B.Boomer Unleashed

Episode 21, The Evolution of the Church and Christian Values: Televangelism – The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly Part 1 concentrates on the rise of Televangelism and its profound effect on the local church. We introduce you to several popular Televangelists, their methods of operation, and their basic messages. We leave the good, bad, and ugly determination to you, the audience. Next week, in Part 2, we'll conclude our discussion, and suggest ways that Television Churches have their proper place, and how it is not healthy for today's Christian to supplant their involvement in the local church with an hour in the easy chair listening to the pastor of a TV Church. We encourage you to listen to Episode 21 and every episode of B.Boomer Unleashed. Please share us with your friends. If you have questions, or suggestions for future episodes, please drop us an email at [email protected].

Episode 20, The Evolution of the Church: Enter the Mega Church of the 1970s Part 3 discusses the final ingredients that led to perceived success of those churches. As we continue the discussion of the Evolution of the Church, in upcoming episodes of B.Boomer Unleashed, we will shed light on the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly of the Television Church, and how it has effected the local church ministry. Please listen to Episode 20 and all episodes of B.Boomer Unleashed. Please share us with your friends. Drop us an email at [email protected] with comments and suggestions!

Episode 19 of B.Boomer Unleashed, The Evolution of the Church: Enter the Mega Church of the 1970s Part 2 picks up the discussion where we left off last week in Episode 18. We discuss the second ingredient to perceived success of the Mega Church and determine whether that ingredient was long-lasting, or a passing trend. In Episode 20, we will try to add the final four ingredients in preparation of ushering in the Television Church and its effect on local ministry. In future episodes we will discuss how far we've departed from the core values of our parents, and exactly where our revised core values have taken us today. We are also making arrangements in the near future to interview one of my good friends, former Cabell County Schools Superintendent, Bill Smith. Bill and I will be discussing just what it was like to grow up Black in the 50s and 60s, Civil Rights issues, and whether life is better now than it was in Boomer Days. As always, we encourage you to listen to Episode 19 and to every episode of B.Boomer Unleashed. Please share us with your friends, if you like the broadcast. Your feedback is always welcome. Feel free to comment on the Podbean Application, on Facebook, or you can always drop us an email at [email protected]. Have a great week.

Episode 18 of B.Boomer Unleashed, The Evolution of the Church: Enter the Mega Church of the 1970s Part 1 discusses the entry of the Protestant Mega Church. For the purpose of discussion, we define Mega Church as any Protestant Church with a membership of 2,000 or more. We discuss how we have gone from less than a dozen Mega Churches in the early 70s to nearly 750 today. We lay the background and provide the early history of development in these churches with particular emphasis on early Baptist Mega Churches. We discuss the first ingredient in the recipe for success in the early Mega Church, and how the Baby Boomers played an important role in this phenomenon. In follow-up episodes, we will move through the remaining ingredients for success, and expand our discussion to Televangelists, Mega Money Churches, and how far we've departed from the Local Community Church that we knew growing up in the 50s and 60s. We'll also discuss how one of the pioneer Televangelists, Bishop Pike, may have been the catalyst that propelled mainline Protestant Churches to capitalize on the groundwork he laid in the early days of religious broadcasting. Each remaining episode in this series builds on information provided in the preceding episodes. We ask you to listen to Episode 18 of B.Boomer Unleashed and every episode as we discuss this important topic.

Episode 17 - The Evolution of the Church: How the Sexual Revolution Changed Churches Forever, is a discussion about the profound effect the Sexual Revolution of the 1960s had on the Christian Church. In the following episode, we will discuss the entrance of the Mega Church and how it has changed the perception of Christianity. Please listen to Episode 17, and all the episodes of B.Boomer Unleashed.

Episode 16: The Evolution of the Church: Going to Church in the 50s takes an in depth look at what going to church was like in the 1950s. We begin with a very brief look at the First Century Church and then fast-forward to 1950. This was an era of Community Churches and family involvement. Each episode in this series establishes the groundwork for the next. In next week's episode, The Evolution of the Church: How the Sexual Revolution Changed Churches Forever, we look at a decade when many churches and pastors buried their heads in the sand as the Sexual Revolution of the 60s attacked the church from within. Please join us for this episode, and every episode of B.Boomer Unleashed.

Episode 15 - Generational Differences Part 2 continues our discussion of the differences we find in the characteristics of each generation. Next week. we'll begin our discussion on Christianity and Organized Religion throughout the generations. Please tune in for Episode 15 and all the episodes of B.Boomer Unleashed. Thanks.

Episode 14 - Generational Differences takes a trip through the generations from The Traditionalists (or the Greatest Generation), and then on to Baby Boomers, Generation X, and the Millennials. We discuss the character traits and core values of each generation in preparation for a future series on Christianity and Organized Religion from Boomer Days to the present. Getting a feel for the differences of each generation is important as we prepare to discuss the Church. Episode 15 will be Generational Differences Part Two. Following that episode, we will take a close look at Christianity and Organized Religion through the generations. Please tune in for Episode 14 and all the episodes of B.Boomer Unleashed. Thanks.

In Episode 13, A Paradigm Shift we take a final look at violent media and video games, and how they could possibly condition our minds. We also offer some healthy alternatives to this content. As I've said, not everyone who plays violent video games becomes a killer, but there are a few who cannot separate fantasy from reality; therein lies the problem. I encourage you to tune in for Episode 13, and all the episodes of B.Boomer Unleashed. If you like us, please share our Podcast with your friends. Next week, we'll begin a conversation about Generational Differences. Thanks.

Episode 12- Connecting The Dots, looks at the possibilities of Violent media having a correlation to school violence. We'll also share some historical information regarding violence in our schools from around the world. Then next week in Episode 13, we'll conclude this series and present ideas to assist parents and grandparents to help stem the tide of violence that is prevalent in our schools today. I hope you listen to Episode 12 and all episodes of B.Boomer Unleashed.