Today on the podcast, we sit down with Jo Saxton to discuss her thoughts on where the church is headed as well as insights into women in leadership. Jo is the author of several books as well as an outspoken voice for women leaders through her Ezer Collective initiative as well a a digital Leadership Coaching community connecting women around the world. Make sure to subscribe to her podcast called, Lead Stories: Tales of Leadership and Life.

You can check more about her out at josaxton.com

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Today on the podcast, we sit down with Cath Livesey in Sheffield England to discuss her new book, “Holy Disruption”. Cath leads Accessible Prophecy a ministry which works with churches across the world to develop a healthy and mature prophetic culture that both resources discipleship and empowers mission.

You can check her out at accessibleprophecy.com

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Nicole Cade, Lead Pastor of Valley Christian Center in Albany, Oregon, joins us to share her learnings after she stepped into leadership in a traditional church and steadily reshaped the congregation around mission. Out of her unique leadership gifting, Nicole has fostered a culture of risk-taking, permission giving, shared leadership, and reliance on Jesus that supports everyone in her congregation as everyday ministers of the gospel. She brings a humble wisdom that will encourage anyone striving to develop a whole missional spirituality.

You can check her out at vccalbany.com

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Today on the podcast, we have the privilege to talk with Beth Wolff, Lead Pastor of Clarksburg Church in Clarksburg, Maryland. She shares her story of how her church is pursing cultural exegesis and leading missional endeavors in the Clarksburg area.

You can check her out at clarksburgchurch.com

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Today, we have the honor to sit down with Tami Lakey. Tami helped launch the So Shine Foundation in Newtown, Kansas. They are missional practitioners that coach and mentor others through their experience. In 2017, So Shine Foundation purchased Norm’s Coffee Bar and the Porch in downtown Newton as convocational mission and has launched an after school program that reaches hundreds of families.

You can learn more about her at soshinefoundation.com or contact her directly at [email protected]

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Today on the podcast, we have the honor to sit down with author Afrika Afeni Mills.

In this conversation, we talk to Afrika about her work as an education consultant and her new book, “Open Windows, Open Minds: Developing Antiracist, Pro-Human Students.” The conversation leads us from discussing pastors roles as educators and how our ideas of mission should be rooted in justice to race relations and our own sentness.

You can learn more about her at www.afrikaafenimills.com

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Author, seminary director, and brave conversation starter, Angie Ward, rejoins us to share her latest book in the Kingdom Conversation Series, Kingdom and Country. Along with a host of diverse voices, Angie creates a conversation for all to engage in to discern what it means to be a Kingdom person living in our current divisive political climate. In our conversation with her, Angie paints a path forward for pastors, leaders, and all followers of Jesus to lead well in healing our divides. If you have felt frustrated or anxious with political divide of our country and our church communities, you will not want to miss this episode and the book!

You can learn more about Angie at Angiewardphd.com

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Today on the podcast we sit down with author Alice Matagora. Alice is in full time ministry with the Navigators where her primary work is in Leadership Development. She is also a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. Her book, “How to Save the World: Disciple making Made Simple” can be purchased through Nav Press or where ever books are sold.

You can learn more about Alice at www.alicematagora.com

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Welcome to the season 5 premiere of the Forge America Missional Podcast. We kick off this season with an interview of Ericka Henry from Allentown, PA. Ericka is a the pastor and church planter of The Holy District, where they seek to inspire people across a spectrum of belief and non-belief to rediscover the sacredness of the spaces they inhabit. In this episode we talk about how The Holy District has flipped the script on church planting and how planting as a woman has brought new perspective to their endeavor.

Facebook and Instagram: Holy District: @RediscoverSacred

Holy District website: https://holydistrict.org

The Holy District Podcast is available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and their website.

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