Storm The Gates

We're coming back to the heart of worship in this conversation with Dr. Tesia Mallory. She is a Lecturer in Worship at United Theological Seminary in Dayton, Ohio where she is also the Dean of the Chapel. Tesia is a trained musician and vocalist who serves on key teams and committees in the Global Methodist Church providing worship resources and leading worship across our church. If you're at all interested in the histroy and futur...

My personal preferences and the Kingdom of God are not perfectly aligned this side of Jesus' Second Coming. We pray for sanctifying grace and trust God will lead us into scriptural holiness if we welcome Him into our lives. In this episode, some of our friends in the MidTexas Conference returned from Bulgaria to tell us of the sanctifying work God is doing in the GMC in Bulgaria and in the established partnership between MidTexas ...

Seatbelts at the ready! Prepared to be blown away by passionate heart and vision for the tribe called church. This episode was reverse engineered and is backwards compared to how we normally start a podcast. Rev. Greg Oberg is the first voice you hear in the conversation. He is an Elder in the GMC who serves as the Pastor for First Methodist Church in Coleman, TX. Pastor Greg also serves on the Board of Ministry in the MidTexas Con...

What if rest wasn’t a reward but a way of life? In this episode, we’re joined by Blaine Keene—pastor of Journey Community Church in Plain City, Ohio—for a conversation about Sabbath not as obligation, but invitation. Blaine shares how the practice of rest and the posture of surrender are deeply connected to our identity as the beloved of God.

Together, we explore what it means to live from our beloved-ness instead of for our worth, ...

This is the final episode in our Ecclesiology series. Who better to. bring in as a closer than Bishop Scott Jones! Scott Jameson Jones is a bishop of The Global Methodist Church. He was born in 1954 in Nashville, Tennessee, and was raised in Tennessee, Illinois, Indiana, and Colorado. He received degrees from the University of Kansas and Southern Methodist University. His Ph.D. dissertation research was focused on Wesley Studies an...

Sola Gratia, Sola Fide, Sola Scriptura. It's Reformation time! As we continue our Ecclesiology series on STG, the Protestant Reformation period is our primary subject. Dr. Brian Yeich joins the podcast to share some of the ecclesiological developments and retrievals in this period of church history. Dr. Yeich 's passion is helping people to become fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ whether it is in the context of the community...

Medieval, Middle Ages, Dark Ages, are all labels sometimes used for the rough period of time that ranges from 500-1500 AD, with many disagreements around the beginning and end, for this period of time in history. As we continue to explore the history of ecclesiology on STG, Dr. Justus Hunter was kind to share with us about this particular period in church history. Dr. Hunter is an Associate Professor of Church History and the Direc...

Introducing episode 1 of a 4 episode series on the history of ecclesiology. STG is grateful for Dr. Matthew Esquivel who speaks about the scriptural witness and early church expression of the church. This will not be the last time he's on the podcast. Please send us your questions or areas you feel like we need to explore further.

Matthew Esquivel seeks to contribute to the field of the History of Christianity by exploring th...

For those of you listening who call the Global Methodist Church home, we offer another one of her humble leaders for you to get to know, love, and pray for. Pastor Mike Schafer is the Connectional Operations Officer (COO) of the GMC. Based in Lubbock, Texas, Pastor Mike served the local church faithfully for many years before reluctantly submitting his name for consideration and then accepting the role he has now as the COO of the ...

This is one of those times where words fail and the goodness of God is all we can muster to say. Dr. Luther Oconer is a gift from on high. He is the Associate Professor of Global Wesleyan Theology at Asbury Theological Seminary in addition to being the Conference Superintendent for the Mega Manila Conference in the Global Methodist Church. He is a man full of the Holy Spirit and wisdom. Please pray for the work of the GMC in the Ph...

This is a special Holy Week episode of STG. While it's being published after Lent, we recorded this on the Tuesday of Holy Week. Dr. Joshua McNall of Oklahoma Wesleyan University joins is our special guest. He directs the Honors College and is an Associate Professor of Pastoral Theology. Josh has taught at OKWU since 2009. He holds a Ph.D. in Theology from the University of Manchester (UK), an MA in theology from Gordon-Conwell The...

Local challenges need local solutions. Ministry moves at the speed of relationship. If the church is to mirror culture, we would be competitive instead of cooperative. Values of transparency, accountability, and sustainability. All of this and more are part of the wisdom imparted to us all on this episode of STG. Brothers John Scott and James Kawadza join to STG to discuss the mission of One Child and how it fits beautifully with t...

One of the many God-ordained partnerships of the MidTexas Conference of the GMC is with the Evangelical Methodist Church of Costa Rica. One of the main instruments God used to establish this partnership and continues to use to sustain it is Ray Zirkel. Rev. Ray Zirkel has given over three decades of his life to being a pastor and missionary in Costa Rica. You will hear his testimony and discover ways you can get involved is assisti...

Green and gold are flung afar on this episode of STG. The motto of Baylor University is Pro Ecclesia, Pro Texana, Pro Mundo (For Church, For Texas, For the World). Dr. Still and Dr. Freeman highlight how Truett Theological Seminary at Baylor University is preparing present and future generations for ministry. Dr. Todd Still has been the Dean of Truett Theological Seminary for 10 years now. Dr. Rusty Freeman is the Director of the W...

Don't miss the story about what happens underneath a mango tree. Friends of the podcast will recall Rev. Ryan Barnett. He's the Conference Operations Officer of the MidTexas Conference of the GMC. He is joined by friends Matt Pennington and Tynna Dixon, both of which are pastors in the MidTexas Conference of the GMC. Rev. Dr. Matt Pennington pastors the good people of First Methodist Church in Gonzales, TX, whereas Rev. Tynna Dixon...

It's a beautiful messy episode of STG today. Thank you for being patient with us. It's a little more raw than normal as Shea discusses saying goobye to one of the members of their family with four legs, Vera May. Katherine Reilly is the special guest. She is an MDiv student at Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky, in addition to pursuing ordination as a candidate for ministry in the Global Methodist Church. Katherine se...

Back in Bulgaria, brother Daniel Topalski joins STG for a conversation about his life in ministry, including his roles in the GMC. The MidTexas and Bulgarian Conferences are partners in ministry along with Costa Rica and, now, Rwanda. Over the course of the next few weeks, we will feature key leaders and stories from our global partners in ministry. Rev. Dr. Topalski leads the Bulgarian Conference in the GMC and serves on the Conne...

Pray first. Do the ministry. Develop God-sized goals with your leadership team. These simple words of instruction from Rev. Bequi Flores will help us all take faithful steps of obedience in reaching the diversity of people in our respective mission fields. Rev. Flores is the Lead Pastor of Karnes City Methodist Church in addition to being the Presiding Elder for Hispanic Churches in the MidTexas Conference of the Global Methodist C...

From Genesis to Revelation, the arc of scripture testifies to God's calling upon the lives of women to lead His people. The first evangelists of the gospel are women. And yet, in the catholic Body of Christ today, women in ordained ministry is a minority position. The Global Methodist Church fully believes and supports the ordination of women to both the offices of deacon and elder. Rev. Jill Jackson-Sears and Rev. Hayley Shotts jo...