Cyclical Podcast

In today's episode, Nick Warnes has a dialogue with Martin Garcia, who has planted two churches since 1993 when he started his ministry. Martin has also been a consultant for churches of different denominations. Martin has more than 23 years of experience working for the nonprofit sector. He has also taught for several educational institutions.

Martin is currently is doing a Doctor in Ministry degree in Missional Leadership at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, and is the Temporary Pastor of the Spanish Language Ministry of Pasadena Presbyterian Church. 

Here are some quotes from the interview: 

"Today you have people who don't even know what Church is.""

""Figure out what it is you want to do. That is going to be the outline for everything else.""

""Sometimes they don't even do discernment, they just start without thinking. They just start the worship service, and they are thinking, 'Okay what people want is Hillsong worship.' What they are doing is building a Frankenstein monster that talks but does not have a soul because it does not have a vision or a direction.""

""The most critical stage is discernment. If you don't have good discernment, you will be very frustrated."

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In today's episode, Nick Warnes has a dialogue with Najuma Smith-Pollard. 

As program manager for the USC Cecil Murray Center for Community Engagement, the Rev. Najuma Smith-Pollard combines her experience as a pastor and expertise as a community leader to run programs that train pastors to take on civic engagement work. Rev Najuma is the founding Pastor of Word of Encouragement Community Church, in Los Angeles.

Smith-Pollard also is a motivational speaker and trainer, author, radio personality and community activist. Her areas of expertise Preaching, Women Clergy, Sexual Violence, Faith Leadership, Black Church and Civic Engagement.. Here are some quotes from the interview: 

""I'm hearing y'all say you want church. If that's what you want, we need to see that you're consistently attending, growing and giving for a year.""

""Tithing is about showing God that we want this.""

""I had no budget, no pastor's salary, no praise and worship team, no choir. It was just a vision, the handful of people that were committed to Bible study, and that's it.""

""God showed me a dream about a big building, and I was like, 'yeah, right.' I pulled up to the building and it was the same building as the dream.""

""I know I'm not gonna see 80% of y'all next Sunday.""

""Here's the things we are about: Service to the community, growing spiritually, reaching out to the unchurched and those who have been hurt by church, and civically engaged.""

""You don't have all the answers. Listen to the wisdom of others who have done this before.""

""Make space for a lot of mistakes.""

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In today's episode, Nick Warnes has a dialogue with Andrea Perrett. Working out of Vancouver, Canada, Andrea Perrett is an Associate in New Worshipping Communities at the Centre for Missional Leadership and is the director of two different Cyclical church planting networks. Previously, Andrea has created and led a dinner church, St. Andy’s Community Table and has served at West Point Grey Presbyterian Church in Vancouver. Andrea has an MDiv from Vancouver School of Theology, is a Registered Dietitian, and is currently leading a missional community, the Rain City Baking Circle. 

Here are some quotes from the interview: 

“I felt called to do something with food and faith -- something with that spiritual and physical connection.”   

“I couldn't see myself in a traditional parish...eventually I found out I was talking about church planting.”   

“Yes, but when will you be a real church?” 

"Who is the Holy Spirit leading toward you?" 

Please review this episode, subscribe to this podcast and share it with a friend! Make sure to visit our website, cyclicalchurches.com. There's a lot more going on at Cyclical, including Developing a COVID-19 eBook, which you can download for free along with other resources at cyclicalchurches.com/resources.