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Dr. Jolene Erlacher founded Leading Tomorrow in 2014 with the aim of equipping churches, businesses, schools, missions agencies and other organizations for effective inter-generational leadership in an evolving culture.  Her passion for equipping a new generation of leaders emerged from various leadership experiences in education and ministry. ​​ Jolene is also the author of books including: Millennials in Ministry as well as The Daniel Generation.   @joleneerlacher | @leadingtomororw | www.leadingtomorrow.org  @youngadults.today | www.youngadults.today

Rev. Dr. Sam D. Kim is the Co-founder of  180 Church , near Union Square in downtown Manhattan. Dr. Kim is a  Yale-Hastings  Scholar at the  Hastings  Center exploring the crisis of physician burnout in academic medicine and health care from an ethical perspective in partnership with the University of Pennsylvania. He was appointed as a research  Fellow  in Global Health and Social Medicine at the Center for Bioethics at Harvard Medical School and part of Harvard catalyst, where he explored and taught on inequities surrounding health, immigration and social policies. He is a recipient of the Lifelong learning  Fellowship  at Yale Divinity School and Yale Medicine, which aims to to close the gap between faith and science, and is awarded by the  John Templeton  Foundation and  AAAS . A passionate advocate for the immigrant and the most vulnerable He was invited to the White House to join a conversation involving dreamers during the Obama Administration. He played a key role along with other clergy in advancing policies supportive of Dreamers and urging passage of DACA, and has continued his tireless advocacy ever since, including recent persuasive writing on behalf of more just  immigration policies . Also, one of the prominent evangelical Christian leaders who opposed an executive order banning refugees from the seven predominantly Muslim countries covered by  CNN  and the  Washington Post. He is a regular contributor at Christianity Today  Exchange , Bible App at  youversion  and the Billy Graham Center at  Wheaton College . He writes on, the  church,culture  and  evangelism. Hubs to Lydia, Dad to Nathan and Josh and best pals with his dog Brownie. I met Sammy Kim at a young influencers mentoring day this past summer. I’m telling you all – get ready to LEARN today, we’re gonna have some fun!

Pastor Brent is the director of St. Paul Chi Alpha as well as the founder of 30 For Freedom. St. Paul Chi Alpha exists to transform the university, the marketplace, and the world by giving students the opportunity to find Jesus and follow Him for a lifetime. The mission of STPAULXA is hope + justice. 30 For Freedom is a movement that exists to end sex trafficking in our lifetime and we will talk about that on today’s episode. Brent is a husband to Eliza and dad to three wonderful kids! @BrentSilkey | @30ForFreedom | @saintpaulchialpha

Today, we are joined by Dr. Kara Powell!  Kara is the Executive Director of the Fuller Youth Institute (FYI) and a faculty member at Fuller Theological Seminary. Named by Christianity Today as one of “50 Women You Should Know,” Kara serves as a Youth and Family Strategist for Orange, and also speaks regularly at parenting and leadership conferences. Kara is the author or coauthor of a number of books, including Growing Young, The Sticky Faith Guide for Your Family, Sticky Faith Curriculum, Can I Ask That?, Deep Justice Journeys, Deep Justice in a Broken World, Deep Ministry in a Shallow World, and the Good Sex Youth Ministry Curriculum. @karapowellfyi | @youngadults.today 

Today we’re joined for this episode by Pastor Nate Ruch for a perspective on young adult ministry from a Lead Pastor !  Nate is the Lead Pastor of Emmanuel, a multi-ethnic, multi-generational church gathering at several locations every week. Nate, along with his wife Jodi have been leading Emmanuel since the spring of 2013. Nate has earned a doctoral degree from the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary, and previous to serving as the lead pastor of Emmanuel, he worked at North Central University for ten years as a Vice President. Prior to NCU he served for ten years as the Youth Pastor at Emmanuel. The desire of Nate and Jodi is to lead the church into reaching those away from God, growing in faith and living lives of purpose. They love helping people step into God's possible for their lives. Nate and Jodi have been married since 1994 and have four incredible sons, David, Jeff, Tim, and Josiah. @nateruch | @emmanuelccmn | www.emmanuelcc.org

We are joined for this episode by Carson Case! Carson is a young husband, young pastor, and young adult leader. For three years, he lead a movement of young adults in the costal Carolina's. He is married to the love of his life, Erin. He recently released the book “Born For It” published by Zondervan. @carsoncase| www.carson-case.com  @youngadults.today | www.youngadults.today 

We are joined for this episode with a focus on soul care by Dr. Alicia Britt Chole! Dr. Chole has often been compared to a velvet-wrapped sword: her voice is soothing and her messages are piercing. She is an award winning writer and the author of: “Anonymous, The Sacred Slow, and 40 Days of Decrease” Alicia is a skillful mentor, and an international speaker. Men and women, learners and leaders, across ethnically diverse groups agree: In a culture obsessed with all-things-new, Alicia brings ancient truth to life. Alicia holds a doctorate in leadership and spiritual formation from George Fox Seminary and serves as the founding director and lead mentor of Leadership Investment Intensives (www.leadershipii.com), a nonprofit devoted to providing customized soul-care for leaders in business and ministry. Along with her husband, Dr. Barry Jay Chole, and their three amazing children (all Choles through the miracle of adoption), Alicia lives in the Ozark countryside and enjoys thunderstorms, jalapenos, #LOTR, thorny questions, wild woods, and pianos in empty rooms. @aliciabrittchole | www.aliciachole.com  @youngadults.today | www.youngadults.today 

This episode, Micah and Josiah do a recap as we come to a close of season 1 in 2019... and on the verge of a new year and a new decade!  We announce that on March 13-14, 2020 youngadultstoday CONFERENCE is happening in Minneapolis, Minnesota for pastors, leaders, and volunteers! You can find out complete details at www.youngadults.today/conference and register now!  Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!  @Micah.Kennealy | @JosiahKennealy | @youngadults.today   

In this episode, we unpack Jeff Grenell's story and wisdom from 4 decades of youth ministry leadership. Jeff serves as the Next Gen Specialist at North Central University in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He also founded YTHOLOGY: to raise the level of youth ministry leadership in America.  More about Jeff's story is available in his book "If Job Had Twitter". @JeffGrenell | @ythology | www.ythology.com  @youngadults.today | www.youngadults.today 

In this week's conversation, Micah and Josiah interview Andrew Matrone - young adult pastor at Red Rocks Church in Colorado.  @redrockschurch | @redrocksya | @andrewmatrone @josiahkennealy | @Micah_Kennealy | @youngadultstoday | www.youngadults.today