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Spiritual Formation and the Future of Ministry | Ep. #9
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Get to know the hosts! In this episode, the Rev. Nathan Stomberg and the Rev. Mark Galloway share their personal backgrounds and how they came to faith in Jesus Christ. They also discuss how Christian life and ministry has changed over the last 50 years, and what the future looks like for the next generation of pastors.
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00:00 – Intro
02:00 – Growing up in 1960’s Exeter
05:00 – Trailer homes and one-room schoolhouses
07:00 – The sociology of rural mid-century RI
11:00 – Growing up Catholic
16:10 – Growing up poor
18:15 – Mark’s childhood
24:00 – Demographic transformation of Exeter
25:00 – Mark’s spiritual formation
26:40 – Mark’s high school experience
32:00 – An existential crisis
35:00 – Joining the Anglican tradition
36:00 – What drove Mark to go into ministry
40:30 – Starting out as an Episcopal priest
43:50 – Working at different churches
45:34 – Growing up in middle-class West Greenwich
48:59 – Nathan’s spiritual formation
51:50 – Focus on academic achievement and identity
57:50 – Graduating valedictorian
58:30 – Going to WPI
59:30 – Getting into cross-country and track
01:04:00 – Spiritual maturation and the Rite of Confirmation
01:07:00 – Christian Bible Fellowship at WPI
01:10:00 – Nathan’s denominational journey to Anglicanism
01:12:00 – Planting Holy Communion and getting ordained
01:15:00 – Preparing for ordained ministry without seminary
01:17:55 – Future reality of church ministry
01:19:58 – The paradox of ordained ministry
01:23:00 – Christians need to be more joyful
01:24:50 – The wonder of God’s providence
01:27:00 – The future of Christian ministry
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