Caleb Maskell: Left Foot Scholarship, Right Foot Church Life Show Podcast Information In this episode of We Are Vineyard, Jay talks with Caleb Maskell about immigrating to the US as a child, the disorientation of self he experienced, and how this manifested socially and academically. Caleb shares about failing classes in high school, how he eventually discovered his love for learning and critical thinking, and how that was entwined with the frequent experiences he was having with the Holy Spirit...
Apr 05, 2023•1 hr 24 min•Season 2Ep. 10
Phil Chorlian: Church Planting Requires Grit Show Podcast Information In this episode of We Are Vineyard, Jay talks with Phil Chorlian about the series of events that led him to Jesus as a teenager and when the Holy Spirit knocked him off a fence, his passionate pursuit of the Lord in high school, and how everything fell apart as a young adult. Phil shares about coming back to Christ in his car, getting involved in the Vineyard, and his story as a church planting pastor. They also talk about hea...
Mar 29, 2023•1 hr 19 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Dianne Leman: The Ministry Of Jesus Is For Everybody Show Podcast Information In this episode of We Are Vineyard, Jay talks with Diane Leman about growing up with strong leadership skills in a legalistic religious community where women were to be silent, reconnecting with the Lord as a young adult, and the medical disruption that opened the door for new faith experiences and curiosity. Di shares about her first experience with the Holy Spirit, joining the Vineyard, and what it was like for femal...
Mar 22, 2023•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 9
Dennae Pierre: Building City-Wide Church Movements Show Podcast Information In this episode of We Are Vineyard, Jay talks with Dennae Pierre about growing up in a close but chaotic household and the stability she found in the church, pursuing mentors, and being identified as a leader early on in life. Dennae shares how she’s navigated issues of race, as well as her call to ministry as a woman. They also talk about her passion for empowering laity and cultivating multidenominational, multiethnic,...
Mar 15, 2023•1 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Asbury Special Report with Pastor Jason Duncan Show Podcast Information In this episode of We Are Vineyard, Jay sits down with Jason Duncan and Caleb Maskell to talk about Jason’s experience as a pastor of a Vineyard Church in Wilmore, KY, home of Asbury University. Jason shares about growing up as the son of a United Methodist preacher and how God disrupted his life plans by directing him toward ministry, eventually leading him to become the lead pastor of GCF and being adopted as a Vineyard Ch...
Mar 08, 2023•1 hr 10 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Melanie Forsythe-Lee: What The Lord Is Doing In Our Lives Is Never Just For Us Show Podcast Information In this episode of We Are Vineyard, Jay talks with Melanie Forsythe-Lee about her family’s introduction to the Holy Spirit through her dad’s miraculous healing and their experience of church planting without much support. Melanie shares about coming to the US for her husband’s ministry job and finding out that their new church didn’t believe in female pastors, the personal growth she developed...
Mar 01, 2023•47 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Geno Olison: Faith Is The Bridge Show Podcast Information In this episode of We Are Vineyard, Jay chats with Geno Olison about growing up as the son of church planters in the south side of Chicago, being raised in an exclusively Black community, and how he was formed by his involvement in church as a young boy. Geno shares how the Lord protected him from a lot of things his neighborhood offered, the culture shock he experienced after joining a small group with white kids at college, and his jour...
Feb 22, 2023•2 hr 33 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Dr. Charles Montgomery Jr: Reflecting On Black History Month and Amplifying Diverse Voices In The Vineyard Show Podcast Information Dr. Charles Montgomery returns to the podcast to talk about Black History Month: how and why it started, why we celebrate it, and some resources available to pastors who are wondering how best to engage the conversation. They relate stories of times when pastors crossed the divide to connect when it’s uncomfortable, and Jay shares some thoughts on how the work of th...
Feb 15, 2023•45 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Tim Mackie part 2: Teach Us (Again) To Pray Show Podcast Information Welcome back to the second episode in a 2-part series with Tim Mackie, co-founder of BibleProject! In this beautifully honest episode of We Are Vineyard, Tim shares about the incredible journey he’s been on for the last few years, from the weak spots in his faith that were exposed during the disruption of COVID and recognizing a felt need for real community, to experiencing a physical healing that was accompanied by a word abou...
Feb 08, 2023•49 min•Season 2Ep. 2
SEASON TWO PREMIERE – Tim Mackie: The Bible Project part 1 Show Podcast Information It’s Season 2 of We Are Vineyard, and we’re starting off with an exciting 2-part interview! Tim Mackie of BibleProject joins our host, Jay Pathak, to share about his relationship with Jesus as a child, the healing he experienced through the prayers of his church, and the disconnect he felt while attending school at a church. Tim talks about being reintroduced to Jesus through a dorky skateboarding-based church, a...
Feb 01, 2023•1 hr 20 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Dr. Charles Montgomery Jr: Becoming A Beloved Community Show Podcast Information In the final episode of We Are Vineyard for 2022, we’ll hear a sermon Dr. Charles Montgomery preached at the Vineyard Leadership Team Meeting in March 2022. Dr. Montgomery shares his vision for the Vineyard to become a Beloved Community, and how this value must become part of our discipleship process. Taken from the example of the disciples, we need to do the work to talk about the hard things that might divide us. ...
Dec 28, 2022•46 min•Season 1Ep. 54
Brian T. Anderson: Christmas – Discovering The Greatest Gift Show Podcast Information In this episode of We Are Vineyard, we continue our December sermon series with a Christmas message preached by Brian T. Anderson at Vineyard Church North Phoenix in 2021. Brian examines the reasons why the whole world stops what they’re doing on Christmas Day to celebrate the birth of a baby, and shares about God’s Christmas gifts that we receive through his son Jesus Christ: forgiveness, peace, and eternal li...
Dec 21, 2022•42 min•Season 1Ep. 51
Rich Nathan: Is Believing In God Just Wishful Thinking? Show Podcast Information In this episode of We Are Vineyard, we hear a sermon that Rich Nathan preached at Columbus Vineyard the same week that we recorded his podcast episode back in September. It is an introduction to a series called “Good Question”, which explores some common questions people have about faith and Christianity. In this sermon, Rich offers some clues found in scripture, science, nature, and our moral senses that show us it...
Dec 14, 2022•38 min•Season 1Ep. 50
Eleanor Mumford: Live from Alpha Conference Show Podcast Information As we close out the first season of the We Are Vineyard podcast, Jay has chosen some sermons that he felt captured the heart of “Gospel and Proclamation.” First up is a sermon Ele Mumford preached at the Alpha Conference in 2018, filled with stories of faithfulness in responding to the Holy Spirit. Ele reminds us that we are only asked to come alongside what the Holy Spirit is already doing in people, and that it is Jesus who b...
Dec 07, 2022•33 min•Season 1Ep. 49
Matthew Bates: The Gospel Precisely: Surprisingly Good News About Jesus Christ the King Show Podcast Information In this episode of We Are Vineyard, Jay chats with Matthew Bates about growing up in a forestry family, the quiet faith of his mother, and the people who invested in his early life. Matthew talks about transitioning from a physics degree to theology, how he found himself studying greek simply out of personal interest, and the writers and theologians who shaped his questions and perspe...
Nov 30, 2022•1 hr 20 min•Season 1Ep. 48
Dr. Matt Croasmun: Following Jesus Brings More Questions AND More Assurance Show Podcast Information In this episode of We Are Vineyard, Jay talks with Matt Croasmun about growing up in the Evangelical Covenant Church, and how getting involved with Intervarsity sparked his interest and love of scripture and ministry and tied him to a local church where he encountered the Living God. Matt shares about the new questions and new assurances he gathers as he deepens in relationship with Jesus and scr...
Nov 23, 2022•2 hr 32 min•Season 1Ep. 47
Kevin Fischer: The Value Of One More Show Podcast Information In this episode of We Are Vineyard, Jay talks with Kevin Fischer about growing up on a dairy farm, how an encounter with the Holy Spirit changed his family, and his experience being discipled by his college chaplain. Kevin shares about going from life in rural Green Bay and college in Iowa to teaching at an inner city school in Miami, and the culture shock of finding himself as the only white person at the school. He also talks about ...
Nov 16, 2022•1 hr 25 min•Season 1Ep. 46
Nicole Dill: Walking Out Your Calling In The Church AND The Marketplace Show Podcast Information In this episode of We Are Vineyard, Jay chats with Nicole Dill about being born into a party, reading in the corners of bars and clubs where her dad played music, and how her life as a spiritually-seeking preteen eventually led her to a defining encounter with the Holy Spirit. Nicole shares about learning to trust the Lord to guide the expression her calling takes in different seasons of life, and th...
Nov 09, 2022•1 hr 16 min•Season 1Ep. 45
Todd Proctor: Going At The Pace Of People And Bringing Them With You Show Podcast Information In this episode of We Are Vineyard, Jay chats with Todd Proctor about the shaping effects of worship on his life, how the changing worship culture intersected with his discovery of the Vineyard, and his first experience with prophetic prayer ministry. Todd shares about the mentoring he received from Don Williams, and his belief that impactful relational moments are key for investing in the upcoming gene...
Nov 02, 2022•57 min•Season 1Ep. 44
Eleanor Mumford: Steeped In The Word and Filled With The Spirit Show Podcast Information In this episode of We Are Vineyard, Jay chats with Eleanor Mumford about the steady investment of her college roommate’s prayers in her life that eventually led her to Jesus, and the practices in her young adult life that established her love of the Bible. Eleanor talks about becoming confirmed in the Anglican Church, the entrance of the Holy Spirit into their lives, and meeting John Wimber, learning that th...
Oct 26, 2022•1 hr 27 min•Season 1Ep. 43
Christian Weber: Vineyard Events – Embracing Behind The Scenes Ministry Show Podcast Information In this episode of We Are Vineyard, Jay talks with Christian Weber about accepting Jesus into her heart at an AG church as a child, the freedom she felt when she walked into a youth group at the Sugar Land Vineyard, and the deep, lasting relationships she developed in that youth group. Christian shares about how she found herself planning events in the nonprofit sector as a teenager, and some of the ...
Oct 19, 2022•1 hr 23 min•Season 1Ep. 42
Clay Harrington: The Ongoing Practice Of Risk Taking In Evangelism Show Podcast Information In this episode of We Are Vineyard, Jay talks with Clay Harrington about being raised as a military kid in an international community, the culture shock he experienced upon returning to the US as a teenager, and the faithfulness of his mother’s prayers for him. Clay shares about the slow conviction of the Lord in his life that led him to repentance, his work with at-risk youth, the holy dissatisfaction he...
Oct 12, 2022•1 hr 19 min•Season 1Ep. 41
Rich Nathan: Evangelism and Social Justice – We Need Both Wings Of The Plane Show Podcast Information In this episode of We Are Vineyard, Jay talks with Rich Nathan about growing up in a completely secular environment, and how chasing his wife in college led him to an encounter with the Holy Spirit that radically changed the course of his life. They also talk through some practical advice for offering a salvation call during a church service, the benefits of making it a specific opportunity sepa...
Oct 05, 2022•59 min•Season 1Ep. 40
Soong-Chan Rah: Prophetic Lament: A Call for Justice in Troubled Times Show Podcast Information In this episode of We Are Vineyard, Jay talks with Soong-Chan Rah about his experience growing up in a poor, immigrant family and the cultural divides that existed in his neighborhood despite the many commonalities. He also describes the contrasting freedom, care and dignity his family experienced in their local immigrant church. Jay and Soong-Chan discuss whether or not multi-ethnicity should be the ...
Sep 28, 2022•1 hr 19 min•Season 1Ep. 39
Diane Bauman: Value Life – Walking Alongside Women In Crisis Show Podcast Information In this episode of We Are Vineyard, Jay talks with Diane Bauman about her work with people who find themselves in crisis pregnancy situations. Diane shares about navigating the different outcomes of her own unplanned pregnancies as a teenager, how she met Jesus, and her experiences as a ministry leader in the church while carrying a lot of pain and trauma from the losses she endured growing up. Diane recounts t...
Sep 21, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Season 1Ep. 38
Bubba Justice: A New Chapter For Vineyard Missions Show Podcast Information In this episode of We Are Vineyard, Jay talks with Bubba Justice about his formational experiences of being raised in poverty by a single mother and visiting his grandmother’s homeless shelter, his first experiences with the Holy Spirit, and how his education in finance turned out to be an asset in ministry. Bubba shares about his goal of planting churches throughout the world that are self-sustaining, and some exciting ...
Sep 14, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 37
Ray Maldonado: Embracing A Kingdom AND A Missional View Of Diversity Show Podcast Information In this episode of We Are Vineyard, Jay talks with Ray Maldonado about the decades of work he’s invested in advocating for diversity and developing multicultural churches. Ray shares the story of how the Lord reclaimed his marriage, the scripture that turned his heart toward the fringes of his community, his call to ministry, and how he came to study diversity in the Vineyard Movement as a doctoral stud...
Sep 07, 2022•1 hr 19 min•Season 1Ep. 36
Justice and the Kingdom of God: Jay Pathak and Josh Williams Show Podcast Information In this episode of We Are Vineyard, Jay and Josh Williams talk through Vineyard USA’s recommended reading for August, “The Gospel With The Poor”, which includes a companion series for kids, as well as a 4-week sermon series. They share thoughts about their favorite quotes, and think through how we can address the issue of justice practically. They then transition to a discussion of how to be of help in your cit...
Aug 31, 2022•1 hr 21 min•Season 1Ep. 35
Hannah Estabrook: Imagining A More Neighborly Response To Women Caught in Sex Trafficking Show Podcast Information In this episode of We Are Vineyard, Jay talks with Hannah Estabrook about her work as a mental health clinician working with survivors of sex trafficking. Hannah shares about her early experiences with the Holy Spirit, how she was drawn to the mental health field and how continuing to follow the next right step led her to establish a drop-in center for women involved in sex work. Sh...
Aug 24, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Season 1Ep. 34
Tina Colón Williams: The Kingdom Work Of Immigration Law Show Podcast Information In this episode of We Are Vineyard, Jay talks with Tina Colón Williams about her career in humanitarian immigration law, how she came to see the field of law as a potential expression of justice and compassion, and the holy work of receiving people’s most tender stories. Tina shares about growing up on the outside of the cultural majority, her trajectory-altering experience as a teenager of hearing the stories of u...
Aug 17, 2022•1 hr 21 min•Season 1Ep. 33
