Storm The Gates

Good leadership is vital for the church to grow and thrive in fulfilling her mission to make disciples of Jesus. As Rob shares in this podcast, leadership can also keep mushrooms from growing in the basement. Rev. Rob Renfroe is the President of Good News Magazine. He pastored with the Rev. Dr. Ed Robb, among others, at The Woodlands Methodist Church for 20+ years. His ministry has faithfully called the people called Methodists to repentance and renewal for decades. We hope you are blessed by Rob's wisdom on leadership and his confidence for the future of the Global Methodist Church as he shares with Jason and Shea. Stay tuned to the very end for an apocryphal story involving President Harry Truman and the idea of greatness.

In this special release, Shea joins us live from Costa Rica to talk all things GMC General Conference. Make sure you like, follow and share with your family and friends. We hope you enjoy this first hand account of all what has taken place at the GMC General Conference 2024.

"If the church is not telling the truth, what are we doing?" Dr. David Watson joins Storm The Gates and shares his wisdom. David writes extensively on firebrandmag.com and davidfwatson3.substack.com. He offers his insight on what is distinctive about the people called Methodist in addition to sharing his hope for the church's witness in a world that increasingly negative to her witness. In the the conversation with Shea and Jason, the following resources are also mentioned: https://www.spiritandtruth.life, https://www.graphsaboutreligion.com, https://www.amazon.com/Canonical-Theism-Proposal-Theology-Church/dp/0802862381. Hang around until the very end to catch a faint glimpse of a major project Dr. Watson is working on.

God is moving across the entire Global Methodist Church and throughout the Mid Texas Conference. We are honored to welcome Phi-LL-ip Hoeflinger from Harlingen, TX. Phillip is a Presiding Elder in the southern most covenant area of the conference. In this conversation, we begin with the basics, and God did the rest. We hope you are challenged and encouraged in your faith journey. So take a seat, unwind, and enjoy this amazing testimony of God's faithfulness. Also, endurance through the entire episode will reveal the power of curtains. Ryan Danker Article:https://firebrandmag.com/articles/wesleyans-and-episcopacy

In this conversation Shea and Jason talk with Rev. Ryan Barnett about where we've been and where we're going as the Global Methodist Church. Ryan shares some stories about how the Holy Spirit moved through his life and ministry giving him hope that an awakening is coming from the Methodist people. Ryan is the Lead Pastor of First Methodist Church in Waco, TX. Along with the Rev. Dr. Leah Hidde-Gregory, Ryan is a nominee for bishop in addition to being a delegate to General Conference. He is the Chair of the Connectional Council of the Mid-Texas Conference as well. If you make it to the very end of the episode, you might discover which depictions of the future in movies have aged the worst.

We worship a miracle working God. That's the main focus of Shea and Jason's second conversation with Lauren Yates. For the unplanned, part two of their conversation, Lauren shares a few miracle stories that God worked through the Wall Shakers Prayer workshops. This podcast is less of a conversation and more of a clarion call for the church to pray and seek the miracle working power of God no matter the outcomes. If you hang around until the very end, you will discover Shea still cannot appropriately use Gen Z words.

Shea and Jason have the privilege of hosting a Spirit-filled conversation with Leigh Gettman-Allen. Leigh is a candidate for ordination in the Mid-Texas Conference of the Global Methodist Church who also teaches communications classes at Dallas Baptist University and leads The Branch at Tyler Street Church. The Branch is a young adult ministry Leigh and her husband, Billy, started and lead together. Together with Tyler Street Church, they will be hosting The Sound Conference for young adults (18-35 yrs) on October 25-27, 2024. We hope you encourage every young adult you know to sign up! For more information, go to thesoundconference.com. If money is an issue, email us at stgpod@midtexasgmc.org and we will work to get you sponsored. Stick around until the very end for solid communication advice that would not be possible, in some respects, without the 700 Club.

Prayer changes things. Shea and Jason have the privilege of talking about prayer with the Rev. Lauren Yates who leads Wall Shakers Prayer Workshops across the Mid-Texas Conference. She shares her journey with the Lord and His surprising call upon her life to lead others in developing prayer ministries in their churches. Anyone from Mid-Texas, Heartland, and anywhere else, GMC or not, is welcome to attend the next Wall Shakers Prayer Retreat. You can stay updated and find more information at midtexasgmc.org/events. Hang in there until the very end for some lessons from Jason on how to use Gen Z words.

Reporting from the Next Level Preaching Conference, providing and very general overview of the two proposals for bishops in the Global Methodist Church, AND the Rev. Dr. Kevin Watson are the content for episode five! Dr. Kevin Watson recently published Doctrine, Spirit & Discipline: A History of the Wesleyan Tradition in the United States. It is a definitive history and anointed book. Dr. Kevin Watson serves both Asbury Theological Seminary and Asbury Church in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Hang around until the very end for some lighter outtakes revealing that Kevin Watson and Kevin McCallister have nothing in common. You can buy Doctrine, Spirit & Discipline at https://www.amazon.com/Doctrine-Spirit-Discipline-Wesleyan-Tradition/dp/0310097762.

Is it possible to be too polite? Does that seem like a strange question to ask on a Christian podcast? Jason and Shea are joined by Jeffrey Rickman of the PlainSpoken podcast on this fourth episode of Storm The Gates. Jeffrey shares his journey with the Lord being called into pastoral ministry and starting the podcast. They discuss the importance of speaking the truth in love, having healthy disagreements that don't result in the breaking of fellowship, and their longing for the Global Methodist Church to stay rooted in scriptural holiness in every facet of the organization. You can find PlainSpoken wherever you listen to podcasts. You can also follow Jeffrey through locals and substack. youtube.com/@plainspokenpod. plainspoken.locals.com. plainspokenpod.substack.com/podcast