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Co-hosts Josiah Kennealy and Micah Kennealy interview thought leaders and experts on reaching young adults in our world, today!
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Monday Mar 02, 2020
Monday Mar 02, 2020
Today we’re joined for this episode by Timothy Ateek!
TA became the Executive Director of Breakaway Ministries in 2016.
Prior to moving to College Station, TA served as the Student Ministry
Pastor of Austin Ridge Bible Church for five years and as the Executive
Director of Vertical Ministries in Waco for four years.
TA and his wife, Kat, have three boys Noah (9/09), Andrew (10/11), and
Jake (9/17). TA earned a master’s degree from Dallas Theological
Seminary and is a proud member of the Fightin’ Texas Aggie Class of
2003.
In addition to serving as the primary communicator at Breakaway, TA
travels to speak at various churches, camps, and retreats throughout
the year. With the lasting impact Breakaway left on him from his time as
a student at Texas A&M, TA considers it one of his greatest joys to now
serve a new generation of students in the same way he once was
served.
Monday Feb 24, 2020
Monday Feb 24, 2020
Dr. Jolene Erlacher founded Leading Tomorrow in 2014 with the aim of equipping churches, businesses, schools, missions agencies and other organizations for effective inter-generational leadership in an evolving culture. Her passion for equipping a new generation of leaders emerged from various leadership experiences in education and ministry.
Jolene is also the author of books including: Millennials in Ministry as well as The Daniel Generation.
@youngadults.today | www.youngadults.today
Monday Feb 17, 2020
Monday Feb 17, 2020
Rev. Dr. Sam D. Kim is the Co-founder of 180 Church , near Union Square
in downtown Manhattan.
Dr. Kim is a Yale-Hastings Scholar at the Hastings Center exploring the
crisis of physician burnout in academic medicine and health care from an
ethical perspective in partnership with the University of Pennsylvania.
He was appointed as a research Fellow in Global Health and Social
Medicine at the Center for Bioethics at Harvard Medical School and part of
Harvard catalyst, where he explored and taught on inequities surrounding
health, immigration and social policies.
He is a recipient of the Lifelong learning Fellowship at Yale Divinity School
and Yale Medicine, which aims to to close the gap between faith and
science, and is awarded by the John Templeton Foundation and AAAS .
A passionate advocate for the immigrant and the most vulnerable He was
invited to the White House to join a conversation involving dreamers during
the Obama Administration. He played a key role along with other clergy in
advancing policies supportive of Dreamers and urging passage of DACA,
and has continued his tireless advocacy ever since, including recent
persuasive writing on behalf of more just immigration policies .
Also, one of the prominent evangelical Christian leaders who opposed an
executive order banning refugees from the seven predominantly Muslim
countries covered by CNN and the Washington Post.
He is a regular contributor at Christianity Today Exchange , Bible App
at youversion and the Billy Graham Center at Wheaton College . He writes
on, the church,culture and evangelism.
Hubs to Lydia, Dad to Nathan and Josh and best pals with his dog Brownie.
I met Sammy Kim at a young influencers mentoring day this past summer.
I’m telling you all – get ready to LEARN today, we’re gonna have some
fun!
Monday Feb 10, 2020
Monday Feb 10, 2020
Pastor Brent is the director of St. Paul Chi Alpha as well as the founder of
30 For Freedom.
St. Paul Chi Alpha exists to transform the university, the marketplace,
and the world by giving students the opportunity to find Jesus and
follow Him for a lifetime. The mission of STPAULXA is hope + justice.
30 For Freedom is a movement that exists to end sex trafficking in our
lifetime and we will talk about that on today’s episode.
Brent is a husband to Eliza and dad to three wonderful kids!
@BrentSilkey | @30ForFreedom | @saintpaulchialpha
Monday Feb 03, 2020
Monday Feb 03, 2020
Today, we are joined by Dr. Kara Powell!
Kara is the Executive Director of the Fuller Youth Institute (FYI) and a
faculty member at Fuller Theological Seminary. Named by
Christianity Today as one of “50 Women You Should Know,” Kara
serves as a Youth and Family Strategist for Orange, and also speaks
regularly at parenting and leadership conferences. Kara is the author
or coauthor of a number of books, including Growing Young, The
Sticky Faith Guide for Your Family, Sticky Faith Curriculum, Can I
Ask That?, Deep Justice Journeys, Deep Justice in a Broken World,
Deep Ministry in a Shallow World, and the Good Sex Youth Ministry
Curriculum.
@karapowellfyi | @youngadults.today
Monday Jan 27, 2020
Monday Jan 27, 2020
Today we’re joined for this episode by Pastor Nate Ruch for a perspective on young adult ministry from a Lead Pastor !
Nate is the Lead Pastor of Emmanuel, a multi-ethnic, multi-generational church gathering at several locations every week. Nate, along with his wife Jodi have been leading Emmanuel since the spring of 2013.
Nate has earned a doctoral degree from the Assemblies of God Theological Seminary, and previous to serving as the lead pastor of Emmanuel, he worked at North Central University for ten years as a Vice President. Prior to NCU he served for ten years as the Youth Pastor at Emmanuel.
The desire of Nate and Jodi is to lead the church into reaching those away from God, growing in faith and living lives of purpose. They love helping people step into God's possible for their lives. Nate and Jodi have been married since 1994 and have four incredible sons, David, Jeff, Tim, and Josiah.
@nateruch | @emmanuelccmn | www.emmanuelcc.org
Monday Jan 20, 2020
Monday Jan 20, 2020
We are joined for this episode by Carson Case!
Carson is a young husband, young pastor, and young adult leader. For three years, he lead a movement of young adults in the costal Carolina's. He is married to the love of his life, Erin. He recently released the book “Born For It” published by Zondervan.
@carsoncase| www.carson-case.com
@youngadults.today | www.youngadults.today
Monday Jan 13, 2020
Monday Jan 13, 2020
We are joined for this episode with a focus on soul care by Dr. Alicia Britt Chole!
Dr. Chole has often been compared to a velvet-wrapped sword: her voice
is soothing and her messages are piercing. She is an award winning writer
and the author of: “Anonymous, The Sacred Slow, and 40 Days of
Decrease”
Alicia is a skillful mentor, and an international speaker. Men and women,
learners and leaders, across ethnically diverse groups agree: In a culture
obsessed with all-things-new, Alicia brings ancient truth to life.
Alicia holds a doctorate in leadership and spiritual formation from George
Fox Seminary and serves as the founding director and lead mentor of
Leadership Investment Intensives (www.leadershipii.com), a nonprofit
devoted to providing customized soul-care for leaders in business and
ministry.
Along with her husband, Dr. Barry Jay Chole, and their three amazing
children (all Choles through the miracle of adoption), Alicia lives in the
Ozark countryside and enjoys thunderstorms, jalapenos, #LOTR, thorny
questions, wild woods, and pianos in empty rooms.
@aliciabrittchole | www.aliciachole.com
@youngadults.today | www.youngadults.today
Monday Dec 23, 2019
Monday Dec 23, 2019
This episode, Micah and Josiah do a recap as we come to a close of season 1 in 2019... and on the verge of a new year and a new decade!
We announce that on March 13-14, 2020 youngadultstoday CONFERENCE is happening in Minneapolis, Minnesota for pastors, leaders, and volunteers! You can find out complete details at www.youngadults.today/conference and register now!
Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!
@Micah.Kennealy | @JosiahKennealy | @youngadults.today
Monday Dec 16, 2019
Monday Dec 16, 2019
In this episode, we unpack Jeff Grenell's story and wisdom from 4 decades of youth ministry leadership. Jeff serves as the Next Gen Specialist at North Central University in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He also founded YTHOLOGY: to raise the level of youth ministry leadership in America.
More about Jeff's story is available in his book "If Job Had Twitter".
@JeffGrenell | @ythology | www.ythology.com
@youngadults.today | www.youngadults.today