Growing Together Podcast: Looking Forward Together
The next 10 years will bring significant shifts in ministry, society, demographics, and technology. How will the PCA navigate these changes? Looking Forward Together is an event to equip young leaders to not just react to these changes but to proactively shape the future of our denomination. On this podcast, we will be joined by […]
Growing Together Podcast: Engaging the Community in Cedar Rapids, IA
There are many ways a church can engage its community. Trinity Presbyterian in Cedar Rapids, IA, does so by offering English classes to immigrants, partnering with other churches, and raising future leaders through their internship program. This young church demonstrates that a church need not be well-established to make a difference. Any church can be […]
Growing Together Podcast: New Life in Small Towns
While every church should be engaged in ongoing renewal, revitalization is the intentional effort to grow in both inward-facing church life and outward-facing community engagement. A church must flourish to nourish and disciple its members and reach its community. This work requires distinct skills when one serves in a rural community or small town. Tune […]
Growing Together Podcast: The Reason for Church
While today’s culture of individualism rejects institutional entities, the church is God’s counter-cultural, redemptive institution that best meets our deepest needs. On this episode of Growing Together, we will talk with Brad Edwards about his new book, The Reason for Church, and hear how the church, as the Bride of Christ, is the necessary institution […]
Growing Together Podcast: Welcoming the Stranger
While immigration is a hot topic in today’s news, God’s Word, in Deuteronomy 10:19 instructs us to love the stranger, for we were strangers in the land of Egypt. Today, more people than ever live in a country other than where they were born. MNA’s Refugee and Immigrant Ministry assists our churches in welcoming the […]
Growing Together Podcast: Hope Springs Eternal
A church plant is borne out of the hope that God’s Word will not return void. Therefore, sharing the gospel with folks is key to any church plant. Hope Presbyterian Church in Ocean Springs, MS is a great example of listening, loving, and sharing the gospel with those who need Christ. For more information: masthorn@icloud.com […]
Growing Together Podcast: From Executive Pastor to Church Planter
Steve Jeantet transitioned from being an Executive Pastor in Sarasota, FL, to planting a church in that community. While his pastoral role changed, his engagement in his community remained consistent. Listen to how his passion became an avenue for evangelism and discipleship.
Growing Together Podcast: Responding to Disasters: Bringing Hope in Tragedy
Communities are often ill-prepared when a natural disaster strikes. Into that need steps MNA’s Disaster Response to support PCA churches in disaster-affected communities through a network of staff and volunteer damage assessment teams, first response teams, site managers, and key leaders. In light of recent hurricanes on the East Coast and fires on the West […]
Growing Together Podcast: Planting Presbyterian Churches in a Globalized World: Pacific Northwest
Planting a church often brings a diverse collection of people together. That is even more the case when the planter is from India, his wife is from Korea, and the new work is in Seattle, WA among high-skilled immigrant works in the tech industry. Listen to Sagar Mekwan’s story of what God is doing to […]
Growing Together Podcast: Preparing To Parent a Plant
Launching a daughter church is no simple task. As with parenting, birthing a new church can be fraught with anxiety and conflict and with joy and celebration. When parenting a plant, churches need to consider the costs and benefits, and having a good midwife certainly helps. If the PCA had a midwife or doula, it […]