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Around the Table

Apostolic Christian Church of America•www.buzzsprout.com
Religion & Spirituality
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Published every two weeks, this podcast exists to draw attendees of the Apostolic Christian Church of America closer to Christ and each other by providing a source of readily accessible spiritual teaching and conversations with church leadership.
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How the Bible defines "church" (Part 1 of 2)

Guests: Mike Leman, Frank Sauder, Jeff Wiegand Show notes: Lots of interesting scriptural observations on "the Church", including in the OT. Fascinating comparisons/contrasts of the Church today to the Church in the Wilderness with Moses. Lots of good thought-provoking ideas (reign of King David, baptism, worldly pursuits, denominations, OT congregational splits). God works with the entire Body.

Jun 02, 2025•21 min•Season 7Ep. 155

What is reverential language?

Guests: Wayne Hartzler, Fred Witzig, Ken Wuethrich Show notes: Jesus taught closeness(personal) and reverence together. How we started using these pronouns German Bible refers to God using familiar language. Language has changed over the past 80 years. How do we navigate this language change in the church? Emphasize heart reverence. Support those who desire to continue use of thee/thou language to reflect their heart. Support those who desire to express their close personal relationship with God...

May 19, 2025•24 min•Season 7Ep. 154

Leadership roles explained

Guests: Brett Lanz, Adam Uhler, Paul Virkler Show notes: Share where we serve (our situations). Attempt to follow the biblical model. Leadership and membership work together. Biblical examples of leadership. Our roles are not completely defined scripturally. Why increase in ordained deacons? Expectation for increased elder responsibilities; more communication needed for our congregations. Responsibilities of a deacon, ordained deacon, elder. Bible uses various titles for leadership. Increased em...

Mar 24, 2025•28 min•Season 7Ep. 150

A compassionate and biblical response to LGBTQ issues

Guests: Lynn Fiechter, Trent Meiss, Ted Witzig, Jr. Show notes: Importance of and definition of terms. We are seeking to keep from yielding to societal pressures. Consider our purpose and vision. Need to embrace biblical truth and show compassion to others (both are needed and biblical). Is our church position changing? Recap of unchangeable truth. Sin is wrong, regardless of what it is (Jesus died on the cross for our sin). What has changed? Societal views of sin; sin is more front and center i...

Mar 10, 2025•26 min•Season 7Ep. 149

Answering your questions about evangelism & discipleship (2 of 2)

Guests: Matt Kaufmann, Mark Streitmatter, John Wiegand Show notes: Evangelism risks. How do we keep from being negatively influenced by the world? Our foundation is critical. We are to conform to Christ. Recognize the influences around us. Interesting observation: risks are all around us whether we prioritize evangelism or not. Maturity is important in navigating challenges. New believers shouldn't think they are not called to evangelize. They just need to be connected to others in the church fo...

Feb 24, 2025•23 min•Season 7Ep. 148

Answering your questions about evangelism & discipleship (1 of 2)

Guests: Matt Kaufmann, Mark Streitmatter, John Wiegand Show notes: Opportunity for us to grow and discipleship is fundamental to who we are. How is it fundamental and deeply rooted? Discipleship is a way of life. Discipleship and evangelism are inseparable. Discipleship is an intentional conversation with believers. Evangelism is an intentional conversation with unbelievers. Our gifting needs to be lived into. Def. of discipleship Def. of evangelism Tied into Conference presentation. Where does ...

Feb 10, 2025•22 min•Season 7Ep. 147

The Doctrine of Discipline (2 of 2)

Guest: Rod Bajema, Lucas Frank, Nick Gutwein, Greg Lehman Show notes: Affirmations and cautions around doctrine of discipline. Should not be used to manipulate or punish. God ultimately punishes unrepentant sin in judgement. Caution against the thought that God will not punish unrepentant sin. Affirm that God wants a right relationship with Him. Affirm God's design that we be in community. "Love in the presence of humility brings healing". "We can't share more love than we have received". Affirm...

Jan 29, 2025•31 min•Season 7Ep. 146

The Doctrine of Discipline (1 of 2)

Guests: Rod Bajema, Lucas Frank, Nick Gutwein, Greg Lehman Show notes: What was it like to study discipline? God desires that we have a peaceful/restful relationship with Him. Many scriptures regarding discipline. Discipline should be mostly proactive. It expresses God's love. Restores a right relationship. Reviewed updated SoF statement. Various forms of discipline. Value of spiritual disciplines (self), interpersonal discipline & church. Goal is Image of Christ. What does a disciplined Chu...

Jan 13, 2025•24 min•Season 7Ep. 145

The Incarnation - replay

Guests: Bruce Frank Joe Gerber Show notes: God can relate to us because of the incarnation. Incarnation models selflessness, servant leadership, humility, and obedience to the Father, Incarnation brought us our perfect example. Incarnation is a model for preaching the gospel. Incarnation is a model for sacrificial living. Incarnation was necessary for salvation.

Dec 16, 2024•19 min•Season 6Ep. 143

Now live: our new Statement of Faith

Guests: Brad Eisenmann, Lynn Fiechter, Wayne Hartzler, Nick Gutwein, Ben Wiegand Show notes: Arranged in 3 buckets. Update process evolved from 3 documents to one document. Not to be just a document used in counseling converts, but one that impacts every phase of our life. Onward Media to help put a discussion guide together. Emphasis on the document live on the website. Written by the Holy Spirit; also the work of men. SoF not perfect, but can be useful with the Holy Spirit's help Periodic revi...

Dec 02, 2024•27 min•Season 6Ep. 142

Thinking biblically about emerging technology

Guests: Isaac Funk, Jonathan Sauder, Mark Streitmatter Show notes: Purpose: develop biblical principles on discerning emerging technologies (ET). Defined what it is. Examples of ET. Historically, some have been fearful of ET. Culture we grew up in influences how we view ET. Important to have conversations about ET to learn how to use technology well. Technology is a tool to accelerate what we can do. Use technologies wisely. Be careful not to label a technology as completely good or completely b...

Nov 18, 2024•28 min•Season 6Ep. 141

Biblical Manhood and Womanhood: Image of God

Guests: Tim Funk Kyle Walter Carla Wuethrich Show notes: Why the image of God is a relevant topic How does it help us understand God and our relationship with him? Helps us balance out who we are with what we do. Has both a vocational and relational aspect. Jesus is the ultimate image of God who came to earth. Image of God is also our identity; this identity is also personally unique. How does sin and brokenness impact the image of God? Sin causes this reflected image to lose some of its luster....

Nov 04, 2024•28 min•Season 6Ep. 140

What it means to be human

Guests: Crystal Frank, Tim Funk, Blake Widmer Show notes: We need to look to the Bible for how to be godly men & women, not our culture. Two teams looking at this: one team of brothers and one team of sisters. Additional communications planned. Teams contain brothers & sisters from various ages, cultural contexts, urban/rural, & linguistic environments. 5 stages to be investigated (1-what it means to be human? 2-how do we represent the image of God? 3-what does it mean to be created ...

Oct 07, 2024•24 min•Season 6Ep. 138

Preventing leadership burnout (2 of 2)

Guests: Jeff Grimm, Peggy Jackson, Ted Steffen, Michelle Strahm, Ted Witzig, Jr. Show Notes: How can our congregations help support and protect church leadership? Get to know your elder/ordained deacon couple; get to know their needs. Remember your leader's children at home when travelling for church business. Offer to sit with children in church. Give grace to leader's children like you would your own. Find out what needs to be done around their home; offer your skills. Gifts/acts of kindness a...

Sep 20, 2024•22 min•Season 6Ep. 137

Preventing leadership burnout (1 of 2)

Guests: Jeff Grimm, Peggy Jackson, Ted Steffen, Michelle Strahm, Ted Witzig, Jr. Show notes: Tools - Wellness assessment to examine how we are doing; email goes out quarterly to look at various areas; coach newly ordained couples; promote mentoring within elder body; facilitate elder/wife meeting at a conference once a year. What is 360 Wellness? Approved ad hoc committee to help church leadership, establish healthy practices, and avoid leadership risks. Committee initially looked at preventing ...

Sep 09, 2024•18 min•Season 6Ep. 136

General Conference debrief

Guests: Jason Dotterer Lucas Frank Show notes: Reason(s) for different format. Benefits of different format. Challenges with changing format. Changed format allows addressing more issues due to audience having multiple choices. Identified items (format) that have not changed. Resulted in better attendance than recent past conferences. Increased fellowship periods. Remain focused on Jesus and his Word, and being bound together. Moving 2025 General Conference to Saturday. Will continue to monitor ...

Aug 26, 2024•17 min•Season 6Ep. 135

Hearing from our Singles (2 of 2)

Guests: Gwen Leuthold, Gina Martin, Ron Messner Show notes: Looking at additional ways to communicate events to singles and to connect. Humans, not just singles, have an inherent need for connection. Singles desire more healthy and meaningful interactions with all brothers & sisters. Receiving compliments, notes, and cards (little things) are very important to singles. Take the time to build relationships with singles. Many singles are content being single; don't assume they all want to be m...

Aug 12, 2024•21 min•Season 6Ep. 134

Hearing from our Singles (1 of 2)

Guest: Gwen Leuthold Gina Martin Ron Messner Show notes: Review/Update on survey of our Singles. Goal - how to better be one body; how to better serve in the body. Wanted to hear the heart of the singles. Singles are wondering what change the survey will bring. Both the process in making/doing the survey and the data has been valuable. Positives: committed to church (local and national); grateful for being included in church roles; grateful when married families include them in their lives. Sing...

Jul 29, 2024•24 min•Season 6Ep. 133

Salvation: a deeper understanding (2 of 2)

Guests: Brad Eisenmann, Gerry Hertzel, Trent Meiss Brad Strahm Show notes: We respond to what God did by believing, repenting, having faith... Justification is us being right with God. Sanctification is us partaking in God's holiness; rooted in love. Sanctification is God's work. We tend to place too much attention on self. Sanctification happens in two parts: immediately upon faith, and over time. Jesus' death and shed blood allow us to come into God's presence and for God to dwell within us. W...

Jul 12, 2024•21 min•Season 6Ep. 132

Salvation: a deeper understanding

Guests: Brad Eisenmann, Gerry Hertzel, Trent Meiss Brad Strahm Show notes: Studying salvation helps us better know what we believe. Salvation is more than just saving our souls. God's part is great; our part is small (response). There is beauty in God's salvation. Multiple terms associated with salvation. Our perspective makes certain terms more meaningful. God is setting all things right again through Christ....

Jul 01, 2024•24 min•Season 6Ep. 131

Our citizenship

Guests: Tim Lehman Gwen Leuthold Brad Strahm Show Notes: People have various levels of interest in politics, from being disinterested or intentionally avoidant to very interested and involved. Our problem: we are drawn to rely on earthly governments. Governments are God's servants. Government can't solve our problems. All earthly governments will fail; only God's government will not fail. Our government invites us to participate. How should we participate? Should we vote? The Bible is silent on ...

Jun 17, 2024•26 min•Season 6Ep. 130
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