Pastor Mark Batterson joined the show to talk about Easter Sunrise Service 2023.Mark Batterson serves as lead pastor of National Community Church in Washington, DC, one church with multiple locations. NCC also owns and operates Ebenezers Coffeehouse, The Miracle Theatre, the DC Dream Center, and Capital Turnaround as gathering places for the community and funding for Kingdom causes. Mark serves as lead visionary for The Dream Collective, which equips and supports dreamers who long for revival...

Randy Newman talked about the 3rd edition of “Questioning Evangelism” and introduced the way of engaging non-believers in spiritual conversations by asking questions, much as Jesus did. Randy Newman is the Senior Fellow for Apologetics and Evangelism at The C. S. Lewis Institute in the Washington, DC area. He has taught at several evangelical seminaries, Patrick Henry College in Loudoun County, VA, and is currently an adjunct professor at Reformed Theological Seminary. His background as...

Kim Luckubaugh joined the show to update us on the wok happening at Reset 180, a Christian organization dedicated to eradicating sex trafficking through prevention, disruption and restoration.Kim Luckabaugh became executive director of Reset180 in May of 2022. She is a passionate servant, seeking to work wherever God places her. He has given her a heart to care for those who are overlooked by our community and desperately needing to know someone cares. God placed a tenderness in her heart for...

Sarah Herndon joined the show to talk about Five Talents, a ministry focused on eradicating extreme poverty and creating sustainable communities in nine countries by partnering with local churches to provide programs for business and literacy training.Sarah Herndon joined the Five Talents team in March 2019. Her work centers on finding meaningful ways to more deeply involve Five Talents' local church partners into their mission.Sarah comes with a media and communications background. She recei...

Rabbi Aaron Allsbrook shared the significance of the celebration of Passover for Christians and Jews alike and shared an opportunity to participate at a Seder at the Museum of the Bible and of ongoing opportunities to reach Jewish people with the Gospel.Born and raised in Southern California, Rabbi Aaron has known Yeshua (or Jesus) his whole life. He shared about Yeshua to his Jewish and non-Jewish friends in high school. At the end of high school Rabbi Aaron began to feel that there was more...

Brad Hill provided an update on the ongoing campaign “He Gets Us”, which is saturating the US with messages focused on the person and message of Jesus. Brad Hill joins us again on the show to provide some exciting updates (was on previously July 30-31, https://goodnewsforthecity.com/he-gets-us/). Brad serves as the Chief Success Officer for Gloo, an organization that helps extend the Church's capacity to reach, know and move every person it serves. They are a partner in the biggest faith...

Jim Dempsey joined the show to discuss the benefits and best methods of ministry development and fundraising.Mr. Dempsey is a graduate of both New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, New Mexico and California State University in San Bernardino, California.After working in the private sector, Mr. Dempsey joined the staff of Cru, formerly Campus Crusade for Christ in 1984, soon rising to become the Director of Development Administration and Direct Marketing. Within his first four years with ...

Ryan Chew shared his story of how a diverse group of Christ followers are coming together here in the DMV and beyond , and how you can get involved. Ryan Chew is a Christian artist and the worship pastor at New Life Alexandria. He was born in Silver Spring, MD. From a very young age, Ryan has had been heavily involved in music in the church. This has allowed him the opportunity to share the stage with some popular worship groups/artists like Circuit Riders, Black Voices Movement, Maveric...

Dr. Jessica Moerman is a scientist and a Pastor. Today she shared her passion for educating the church and spurring us on to action in the area of creation care. Dr. Jessica Moerman is a climate scientist, pastor, educator, and advocate. She serves as Vice President of Science and Policy at the Evangelical Environmental Network and is co-founding pastor at Grace Capital City, which she planted in 2016 with her husband Chris in Washington, DC. Jessica is a Board Member of the National Associat...

Reverend Christian B. Aaron joined us to talk about RISE (Reclaiming Identity through Self-Empowerment). A movement focused on allowing believers to overcome their challenges, follow their passion and purpose, and strengthen and revive their faith. To understand holistic wellness, the avenue by which RISE achieves its mission.Christian B. Aaron is a faith-driven millennial native of Birmingham, Alabama andgraduate of Howard University, where she received a Bachelor’s of Science in Nursing. Sh...