Always Forward Podcast

Your church is full of people who are NOT in full-time vocational ministry like you are. So how can we as church planters faithfully empower our parishioners in their vocational callings? Dr. Nathan Hedman joins the show to discuss.

What do the numbers really say about the Church? Scott McConnell, executive director of Lifeway Research, joins the show to talk current trends and statistics.

What does it look like to follow a call into church planting? Chase Edgar, Vicar (lead planter) of Church of the Ascension in Anderson, SC shares his story. Interviewed by Seth Cain, Canon for Church Planting for the Diocese of the Carolinas.

What if church planting looked as simple as loving our neighbors as ourselves? Rev. Jamie Sosnowski, lead planter of the Parish Church at Habersham in Beaufort, SC joins the show to tell his story of planting in a community where everyone knows your name.

Is liturgy missional? Or are the two somehow opposed? Shawn McCain returns to the show to talk about how mission and liturgy are inextricably linked.

What can it look like to be Black and Anglican, both in America and globally? We're grateful @_revcameron, lead pastor at @emanspart, lent his expertise and experience in an important conversation about cultural heritage, ethnic identity, and Anglican church planting.

The phrase "Word and sacrament" is thrown around a lot in Anglican circles. But what does it really mean? Canon Dan explains.

Leaving the community you love. Planting during a pandemic. Enduring early struggles. But through it all, faithfulness to Jesus and his call. Kempton Jackson's stepped off the frontlines of ministry to give a plenary session at this year's Always Forward Conference, sharing a word from Luke 10.

It's hard to plant without the right people. But how do you gather them to pack up and follow you into the vision of your church? The Rev. Canon Todd Simonis joins to show to talk about gathering your launch team.

Dan chats with author and leader J.R. Briggs for a fresh perspective on Anglicanism—from the outside looking in—to help us as church planters see more clearly.