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Matt Boswell on Building Redemption Church, Part II

Tags: by-laws, Christmas, church buildings, church membership, church organization, church without walls, denominationalism, Duvall (WA), elders, kit bashing, power outage, public school, Redemption Church, religious pluralism, small groups (re:groups), Tim Tebow, volunteerism

Back in the fall of 2011, we visited with Pastor Matt Boswell about his effort to create a church within a week’s span of time. We pay a return visit with Pastor Boswell to see what the next several months of church-building entails. We discuss the need to create a set of by-laws, define the requirements of membership, and find ways to establish some permanance even though the congregation meets in a high school auditorium. This is part of our ongoing examination of Redemption Church and its week-to-week and month-to-month operations. Note: This is the church that your host attends on an almost weekly basis.

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Steve Pfaff on Denominationalism, Sin & Other Stuff

Tags: brands, Christian Smith, civility, denominationalism, Gordon Melton, immigrant religion, James Wellman, Lutheranism, Mark Driscoll, Mars Hill, Pentecostalism, Rabbi Eric Yoffie, religious pluralism, Rodney Stark, secularization, sin, youth

Sit in on a collegial discussion with Tony and his good friend Prof. Steve Pfaff as they discuss a range of topics including denominationalism and whether churches today emphasize sin enough. These two topics lead us down several different paths taking a look at how and why churches create brands, the benefits of religious pluralism, youth religious practice and whether megachurches are really just soft-peddling Christianity. This open-ended discussion is a window into what Tony & Steve often talk about while hanging out at the University of Washington and is a great wrap around to several recent podcasts we’ve featured on the show.

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Dave Travis on Megachurch Myths

Tags: Assemblies of God, Bill Hybels, charismatic pastors, denominationalism, ethnic diversity, Joel Osteen, Lakewood Church, Leadership Network, Mark Driscoll, Mars Hill, megachurches, non-denominationalism, pastor succession, Rick Warren, Saddleback Church, Seeker churches, televangelism, University of Washington, Willow Creek Community Church

The rise of megachurches has been one of the most interesting phenomenon shaking up the American religous landscape in recent decades. Dave Travis of the Leadership Network joins us to discuss what thse megachuchs are and look like. Along the way he counters some of the more frequent myths associted with these large congregations, including that they are “too large,” and “too theologically shalow.” We also think about the future of megachuches.

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James Brettell on Trends in American Christianity

Tags: Asusa Street Mission, denominationalism, dispensationalism, evangelism, Great Awakening, homiletics, internet church, John Darby, megachurches, Miles Stanford, Mingo Junction, modern technology, Paul, Presbyterian Church, seminary, storefront churches, traditional church, Yoido Full Gospel Mission

Buckle your seatbelts. James Brettell — preacher, radio host and jack-of-all-trades — leads us through a critique of contemporary Christianity in the United States. Critical of what he calls the “traditional church,” Pastor Jim details a problematic stagnation in denominational Christianity and advocates for a more evangelical method of reinvigorating spiritual life in America and around the world. He takes us through his personal history, from being raised in a Presbyterian Church to being born-again while on military duty in the Caribbean to his experience as pastor at a number of churches around the country. Pastor Jim also discusses his latest venture, the Little Rock NetChurch (an internet-based ministry), and how that is bringing folks closer to the Word of God.

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Gordon Melton on Mega-Trends in American Religion

Tags: Baptists, community churches, conservative churches, denominationalism, immigration, liberal churches, megachurches, Methodists, non-affiliation, Pentecostals, Protestantism, race, religious liberty, televangelism

J. Gordon Melton, director of the Institute for the Study of American Religion, discusses trends in American religion over the past two centuries with a focus on the future of denominationalism. Other topics discussed include the non-affiliated, new religious groups, and race in American religion. (To download, right click on the button to the right and choose “save target as….”)

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