Keith McNamar is the pastor of New Life Assembly, in Wakefield. In this episode, Pastor Keith shares his life-long relationship with the Assemblies of God fellowship, argues for the value and needs for pastors to have life experiences outside of their local church, and shares his deep love for The Lord of the Rings.

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Linda Forsberg is an ordained Lutheran minister who leads the Church Beyond the Walls, a street church ministry in Providence. She also teaches at Salve Regina University, and in this conversation, she discusses the unique challenges of operating as a woman in both church and university spaces, the interplay between liberal and conservative thought in the Christian world, and why she cares so much about poetry.

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In our first coffee shop episode, we meet Daniel Murphy, who pastors King's Grant Fellowship in Portsmouth. Over the course of the conversation, Daniel discusses the challenges and joys of being a bivocational pastor, shares his concerns for the young men in our society, and uses the word Titantron.

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In this episode, we sit down with Sean Bland, the pastor of First Presbyterian Church in Newport. While repping his favorite Church Father hat, he shares his thoughts on the importance of early church thinkers, the emotional cost of preaching, and the unique challenges of a downtown church.

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Denetra Platts is the pastor of House of Praise and Prayer Worship Center, which she recently planted in Middletown. In this conversation, she describes her life as a "Bapticostal”, argues against the weaponization of theology, and helps clarify commonly-misunderstood charismatic terms.

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Tony Phelps is the pastor-again of Christ Our Hope Presbyterian Church. In this episode, he explained what brought him to this church in the first place, the journey away and back again, and why he believes placing Christ at the center of everything is the most important thing.

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In this week's episode, we talk with Adam Fagan-Kela, who is one of the elders at Graceway Church, in Middletown. Adam explains the unique modal of mobile churches which make up Graceway, shares his thoughts on what it means to be a church leader, and pushes back on what he sees as the wekanesses of the traditional modal of doing church.

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For this interview, I talk with Keith Cabral about the church he is planting in downtown Pawtucket. Pastor Keith describes his journey to becoming a church planter, his thoughts on how to balance the internal and external foci of the church, and his heart for the people of Pawtucket.

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In this episode, I sit down with one of my current pastors, Jim Sole. Pastor Jim has been at QBC for almost three decades, and, as he nears retirement, he has many thoughts to share on how to pastor gently, lovingly, and with meaningful care for the congregation. We are also joined by a mutual friend and mentor, Glenn Moore, who adds his own thoughts to the conversation.

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In this episode, we take a detour from our usual pastor interviews to talk to Greg Johnson, who leads Revive New England, a parachurch ministry focused on preparing churches for revival. If you'd like to learn more about Greg's work, you can visit his website at revivenewengland.org.

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