In All Things

Dean Weaver, EPC Stated Clerk, welcomes Mark Ingles, the EPC’s Chaplain Endorser. The two discuss the various ministry opportunities for chaplains in both the military and civilian institutions, as well as his how his role as Chaplain Endorser helps facilitate those pursuing chaplaincy ministry in the EPC. Ingles also recounts his path as the son of an Army father to his own calling as an Air Force chaplain.

Dean Weaver, EPC Stated Clerk, welcomes Nate Dreesmann, Executive Director of Ecclesiastical Support with ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians. The two discuss discipleship in the post-pandemic church, as well as the importance of the members of a congregation understanding theology. Dreesmann also provides insights on developing a discipleship program and discipleship culture in light of research that reveals 90 percent of American churches are experiencing a decline in attendance.

This week, EPC National Leadership Team Chairman Brad Strait offers a challenge for 2023 from Psalm 46.

This week, EPC Stated Clerk Dean Weaver shares a brief Christmas devotional from chapters 1 and 15 of John’s gospel.

Dean Weaver, EPC Stated Clerk, welcomes Cathy Flores, Benefits Administrator for EPC Benefit Resources, Inc. (BRI). The two discuss her journey from three suicide attempts while growing up with an alcoholic mother to being a teenaged unwed mother herself to committing her life to Christ as an adult. Flores also recounts her experiences during a recent mission trip to Cuba in which she led two marriage conferences.

Dean Weaver, EPC Stated Clerk, continues a conversation with Lisa Brockman, Ruling Elder for First Presbyterian Church in Orlando, Florida. In the conclusion of a two-week dialogue, the two discuss how her path from a devout Mormon childhood to accepting Christ affected her relationships with Mormon family members—especially after she wrote her book, Out of Zion: Meeting Jesus in the Shadow of the Mormon Temple.

Dean Weaver, EPC Stated Clerk, welcomes Lisa Brockman, Ruling Elder for First Presbyterian Church in Orlando, Florida, and author of Out of Zion: Meeting Jesus in the Shadow of the Mormon Temple. In part one of a two-week conversation, the two discuss her path as a sixth-generation Mormon—including her childhood dream of a temple marriage—to accepting Christ as a student at the University of Utah. She recounts how her spiritual journey was influenced by Josh McDowell, Larry Crabb, and James Spencer. She also describes coming to the realization that the biblical God is the only God who will not abuse His authority.

Michael Davis, EPC Assistant Stated Clerk, is the guest host for episode 53 of the EPC’s weekly podcast, “In All Things.” This week, Davis shares a brief Thanksgiving devotional from 1 Thessalonians 5:16-17.

Dean Weaver, EPC Stated Clerk, welcomes Sean Boone, Pastor of Woke Bridge Community Church in Ferguson, Missouri. The two discuss Boone’s journey from gang life and prison to freedom in Christ, and from an independent, historically Black church to planting a Southern Baptist church to planting Woke Bridge in the EPC. Boone explains how Woke Bridge Community Church got its name, and his vision for how the gospel can transform Ferguson and grow a multi-ethnic, multi-cultural congregation.

Dean Weaver, EPC Stated Clerk, welcomes Marcos Ortega, Lead Pastor of Goodwill Church’s Beacon campus in Beacon, New York. The two discuss Ortega’s journey to the EPC from a since-rejected Dispensationalist theology, and his involvement on the ad-interim committee writing a Pastoral Letter of Racial Lament and Hope. Ortega also describes The Antioch Room, a fellowship of EPC Teaching Elders of color designed to foster cultural and theological discussions in which ethnic minorities are the primary voice.