Patrick Ngwolo Podcasts

Many people dream of their wedding day and see themselves walking down the aisle. This week P.T. and Ray Sanders discuss the vision it takes to get to the altar, the symbolism of the altar, and the vision you need to lead after you say I do! Support the showBy Patrick Ngwolo

In today’s religious and popular culture, marriage has become an idol and the ultimate symbol of happiness and completion. This week we discuss marriage, as a tool for seeing God’s glory and experiencing real love. Support the showBy Patrick Ngwolo

This week the tables turned as producer Erica Ngwolo served as this week's host and Kinfolk's host P.T. Ngwolo served as this week's guest. This week we took some time to talk to P.T. about what calling means and why he wanted to focus on this topic for Season 2. P.T. is a pastor and church planter with a background in engineering and a law degree …

Baron Elias is an author, preacher, and teacher. After giving his life to Christ, he noticed that there were few pastors or theologians that looked like him, dressed like him, or talked like him. He founded the ministry Block Huggers and has dedicated his life to ‘hugging’ the block by loving and living in his community as an urban evangelist. This…

Shawn Thrasher is a realtor, church planter, and pastor of The Palm Church in Miami, Florida. Shawn attended seminary believing it would allow him to work cross-culturally in ministry. However, he was met head-on by the challenges with diversity that the church is still wrestling with today. In addition to church planting, Shawn is a father to five…

Today, on the one-year anniversary of the murder of George Floyd, PT shares a story that's never been told before. He offers thoughts on tangible, immediate changes that are needed around public assistance programs and policing, including the George Floyd Policing Act. Sometimes it doesn't feel like a lot has changed in one year. Yet even when thin…

Mike Dixon is a worship leader, recording artist, and a Grammy-nominated songwriter. Mike comes from an athletic family and is 6 foot 5 inches. He seemed destined for sports, but after attending a music clinic at his local church, it was clear that music was his calling. Mike is passionate about leading worship, and he educates us on what it really…

Isaac Moore is a Houston native who’s gone from the bottom of Third Ward to the top of the fashion industry. As a fashion designer at Isaac and Moore, Isaac specializes in handbags, but if you ask him, he doesn’t create handbags, he creates experiences. Isaac was raised by the streets, but found his home in fashion when he started designing clothes…

Stephen G. Butler has served as a grant writer, community organizer, and is now an Assistant Dean at the Oklahoma City University School of Law. Most importantly, Stephen has been a great friend since our college days at Oklahoma State University. Through his calling, Stephen has worked to create solutions to solve problems like access to healthcar…

Temi Coker is a visual artist and photographer, who is originally from Lagos, Nigeria, but calls Texas home. Temi’s parents brought him to this country to be an engineer, but he felt a call from God to work in music and art. It wasn’t an easy road, but he’s put in the work. As founder and director of Coker Studio, Temi has birthed a new genre of ar…

Ronnie "Reconcile" Lillard has been a college football player, he’s a rapper, youth advocate, court case manager, and father of five. He wears a lot of hats, but one thing is for sure, he’s always doing it for the community. After leading ministry in Houston, he returned home to his native state of Florida where he is now a director at the non-prof…

Welcome to Season 2 Kinfolk! This season, we're focusing on what it means to be called by God and how every one of us has a calling in our life. Join us as we talk to artists, entrepreneurs, financial coaches, and professors, about their journey to living out their calling in the different places and spaces where God has called them to serve. Suppo…

We needed to talk to somebody who understood politics and understood the gospel and we called Thom! Thom Mozloom is the president and founder of the M Network, a branding and strategic communications firm based out of Miami, Florida. Thom has worked with leaders on both sides of the aisle, from Jeb Bush to Barack Obama. Thom takes us behind the sce…

In today’s episode we talk with attorney, entrepreneur, and activist, Meagan Harding, who is the co-founder of Rosa Rebellion, a platform for creative activism by and for women of color. As a civil rights attorney, Meagan has fought for wrongful conviction policy and has worked to shine a light on solitary confinement through the Texas Civil Rights…

We talked to a lot of great folk with interesting people this season! We sat down with Olaide Banks -- entrepreneur, artist, attorney, and Renaissance man -- to try to process what we heard after 8 episodes (2 more episodes, this season). Thank you for continuing to listen. The best is yet to come! Support the show…

Support the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/ptngwolo)By Patrick Ngwolo

On this episode we talk with Pastor Donald Bell, Sr. the pastor of Covenant Blessing Fellowship in Los Angeles, California. He has unique experiences through his work in clinical traumatology. Pastor Bell pulls from his own experiences being detained by police as a young man and his extensive experience as a trauma counselor to offer a unique persp…

In today’s episode we talk with Dr. Michael Emerson, Department Head and Professor of Sociology at the University of Illinois, Chicago. He is the author of the classic: "Divided by Faith: Evangelical Religion and the Problem of Race in America." The killing of George Floyd hit home for Dr. Emerson, a native of Minneapolis. In this episode, Dr. Emer…

In this episode, we talk with Dr. Erica Soltero Ngwolo, assistant professor of pediatrics at Baylor College of Medicine. Her work focuses on developing health promotion programs that help minority youth overcome social determinants or root causes of health like lack of access to healthcare, safe places to be active, and healthy food resources, to p…

In this episode, we sit down with Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Wesley Lowery. Wesley is an Ohio native and talks to us about joining the trade of journalism in the 8th grade and the heroes that inspired him to blaze his trail in an evolving field with little representation. He was a lead on the Washington Post's "Fatal Force" project that won …

In this episode, we talk to Chris Clemons, a native of Houston, Texas, and church planter in Pearland, Texas. Pastor Clemons is the lead pastor of The Way of Life Baptist Church. Pastor Clemons shares how he uses the power of prayer to navigate race relations in the U.S. and the guidance of the Holy Spirit to lead an ethnically and politically dive…

In this episode, we talk to Amanda K. Edwards, a native Houstonian, lawyer, former city council member, and former candidate for U.S. Senate. Amanda shares her faith-driven passion for public service and unexpected journey into politics after graduating from Harvard Law School. When asked, “Where do we go from here?” she passionately encourages all…

In this episode, we are sitting down with activist and pastor, Dr. D.Z. Cofield. Born in Bed-Stuy, NY, Pastor Cofield shares his story of perseverance through family trials, his college education, and seminary. This journey led him to become an NAACP leader, establish an education center, and pastor of Good Hope Missionary Baptist Church for over 2…

In this episode we talk to husband, father, and storyteller Corey Paul. Corey shares how growing up on the hard streets of South Park Houston, Texas, led him to the rap game, how marriage and fatherhood forced him to evolve as an artist, and how he uses his artistry now to build literacy and the culture through his new podcast 'Literacy Kings.' We …

Welcome! We're so happy you are here and excited to introduce you to the Kinfolk podcast. For our introductory season, we'll be talking with artists, activists, faith leaders, and community members, from many walks of life who will share their story, their perspective on race relations in light of what happened with our brother George Floyd, and as…