The Catch with John Fischer

Rob Stutzman Political PR expert returns to The Catch on Blog Talk Radio to discuss politics, worldview and Christians in the marketplace.

Mr. Stutzman is founder and president of Stutzman Public Affairs, a Sacramento based firm specializing in campaigns, communications and crisis management.

For over 20 years, Mr. Stutzman has been at the center of some of California’s most epic policy and political events, including the last five governor’s races and numerous statewide ballot measures.

Terry Mattingly writes the nationally syndicated “On Religion” column for the Universal Uclick Syndicate and is Senior Fellow for Media and Religion at The King's College in New York City. He was the founder of the Washington Journalism Center at the Council for Christian Colleges and Universities, which in 2015 was rebooted at The King's College. He is also the founder and editor of the GetReligion website that critiques the mainstream media’s coverage of religion news.

He has worked as a reporter and religion columnist at the Rocky Mountain News in Denver and the Charlotte Observer and the Charlotte News. In 1991, Mattingly began teaching at Denver Seminary. While teaching, he has continued to write the weekly “On Religion” column for the features department of the Scripps Howard News Service in Washington, D.C., which is sent to about 350 newspapers in North America.

Dan Collins’ career as a producer began by producing John Fischer’s first album for Light Records, "Still Life" and he went on to produce John's next four albums concluding with "Johnny's Cafe." He married Jamie Owens and began producing her albums and then became tour manager for “If My People” musical by Jimmy & Carol Owens. He since has served as A&R Director for Sparrow Records. He continued to produce for Sparrow, working with Keith Green, Phil Keaggy, Barry McGuire, 2nd Chapter of Acts, John Michael Talbot, Terry Talbot, and of course, Jamie Owens-Collins. He went on to produce for Maranatha! Music and Gospel Light Productions and most recently produced a 10-episode audio drama podcast for Lightworkers Media, Inc/MGM from The Bible Series television production from Mark Burnett & Roma Downey. Dan has produced and sung on over 150 album projects. Studied at Multnomah University and two other colleges (studied theology, business and music) and is an ordained minister.

Mike Boland has a company in California called Boland Communications that is a specialty manufacturer of precision and color-accurate video displays for the Television and Film Production industries. Displays are also used in museums, board rooms, helicopters, and vehicles. Mike's ministries are to his co-workers, extended family, church and community, in sharing what it means to live a fullfilled life through Christ's Love and understanding. Mike is also our newest board member for the Catch Ministry, Inc., and has contributed generously to our technological needs.

Keith Giles is a former pastor who abandoned the pulpit to follow Jesus eleven years ago, and ended up founding a church where 100% of the offering is given away to help the poor in his surrounding community. 

Keith blogs on Patheos at www.KeithGiles.com and his new book, "Jesus Unbound: Liberating the Word of God from the Bible" releases on Amazon July 4, 2018.

He currently lives in Orange, California with his wife Wendy, and two sons.

Scott has a BA in Biblical Studies and Theology and MA in New Testament Studies from Wheaton College & Graduate School in Wheaton, IL, an MDiv from Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA, and ThM in New Testament Studies from Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, NJ. Scott served as a student minister for six years at the First Presbyterian Church of Glen Ellyn, IL, for six years as the Associate Pastor of Youth & Young Adults at the First Presbyterian Church of Moorestown, NJ, and for seven years as the Lead Pastor of the Irvine Presbyterian Church of Irvine, CA. He currently freelances as one of the leaders of a network of churches in the city of Irvine trying to impact the city for Christ. He is married to Britta and they have three children, Ellen (15), Klara (13), and Lukas (10).

Doug Gilbert was a Catholic missionary priest in Liberia, West Africa. He worked with the Society of African Missions (SMA) and was the pastor of a church in Pipeline, an outlying area of the capital Monrovia. Doug ministered during the Liberian civil war, and worked with a group of Catholic nuns who ran a hospital for children who were wounded in the war. 

Today, Doug is back in the States, is laicized (no longer an active Catholic priest) and married with a son. His day job is now information technology. However, he continues his missionary work through a ministry of songwriting and repairing old stringed instruments to give to homeless musicians.

Doug is a pastor and leader of pastors. We are happy to welcome him back on the Catch for a discussion on the radical nature of the words of Jesus. Doug is currently transitional pastor of a church in the Kansas City area. He has coached ministry leaders from a wide diversity of denominational and cultural backgrounds over the past 20 years. A significant focus has been on transformational leadership and conflict resolution.

Don Williams is a native Californian. He graduated from Princeton University, Princeton Theological Seminary, and holds the PhD from Columbia University. He served on the staff of the Hollywood Presbyterian Church for 10 years as college pastor and was heavily involved in the Jesus Movement in the late 1960's. He has been Adjunct Professor of New Testament at Fuller Theological Seminary and lecturer in religion at Claremont MacKenna College. He also pastored the Mt. Soledad Presbyterian Church in La Jolla, CA., and planted the Coast Vineyard in La Jolla, California in 1988. He is the author of more than a dozen books, including 12 Steps with Jesus and Start Here: Kingdom Essentials for Christians. He also serves on the Board of Christian Healing Ministries, led by Francis and Judith MacNutt. Don is married to Kathryn. They now live in Los Angeles, CA.

At Laguna Presbyterian since 1972, Rev. Dr. Jerry Tankersley received his B.A. from Westmont College, followed by a B.D. from Fuller Theological Seminary.  He went on to obtain a Th.M. from Princeton Theological Seminary, followed by a Ph.D. from Claremont Graduate School. He also received a Doctorate of Ministry from the School of Theology Claremont. Jerry was ordained by the Presbyterian Church (USA) in 1963. Jerry will be retiring in June from 46 years of ministry at Laguna Presbyterian.