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EFCA East episodes

  • Creating Culture and Being An Intentional Leader with Dan Spino

    Welcome to Church Chat, the show where we have the conversations about ministry you wish we were having. Today Josh and Emily are joined by Dan Spino, Discipleship Pastor at West Shore Free Church in Mechanicsburg, PA! They talk about why clarity is important, how the corporate world can benefit the church, ministering from your wounds, results vs. systems, leveraging feedback, valuing people over the organization, being addicted to our ideas, church culture shock and more!

    Dan provides strategic leadership for many ministries at West Shore. He has a diverse background in organizational talent and culture and has a Master’s Degree in ILR, and a Master’s of Divinity from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. Dan and his wife, Stephanie, reside in downtown Mechanicsburg. For fun, he enjoys working on house projects, traveling, visiting coffee shops and getting to the ocean.

    Mentioned in this episode:

    • Deep Discipleship by J T English
    • Church Chat 2 with Matt Saxinger
    • EFCA East Cohorts

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    • Instagram
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    1 hr 8 min
  • Evangelicalism, Politics, and Essentials with Bill Riedel

    Welcome to Church Chat, the show where we have the conversations about ministry you wish we were having. Today Josh and Emily are joined by Bill Riedel, lead pastor of Redemption Hill Church in Washington D.C.! They talk about fundamentalism vs evangelicalism, the political divide in our churches, essentials vs non essentials, how to function as a church when we disagree, getting objective about the culture in which you serve, deconstruction, the intersection of Christianity and politics and more!

    Bill is the founding and lead pastor of Redemption Hill Church in Washington, DC. He was formally trained at Trinity International University (BA) and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School (MDiv), and has served in ministry since 1998. He serves the Acts 29 Network as the DC Area Director and on the A29 North Atlantic Leadership Team, as well as BOMS for EFCA.

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    • Instagram
    • Facebook

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    • Instagram
    • Facebook
    1 hr 4 min
  • Conflict and The Marathon of Ministry with John Nesbitt

    Welcome to Church Chat, the show where we have the conversations about ministry you wish we were having. In this episode, Josh and Emily are joined by John Nesbitt, Operations Specialist here at EFCA East. They talk about the value of a confidant and how to find a good one, the marathon of ministry, creating healthy work-life balance, cultivating the heart of a peace maker, finding conflict and resolving it, finding the balance between business and ministry and more!

    John yielded his life to Christ in 1969 while a freshman at the University of North Carolina. After graduation, he met and married the love of his life, Terry. Together they began a lifetime of ministry through training at Dallas Theological Seminary. John and Terry have been blessed with two great sons who live in Ohio and Minnesota! John's passions in ministry include peacemaking, developing systems that help the body of Christ thrive, and being helpful. For recreation, John enjoys fitness, reading classic fantasy, and fine desserts!

    Mentioned in the episode:

    • Strengths Finder
    • MBTI
    • DISC profile

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    • Facebook

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    58 min

About EFCA East

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EFCA East is a district of the Evangelical Free Church of America. The EFCA is a movement of like-minded leaders who are committed to multiplying transformational churches among all people.