Dr . Charles A. Montgomery, Jr. is the East Campus Pastor at Vineyard Columbus. He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics from Morehouse College, a Master of Divinity from Emory University, and a Ph.D. from Union Institute and University. He has been blissfully married to his lovely wife, Lady Kimberly, since 2003. https://vineyardcolumbus.org/east
Pastor Eric and Dr Charles Montgomery interview officer Bryan discussing the current environment, and what it's like to balance being a police officer, a person of color, and a person of faith. Bryan is a VC member, has been a Law Enforcement officer for 21 years and serves currently as department Chaplain.
Reverend Doctor Canon Esau McCaulley is a New Testament scholar and an Anglican Priest who completed his doctoral studies at the University of St Andrews under N.T. Wright. His new book, Reading While Black, speaks hope to African Americans in the United States through the tradition of African American biblical interpretation. Dr. McCaulley is currently an assistant professor of New Testament at Wheaton College, is married to his wife Mandy, and together they have four wonderful children.
Adrienne, Eric, and Julia recap the first season of the first official Vineyard Columbus Podcast along with updates on what's going on at the church and some things coming up in the near future.
Adrienne and Julia chat with Pastor Kerry Davis on how to be good news to those who are around us.
Brooke grew up in both Morocco where she was raised as a missionary kid and California where she was introduced to the Vineyard in Anaheim, before moving to Columbus. In 2008 she moved to Amsterdam with Julia and Eric and a small team from Vineyard Columbus where she helped to plant Vineyard Amsterdam. After pastoring in Amsterdam for nearly 11 years, she returned to the US last year. She recently earned her Masters in Religion in Middle East and North African studies from the Institute of Middl...
Interview with Dr. Ron Hitchcock. After 17 years of faithful and fruitful ministry at Vineyard Columbus, Ron is retiring at the end of November, when he and his wife Barb will move to the west coast to continue their work with marriage ministry closer to their children and grandchildren. Ron is the author of Journey To Oneness: Enriching, Renewing and Reconciling Marriage Relationships, and Parenting Your Children Into Adulthood: Forming Lifelong Friendships With Your Children and founder of Lif...
An Interview with Pastor Brett Fuller, Senior Pastor of Grace Covenant Church in Chantilly, Virginia - a multi-ethnic church in located in a suburb of Washington, DC. He currently serves as the North American Leadership Team Director for Every Nation Churches, and as Chaplain of the Washington Football Team. From 2005 to 2014 he also served as Chaplain for the National Association of Basketball Coaches. gracecov.org, IG @gracecov
An interview with Justin Lee, speaker, Christian LGBTQ activist and author of Torn: Rescuing the Gospel from the Gays-vs.-Christians Debate, and Talking Across the Divide: How to Communicate with People You Disagree With—and Maybe Even Change the World. https://geekyjustin.com/ "
An interview with Dr. James Mumford, public thinker, social commentator, and author. In his recently published book Vexed, Dr Mumford tackles the polarization of civil society across the democratic West, taking a fresh look at the existential questions and "hot button" issues that are an essential part of the politics of the Left and Right.
An interview with Dr. Richard Mouw, a theologian and professor of faith and public life at Fuller Theological Seminary, where he served as president for 20 years. Dr. Mouw has authored far too many books to list here, is widely respected for his perspectives on faith in the modern world, and has long stood at the forefront of the Christ and culture debate.
Eric and Julia have an excellent interview with Dr. Miroslav Volf, theologian, public intellectual, author, and Director of the Yale Center for Faith and Culture. To hear more of Dr Volf's perspectives, check out his podcast "For The Life Of The World" available here:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/for-the-life-of-the-world-yale-center-for-faith-culture/id1505076294
Eric and Julia interview Jim Herrington, developer of Faithwalking and co-author of Leading Congregational Change: A Practical Guide to the Transformational Journey, The Leader’s Journey: Accepting the Call to Personal and Congregational Transformation, and Learning Change: Congregational Transformation Fueled by Personal Renewal. For more information, visit theleadersjourney.us
An interview with Tony Morgan on getting Unstuck. The Unstuck Group coaches pastors through a proven process to align vision, strategy, team and action—and start getting unstuck in the first 90 days. Theunstuckgroup.com
Eric and Julia Interview Insoo Kim, our new Lane Ave Campus Pastor.
Eric and Julia talk with Vineyard Community Center director Gina Watts and Jenney Rice from our Mercy ministries pastoral staff. This episode looks at how Vineyard Columbus continues it's efforts in being a church beyond the building through ministering to our community through the community center and our food pantries. To volunteer or find out more about opportunities to partner with Christ at our current food pantries, please contact Rhodie Shreve at rhodie.shreve@vineyardcolumbus.org...
"Find Community" with Julia & Eric talking with Small Groups Pastor David Schermerhorn about connecting with one another, weird small group experiences, drumming, and a sneak peek at our awesome Autumn Midpoint topics & teachers! Midpoint Groups are topical groups that will meet for 10 weeks on Zoom to study God’s Word, pray together, and build relationships. Midpoints were created to bridge the gap to community. Each Midpoint Group is taught by one of our pastoral staff and smaller conv...
Adrienne and Eric talking w Dr Scott Engebretson about our new Midweek prayer & communion services.
Adrienne interviews Rich, Julia & Eric about COVID, church, and the leadership transition.
A conversation with Assistant Pastor Adrienne Ash and community leaders about honoring what God is doing in the Black community. The Black community in our country has continued to suffer tragedy and injustice, but has always continued to overcome suffering with strength, perseverance, bravery, hope, and empowerment of our black brothers and sisters, and how they are seeing God move.
Eric and Julia will be joined by Malik Sammons and Fatima Bah, both university students and VC Twenty (young adults ministry) leaders, who have been leading protests against racial injustice over the past weeks. We're excited to support the work of student activists and are looking forward to amplifying their voices as we talk about what it means to work for lasting change.
Eric & Julia and Assistant Pastor Adrienne Ash, Dr. Charles Montgomery, and Dr. Lathania Butler discuss Suffering well with one another: the Black community in our country continues to suffer tragedy and injustice and we talk about what it means to lament together, and what it means to move forward together.
This week on the In Between Podcast LIVE Julia and Adrienne discuss the toll of COVID-19 on our mental health. They will be joined by Romell Graves, MABC, MDFT, LPCC-S, and Lorie Kaufmann Rees, Pastor & Professional Clinical Counselor.
This week on the In Between Podcast LIVE Eric and Julia discuss the impact of COVID-19 on prisons. They are joined by Christine Money, a former warden at Marion prison and founder of Kindway, and Juan Martinez, a former inmate, and graduate of Kindway who serves as their Director of Development and Communications. Kindway is a faith-based nonprofit that assists participants on their journey from incarceration to independence. kindway.org
Julia & Adrienne host guests (and fellow VC colleagues) Liz Ward and Asst. Pastor Laura Weiant to talk about being single in the midst of COVID-19. Whether you're single or not... tune in to be encouraged and inspired about how to build authentic, including, hospitable community for everyone.
Eric, Julia, and Rich have an open and candid conversation with former Ohio Governor John Kasich about leadership and faith in times of crisis.
Eric & Adrienne are joined by guest host Pastor Charles Montgomery for a conversation with a medical and mental health professionals Dr. Darrell Gray II, MD and Xandula Gaitor, LPC, about how and why COVID-19 is disproportionately impacting people of color.
Adrienne, Eric and Julia reflect on Lent, the Doubt Series, and COVID-19 in this episode recorded during a Facebook Live event.
Eric and Adrienne have a conversation with Ellie Smith (Assistant Pastor of VC20) and Lathania Butler (VC 20 leader, economist, data scientist, sports-lover) about how millennials experience doubt & faith.
On this episode, Eric and Julia interview Mark Roosien who wrote his PhD dissertation at Notre Dame, and teaches at Yale University, on the impact of natural disasters on church community and practice and what Christian history teaches us about living as people of faith in the midst of a pandemic.
