Ep. 38 Michael Adam Beck - Church in the Wild

Michael Beck joins the podcast and talks about what church in the wild looks like, recovery from addiction, what AA can teach us about community, and Jesus' mission to seek and save the lost.

Michael Adam Beck is Director of Re-Missioning for Fresh Expressions US, Cultivator of Fresh Expressions for the Florida Conference of the United Methodist Church, and Director of the Fresh Expressions House of Studies at United Theological Seminary. Michael serves as co-pastor of Wildwood and St Marks alongside his wife Jill, where they direct addiction recovery programs, a jail ministry, a food pantry, an interracial unity movement, and a network of thirteen fresh expressions that gather in tattoo parlors, dog parks, salons, running tracks, community centers, burrito joints, and digital spaces. Michael has led a series of revitalizations each involving the integration of recovery fellowships into the inherited congregations. He is the author of seven books, his latest, Painting with Ashes will be released January 31st.

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