The Acts 29 Podcast

Justin Anderson provided this sermon at our Advance Conference in Raleigh, North Carolina based on 1 Corinthians 16:13-14.

Acts 29 has five core values: church planting, theological definition, contextual evangelism, missional collaboration, and global ambition. Each of these shapes and impacts our mission to plant churches worldwide. Tony Merida, Doug Logan, and Jeff Medders discuss our values as a church-planting organization in this episode.

Paul planted Living Hope Church in his hometown of Belleville, Illinois in 2021. He’s married to Krystal, and they’re raising three daughters.

In 1857, the novelist Anthony Trollope wrote, “There is, perhaps, no greater hardship at present inflicted on mankind in civilized and free countries, than the necessity of listening to sermons.” He goes on to describe the “preaching clergyman” as “the bore of the age.” Preaching has always had its haters. We see this in the Scriptures and throughout the history of the church. So, is there a future for preaching? In this recording of Dr. Tony Merida’s main session teaching at the Acts 29 Advance Conference in Raleigh, North Carolina, he says there is a future for preaching because the theological convictions which undergird preaching are timeless. He identifies five convictions that drive one’s commitment to preach God’s Word and proposes a model for preachers to follow.

Caleb and his wife, Rebekah, have been married for nearly 15 years and have 6 children. They live in Jamestown, North Dakota, and planted Buffalo City Church in 2015. Caleb has a master’s degree from The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky.

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Travis Cunningham is the lead pastor of Story Church in his hometown of Rancho Cucamonga, California. He and his wife, Katy, have two kids and a vision of catalyzing a gospel movement that spreads across Southern California and to the ends of the earth.