How ideological and cultural trends are impacting church affiliation.
Dr. Dean Weaver (D.Min. Th.M.), Stated Clerk of the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, joins Michael to talk about ideological and cultural trends that are driving a period of migration from both sides of the theological perspective. Just as is happening in many denominations, the EPC has recently been receiving churches and individuals from both sides of their theological position, the PCUSA and the PCA, which has, in turn, forced conversations about what binds a denomination together. Along the way, they discuss theology, the difference between theological differences and orthodoxy, the role of the public square in church preference, and their mutual love of whole-life discipleship.
"B-O-O-G-A-L-O-O" (2010) by the Diplomats of Solid Sound is used by license. Scheduling by Josie Risinger
Post-production by Andrew Brinkmann
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We have many great episodes already recorded, edited, and ready to go. In the coming weeks, we will feature:
Dr. Josh Bowman (Ph.D), Director of the Ciceronian Society and author of Imagination and Environmental Political Thought: The Aftermath of Thoreau (2018)
Patrick Novekosky, Founder of NovaMedia, Executive Director of the Warrenton Pregnancy Center, and author of 100 Ways John Paul II Changed the World (2020), on John Paul II’s deeply developed economic and political philosophy.
Rev. Dr. Stephen Presley, Ph.D, Associate Professor of Church History; Director, Research Doctoral Studies at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Senior Fellow for Religion and Public Life at the Center for Religion, Culture & Democracy (CRCD), and author of Cultural Sanctification: Engaging the World Like the Early Church (2024) and Biblical Theology in the Life of the Early Church (2025).
New episodes drop on Thursdays!
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"B-O-O-G-A-L-O-O" (2010) by the Diplomats of Solid Sound is used by license. Scheduling by Josie Risinger
Post-production by Andrew Brinkmann
(c) 2025, Faithful Presence, all rights reserved
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