Best Barnabas Ministries Podcasts (2024)

When Paul and his companions had passed through Amphipolis and Apollonia, they came to Thessalonica, where there was a Jewish synagogue. As was his custom, Paul went into the synagogue, and on three Sabbath days he reasoned with them from the Scriptures, explaining and proving that the Messiah had to suffer and rise from the dead. ‘This Jesus I am …

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Paul and Silas in Prison / Acts Bible Study (Part 48) / Chapter 16 11:20

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Once when we were going to the place of prayer, we were met by a female slave who had a spirit by which she predicted the future. She earned a great deal of money for her owners by fortune-telling. She followed Paul and the rest of us, shouting, ‘These men are servants of the Most High God, who are telling you the way to be saved.’ She kept this up…

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Ep. 392: Morningstar Ministries Turmoil, NRB Sues IRS over Johnson Amendment 26:04

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On today’s program, Morningstar Ministries is undergoing a leadership shakeup…after its CEO resigned, allegations of sexual misconduct began to arise. We’ll have details. And, many Christian colleges have fallen on hard times. But a Christian university in Georgia has been trying out new ways to grow enrollment…and it appears to be working. We’ll t…

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Ep. 391: Healing Trauma From A Childhood in Missions A conversation with Joy Smalley 32:45

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For 2000 years Christians have heeded the call of The Great Commission to “go into all the world.” Christian missionaries have become some of the heroes of the faith, the subject of books, songs, and movies. But we rarely hear about the children of these missionaries. In the past few years, stories of spiritual and sexual abuse of missionary kids h…

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Grace Upon Grace 1 of 4 25:59

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Unleash the Deacons 45:40

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Hosted by Mark Pospisil Sound Engineer and Producer: Jonathan Blosser The Stream Roots Podcast theme song was written, recorded, and produced by Eric Fritts. You can learn more about Barnabas Ministries by visiting www.barnabasministriesmi.org Here are some links to the books that were mentioned in this episode: Resources for Deacons by Tim Keller…

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Paul's Second Missionary Journey / Acts Bible Study (Part 47) / Chapter 16 12:07

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Paul and his companions travelled throughout the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been kept by the Holy Spirit from preaching the word in the province of Asia. When they came to the border of Mysia, they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not allow them to. So they passed by Mysia and went down to Troas. During the night Pa…

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The churches were strengthened in the faith and grew daily / Acts Bible Study (Part 46) / Chapter 16 12:11

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Paul came to Derbe and then to Lystra, where a disciple named Timothy lived, whose mother was Jewish and a believer but whose father was a Greek. The believers at Lystra and Iconium spoke well of him. Paul wanted to take him along on the journey, so he circumcised him because of the Jews who lived in that area, for they all knew that his father was…

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Ep. 390: Ravi Zacharias, Barnabas Aid Leader Resigns 23:50

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On today’s program, three years after sexual abuse allegations surfaced against the late apologist Ravi Zacharias, imploding his organization and his legacy, Ravi Zacharias International Ministries appears to remain in operation…with little to no transparency. We dug around for some answers. Plus, a Knoxville-area ministry is restoring dignity and …

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Ep. 389: Texas Megachurch Lists Televangelist’s ‘Parsonage’ for $15 Million Bishop I.V. Hilliard’s 24-acre compound includes multiple houses, luxury amenities 5:53

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A luxury 24-acre estate with six houses and 22 garage parking spaces may not meet most people’s definition of a parsonage. But the tax code says otherwise—this one Texas home is turning heads after being listed on realtor.com for $15 million. Located in a Houston suburb, the property is the home of Bishop I.V. Hilliard and his wife, Pastor Bridget …

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Ep. 388: Resisting “The Political Illusion” How should Christians behave in this election season? 12:13

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Many of our neighbors have succumbed to what the French philosopher Jacques Ellul called “the political illusion.” What is it, and what can we do to resist it? Here are a couple of resources mentioned on today’s episode: Ellul explained the “political illusion” in his 1965 book L’illusion politique. It was published in English in 1967. To read my i…

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Disagreement between Paul and Barnabas / Acts Bible Study (Part 45) / Chapter 15 11:24

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So the men were sent off and went down to Antioch, where they gathered the church together and delivered the letter. The people read it and were glad for its encouraging message. Judas and Silas, who themselves were prophets, said much to encourage and strengthen the believers. After spending some time there, they were sent off by the believers wit…

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Ep. 387: Gateway Church, Megan Basham, Turning Point USA, and More 26:12

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On today’s program, Gateway Church in Dallas, Texas, continues to struggle in the aftermath of sexual abuse allegations against its founder Robert Morris—including NEW sexual abuse allegations, the cancellation of its annual Gateway conference, and more. We’ll look at the latest. And, Megan Basham is under fire from fellow journalists for naming an…

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Free from spiritual burdens / Acts Bible Study (Part 44) / Chapter 15 13:43

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The whole assembly became silent as they listened to Barnabas and Paul telling about the signs and wonders God had done among the Gentiles through them. When they finished, James spoke up. ‘Brothers,’ he said, ‘listen to me. Simon has described to us how God first intervened to choose a people for his name from the Gentiles. The words of the prophe…

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Ep. 386: With Coffee Tables, and Over Coffee Churches find simple, direct ways to serve refugees 5:32

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COLUMBUS, Ohio (BP) – It happens with a couch or mattress. It happens with two chairs facing each other across a table. While refugees’ initial days and months in America can be complex and filled with paperwork and immigration meetings, churches have learned there are direct, simple ways to meet needs. Not long after it began six years ago, Living…

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Ep. 385: Al Fadi on the Hijazi Bible Translation Project 21:14

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Today I welcome back to the program Al Fadi, with the Strategic Resource Group, an organization that funds projects to reach unreached people groups in the Middle East and North Africa, the so-called MENA region of the world. Al has been on the program before to discuss a bible translation project for Hejazi speaking people. This is an Arabic langu…

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Barnabas Ministry 1 of 2 21:08

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The Power of Exegetical Preaching 40:56

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Hosted by Mark Pospisil Sound Engineer and Producer: Jonathan Blosser The Stream Roots Podcast theme song was written, recorded, and produced by Eric Fritts. You can learn more about Barnabas Ministries by visiting www.barnabasministriesmi.org Here are some links to the books that were mentioned in this episode: Preaching by Tim Keller Between Two …

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Purified by faith / Acts Bible Study (Part 43) / Chapter 15 12:35

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Certain people came down from Judea to Antioch and were teaching the believers: ‘Unless you are circumcised, according to the custom taught by Moses, you cannot be saved.’ This brought Paul and Barnabas into sharp dispute and debate with them. So Paul and Barnabas were appointed, along with some other believers, to go up to Jerusalem to see the apo…

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Committed to the Lord / Acts Bible Study (Part 42) / Chapter 14 12:33

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‘Friends, why are you doing this? We too are only human, like you. We are bringing you good news, telling you to turn from these worthless things to the living God, who made the heavens and the earth and the sea and everything in them. In the past, he let all nations go their own way. Yet he has not left himself without testimony: he has shown kind…

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Ep. 384: Dave Ramsey, Andrew Wommack, Gordon College 26:26

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On today’s program, new life breathed into a lawsuit against Dave Ramsey’s company. A former employee claims he was fired for not sharing Ramsey’s religious beliefs on how to handle the COVID-19 pandemic. We’ll take a look at the court’s latest ruling in the case. And, a Southern Baptist pastor in Florida faces a minimum sentence of life in prison …

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Ep. 383: Appeals Court Rules Against Dave Ramsey’s Company 9:28

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Former video editor claims he was fired for failing to follow Ramsey’s faith-based beliefs on how to deal with COVID-19 pandemic. By Bob Smietana for Religion News Service A federal appeals court has ruled in favor of a former employee who claimed Ramsey Solutions, the company run by Christian personal finance guru Dave Ramsey, discriminated agains…

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Ep. 382: Becoming a More Discerning Consumer of Media Learn four forms of media bias, and how to guard against them 14:16

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Here at MinistryWatch, we constantly consume all kinds of media. We are constantly looking for stories, and we are constantly looking at how other media outlets handle the stories we cover. We ask: How can we add value to a story? Is this a story that fits our mission? Should we even cover this story at all?Answering these questions is not always e…

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Youth Service Trip to Boston 2 of 2 20:16

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Paul heals a lame man / Acts Bible Study (Part 41) / Chapter 14 13:42

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'In Lystra there sat a man who was lame. He had been that way from birth and had never walked. He listened to Paul as he was speaking. Paul looked directly at him, saw that he had faith to be healed and called out, ‘Stand up on your feet!’ At that, the man jumped up and began to walk. When the crowd saw what Paul had done, they shouted in the Lycao…

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Confirming the Word with signs and wonders / Acts Bible Study (Part 40) / Chapter 14 11:59

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At Iconium Paul and Barnabas went as usual into the Jewish synagogue. There they spoke so effectively that a great number of Jews and Greeks believed. But the Jews who refused to believe stirred up the other Gentiles and poisoned their minds against the brothers. So Paul and Barnabas spent considerable time there, speaking boldly for the Lord, who …

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Ep. 381: Clint Pressley, Pastors and Politics,and Vineyard Anaheim 27:40

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On today’s program, after a slew of controversies, Southern Baptists chose a low-key leader. We take a closer look at new SBC President Clint Pressley. And, Pastors and politics—legally, what are churches and other Christian nonprofits allowed to do when it comes to this year’s presidential campaign?We also highlight the results are in from our sum…

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Ep. 380: A Review of “Shepherds For Sale” Thoughts on the new bestseller 12:11

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On today’s MinistryWatch EXTRA episode, Warren Smith shares a review he wrote for “The Dispatch” of Megan Basham’s new book Shepherds For Sale: How Evangelical Leaders Traded The Truth for a Leftist Agenda. The fundamental flaw of the book is that it fails to note that the real problem in evangelicalism is that pastors have succumbed to the populis…

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The whole city heard the Word of God / Acts Bible Study (Part 39) Chapter 13 10:28

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Then the people asked for a king, and he gave them Saul son of Kish, of the tribe of Benjamin, who ruled for forty years. After removing Saul, he made David their king. God testified concerning him: “I have found David son of Jesse, a man after my own heart; he will do everything I want him to do.” ‘From this man’s descendants God has brought to Is…

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Youth Service Trip to Boston 1 of 2 17:06

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Making Vision a Reality 52:30

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Hosted by Mark Pospisil Sound Engineer and Producer: Jonathan Blosser The Stream Roots Podcast theme song was written, recorded, and produced by Eric Fritts. You can learn more about Barnabas Ministries by visiting www.barnabasministriesmi.orgBy Doug Schmidt

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Stand up for the Truth / Acts Bible Study (Part 38) / Chapter 13 13:03

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Then Saul, who was also called Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, looked straight at Elymas and said, ‘You are a child of the devil and an enemy of everything that is right! You are full of all kinds of deceit and trickery. Will you never stop perverting the right ways of the Lord? Now the hand of the Lord is against you. You are going to be blind …

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Ep. 379: Liberty University, Steven Furtick, Robert Morris, and More 29:05

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On today’s program, Liberty University reaches a settlement with former president Jerry Falwell Jr. after years of back-and-forth lawsuits between the two parties. Now, they say they are putting the past behind them. We’ll have details.A small university in North Carolina is beating the odds…while other Christian colleges face closure, this school …

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Ep. 378: Miles Smith Reads The Ex-Vangelicals 24:18

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You may have heard the term ex-vangelical. An ex-vangelical is someone who formerly identified as an evangelical, but no longer does so. The phenomenon has created a sub-genre of books from memoirs – such as those by Josh Harris, Rachel Held Evans, and others -- to more journalistic accounts, such as Sarah McCammon’s “The Ex-Vangelicals.”But is the…

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Set apart for the Lord / Acts Bible Study (Part 37) Chapter 13 12:30

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Now in the church at Antioch there were prophets and teachers: Barnabas, Simeon called Niger, Lucius of Cyrene, Manaen (who had been brought up with Herod the tetrarch) and Saul. While they were worshipping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, ‘Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them.’ So after they had fa…

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Ep. 377: Former Olympian Casey Converse On Lessons Learned – and Not Learned — From the 1976 Olympic Doping Scandal 44:43

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The 2024 Summer Olympics are about to begin in Paris, and that event should be of interest even to those who don’t much care about sports. For one thing, it’s the 100th anniversary of the 1924 Olympics, also held in Paris, in which Christian missionary Eric Liddell won a gold medal. That story was famously recounted in the Academy Award winning mov…

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Herod's judgement and the church's growth / Acts Bible Study (Part 36) Chapter 12 12:16

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Then Herod went from Judea to Caesarea and stayed there. He had been quarrelling with the people of Tyre and Sidon; they now joined together and sought an audience with him. After securing the support of Blastus, a trusted personal servant of the king, they asked for peace, because they depended on the king’s country for their food supply. On the a…

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Ep. 376: The SBC’s Reversal on Brent Leatherwood, First Baptist Dallas, Life Surge Conferences 23:43

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On today’s program, the Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission—the public policy arm of the Southern Baptist Convention—fired its president Brent Leatherwood this week…then less than 12 hours later reversed course and said he was NOT fired. We’ll have details.Also, Life Surge wealth conferences draw big audiences with its celebrity speaker lineup an…

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Ep. 375: Carlos Campo on Leadership, Christian Higher Ed, and the Museum of the Bible 28:21

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Carlos Campo has one of the most interesting biographies I know about. His parents were entertainers who had hit records and a national profile in the 1940s and 50s. Carlos Campo’s mother was Betty Clooney, who with her sister Rosemary rose to the top of the music industry. That also makes Carlos Campo a part of a family that some consider entertai…

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Faith and the Vocation of Human Resources 8 of 8 25:26

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Leading Through Change 37:24

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Hosted by Mark Pospisil Sound Engineer and Producer: Jonathan Blosser The Stream Roots Podcast theme song was written, recorded, and produced by Eric Fritts. You can learn more about Barnabas Ministries by visiting www.barnabasministriesmi.org You can purchase Leadership on the LIne by clicking here.…

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The Word of God continued to spread and flourish / Acts Bible Study (Part 35) / Chapter 12 11:25

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The night before Herod was to bring him to trial, Peter was sleeping between two soldiers, bound with two chains, and sentries stood guard at the entrance. Suddenly an angel of the Lord appeared and a light shone in the cell. He struck Peter on the side and woke him up. ‘Quick, get up!’ he said, and the chains fell off Peter’s wrists. Then the ange…

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Peter’s miraculous escape from prison / Acts Bible Study (Part 34) / Chapter 12 12:24

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It was about this time that King Herod arrested some who belonged to the church, intending to persecute them. He had James, the brother of John, put to death with the sword. When he saw that this met with approval among the Jews, he proceeded to seize Peter also. This happened during the Festival of Unleavened Bread. After arresting him, he put him…

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Ep. 374: Matt Chandler, Robert Morris, and Former Christian Billionaire Bill Hwang 25:37

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On today’s program, Village Church Pastor Matt Chandler is under fire after his church hired a man who, in the past, was convicted of child sexual abuse. That man was his father. We’ll take a look.Also, Robert Morris—the Gateway Church pastor accused of abusing a young girl starting when she was 12 years old—is having his radio and tv programs canc…

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Ep. 373: Kirk Farney Discusses Radio Pioneers Fulton Sheen and Walter Maier Their influence on Christian radio still shapes the medium today 30:09

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For the past 100 years, radio has proven to be a persistent medium. Television, podcasts, and other digital media have taken their slices of the market, but radio has not gone away. In some ways it is as strong today as ever. About eight in 10 Americans over the age of 12 listen to terrestrial radio in a given week.And as long as there has been rad…

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Faith and the Vocation of Law 7 of 8 22:43

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Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners / Acts Bible Study (Part 33) / Chapter 11 11:00

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'When they heard this, they had no further objections and praised God, saying, ‘So then, even to Gentiles God has granted repentance that leads to life.' (Acts 11.18) Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners. Early in His ministry, Jesus healed the centurion's servant, thereby showing that salvation is for all. Even at Pentecost, the Gospel…

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Ep. 372: The Village Church Restructures, Another Christian College Closes, California SBC Lays Off Staff 29:04

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On today’s program, a South Carolina church is facing fallout after it became known that its pastor is a registered sex offender for abusing a minor. Leaders knew when they hired him, but didn’t alert members. We’ll have details.And, years ago a handful of Dallas-area churches that started as multi-site campuses of The Village Church transitioned t…

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