On the Journey

Matt Swaim, Ken Hensley and Kenny Burchard continue their series on the Church. In both Scripture and the writings of early Christianity, the Church is repeatedly referred to as "holy." How are we to understand that, if we know that it has been full of sinners from the beginning? Matt, Ken and Kenny look at the ways the word "holy" is used in the Bible, and how it has been used as a descriptor for the Church ever since. Watch more episodes in this series: https://chnetwork.org/on-the-journey-show Our Online Community: https://community.chnetwork.org Support our work: https://www.chnetwork.org/donate

Matt Swaim, Ken Hensley and Kenny Burchard continue their series on the Church. In the Nicene Creed, Christians profess that they believe the Church to be "one." What does that mean? How did Ken and Kenny think about the idea of Christian unity when they were Evangelical pastors? And what are the obstacles to believers being "one" in Christ? Watch more episodes: https://chnetwork.org/category/blog/c... Join our Online Community: https://community.chnetwork.org Support our work: https://www.chnetwork.org/donate

Matt Swaim, Ken Hensley and Kenny Burchard continue their series on the Church. “What the soul is to the human body, the Holy Spirit is to the Body of Christ, which is the Church.” - St. Augustine How would Ken and Kenny have reacted to a statement like that when they were serving as pastors of Protestant congregations? And how does the Holy Spirit serve not only as a teacher and guide, but also a principle of unity and animating force in the life of the Church? More episodes: https://chnetwork.org/on-the-journey-show/ Our Online Community: https://community.chnetwork.org Support our work: https://www.chnetwork.org/donate

Matt Swaim, Ken Hensley and Kenny Burchard continue their series on the Church. This time around, they focus on Scriptural imagery of the Church as the body of Christ, as well as the bride of Christ. As former Protestant pastors, how did Ken and Kenny think of those images? And what does the Catechism of the Catholic Church have to say about the Church as Christ's body, as well as His bride? More episodes: https://chnetwork.org/on-the-journey-show/ Our Online Community: https://community.chnetwork.org Support our work: https://www.chnetwork.org/donate

Matt Swaim, Ken Hensley and Kenny Burchard continue their series on the Church. When they were Evangelical pastors, how much did Ken and Kenny think about the Church as a continuation of the covenants God had made with his people throughout salvation history? Focusing on Catechism paragraphs 781-786, they share which Catholic teachings about the nature of the Church they would have affirmed wholeheartedly as Protestant ministers, and which aspects of those teachings were new to them once they began exploring Catholicism. Watch more episodes: https://chnetwork.org/on-the-journey-show/ Join our free Online Community: https://community.chnetwork.org Support our work: https://www.chnetwork.org/compass

Matt Swaim, Ken Hensley and Kenny Burchard continue their series on the Church. The Catholic Catechism talks about the Church as being both earthly and heavenly, visible and invisible, hierarchical and mystical. In short, she is a "mystery" -- but what does the Church mean by that word? Matt, Ken and Kenny look at how they thought about the mystery of the Church when they were Evangelicals, and how they think about those ideas now as Catholics. Watch more episodes: https://www.chnetwork.org Our Online Community: https://community.chnetwork.org Support our work: https://www.chnetwork.org/compass

Matt Swaim, Ken Hensley and Kenny Burchard continue their series on the Church. In this episode, they walk through the Catechism’s section on the Church’s Origin, Foundation and Mission. Here we see the Church born of the eternal plan of God, developed in the Old Covenant people of God, instituted by our Lord Jesus in the New Covenant, revealed by the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost, and finally perfected in glory. We learn that Jesus didn’t simply call disciples to follow him; he founded a Church. Watch more episodes: https://www.chnetwork.org Our Online Community: https://community.chnetwork.org Support our work: https://www.chnetwork.org/compass

Matt Swaim, Ken Hensley and Kenny Burchard continue their series on the Church. In this episode, they begin to examine the Catechism’s treatment of Article 9 of the Apostle’s Creed, “I believe in the Holy Catholic Church,” focusing on the Church’s inner nature. What is communicated by saying that the Church is the called out assembly of the Lord, the sheepfold of Christ, the vine of His planting, a temple for God’s dwelling? Is there anything here that Matt, Ken and Kenny would not have said they believed before they ever thought of becoming Catholic? More episodes: https://chnetwork.org/on-the-journey-... Our Online Community: https://community.chnetwork.org Support our work: https://www.chnetwork.org/compass

Matt Swaim, Ken Hensley and Kenny Burchard begin a new OTJ series on the Church. When Ken and Kenny were Evangelical pastors, what did they mean by the word "Church?" When Matt was attending different congregations, how did he understand them in relation to one another? Where did each of them get these understandings of what "the Church" is and how it works? Matt, Ken and Kenny kick off the series by sharing the general ecclesiology of the Christian backgrounds each of them came from, and how they each began to see a need for a richer understanding of what Christ meant to do when he founded His Church. More episodes: https://chnetwork.org/on-the-journey/ Our Online Community: https://community.chnetwork.org Support our work: https://www.chnetwork.org/compass

A special Summer message to our On the Journey family: Over the Summer, we're taking a short break from recording new episodes while we plan our next big series, which will be all about The Church. Since Ken and Kenny were both Protestant pastors before they became Catholic, we'll talk about how they planned church services, what they meant by the word "church," and what they thought about the fact that there were a whole bunch of people in their towns who went to church, but didn't go to *their* churches. From there, we'll move on to spend some time looking at what the Catholic Church teaches about, well, the Catholic Church. In the meantime, be sure to check out some of our other great Coming Home Network content: Deep in Christ: https://www.deepinchrist.com Insights: https://chnetwork.org/insights Signposts: https://chnetwork.org/signposts-home CHNetwork Presents: https://www.chnetwork.org/presents Our written conversion story archive: https://www.chnetwork.org/story Also, for those of you who are priests, deacons, or Catholic religious educators, we've just created a *brand new brochure* which we're offering free to parishes, that lets people who are interested in the Catholic Faith know what free resources we have available for them. We'll even print up labels for you that you can put on the back of the brochure with info about who to get in touch with at your parish with questions about the Church! If you'd like us to ship you some of those, send an email to info@chnetwork.org, with the subject line "brochure," and we'll set you up. Finally, Summer will be done before you know it, and with the start of Fall comes the start of parish OCIA programs to help people into the Church. If you're entering one of those, we want to hear from you, either by email or in our online community, which you can join for free at https://community.chnetwork.org. And if you're helping out with one of those programs at a parish, be sure to let everyone there know that the Coming Home Network was founded to help people like them, and we know what it's like to have a lot of mixed emotions about joining the Catholic Church, because we've been there! Finally, all these resources are made available to you for FREE because of the generous support of faithful donors, and you can add your gifts to theirs at https://www.chnetwork.org/compass. Thanks so much, and have a great Summer!