The Church in Action Podcast

Join us for a conversation with Rev. Cindy Cabral as she shares her thoughts and experience on evangelism as the Pastor of Lively Stones Christian Center in Brockton, MA.

Join us for a conversation with Joyce Shelter Holt, Executive Director of Hagar's Sisters. In the US, nearly 20 people are abused every minute. Domestic abuse knows no boundaries and is prevalent regardless of race, education, socioeconomic status, or religion. Many are surprised to find abuse in families of faith. However, researchers affirm that abuse crosses all religious boundaries and th...

Pat and Tammy McLeod, directors of Cru in partnership with Park Street Church in Boston,  talk about discipleship in the context of their college ministry to the 250,000+ students in the Boston area. The McLeod's often speak, teach, and write on spiritual formation, prayer, and ambiguous loss and are founding members of the Mamelodi Initiative in the township of Mamelodi, South Africa—a proje...

Tim Keller shares about mission in part three of a series on "The Gospel-Centered Church."

Tim Keller shares about the importance of disciple-making in part two of a series on "The Gospel-Centered Church."

In our August "Best of" series, we'll be sharing a series of three messages from Tim Keller, speaking at Vision New England's 125th anniversary celebration in 2013. His message is timeless, and is as relevant today as it was in 2013. He talks about the Gospel-Centered church in evangelism, disciple-making, and mission. Today's message is focused on creating an evangelistic...

In light of the unique challenges the pandemic poses, this talk will explore various types of depression, its causes and possible treatments, Dr. Manganello will explain how recovery is possible and why we can still hope for the future. Dr. Manganello has more than 40 years of experience providing psychological therapy to multigenerational/multicultural families and individuals. He studied at Bost...

Guest host Heidi Joy from Breathe Ministries interviews Ruth Calver to discuss a wife's perspective of life in Christian ministry on this week's podcast.

Join us for a conversation with Enoch Lio, pastor at Boston Chinese Evangelical Church, as he discusses racism, violence and the Asian community.

Pastor Kika Ghobrial shares how people are using social media to share Jesus in what is being called the “online revival.” Kika Ghobrial is the Youth and Young Adults pastor at Arabic Evangelical Baptist Church of Boston and pastor of their English speaking service.

Dr. Emmett Price will continue our multi-part series on the evolving language of race and some of the challenges it presents.

We're talking to Mary Speta of Amirah New England which ministers to survivors of human trafficking and provides training and education related to sexual abuse, harassment and exploitation.

We talk with the Rev. Dr. Ray Hammond (Bethel AME) and Pastor Enoch Liao (Boston Chinese Evangelical Church) about the right of free speech, the cancel culture, and how the gospel should inform our thinking on both.

Today we talk to Bobby Warrenburg, Sr. Pastor of North Shore Community Baptist Church and founder of the North Shore Gospel Partnership, about evangelism and what he's seeing God do.

Over a decade ago, Pat and Tammy McLeod's son suffered a traumatic brain injury and became severely disabled for life.  They've had to grieve much, but have also experienced God's nearness in their suffering.  In this week's podcast, we'll talk with them about their journey through ambiguous loss, and their book Hit Hard.

How does God think about work (meaning, our jobs) and how can that inform how we approach our work as Christ-followers?  In today's podcast, we talk with Brandon Cobb, Executive Pastor of Renaissance Church in New York City, about how he equips people to integrate faith and work.

This week we talk about police shootings and race, both the data and emotions on all sides of the issue, to increase our understanding of how others see it, so we can be the peacemakers we are called to be, and work toward unity in the Church, which is evangelistic (John 17:21).

Rev. Sergio Perez joins us this week for an encouraging conversation about how he's seen God working in his own life, and in his ministry and evangelism around New England. Sergio is the Senior Pastor at Harvest Ministries, and a board member of Vision New England.

This week we talk with Rev. Bonnie Gatchell about her life and ministry to women who have been exploited by the sex industry, and the research she's done on sexual harassment in the church.

Join us for this raw, insightful and inspiring talk with Rev. Dr. Virginia Ward, as she talks about the joys and challenges of following God's call in her life - as a daughter, mom, pastor's wife, author, speaker and leader.  Important life lessons for women and men, and especially for pastors' wives.

We're excited to have Rev. Dr. Ray Hammond and Pastor Enoch Liao back on the podcast, this time to talk about Georgia’s voting reform legislation.  Part of our goal is to show how Christians can talk about polarizing issues with love and kindness, and learn from each other’s perspectives.  

This week Clive Calver shares his journey from unbeliever to leading the largest evangelical alliance in the world, his experience working in more than 100 countries doing disaster relief work and pastoring Walnut Hill Community Church in SW Connecticut.

We're excited to have Dr. Emmett Price back this week to continue shedding light on the evolving language of race: some of the new terms, and ones whose meanings have been changing, with the goal of clearing up confusion and avoiding potential barriers to reconciliation.

We’re excited to have Justin Kendrick, Lead Pastor of Vox Church (multiple sites in CT and MA), join us for this strategic and practical conversation on how to make disciples.   Vox has an intentional approach that will help us think about disciple-making in our own contexts.

We’re excited to have Rev. Dr. Ray Hammond and Pastor Enoch Liao joining us for the podcast again today! They're back to discuss immigration from a biblical perspective, modeling disagreement with love, and breaking down polarization by showing that most issues are more complicated than “I’m good and you’re bad.”