The Big C Church Podcast

By Angie Ward

Challenging Conversations to Better the Body.

Author, professor, and thought leader Dr. Angie Ward hosts hopeful conversations about the past, present, and future of the church.... more

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The podcast currently has 19 episodes available.

The Big C Church Podcast episodes:

December 20, 2023A Conversation with a Black Evangelical | What is Evangelicalism? Part 4 with Brandon Washington
In the final episode of the “What is Evangelicalism” series Angie talks with Brandon Washington, Black pastor, theologian, and author, about how contemporary American evangelicalism has gone far off track from its theological and activistic roots.
Honorable Mention:
A Burning House: Redeeming American Evangelicalism by Examining Its History, Mission, and Message
Urban Apologetics: Restoring Black Dignity with the Gospel
Urban Apologetics: Cults and Cultural Ideologies: Biblical and Theological Challenges Facing Christians
The Other Evangelicals: A Story of Liberal, Black, Progressive, Feminist, and Gay Christians—and the Movement That Pushed Them Out by Isaac B. Sharp
The Bebbington Quadrilateral
The Big C Church Podcast: “A Conversation with an Evangelical Seminary President” (What is Evangelicalism, Part 1)
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43min
December 12, 2023A Conversation with a Same-Sex-Attracted Evangelical | What is Evangelicalism? Part 3 with Gabriel Pfeiffer
Gabriel Pfeiffer shares his experience as a gay evangelical Christian and how his experience in each of those areas individually and collectively has shaped him.
Honorable Mention:
The Big C Church Podcast: “Loaded Terms”
The Big C Church Podcast: “A Conversation with an Evangelical Seminary President” (What is Evangelicalism, Part 1)
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44min
December 05, 2023A Conversation with a Progressive Feminist Evangelical | What is Evangelicalism? Part 2 with Meredith Hoxie Schol
Our guest this week is Meredith Hoxie School, Director of Doctoral Studies at the Theological School at Drew University, who shares about her experience with evangelicalism as a progressive feminist.
Honorable Mention:
The Wesleyan Quadrilateral
The Other Evangelicals: A Story of Liberal, Black, Progressive, Feminist, and Gay Christians—and the Movement That Pushed Them Out by Isaac B. Sharp
Drew Theological School at Drew University
The Big C Church Podcast: “The Female Pastor” (Pastors and Power, Part 4)
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44min
November 28, 2023A Conversation with an Evangelical Seminary President | What is Evangelicalism? Part 1 with Dr. Mark Young
Angie talks with Mark Young, president of Denver Seminary and newly appointed board member of the National Association of Evangelicals, about the movement and culture known as evangelicalism. What is it and who gets to decide?
Honorable Mention:
The National Association of Evangelicals (NAE)
The Bebbington Quadrilateral
The Denver Seminary Engage360 podcast: “Shaping the Next Evangelicalism.” A conversation with NAE President Walter Kim.
“The Thorny Challenge of Defining Evangelicals.”
The Big C Church Podcast: “Loaded Terms.”
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44min
November 20, 2023What is the Church? Part 5 with Eugene Kim
Eugene Kim is a longtime pastor and founder of New Wine Collective which is helping people reimagine church. In this episode we talk about the importance of how reframing the “Big C Church” results in reimagined practice of the local church.
Honorable Mention:
New Wine Collective website
New Wine Collective on Facebook
The Big C Church Podcast: Are Senior Pastors Biblical?
Models of the Church by Avery Dulles
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43min
November 14, 2023What is the Church? Part 4 with John Moreland
John Moreland, Director of Urban Initiatives at Denver Seminary, talks about his understanding of church based on his experience growing up in and pastoring within the Black community.
Honorable Mention:
Denver Seminary Urban Initiative
The Big C Church Podcast: Loaded Terms
The Big C Church Podcast: “The Friendships of Pastors”
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43min
November 07, 2023What is the Church? Part 3 with Jayne Wilcox
This episode is dedicated to John Hwang, Founder and CEO of Public Platform.
Angie talks with Jayne Wilcox, professor and founder of the SHEcclesiology podcast, about her understanding of church and how theology impacts structure and practice.
Honorable Mention:
Girls Talking Church
SHEcclesiology podcast
SHEcclesiology listener community on Facebook
Models of the Church by Avery Dulles
Missional Church: A Vision for the Sending of the Church in North America edited by Darrel Guder.
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52min
October 31, 2023What is the Church? Part 2 with Rowland Smith
Rowland Smith, National Director of Forge America, talks with Angie about the essential missional nature of the church and how that affects practice.
Honorable Mention:
Forge America Missional Network
The Pando Collective
Red Skies: 10 Essential Conversations Exploring Our Future as the Church
Rowland’s website
Rowland on Instagram
Denver Seminary Doctor of Ministry program
The Big C Church Podcast: Loaded Terms
The Big C Church Podcast: Are Senior Pastors Biblical?
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50min
October 24, 2023What is the Church? Part 1 with Ryan Tafilowski
Ryan Tafilowski, professor of theology at Denver Seminary, shares his perspective about the nature and purpose of the church and its relationship to what is commonly known as the parachurch.
Honorable Mention:
Thinking About God: An Introduction to Theology by Dorothea Solle
A Theology of Pastoral Care by Eduard Thurneysen
The Way of St. Benedict by Rowan Williams
The Hauerwas Reader by Stanley Hauerwas
The Book of Pastoral Rule by St. Gregory the Great
Ordinary Church: A Long and Loving Look by Joseph S. Beach
The Shape of Practical Theology: Empowering Ministry with Theological Praxis by Ray S. Anderson
Life Together by Dietrich Bonhoeffer
What Are Christians For? Life Together at the End of the World by Jake Meador
Working the Angles: The Shape of Pastoral Integrity by Eugene Peterson
Ryan’s congregation, Foothills Fellowship
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49min
October 17, 2023The Temptations of Female Leaders | Men and Women in the Church, Part 3 with Bronwyn Lea
Angie talks frankly with Bronwyn Lea—author, pastor, editor and coach for Propel Women—about the unique temptations that women leaders face.
Honorable Mention:
Beyond Awkward Side Hugs: Living as Christian Brothers and Sisters in a Sex-Crazed World
Bronwyn’s web site
Bronwyn on Facebook
Propel Women
The Big C Church Podcast: “The Friendships of Pastors”
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54min

FAQs about The Big C Church Podcast:

How many episodes does The Big C Church Podcast have?

The podcast currently has 19 episodes available.