50 STORIES OF TRANSFORMATION: A Heart for Liberia
Pastor Levi Martin of Unity Fellowship Baptist Church in Willingboro, New Jersey, shares his passion for reaching the people of his native country of Liberia, Africa.
Pastor Levi Martin of Unity Fellowship Baptist Church in Willingboro, New Jersey, shares his passion for reaching the people of his native country of Liberia, Africa.
For the past 12 weeks, listeners have tuned in to Baptist Resource Network’s “50 Stories of Transformation” podcast, which seeks to highlight the many ways God has transformed churches and individuals across Pennsylvania and South Jersey over the past 50 years. But who is the voice leading this podcast?
In God's Kingdom, transformation happens in all kinds of ways. In this episode of the 50 Stories of Transformation, you will be introduced to how God moved at Rolling Hills Church in Verona, Pa., when one church member needed a kidney transplant--and another answered God's call to share one of hers!
Pastor Fernando Downs of Southside Baptist Church in Lumberton, N.J., knows what it means to rely on the Lord for every aspect of his life and ministry. With 46+ years of service, he has seen God's faithfulness as the longest serving SBC pastor in the entire state of New Jersey. With heartwarming care, he shares some of the powerful ways God has shaped his ministry during those years.
Baptist Resource Network directors Dr. Larry Anderson, who oversees healthy churches, and Buff McNickle, who oversees compassion ministries, speak candidly about how God has moved in their roles at the BRN, especially through the recent racial reconciliation efforts in Philadelphia, where participants have come to a point of now having "a level of trust, a level of respect, a level of love" and safety in difficult conversations.
Four generations of women who were involved in missions education have culminated in the commissioning of one as a new missionary to Africa!
Recently retired pastor, Larry Walker, has seen a constant theme throughout his 40 years of ministry: God is always on time! He was on time as he and his wife planted a new church, as they faced critical health issues, and as he mentored his successor at West Hills Baptist Church.
When Jon Rice attended Drexel University, his interest in God led him to Campus Minister Brian Musser - and to a whole new world in Christ!
Music and ministry strike a chord for third generation pastor, Reverend Paul James of Careview Community Church in Lansdowne, Pennsylvania.
Campus minister Kayla Smith knows her mission field -- Penn State University -- because she was once a part of it! Hear her transformation story and how God is using her to reach students today.