We live in a politically charged time, in a highly political area. What’s the church’s role,responsibility and response in polarizing times? Rick Barry, Co-Founder and Executive Director of Center for Christian Civics joined the show to discuss their efforts to help churches and ministries navigate these waters.Rick Barry is Co-Founder and Executive Director of Center for Christian Civics. Rick helpsministry leaders and faith communities develop missional approaches to their local publicsquar...

On this episode of Good News For The City, we spoke with Pastor Aaron Graham and Shiri Yaldin of The District Church about the various ways the church is making an impact on the greater Washington DC region.Pastor Aaron GrahamAaron serves as the founder and lead pastor of The District Church. He leads the ColumbiaHeights parish as well as the church organizationally. Aaron has a heart for church planting,leadership development, and urban ministry. He is the co-founder of DC127 and serves as t...

We are certainly living in a highly politically charged time and in this region, the Washington DC area, it seems as if that is multiplied exponentially. Then you add in circumstances like covid-19, personal trials and things of that nature it is imperative that we commit to living out our faith.Frank Shelton joined us to discuss practical steps to living out our faith in these times.Frank SheltonFrank is an international evangelist, traveling the globe spreading the Good News of JesusChrist....

Life is full of obstacles. Some are specific to the individual and some are common to all of use, like the covid-19 pandemic. Joining us today on Good News For The City is Todd Bramblett. A man who helps individuals overcome these obstacles to find their identities in Christ and receive healing and restoration. He leads a weekend called ENCOUNTER - a time for finding freedom from obstacles and hindrances so that we can become who God says we are.Mr. Bramblett is a 30-year technology leader wi...

It’s hard to turn on the television, radio or scroll any social media platform without quicklybeing reminded about the covid-19 pandemic impacting our country and the world. There are stay at home orders from state governments, kids are utilizing distance learning and we’re using the term “social distancing” for the first time.We see the government’s response, but what is the church’s response? Joining us today are our friends and radio partners from One Heart DC to discuss the platforms they...

For individuals and families transitioning from homeless shelters into permanent housing it can be an exciting and hope-filled time for them but it can also be a vulnerable time. There are basic needs they still lack. On this episode, Brigadier General Matthew Broderick shared how his ministry is making sure these individuals and families in transition have the resources they need.Brigadier General Matthew Broderick, US Marine Corps (Ret) has a broad range ofexperience in both the P...

On this episode we're joined by someone living the Gospel in the area of immigration, one of our Nation's most significant moral, economic and political challenges. Christina Staats shared biblical ways of engaging that reflect Christ and the gospel to a world that desperately needs to know.Christy StaatsChristy Staats is from Stow, Ohio, and went to Miami University. She worked as a missionary with Cru for 15 years, 11 of which were in the UK and is now affiliate staff. She helped create Cro...

Michael McSellers joined the show to discuss Blue Help. The mission of Blue H.E.L.P. is to reduce mental health stigma through education, advocate for benefits for those suffering from post-traumatic stress, acknowledge the service and sacrifice of law enforcement officers we lost to suicide, assist officers in their search for healing, and to bring awareness to suicide and mental health issues.Michael J. McSellers has served our country as a United States Marine Corps veteranand ha...

Pastor Steve King and Carlos Dimas joined the show to discuss how a group of churches came together to bless a community of immigrants in South Arlington Virginia.

On this episode of Good News for the City, we heard from Curtis Shin about Reignite Hope, an organization that works to change lives in Los Angeles and in Africa.