The Church in Action Podcast

Karen Mason, of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, joins us on Church in Action to share the results of her study on those who experience suicidal ideation in our churches. Don't miss this insightful conversation.  Follow Us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/visionnewengland Facebook: https://facebook.com/visionnewengland Website: https://www.visionnewengland.org

On this week's Church in Action Sunday, we're talking with Reverend Dr. J Anthony Lloyd of Greater Framingham Community Church in Massachusetts. Dr. Lloyd's got his pulse on what's happening in New England and what we need to be focused on in the coming year.  Follow Us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/visionnewengland Facebook: https://facebook.com/visionnewengland Websit...

On this week’s Church in Action, we are revisiting a November conversation about a week of Prayer that vision New England is hosting this January all across the states of New England.  Noelle Jones and Adam DePasquale are sharing inspiring stories about the power of prayer for revival and transformation.  Go to visionnewengland.org/events to sign up!

Don't miss this week's Church in Action. Host Charles Galda is talking with Doug Scalise, the pastor of Brewster Baptist Church on Cape Cod. Doug is a founding pastor of Thrive Cape Cod which led to a new initiative called Feed My Starving Children, which has packed more than 106,000 meals for starving children in Africa and Central America.  Follow Us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.c...

Don’t miss this week’s Church in Action! Charles Galda sits down with Rob O’Neal—pastor of Farmington Valley Baptist Church in Avon and co-founder of Thrive Farmington Valley—to explore how churches are linking arms to strengthen one another and mobilize people to serve their communities with the love of Jesus.  Follow Us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/visionnewengland Facebook: https://fac...

This week on Church in Action : Charles Galda talks with Dr. Steve Macchia about his new book, Praying the Parables of Jesus —offering fresh insights that call us deeper into life with Jesus.  Follow Us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/visionnewengland Facebook: https://facebook.com/visionnewengland Website: https://www.visionnewengland.org

We’re bringing back one of our most inspiring episodes! Gavin and Ann Calver join us to explore what it truly means to be the Church. Tune in! Follow Us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/visionnewengland Facebook: https://facebook.com/visionnewengland Website: https://www.visionnewengland.org

On Church in Action this week, Noelle Jones, Vision New England's Prayer Director and Adam DePasquale, Lead pastor executive of Walnut Hill Community Church are talking about a 24/7 Prayer Week happening in New England this January.  Follow Us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/visionnewengland Facebook: https://facebook.com/visionnewengland Website: https://www.visionnewengland.org Learn...

This week on Church In Action, we're talking with Andy Needham about the 5 2 1 Collaborative, which is working across New England to support and encourage church multiplication. We'll be talking about church planting, church revitalization, and new campuses. Follow Us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/visionnewengland Facebook: https://facebook.com/visionnewengland Website: https://w...

This week on Church in Action, we're talking with Dr. Ryan Burge, Associate Professor of Political Science at Eastern Illinois University, about what God is doing, using hard data that reveals some fascinating trends and issues. Follow Us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/visionnewengland Facebook: https://facebook.com/visionnewengland Website: https://www.visionnewengland.org

On this week's episode of Church in Action, we're talking with Sharon Ketcham, Dean of Gordon College's School of Ministry Theology and Biblical Studies, about equipping followers of Jesus with practical training to transform their community. Follow Us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/visionnewengland Facebook: https://facebook.com/visionnewengland Website: https://www.visionne...

 This week on Church In Action, we're talking with Leiko McSherry of Cape Cod Church about teaching people to live like Jesus so they can become like Jesus using a resource called "Practicing the Way". Follow Us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/visionnewengland Facebook: https://facebook.com/visionnewengland Website: https://www.visionnewengland.org

This week on Church in Action, we are talking to Dr. James Choung, Intervarsity Vice President of Strategy and Innovation about  generational patterns and variations as we seek to help the church reach, serve and engage each generation with the gospel. Follow Us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/visionnewengland Facebook: https://facebook.com/visionnewengland Website: https://www.visionnewengl...

Tune in to Church in Action this week to hear about how the wired childhood is causing an anxiety and depression epidemic among young people. We're talking with Kyler Barr, who has spent 20 years working in NextGen ministry with young people and consulting with pastors across New England. Follow Us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/visionnewengland Facebook: https://facebook.com/visionnew...

This week on Church in Action, we are continuing our series about church culture shifts specifically around building a church culture that makes disciples who make disciples. Pastor Tim Bushfield, of Community Church of East Gloucester, is joining us to share his experiences. Follow Us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/visionnewengland Facebook: https://facebook.com/visionnewengland Website: h...

This week on Church in Action, we are continuing our series about church culture shifts specifically around building a church culture that makes disciples who make disciples. Pastor Matt Beattie, Executive Director of Alpha New England, is joining us to share his experiences. Follow Us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/visionnewengland Facebook: https://facebook.com/visionnewengland Website: h...

This week on Church in Action, we are starting a series about church culture shifts specifically around building a church culture that makes disciples who make disciples. Albie Powers, Lead Pastor of Elm City Church in Keene NH, is joining us to share his experiences and to kick off our series. Follow Us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/visionnewengland Facebook: https://facebook.com/visionne...

This week, we're talking with Gina Mueller about an equipping event she's putting together for women in Christian leadership on October 18th in Avon, Connecticut.  Gina's the Disciple-Making Catalyst at Vision New England. She has more than two decades experience in a variety of leadership roles in a number of ministry. She's been working with other key female leaders to develo...

This week, on Church in Action, we are talking to Rev. David Payne about Relate Boston, a one day conference for pastors on October 14th. David is the lead pastor of Lifesong Church in Sutton, MA, a great friend and Board Member of Vision New England. To learn more, click here: Relate Boston Conference Follow us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/visionnewengland/ Facebook: https://www.facebook...

This week on the Church in Action, we're talking with Steve Spear, the Director of Church Engagement at World Vision, about a number of new initiatives that will advance the kingdom by doing justice so that our light shines in such a way that people see our good works and praise our Father in heaven. Follow us : Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/visionnewengland/ Facebook: https://www.face...

This week on the Church in Action, we revisit this enlightening conversation with Jahdiel Perez! Jahdiel is a professor at Villanova University and is completing his doctorate in Philosophy at Oxford, where he is the president of the C.S. Lewis society. In this Best Of episode, he shares with us some of the reasons why C.S. Lewis has proved to be so influential and we reflect on the legacy he has...

This week we revisit part 2 of an episode with Rev. Dr. Gordon MacDonald. Rev. Dr. Gordon MacDonald was the former lead pastor of Grace Chapel in Lexington, MA, led InterVarsity, is the author of many books and much more. He is no stranger to Vision New England and we are excited for you to hear from his heart on Practical Disciple Making! Follow us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/visionnewe...

This week we revisit an episode with Rev. Dr. Gordon MacDonald. Rev. Dr. Gordon MacDonald was the former lead pastor of Grace Chapel in Lexington, MA, led InterVarsity, is the author of many books and much more. He is no stranger to Vision New England and we are excited for you to hear from his heart on Practical Disciple Making! Follow us! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/visionnewengland/?hl...

This week on the Church in Action, we revisit an encouraging episode with Pastor Dave Ripper, author of Experiencing Scripture as a Disciple of Jesus: Reading the Bible like Dallas Willard. Dave is also the Lead Pastor of Crossway Christian Church in Nashua, NH. To listen to part two of this episode, visit our YouTube Channel or anywhere you stream podcasts.

This week on the Church in Action, we have an encouraging discussion with Lisa Oelerich! Lisa is the Director of Strategic Relationships at Alpha New England, and together, we discuss how churches are using Alpha as a tool for disciple-making and evangelism. Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/visionnewengland/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/VisionNewEngland/ Website: https://www.vision...