Church and Main

So, I’ve been doing these videos of about 5-7 minutes called the Weekly Check-in. I have no idea if people are really interested in them, but I like doing them and I wanted to share a few for the podcast. I want to set up this episode which is called Church in the time of TikTok. As you know I’ve b...

Over the last 20 years or so most of the mainline Protestant denominations have ended their controversies on the role of LGBTQ people in the life of the church. The arguments usually ended with the denominations voting in favor of gay clergy and allowing for gay marriages and conservatives in each ...

There is evidence out there that kids feel the impact of church camps long after the campfires go out. According to the Effective Camp Research Project, a survey of 1000 campers and 300 parents showed that while there is a temporary “camp high” there are positive long-term effects as well including...

I first met our guest today out of the blue on Facebook about four years ago. I was looking for some leadership coaching for the congregation I serve and he offered to help and help he surely did. Alex Ruth has been a congregational leader for years. In 2021 he was called to become the Associate Re...

Today, we will talk about what’s going on United Methodist Church, how it got to this point that's it's splitting in two and what is the future of the church. I’m talking with not one, but two guests. Drew McIntryre is a frequent guest on Church and Main and is the pastor of Grace United Methodist ...

In the wake of the 2020 COVID pandemic, churches were forced into the digital frontier whether they liked it or not. But now what? In this episode, I talk to Rev. Jim Keat the Digital Minister at Riverside Church in New York City about the importance of reaching out to those people living across to...

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