Matt Reynolds has a beautiful story to tell of how God used New Room, his own church, and a moment at the kitchen table to birth a remarkably fruitful and fresh ministry that is speaking life, health and Holy Spirit into the Church. Matt Reynolds is the founder and President of Spirit & Truth, an equipping ministry designed to serve churches that are ready to go beyond "church-as-a-business." In this conversation, we cover everything from ecclesiology to evangelism, field preaching...
Oct 27, 2020•1 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 8
This week, we have the joy of talking with one of our favorite people, Dr. Kevin Watson. Kevin is Assistant Professor of Wesleyan and Methodist Studies at Candler School of Theology at Emory University, and an ordained elder in the United Methodist Church. He is making a remarkable impact on Wesleyan discipleship especially through two books, The Class Meeting and The Band Meeting. Both are designed to move us beyond programmatic "church" to organic discipleship. We loved talking with ...
Oct 20, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Dr. Alec Rowlands is the senior pastor of Westgate Chapel in Edmonds, Washington. Westgate is a marvelously alive and missional, non-denominational and multi-ethnic congregation that moves in the gifts of the Spirit in gracious and fruitful ways. Alec and his wife, Rita, have two daughters who are both on staff at Westgate along with their spouses, so ministry for the Rowlands is truly a family affair. His book, The Presence, beautifully strikes the balance between the heart of Wesleyan theology...
Oct 13, 2020•51 min•Season 2Ep. 6
After serving for a season on staff at 12Stone Church in Atlanta, Kevin Queen was tapped in 2018 to lead CrossPoint Church in Nashville, Tennessee — one of the largest churches in an area with a lot of large churches. But we’re not interviewing Kevin because he leads a large church. We’re talking with him because he passionately goes after a big God. Kevin has a great story to tell about studying revivals and learning how to go deep in prayer and letting God lead. He also has a lot to say about ...
Oct 06, 2020•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 5
Rev. Miriam Swanson is the Global Student Mission Leader at Fusion, a student mission movement that originates in the UK but now with vision for spreading throughout the U.S. She is recently married and has relocated to Florida, where she continues to develop her vision for reaching students through Fusion. Miriam is an anointed speaker and evangelist who has shared her message of holiness and hope with thousands on college campuses and global stages. If you didn’t hear her message at New Room 2...
Sep 29, 2020•53 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Lo Alaman is a spoken word poet, writer, preacher, and all-around faithful man of God who has become a great friend to all of us in the New Room Network. Lo's day job is as Director of Community Life at The Harvest Church in The Woodlands, Texas, but his passion and gift is bringing words to life (you need to watch his wedding poem on YouTube ... its glorious). His most recent creative work is on the subject of lament, and he shares with us the inspiration behind this project, and more on t...
Sep 22, 2020•58 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Dr. Tom Tanner has been part of the Riverstone family since its inception in 1999. He now leads Riverstone as the senior pastor, as well as a church-planting network called Transformation. As the long-time director of the UGA Wesley Foundation, Tom's spiritual influence over a generation of pastors is profound, and he shares his experience of intergenerational encouragement (spoiler alert: it includes golf). You will be inspired by the story of his journey into prayer -- from desperation de...
Sep 15, 2020•58 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Dr. Steve Seamands has spoken healing, theology and prayer into countless lives over a lifetime of serving Christ. Seamands served as the Professor of Basic Christian Doctrine at Asbury Seminary for close to 40 years. In addition to that class, he taught Introduction to Spiritual Warfare, Introduction to Healing Prayer, and a class studying the life of Dietrich Bonhoeffer. Seamands has authored several books, including Wounds That Heal and Ministry in the Image of God (a Christianity Today book ...
Sep 08, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Carolyn and Pierce sit down today to talk about where they are seeing God's love poured out, Christ personified, and Holy Spirit power in action in their life today. We also get a sneak peek at some of the guests we have lined up for Season 2 (which starts next week!) Lean in with us as we continue to press towards practical holiness, supernatural ministry, and intergenerational encouragement.
Sep 01, 2020•48 min•Season 1Ep. 15
In this bonus episode, Carolyn Moore and Pierce Drake sit down to have a conversation about spiritual direction, mentoring, coaching, and spiritual parenting. Carolyn kicks us off today asking Pierce about his journey over the last year as he has intentionally gone after those four terms above. We pray these this conversation helps you lean into Jesus more fully. --- Join us at A Night With New Room on September 25 for a livestreamed evening of worship, teaching, and prayer for great awakening. ...
Aug 25, 2020•47 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Our host Carolyn Moore and Pierce Drake sit down to reflect on the first season and discuss a question that came out of season one. They dive into looking at the difference of a Holy Spirit led life verses simply acknowledging that the Holy Spirit is with us but living as though it's just on us. May our time today encourage you to lean in with the Holy Spirit and fall forward into grace. --- Join us at A Night With New Room on September 25 for a livestreamed evening of worship, teaching, an...
Aug 18, 2020•45 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Every episode has been for us a gift of great conversation with deep spiritual leaders in the Wesleyan/Arminian tradition, and we end the season with the best of the best — Jack Deere. Author of “Surprised by the Power of the Spirit” and the revised and recently released “Why I Am Still Surprised by the Spirit,” Jack shares his own journey from a successful ministry in a cessationist tribe — a theological stream that assumes the supernatural phased out with the apostles — to being someone who co...
Aug 11, 2020•57 min•Season 1Ep. 12
It was truly an honor to have a conversation with Dr. Scot McKnight. We discovered in this world-renowned speaker, writer, and academic a deeply faithful and socially active man of God who is humble, humorous and courageous. McKnight is a recognized authority on the historical Jesus, early Christianity, and New Testament. His blog, Jesus Creed, is a leading Christian blog. He has authored or edited more than seventy-five books. McKnight is the Julius R. Mantey Professor of New Testament at North...
Aug 04, 2020•58 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Rev Dr Madeline Henners has an amazing story of incremental surrender as the Holy Spirit drew her out of a "mainline" worldview and into the life of the Spirit. She now swims deeply in that stream and talks us through a number of Spirit-filled movements happening in the U.S. In her words, her "dream for the church is revival." Madeline shares also around intimacy with God, the special topic of her D.Min. studies at United Theological Seminary, where she now serves on staff as...
Jul 28, 2020•45 min•Season 1Ep. 10
We found a treasure when we found Rev. Dimetra Barrios while watching the online messages of Jon Tyson's Church of the City. She serves as the founding and lead pastor at Legacy Brooklyn. She has studied at Liberty and Fuller, and is a featured speaker at Exponential conference. And she gets the Art of Holiness. Dimetra speaks with such spiritual insight about issues like practical holiness, the nature of the Body of Christ, and ministry in the margins. As she puts it, "it is my goal t...
Jul 22, 2020•45 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Chris Backert has a passion for creating and supporting new ways of doing Christian community. You know him by his influence over several significant movements. He serves as the national director of Fresh Expressions US, as Director & Organizational Architect for a church planting network called Ecclesia, as a church planter himself in both Virginia and Maryland, and with the Baptist General Association of Virginia the area of church planting. But his greatest influence is in what isn’t on t...
Jul 14, 2020•57 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Matt Scott is the founding pastor of the Gathering Place in Moody, Alabama. Since it began in 2011, The Gathering Place Church has grown to average more than 1500 people attending each weekend. In Matt, we discovered a pastor who was not content with large numbers, but someone intensely passionate about pursuing the supernatural power of God. He talks in this episode about that search, and about how he has boldly and lovingly shared his own revival with the people he serves.
Jul 07, 2020•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 7
Jorge Acevedo is a true elder in the church -- a man of God who has poured in faithfully for more than two decades to a local faith community (Grace Church in Cape Coral, FL), while pouring into the national and even international Church and into generations of leaders who call him both mentor and friend. In this episode, we talk with Jorge about missional discipleship, supernatural ministry, Wesleyan spirituality and generational influence. With Jorge, it is all about relationship -- with God, ...
Jun 30, 2020•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 6
The word that immediately comes to mind when talking to Bob Beckwith is fruitfulness. Bob has served as the director of the UGA Wesley Foundation since 1999. His story is one of “a long obedience in the same direction” (to quote Eugene Peterson). Staying true to his call and passion for developing workable discipleship systems, he has seen significant growth at Wesley in their internship program, discipleship initiatives and conversion stories. And he has never strayed far from supernatural mini...
Jun 23, 2020•50 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Dr. Helen Musick has served the Kingdom of God as a pastor, seminary professor, leader of a successful recovery ministry, and a featured speaker and leader. In this conversation, she talks about the simple brilliance of the twelve steps of A.A. and how the supernatural power of God works in the midst of recovery. Helen shares as a seasoned pastor what it means to be a spiritual elder in the church and a mentor in the marketplace.
Jun 16, 2020•49 min•Season 1Ep. 4
J.D. is an author, speaker, thought-leader, and is the "Sower-in-Chief" at Seedbed (and New Room). Formerly the Dean of Chapel at Asbury Theological Seminary, J.D. founded Seedbed in 2012 to begin the work of sowing for a great Awakening. He writes daily to a community of thousands via the Seedbed Daily Text. Links: - Seedbed - The Seedbed Daily Text - The Seedbed Daily Text printed books...
Jun 09, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 3
This conversation with Cheryl Bridges Johns is rich and deep. If you haven't found her already, you need to listen. Dr. Johns serves in the Robert E. Fisher Chair of Spiritual Renewal at Pentecostal Theological Seminary. She carries the fire of a Pentecostal and the heart of a social activist. What humbles and inspires us most is that with thousands of Twitter followers and a national platform, she so graciously gives her time to anyone ready for a serious conversation about what it means t...
May 26, 2020•59 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Welcome to our first episode! Dr. Bellini often says: "Pentecostals don’t have a copyright on the Holy Spirit." To which we at The Art of Holiness reply, "Amen!" In this episode we chat about "prophetic informed intercession" and the miracles waiting to happen when we pray from a place of knowing. Dr. Bellini is a professor at United Seminary and he takes us to school for sure. Lean in and join the conversation with us.
May 20, 2020•1 hr 4 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Join Pastors Carolyn Moore and Pierce Drake in this introductory conversation and hear why they've decided to start this podcast. You'll hear a little bit of their stories as well as their hope and prayer for this community. We are excited to have you in this conversation!
May 11, 2020•33 min
