Not Alone

This podcast helps listeners think about the challenges of teamwork, provides listeners with practical steps to take towards healthy teamwork, and offers listeners some biblical passages to help shape their thinking about teamwork. 

Jeff Mingee, church planting strategist with the SBC of Virginia, talks with Zach Dabrowski, worship leader at Catalyst Church in Newport News, Virginia, about how teamwork matters to both worship teams and ministry teams.

Not Alone Podcast Episode 11

A key to successful children’s ministry has always been relationship building. As the pandemic continues, children’s ministry leaders find it necessary to change the way we do ministry, including ways to keep the existing relationships we have with our children and families.

In this Not Alone Podcast, we learn about effective strategies to keep in touch with families. Cindy Middaugh, children's ministry strategist for the SBC of Virginia, speaks with Anne Edwards, director of children’s ministries at First Roanoke Baptist Church in Roanoke, to share successful practices. We pray this helps your ministry as you reach families for Christ.

Not Alone Podcast Episode 10

When is the last time you spoke with your neighbors? Do you know their names? Wouldn't it be nice to have a tool and a strategy to help you start that today?

Steve Bradshaw, director of evangelism and strategic initiatives with the SBC of Virginia, talks with Stan Parris, senior pastor of Franklin Heights Baptist Church in Rocky Mount, Virginia, about how the Bless Every Home (BEH) outreach and evangelism tool has helped their church intentionally focus outwardly rather than inwardly. Guests also include Larry and Sue Mason, members of Salem Baptist Church in Crozier, Virginia, who share personal testimonies of how the tool has caused them to intentionally pray, care, and share the Gospel with their neighbors. The reveal in this podcast is that the BEH strategy points to a biblical practice that stands the test of time and is applicable in all circumstances.

Not Alone Podcast Episode 9

Josh Turner, church planting team leader for the SBC of Virginia, spoke with Colby Garman, pastor of Pillar Church in Dumfries, Virginia, on how to identify, train, and send church planters from your church. Pastor Colby reminds us that church planters are probably sitting in our congregation every Sunday and gives some practical tips on how to start recruiting and training them.

Not Alone Podcast Episode 8

Brad Russell, mobilization strategist with the SBC of Virginia, sits down with Tom and Cindi Melvin, former International Mission Board missionaries, now serving as mobilization associates with SBCV, for a candid discussion about missions after COVID. They talk about what churches can and should be doing NOW as we wait for the world of mission trips and partnerships to reopen in 2021. COVID changed a lot, but it didn't change the Great Commission! Listen for three things we can all be doing right now to participate in the Great Commission.

Not Alone Podcast Episode 7

Sergio Guardia, Hispanic leadership catalyst for the SBC of Virginia, spoke with pastor and missionary Jason Carlisle on how to reach Hispanic neighbors that might be in the same vicinity of our church. In this conversation, Carlisle, a former mobilizer for the International Mission Board, reminds us that the main thing is to be intentional no matter who hears the Gospel from you.

Not Alone Podcast Episode 6

Don Cockes, regional catalyst for the SBC of Virginia, talks with Tyler Scarlett, teaching pastor of Forest Baptist Church in Forest, Virginia and professor of preaching at Liberty University. Together, they break down the ministry and art of preaching and give listeners helpful hints that Pastor Scarlett shares with students. But he also gives you some tips, or “hacks,” that he himself tries to implement as a local church pastor.

Not Alone Podcast Episode 5

SBC of Virginia Revitalization Strategist Rusty Small takes us through what church revitalizing looked like and the impact it has had for Pastor Justin Smith and Warwick Baptist Church in Newport News, Virginia.

What do you do when your past comes back to haunt you – even the parts you thought you were over and done with? This situation can happen regardless of who you are, what you do, or even if you are in ministry. Brandon Pickett talks with spoken word artist and preacher/teacher Nigel “Legin” Anderson in today’s Not Alone Podcast. 

Legin thought he had dealt with the psychological issues of fatherlessness but found that God still wanted to do a work in him. Together, Brandon and Legin talk about the results of a year of counseling and how God used it and turned it into a powerful concert series called, Good Enuf. This virtual concert is unique in that Legin actually invites you into his first counseling session during multiple songs.

They also talk about how the Bible teaches us that ALL people are worthy of God’s love and grace. So, no matter where they’ve come from or what they are doing, if God loves them - we should share the Gospel which is the only thing that can heal and save.

Ishmael LaBiosa, director of communications for the SBC of Virginia, interviews Julie McGowan, Associate Vice President of Communications and Public Relations for the International Mission Board to talk through free resources available to churches.