The Church in Action Podcast

We're excited to welcome Dr. J. Anthony Lloyd to the podcast, to talk about how he sees God working in Greater Framingham. Dr. Lloyd is an adjunct professor at Gordon-Conwell’s CUME Center in Boston, and the Senior Pastor of Greater Framingham Community Church.

We're excited to welcome Dr. Emmett Price back to the podcast to shed some 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. 

In this week's episode, Gordon MacDonald talks about how a Christian leader's top priority is to assure the continuous training and growth of his/her people.

In this week's episode, Rev. Dr. Ray Hammond and Pastor Enoch Liao have a very thoughtful and loving conversation about minimum wage and education.  They approach the topics 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.”

Ben Feldott, Senior Pastor at Cape Cod Church, joined us for a personal and insightful conversation about his life, growing through seasons of change, evangelism and how he's been seeing God work on the Cape.  

In this week's episode, we talk with Liz Babbitt, Ministry Relations Manager for Joni and Friends New England and John Dischinger, Pastor of Outreach for Walnut Hill Community Church , about the amazing opportunities that churches have to share the hope of the Gospel and give practical help to people impacted by disability.

Human trafficking is happening in every New England state.  In this episode we talk with Annmarie Boulay and Theresa Leonard, co-founders of the The Underground: Lighting A Way To Freedom about what human trafficking is, and how the church can take a meaningful role in addressing it.

Life as a Pastor's wife is unique, complex, and challenging! In this episode, we'll get an inside look as two pastors' wives share their personal journeys. Heidi Joy hosts this conversation with Sonya Bailey from The First Cathedral and Chrisy Kendrick from Vox Church . 

God is doing so much in New England, at a level we haven't seen in a long time.   However, it may be that God is holding back from bringing revival and awakening in the region because of toxic political partisanship that is dividing the church?   In this week's episode, Charles Galda, president of Vision New England, does a “fireside chat" to talk about how the recent insurrection o...

Unthinkable recent events have stirred a new desperation that God would heal our nation, reverse the toxicity that’s been growing for years, show us where we may need to repent if we’ve contributed to it, and tell us what His Church, churches, and individual believers can do to reduce the toxicity, be beacons of light, hope and love, and bring reconciliation in His Church and in our country.  In t...

In this episode, two leaders from Walnut Hill Community Church in CT share their trauma learnings and ministry from their work in Sandy Hook and how they are building on it to minister to people suffering trauma from Covid and other issues, and how it’s evangelistic.

In this episode, we talk with Bishop Larry Ward and Pastor Chris Goeppner about their favorite Christmas traditions, and how their churches think about sharing Jesus during the Christmas season...especially with all the challenges and opportunities Covid is presenting this year.

Trauma has been a growing problem and 2020 has contributed significantly.  In this episode, we have a timely conversation with Dr. Karen Mason, Professor of Counseling and Psychology at Gordon-Conwell, who will help us understand trauma and its impacts, and how our faith in Christ can help us be a source of blessing to others, allowing us to share the love of Jesus.

Even in such a challenging time, God is doing great things to build His Kingdom in New England!  In this special Thanksgiving episode, Brittany Feldott talks with Stephanie Clark from Amirah, Inc  and Rev. Clyde D. Talley from Worcester about how they're seeing God work in their ministries.

In our continuing dialog to help us answer our call to be peacemakers, we need to understand the context and tension when it comes to race. This episode is a follow up to Ep 5, where we talked about the genius and challenges of the Declaration of Independence, and how our understanding of it impacts evangelism.  Here, we do the same with the U.S. Constitution.

Imagine if Mary said, "Find another surrogate." What if the little boy with bread and fish said, "These are mine," and refused to give them up?  God moved powerfully on the other side of their YES, and we know them as world changers today.  In this episode, we talk with Brian Mowrey about his powerful new book, On The Other Side of YES .

In our continuing dialog to help us answer our call to be peacemakers, we need to understand the context and tension when it comes to race.  In this episode we talk about the genius of the Declaration, what believers can celebrate, and some of the challenges.  

With tension rising all around us, especially during election season, many churches and families are experiencing conflicts and division. The Colossian Forum is a ministry that helps your Christian community navigate the minefield of issues that are all around us, with a framework that offers worship, lessons and practices to reduce the tension and conflict so that our witness can be more effectiv...

Pastors Kenneth Young and Chris Goeppner join us to talk about Uncle Tom's Cabin , and how it gives us context for being effective today.   Stowe's eye-opening descriptions help us better understand our call to be peacemakers, which can in turn open doors for evangelism.   Rev. Kenneth Young is the Pastor of Calvary Baptist Church in Haverhill, MA. Chris Goeppner is the Lead Pastor of Ri...

Britt Harris talks with us about how COVID-19 is impacting the global economy and how marketplace believers can lead in times of crisis.   Britt Harris manages America's largest public endowment ($50 Billion), is an Advisor to the New York and Dallas Federal Reserves, and a member of the White House Working Group for Financial Markets.

Dr. Emmett G. Price III from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary talks with us about what the Bible says about justice … what it is and isn’t, what our obligations are as believers, and what justice looks like today.