DCC Leadership Podcast

Do you ever feel as if you're running away from something or a situation rather than to a divine calling that God has put on your life? We have probably all experienced the tension of understanding God's will for our life in the here and now, whether things are going poorly or well. In this episode, 2000 DCC Alum Louie Murillo shares his journey as a DCC student, Student Minister, Family Life Pastor and ultimately an Owner/Operator for Chick-Fil-A. You will be inspired and encouraged as Louie describes how God has used every situation in his life to prepare him for the next season. 

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In this episode of the DCC Leadership Podcast, Dr. Mark Fish (Professor of History and Arts & Sciences Department Chair) continues his discussion of historical events that influenced the founding of Dallas Christian College on September 12, 1950. Our current podcast series has focused on the ministries of DCC alumni by answering the question, "Where are they now?" This episode helps our listeners understand the importance of DCC in educating our alumni as well as validating the College's significant role in Christian higher education. Now, more than ever, our society needs institutions that teach from a biblical worldview.

This Podcast is sponsored by Dallas Christian College. To learn more about DCC, please visit www.dallas.edu

Dallas Christian College was founded in 1950 as a Bible college in Texas to train leaders for Christian ministry in the tradition of the Restoration Movement (Stone-Campbell Movement). As part of DCC's Homecoming celebration, Dr. Mark Fish (Professor of History and Arts & Sciences Department Chair) looks at historical events that impacted the founding of DCC as well as important aspects of the Restoration Movement that many of us may not be that familiar with. You will find Dr. Fish's research extremely relevant as the College continues to emphasize the need for Christian higher education and the importance of Christian worldview.

This Podcast is sponsored by Dallas Christian College. To learn more about DCC, please visit www.dallas.edu

The writer of Proverbs says, "People may make plans in their minds, but only the LORD can make them come true" (Prov. 16:1 NCV). How do you respond when God changes your plans and places a calling on your life? In this episode of the DCC Leadership Podcast, 1992 Alum Bruce Dicus shares how God's call to go into vocational ministry impacted his decision to attend college and how that decision has given him opportunities to serve in God's Kingdom over the past 30 years. This podcast will encourage anyone who is wrestling with decisions about their future plans.

This Podcast is sponsored by Dallas Christian College. To learn more about DCC, please visit www.dallas.edu

In this episode of the DCC Leadership Podcast, 2019 Alum David Sosa and 2010 Alumna Tyese Little share about their experiences on a 2018 Kingdom Week Mission Trip to Amman, Jordan. This episode is particularly relevant to what we are seeing take place right now with the refugees trying to leave Afghanistan. Along with Mark Worley (DCC's Vice-President for Institutional Advancement), David and Tyese will challenge us all to think about "What would I be willing to sacrifice for my faith?" as they recall emotional and heart-wrenching stories from their trip three years ago.

This Podcast is sponsored by Dallas Christian College. To learn more about DCC, please visit www.dallas.edu

In this episode of the DCC Leadership Podcast, 2017 Alum Malik McKenzie shares about his experience as a DCC student and how that prepared him for his current role as the Preteen Pastor at Compass Christian Church (Colleyville, TX). Malik shares his unique experience of having grown up at Compass, having interned at Compass, and now serving in full-time ministry at his home church. You will be challenged and inspired as you hear how Malik was mentored and encouraged as a student and how that has influenced his ministry to preteens.

This Podcast is sponsored by Dallas Christian College. To learn more about DCC, please visit www.dallas.edu

As we prepare for DCC's in-person Homecoming celebration on October 15th-16th, we are highlighting the varied ministries of several DCC alumni. In this episode of "Where Are They Now?" DCC alumna Crystal Laidacker talks about her unique experience of having graduated twice from the College (receiving an associate's and a bachelor's degree) as well as the journey of discovering her calling. For those of you wrestling with the idea of calling versus profession, this podcast is one you won't want to miss!

This Podcast is sponsored by Dallas Christian College. To learn more about DCC, please visit www.dallas.edu

As we prepare for DCC's in-person Homecoming celebration in October (15th-16th), we are spending some time highlighting the ministries of DCC alumni. In this premier episode of "Where Are They Now?" DCC alum Jared Milam shares the experience he and his wife Kelly have had with apartment church planting. You will be challenged and inspired to hear about the organization Jared and Kelly are working with that places missionaries in apartment communities.

This Podcast is sponsored by Dallas Christian College. To learn more about DCC, please visit www.dallas.edu

Have you ever wondered how the earliest Christians worshiped as they gathered to remember Christ? While we have a few New Testament texts that describe what those early Christians did as they came together, we don't know much about what they sang, if they did at all. We do have several texts that scholars refer to as "Christ hymns" (Philippians 2:6-11, Colossians 1:15-20, John 1:1-14, Hebrews 1:1-4), but we have no proof that these hymns were sung in a church worship service. In today's episode, Dr. Corey Auen (Professor of Worship Arts) shares his insight into these Christ hymns and discusses how these texts can help us avoid what Robert Webber calls "worship narcissism."

This Podcast is sponsored by Dallas Christian College. To learn more about DCC, please visit www.dallas.edu

How do our Sunday morning worship rituals impact the rest of our week? What elements of the corporate worship gathering are transformative and how do they work to transform us? Are we living in an era where Christians are seeking deeper worship practices, and if so, how does the contemporary evangelical church address this desire? Former DCC Professor of Worship, Dr. Dinelle Frankland, looks at these and other current worship topics as she discusses the transformative nature of corporate worship. Dr. Frankland currently serves as the Academic Dean for the Robert E. Webber Institute for Worship Studies and has spent the majority of her adult life teaching and mentoring others to be worshipers of God. This is an episode that you don't want to miss!

This Podcast is sponsored by Dallas Christian College. To learn more about DCC, please visit www.dallas.edu