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Garrick Bailey and Timothy Paul Jones: Abortion, Apologetics, and the End of Roe v. Wade

25th July 2022

Christians have been talking about abortion far longer than you may have imagined. Abortion has even shown up in apologetics conversations, although probably not in the ways that you would expect.

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Filed Under: Apologetics, Audio, Blog, Family Ministry, History, Music reviews, pastoral care, pastoral ministry, Podcast, The Apologetics Podcast, Three Chords and the Truth: The Apologetics Podcast, urban, urban ministry Tagged With: abortion, apologetics, Athenagoras, Athenagoras of Athens, pro birth, pro choice, pro life, Roe v. Wade, Supreme Court, Tertullian, Tertullian of Carthage

Keith Plummer: Doubt, Deconstruction, and an Apologetic of Kindness

5th July 2022

Welcome to the Very Kind Episode! Of course, almost every episode of this podcast is kind of kind, mostly because Garrick is just that kind of person, but this episode is particularly kind, because we’re joined by Dr. Keith Plummer.

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Filed Under: Apologetics, Audio, black church, Blog, Book reviews, History, ministry, music review, Music reviews, pastoral care, Podcast, racism, The Apologetics Podcast, Three Chords and the Truth: The Apologetics Podcast, urban, urban ministry Tagged With: apologetics, Before You Lose Your Faith, Belferlein, belt, Cairn University, cincture, deconstruction, deconversion, dog, doubt, Facebook, Instagram, Keith Plummer, kind, kindness, Martin Luther, Mary, science, scientism, social media, technology, Twitter

Care for the poor

Apologetics: Care for the Poor and the Parentless as an Apologetic for the Truth of God

18th November 2021

This week, I am presenting a paper at the 2021 meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society entitled “‘Something Divine Mingled Among Them’: Care for the Poor and the Parentless as Ecclesial Apologetic in the Second Century.” For those who are interested, here is the paper and the slideshow: Slideshow: PDF slideshow of presentation Paper: Paper […]

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Filed Under: Apologetics, Blog, Learn, ministry, urban, urban ministry Tagged With: apologetics

Jarvis Williams: Redemptive Kingdom Diversity and Apologetics

13th July 2021

For the first time ever, Three Chords and the Truth: The Apologetics Podcast reveals the future! It’s the last episode of season 2, and it’s quite possible that your mind won’t be able to handle everything that takes place in this thrilling season finale. Your intrepid cohosts turn out to be not only pastors and […]

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Filed Under: Apologetics, Audio, black church, Blog, Book reviews, Books, featured, History, Learn, ministry, music review, pastoral care, pastoral ministry, Podcast, racism, Three Chords and the Truth: The Apologetics Podcast, urban, urban ministry Tagged With: African American, African-American church, apologetics, Baker Academic, Bible, black, black church, critical race theory, critical theory, CRT, diversity, ethnic diversity, gospel, grace, Jarvis Williams, multicultural, multicultural church, multiethnic, multiethnic church, New Testament, prophecy, race, racial reconciliation, racism, redemptive kingdom diversity, SBTS, social justice, Sojourn Church, Sojourn Community Church, Southern Seminary, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Village Church, Village Institute

Urban Ministry Podcast: Sharing the Gospel in London and Beyond

7th April 2021

Jacob Boss is Affinity Leader for European Peoples with the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. Prior to his current role in London, he served two years as the Vice President of Global Training for Meridian University. At Meridian, he implemented a series of simple and reproducible tools that have helped to develop […]

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Filed Under: Audio, city, Lead, leadership, ministry, pastor, pastoral care, pastoral ministry, urban, urban ministry Tagged With: Jacob Boss, London, urban ministry podcast

Urban Ministry Podcast: Seeking a Sense of Place in Global Cities

24th March 2021

Michael Crane serves as a director of Radius Global Cities Network, a think tank for urban missions research. Passionate about church planting, he helped to launch a church planting network in Southeast Asia called Gospel City Network. Michael also serves on the faculty of two graduate schools. He has authored or co-authored several books, including […]

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Filed Under: Audio, chuch planting, city, Lead, leadership, ministry, pastor, pastoral care, pastoral ministry, urban, urban ministry Tagged With: urban ministry podcast

Urban Ministry Podcast: Urban Church Planting in Africa

10th March 2021

Stephen Dinkins and his family moved to East Africa in 2013 to serve with the International Mission Board of the Southern Baptist Convention. Stephen now serves as the Nairobi City Team Leader in Nairobi, Kenya. In this episode, Stephen and Timothy discuss the distinct dynamics of urban church planting in sub-Saharan Africa. For more information […]

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Filed Under: Audio, Blog, city, Lead, leadership, ministry, pastor, urban, urban ministry Tagged With: africa, african, church planting, Dehoney Center, International Mission Board, Southern Baptist Convention, Stephen Dinkins, urban, urban ministry, urban ministry podcast, Urban Ministry Traning

Urban Ministry Podcast: Replanting and Revitalizing Urban Congregations

24th February 2021

Thousands of churches in urban contexts are ripe for revitalization—but church revitalization isn’t easy! James Fields has spent nearly two years working with a congregation near Churchill Downs in Louisville, seeking to revitalize a once-thriving church. He joins Timothy Paul Jones to discuss what’s worked, what hasn’t, and what he’s learned. For more information about […]

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Filed Under: city, Lead, leadership, ministry, pastor, pastoral care, pastoral ministry, racism, urban, urban ministry Tagged With: Churchill Downs, Harbor Network, James Fields, Sojourn, Sojourn Church, Sojourn Network, urban ministry

Urban Ministry Podcast: Church Planting in the Inner City

10th February 2021

Brian Davis serves as a pastor at Risen Christ Fellowship in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He completed a church planting internship at Imago Dei Church in Raleigh, North Carolina as well as a pastoral internship at Capitol Hill Baptist Church in Washington, D.C. Brian joins Timothy to discuss the distinct dynamics of planting a church in the […]

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Filed Under: Audio, Blog, city, Lead, leadership, ministry, pastor, pastoral care, pastoral ministry, urban, urban ministry Tagged With: Brian Davis, urban ministry podcast

Urban Ministry Podcast: The Role of the Pastor’s Wife

27th January 2021

What is the role of the pastor’s wife? Amber Williams and Karen Cheong serve faithfully as members of Sojourn Church Midtown in inner-city Louisville, Kentucky, and they join Timothy Paul Jones to discuss the unique role that the pastor’s wife plays in the urban church. For more information about Sojourn Church Midtown, please go to […]

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Filed Under: black church, Blog, city, Family Ministry, Lead, leadership, ministry, pastor, pastoral care, pastoral ministry, racism, urban, urban ministry Tagged With: family, family ministry, urban ministry, urban ministry podcast

Urban Ministry Podcast: Revitalizing Churches in Urban Contexts

13th January 2021

Raymond Johnson serves as senior pastor at Christ Church West Chester in West Chester, Pennsylvania, and he’s also the author of I See Dead People: The Function of the Resurrection of the Saints in Matthew 27:51–54 (P&R). Christ Church in West Chester has experienced a profound revitalization under Raymond’s leadership. In this episode, Raymond Johnson […]

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Filed Under: black church, chuch planting, city, Lead, leadership, ministry, pastor, pastoral care, pastoral ministry, racism, urban, urban ministry Tagged With: church planting, Philadelphia, Raymond Johnson, revitalization, urban ministry podcast

Urban Ministry Podcast: Working with Local Businesses to Empower Urban Communities

6th January 2021

Nathan Ivey is president and founder of Seed to Oaks, a non-profit organization that brings real and lasting change in communities through collaborations between local churches, businesses, and civic agencies, filling the space between the three. These initiatives are proven, strategic and straight forward to implement; designed as a sustainable means for community change that […]

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Filed Under: Audio, Blog, city, Lead, leadership, ministry, racism, urban, urban ministry Tagged With: Nathan Ivey, Seed to Oaks, urban, urban ministry

Lisa V. Fields: Apologetics through Eyes of Color + “Crossroads” (Robert Johnson)

28th July 2020

The blues, Robert Johnson, and The Jackson 5 are a few of the stars of this week’s episode of Three Chords and the Truth: The Apologetics Podcast. Lisa V. Fields—popular apologetics speaker and founder of the Jude 3 Project—joins Timothy to discuss a recent apologetics curriculum from Jude 3 Project. Along the way, Lisa reveals […]

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Filed Under: Apologetics, Audio, black church, Blog, Book reviews, History, Movie Reviews, music review, Music reviews, Podcast, racism, Three Chords and the Truth: The Apologetics Podcast, urban, urban ministry Tagged With: 1877, African American, alchemy, apologetics, black church, black colleges, Cream, Crossroads, devil, Eric Clapton, Faust, HBCU, Jim Crow, Jude 3 Project, Karate Kid, Lisa Fields, Lisa V. Fields, Mississippi, Ralph Macchio, Reconstruction, Robert Johnson, Rutherford B. Hayes, Ry Cooder, Satan, selling soul, selling soul to the devil, selling your soul, soul, Steve Vai, sundown laws, sundown towns, Theophilus of Adana, Willie Brown

Family Ministry: Pursuing Diversity in Your Church

7th January 2020

Pursuing the Discipline of Diversity “It gets you out of your solitary conceit.” That’s how C.S. Lewis described the impact of worshiping and cultivating Christian community alongside people who are different from us. And yet, in too many local churches, authentic diversity in which people from dissimilar sociocultural and ethnic backgrounds pursue Christ together remains […]

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Filed Under: black church, Blog, Lead, leadership, ministry, urban, urban ministry

Podcast: Helping Your Church to Share the Gospel with Refugees, with John Barnett

28th October 2019

GUEST: John Barnett More than 68 million individuals are currently displaced due to religious persecution, war, or other violence. Globally, one out of every 110 people is either seeking asylum, displaced within their own country, or a refugee. Many of these individuals seek refuge in cities throughout the United States. But how should Christians respond […]

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Filed Under: black church, chuch planting, city, leadership, ministry, pastor, pastoral care, pastoral ministry, racism, urban, urban ministry Tagged With: DefaultTag

Urban Ministry Podcast: Developing an Urban Missions Ministry in Your Church

30th September 2019

How could your church begin to engage the poor, the suffering, and the marginalized? And what might God do in your church, if this became part of your vision for the future? With us today is Jesse Eubanks, the founder and executive director of Love Thy Neighborhood. If neighborhood outreach is part of your church’s vision, you won’t want to miss this episode of Urban Ministry Podcast.

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Filed Under: black church, chuch planting, city, Lead, leadership, ministry, pastor, pastoral care, pastoral ministry, racism, urban, urban ministry Tagged With: Love Thy Neighborhood, urban ministry, urban ministry podcast

Podcast: Diversifying the Church’s Discipleship, with Kevin Jones

16th September 2019

GUEST: Kevin Jones  One of the most beautiful aspects of urban ministry is its diversity. Ethnic diversity! Racial diversity! Socioeconomic diversity! But this diversity can also be a challenge when it comes to evangelism and discipleship. The gospel and the Word of God are the tools that God uses to transform people’s lives, no matter […]

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Filed Under: black church, chuch planting, city, leadership, ministry, pastor, pastoral care, pastoral ministry, racism, urban, urban ministry Tagged With: DefaultTag

Urban Ministry Podcast: What Stands in the Way of Diversity in the Church?

3rd September 2019

GUEST: Jamaal Williams Click here to listen to this episode of the Urban Ministry Podcast. There is in the New Testament a trajectory toward diversity. Jesus begins by calling together a group of Jewish males and then his circle of disciples expands to include women and Samaritans and then the risen Christ commissions his disciples […]

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Filed Under: black church, chuch planting, city, leadership, ministry, pastor, pastoral care, pastoral ministry, racism, urban, urban ministry Tagged With: DefaultTag

Podcast: How Christians Can Become Partners in Public Education, with Kevin Jones

19th August 2019

GUEST: Kevin Jones Click here to listen to this episode of the Urban Ministry Podcast. In 2010, for the first time in human history, more than half of the people on this planet lived in urban contexts. In the past, many churches have taken a “rescue mission” approach to lower-income urban areas, providing charity for […]

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Filed Under: black church, chuch planting, city, leadership, ministry, pastor, pastoral care, pastoral ministry, racism, urban, urban ministry Tagged With: DefaultTag

Urban Ministry Podcast: Loving Your Neighbor in the Inner City

5th August 2019

GUEST: Jamaal Williams Click here to listen to this episode of the Urban Ministry Podcast. If you’re the pastor of an inner-city church, should you live in the same neighborhood as your church? And, if so, what are some of the unique challenges and opportunities of living in the inner city? That’s what we will […]

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Filed Under: Audio, black church, city, Lead, leadership, ministry, pastor, pastoral care, pastoral ministry, racism, urban, urban ministry Tagged With: inner city, Jamaal Williams, Sojourn, Sojourn Community Church, urban, urban ministry, urban ministry podcast

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