Church is Changing: Episode 66 – Erin Martin

Are you feeling stuck? Are the things that used to work no longer working? Are you questioning the future of the church as we know it? Then this conversation is for you! Listen in on this conversation from Portland, Oregon – a post-Christendom area of the United States that is a harbinger for the rest of the country in terms of the changing landscape of the church. Erin Martin left her role as a DS in the Portland Metro area to serve a local church during Covid lockdown. She shares how immersing in the grief of a dying institution led her to new life for herself and her local congregation. You can find out more about Fremont UMC at fremontumc.org In our conversation Erin refers to 2 books: • Jesus, Jubilee, and the Politics of God’s Reign by Christian T. Collins • Hospicing Modernity by Vanessa Machado de Oliveira