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The mission of this podcast is to highlight the beauty and diversity of God’s Church – both in Chattanooga and the Church at large.
From becoming a Christian in his early twenties to serving as a pastor focused on community and justice, Elder and Senior Pastor Troy Brand’s life story and ministry is packed with intensity and a devotion to the word of God. Challenged by an ultimatum from his girlfriend (now his wife), Troy joined the Seventh-day Adventist Church while in the Marines. Now, as the Senior Pastor of Orchard Park Seventh-day Adventist Church in Chattanooga, TN, Troy leads his family and his congregation in intentionally honoring the Sabbath and serving the community with compassion and justice.
Join Troy and Adam as they explore some of the beliefs of the Seventh-day Adventist Church and what Troy and Orchard Park do to lift burdens and fight for justice in Chattanooga.
Note: this podcast was recorded earlier in 2021.
About Adam Whitescarver
Adam is passionate about seeing God’s people possess vibrant prayer lives to help them make a difference in the sphere of influence God has given them. In ministry since 2001, Adam enjoys his family, teaching, singing, and reading a myriad of subjects. He and his wife, Stephanie, live in North GA with their four children.
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The mission of this podcast is to highlight the beauty and diversity of God’s Church – both in Chattanooga and the Church at large.
Although he grew up at Ridgedale Baptist Church, Doug Plumlee spent thirty years away from this Chattanooga, TN congregation before returning eight years ago as Senior Pastor. In this episode of A Beautiful Church, Doug tells Adam about his background, his church’s emphasis on community and outreach, and his vision for Ridgedale. That vision is centered around discipling believers to equip them to go into their communities as missionaries for Christ.
During this conversation, Adam and Doug discuss how Southern Baptist churches spring into action in times of crisis, the growing emphasis on prayer at Ridgedale, and what God is doing in Chattanooga and at Ridgedale specifically.
Note: this podcast was recorded earlier in 2021.
About Adam Whitescarver
Adam is passionate about seeing God’s people possess vibrant prayer lives to help them make a difference in the sphere of influence God has given them. In ministry since 2001, Adam enjoys his family, teaching, singing, and reading a myriad of subjects. He and his wife, Stephanie, live in North GA with their four children.
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The mission of this podcast is to highlight the beauty and diversity of God’s Church – both in Chattanooga and the Church at large.
New Monumental Baptist Church isn’t just a “church in the community” – it’s “the community church.” That’s how Reverend Dr. Greg Odom characterizes his church, a 129-year-old congregation in the Woodmore neighborhood of Chattanooga, TN. In this episode of A Beautiful Church, Greg tells Adam about his background and call to ministry as well as the history, worship style, and ministry focuses of New Monumental.
As Greg and Adam unpack the legacy of the church, Greg explains the challenge of changing outreach styles to youth and the strong, generational faith that keeps the New Monumental community listening to God.
Note: This podcast was recorded earlier in 2021.
About Adam Whitescarver
Adam is passionate about seeing God’s people possess vibrant prayer lives to help them make a difference in the sphere of influence God has given them. In ministry since 2001, Adam enjoys his family, teaching, singing, and reading a myriad of subjects. He and his wife, Stephanie, live in North GA with their four children.
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Thanks for listening! Don’t forget to subscribe! If you like what you heard, please leave a review on iTunes and share what you liked about the show.
The mission of this podcast is to highlight the beauty and diversity of God’s Church - both in Chattanooga and the Church at large.
Why should a twenty-first century Christian explore one of the oldest branches of Protestantism? In this episode of A Beautiful Church, Reverend Phil Hanner explains the importance of historical liturgical worship as practiced by the Anglican Church and, more specifically, at Anglican Church of the Redeemer in Chattanooga, TN. As Adam and Phil discuss both church history and the history of Redeemer, Phil makes the case for a worship experience that depends on a liturgy that can trace its roots back beyond the Apostolic age.
While Phil explains how liturgy keeps us focused on Christ and connected to God’s story, he and Adam discuss the differences between Anglicans and similar denominations, what services are like at Redeemer, how the Anglican Church changed with the Reformation, and more.
Note: This podcast was recorded earlier in 2021.
About Adam Whitescarver
Adam is passionate about seeing God’s people possess vibrant prayer lives to help them make a difference in the sphere of influence God has given them. In ministry since 2001, Adam enjoys his family, teaching, singing, and reading a myriad of subjects. He and his wife, Stephanie, live in North GA with their four children.
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Thanks for listening! Don’t forget to subscribe! If you like what you heard, please leave a review on iTunes and share what you liked about the show.
The mission of this podcast is to highlight the beauty and diversity of God’s Church - both in Chattanooga and the Church at large.
On this episode of A Beautiful Church podcast, we’re continuing to talk to Father Kevin Rigdon who founded and serves at St Maria of Paris Orthodox Church in Cleveland, TN. If you haven’t listened to part one of our conversation, be sure to listen here! He shares some interesting thoughts about what the Orthodox Church brings to this region, the prayer culture of St Maria of Paris Orthodox Church, a bit of ancient church history, and more. Fr. Rigdon discusses how God is teaching his mission “the one thing needful” in this season - “mission” being a word they use to call their church.
Fr. Rigdon expresses how he believes that God has used Covid to provide us the opportunity to die to ourselves on behalf of other people and to teach us to become more like Him. Listen in to our conversation and hear how Kevin continues on the importance of practicing thanksgiving.
Note: This podcast was recorded earlier in 2021.
About Adam Whitescarver
Adam is passionate about seeing God’s people possess vibrant prayer lives to help them make a difference in the sphere of influence God has given them. In ministry since 2001, Adam enjoys his family, teaching, singing, and reading a myriad of subjects. He and his wife, Stephanie, live in North GA with their four children.
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Thanks for listening! Don’t forget to subscribe! If you like what you heard, please leave a review on iTunes and share what you liked about the show.
The mission of this podcast is to highlight the beauty and diversity of God’s Church - both in Chattanooga and the Church at large.
On this episode of A Beautiful Church podcast, we’re talking to Father Kevin Rigdon who founded and serves at St Maria of Paris Orthodox Church in Cleveland, TN. He shares some interesting thoughts about what makes the Orthodox Church different including their “unit” service format, their hierarchy, and more. Fr. Rigdon dives into the difference between the western “legal (judge/jury)” paradigm and the eastern “hospital” paradigm and expresses the unique calling of their mission - their “mission” being a word they use to call their church.
Fr. Rigdon breaks down some of the challenges he and his mission have faced in living out this calling and perhaps one of the biggest challenges the western Church faces today. Listen in to our conversation and hear how a posture of thanksgiving and offering unto the Lord has continued to bless this community.
Note: This podcast was recorded earlier in 2021.
About Adam Whitescarver
Adam is passionate about seeing God’s people possess vibrant prayer lives to help them make a difference in the sphere of influence God has given them. In ministry since 2001, Adam enjoys his family, teaching, singing, and reading a myriad of subjects. He and his wife, Stephanie, live in North GA with their four children.
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Thanks for listening! Don’t forget to subscribe! If you like what you heard, please leave a review on iTunes and share what you liked about the show.
On the last 3 seasons of A Beautiful Church podcast, we’ve discussed A LOT of theology. While theology is included in season 4 by default, this is a season about people: pastors. In Chattanooga, we have way more than our fair share of incredibly talented and devoted pastors. We feel that the conversations and content in this season have been some of the best yet.
We asked strategic questions to hear the honest strengths and unique qualities of their churches. We wanted to hear firsthand the heartbeat behind some of the practitioners of faith in our community. We hope that this encourages you and gives you perspective to see the beauty and diversity of God’s Church - both in Chattanooga and the Church at Large.
The mission of this podcast is to highlight the beauty and diversity of God’s Church – both in Chattanooga and the Church at large.
In the final episode of this season, the conversation takes a downward turn – into hell, that is. Adam, Joey, David, and Keith finish discussing the purpose of Jesus’s death before turning to the subject of God’s character and what hell is like.
Athanasius may emphasize God’s goodness, but is that how modern Christians describe God? This issue bookends a discussion of various ideas about hell in light of God’s character. The group characterizes hell as an experience caused by a negative response to God’s love instead of being a punishment for sins committed; however, the fact of God’s wrathfulness cannot be ignored, and Joey and Keith wrestle with how justice fits into the picture.
This concluding episode is not only full of eruditeness but funny anecdotes about Martians, asbestos, and Sunday school. Listen in to hear the end of the discussion of Athanasius’ On the Incarnation!
About Adam Whitescarver
Adam is passionate about seeing God’s people possess vibrant prayer lives to help them make a difference in the sphere of influence God has given them. In ministry since 2001, Adam enjoys his family, teaching, singing, and reading a myriad of subjects. He and his wife, Stephanie, live in North GA with their four children.
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Thanks for listening! Don’t forget to subscribe! If you like what you heard, please leave a review on iTunes and share what you liked about the show.
The mission of this podcast is to highlight the beauty and diversity of God’s Church – both in Chattanooga and the Church at large.
Don’t let the jokes at the start of this episode fool you – the conversation gets intense as the group debates different emphases on God’s redemptive plan.
In On the Incarnation, Athanasius explains that God chose to send Jesus Christ “for the sake of His [own] name.” But, as Keith and Adam discuss, modern evangelicals typically say that God’s redemption was because of mankind’s sinfulness. Through examples from their own church backgrounds, Joey and David help show how both answers are correct, and the group generally agrees that God redeemed man for His own honor/glory AND to address sin.
But why do we need to understand both reasons? The group gives some insightful answers about how God redeeming for God’s sake lines up with the rest of Scripture, how by abolishing death God dealt with sin and its consequence, and how these reasons together give a more complete picture of the gospel.
Bonus: listen to this episode to find out the origin of the word “erudite!”
About Adam Whitescarver
Adam is passionate about seeing God’s people possess vibrant prayer lives to help them make a difference in the sphere of influence God has given them. In ministry since 2001, Adam enjoys his family, teaching, singing, and reading a myriad of subjects. He and his wife, Stephanie, live in North GA with their four children.
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Thanks for listening! Don’t forget to subscribe! If you like what you heard, please leave a review on iTunes and share what you liked about the show.
The mission of this podcast is to highlight the beauty and diversity of God’s Church – both in Chattanooga and the Church at large.
Last week, the group began looking at Athanasius’ relationship with reason and philosophy, debating whether or not he was strategically using philosophy in On the Incarnation and what place philosophy has in modern apologetics. This episode continues the conversation and moves into a rousing discussion about whether or not an encounter with Jesus Christ is a sufficient introduction to the faith or if reason is needed as well.
After revisiting how context affects the perception and use of philosophy within the Church, the group responds to Keith’s claim that On the Incarnation is exclusively using the person of Jesus as its argument, not philosophical reasoning. Joey and David contend that Athanasius uses reason to prepare the audience for an encounter with Christ, but Keith makes a historical argument that people experienced Jesus through the church itself. This opens the door for general discussion about how people come to faith: by experiencing Jesus, or through reason, or both.
This episode is rich in theological dialogue with real implications about how we ought to live and evangelize. Listen in to hear Keith’s take on how Christ can be encountered, how this connects to Jesus’s disciples and the saints, and more!
About Adam Whitescarver
Adam is passionate about seeing God’s people possess vibrant prayer lives to help them make a difference in the sphere of influence God has given them. In ministry since 2001, Adam enjoys his family, teaching, singing, and reading a myriad of subjects. He and his wife, Stephanie, live in North GA with their four children.
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Thanks for listening! Don’t forget to subscribe! If you like what you heard, please leave a review on iTunes and share what you liked about the show.
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