Half a Century of Growth
Hello and welcome back to a new episode of Pastor to Pioneer. This week, Britton continues his time on the road and meets up with Melvin Airhart, a man based in Birmingham, AL and involved in ministry for over five decades. Melvin shares with Britton about his experiences in Bible college from fifty years ago […]
She Persists
Welcome back to Pastor to Pioneer! Join us as we tackle another week on the road with Britton, who this time around connects with Patti Namazie, a former stay at home mom who felt prompted to join her church’s missions department, and then eventually felt led by the Lord to become a pastor. Patti discusses […]
Foundation Building
Hello and welcome to Pastor to Pioneer, On the Road Edition. This week, Britton connects with Lee Wood, a former pastor in the prevailing American church model from Tampa, FL who has gone through a variety of difficult life circumstances. Lee shares with Britton some of his painful memories, including being dropped off at an […]
Turning the Page
Welcome back to Pastor to Pioneer! This week we listen in as Britton connects with Jonathan and Cheyenne Phillips, a couple based in Fort Meyers, FL who have occupied pastoral leadership roles while in the midst of feeling called to make a change. Johnathan and Cheyenne share with Britton about the difficulties of realizing a […]
Pain and Growth: A Healthy Relationship
Welcome to season three, episode eight of Pastor to Pioneer. This week Britton comes across Tennison and Ginelle Barry in his travels, and garners insight from them as they share about their journey with faith, the Church, and their own identities, purpose, and expectations. Tennison and Ginelle describe how, despite the very good works they […]
Experiential Mix
Join us for episode seven of season three of Pastor to Pioneer as Britton converses with Kirby Langley in Charlotte, North Carolina. Kirby has been and continues to be part of the church in a variety of ways and on multiple levels. From being involved in church software sales to being an elder at Mars […]
Brothers Bear
Hello and welcome to episode six of Pastor to Pioneer on the road! This week, Britton connects with James Gunnell and Christian Rafetto, brothers-in-law living in the mountains of Pennsylvania. Both men were staff members of churches; they share how they each respectively came to the conclusion that there were deep, systemically broken issues happening […]
Wandering and Wondering: In the Midst of Discernment
This week on Pastor to Pioneer, Britton speaks with Delton and Charity Lehman, a couple in the middle of the discernment process regarding what a simple church and discipleship-oriented movement might look like for them in their current life context. Delton and Charity ended up in Pennsylvania, at the church Delton grew up in, with […]
Walking It Out
Welcome episode four of season three of Pastor to Pioneer! This week, Britton speaks with Jason Walker, a former youth pastor currently living in the Pittsburgh area. Jason quit his job as a youth pastor nearly a decade ago when he realized that professional, full time ministry was killing him, his marriage, and his family. […]
Healthy Community
Hello again, all! This week on Pastor to Pioneer, Britton hears from Megan and Zach Duke, who share some of their story of going from super extra—the largest Southern Baptist church in the world—to extra small—stepping into the simple church movement. After several years in the megachurch universe, they returned to Zach’s hometown in Indiana, […]
