, our churches sing a familiar rotation of Advent and Christmas hymns, often without knowing their meaning and context. To provide a fresh take on the Christmas carol canon, we've enlisted eight worship leaders, songwriters and thinkers from around C4SO to [...]

We continue our series on Melodies of Hope: Hymns From Advent and Christmastide. Each year, our churches sing a familiar rotation of Advent and Christmas hymns, often without knowing their meaning and context. To provide a fresh take on the Christmas carol canon, we've enlisted eight worship leaders, songwriters and thinkers from around C4SO to [...]

We continue our series on Melodies of Hope: Hymns From Advent and Christmastide. Each year, our churches sing a familiar rotation of Advent and Christmas hymns, often without knowing their meaning and context. To provide a fresh take on the Christmas carol canon, we've enlisted eight worship leaders, songwriters and thinkers from around C4SO to [...]

We start a new series today called Melodies of Hope: Hymns From Advent and Christmastide. Each year, our churches sing a familiar rotation of Advent and Christmas hymns, often without knowing their meaning and context. To provide a fresh take on the Christmas carol canon, we've enlisted eight worship leaders, songwriters and thinkers from around [...]

In this final episode of our mini-series on church planting in C4SO, we discuss something that often happens in church planting, but isn't talked about a lot: when church planting doesn't work out, and the church needs to close its doors. Our guests are the Rev. Kimberly Deckel and Rev. Andrew Stravitz, who were planting [...]

We are hosting a mini-series on church planting in C4SO. Often church planting is a young person's game, but in this episode, we discuss what it's like to plant a church when you're not so young anymore! Our guests are the Rev. Billy Steen, planting All Souls South Placer in Rocklin, California, and the Rev. [...]

We are hosting a mini-series on church planting in C4SO. In this episode, we discuss what it's like to start gathering publicly for worship. Our guests are the Rev. Sandy Richter, who is planting Christ our Peace in Oak Park, Illinois, and the Rev. Austin Becton, who is planting Good Shepherd Nashville in Nashville, Tennessee. [...]

We are hosting a mini-series on church planting in C4SO. In this episode, we discuss the realities of the "pre-launch" phase of church planting, before any kind of public gathering. Our guests are the Travis Lowe, planting Trinity Anglican Church with his wife Mickey in Tampa, Florida, and James and Happy Madden, planting St. Luke [...]

We are hosting a mini-series on church planting in C4SO. In this first episode, we talk with Bishop Todd about his vision for church planting in the diocese. Then we chat with the Rev. Brad Swope, C4SO's Director of Church Planting, about the practicalities of planting in C4SO, and two exciting new initiatives: a church [...]

We finish our series on The Gifts of Anglicanism for the Body of Christ, focusing on the deep expression of social justice in the Anglican tradition, and why it's vital to hold together the concerns of both spiritual formation and social justice. Our guest is the Rev. Bill Haley, Anglican priest and Executive Director of [...]

We continue our series on The Gifts of Anglicanism for the Body of Christ, focusing on the church calendar and how it can be a source of vitality, community, and spiritual formation in our lives. Our guest is the Rev. Dr. W. David O. Taylor, C4SO's Scholar-in-Residence for Arts, Media, and Culture. David brought some [...]

We continue our series on The Gifts of Anglicanism for the Body of Christ, focusing on bishops, their role and function in the church, and some of the pitfalls of having bishops, and how to avoid them so we can receive the blessing and benefit of the episcopacy. Our guest is the Rt. Rev. Steve [...]

We continue our series on The Gifts of Anglicanism for the Body of Christ, focusing on the treasures of the church fathers and mothers, and the relevance these early pastors and theologians have for us today. Our guest is the Rev. Dr. Jonathan Bailes, who is the Cathedral Theologian at Christ Church in Plano, Texas. [...]

We continue our series on The Gifts of Anglicanism for the Body of Christ, focusing on the Book of Common Prayer. Our guest is the Rev. Dr. Winfield Bevins, Director for the Asbury Church Planting Initiative and Canon for Church Planting for the Anglican Diocese of the Carolinas. You can connect with Winfield on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, [...]

We're starting a new series today called The Gifts of Anglicanism for the Body of Christ. Over the past few decades, many of us have found ourselves "on the Canterbury trail," drawn by the Spirit to the treasures of the Great Tradition of the Church. At the same time, we want to steward these riches [...]