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The latest messages, interviews, and updates from Forefront Church based in Brooklyn, NY, but accessible from anywhere. Learn more at www.forefrontnyc.com. Forefront Church is a fully inclusive, affirming-of-everyone-community based on the deeds of Christ not the religion and bureaucracy that followed. Our vision is to build a just and generous expression of the Christian faith. We are more interested in good questions than good answers.
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Monday Apr 25, 2016
Monday Apr 25, 2016
Monday Apr 25, 2016
In this episode Austin Channing Brown discusses racial justice, why the scripture can sometimes be complicit in racism, why the term "White Supremacy" might be more prevalent than we think and why there is hope for reconciliation between the majority and minority groups here in the US. Interviewer: Jonathan Williams ABOUT AUSTIN Austin is a Resident Director and Multicultural Liaison for Calvin College by day and a writer by night. She is passionate about the work of racial justice and reconciliation, especially as modeled and led by women. To get more info about Austin, visit austinchanning.com
Monday Apr 18, 2016
Thursday Apr 14, 2016
Thursday Apr 14, 2016
Interviewer: Ben Grace
ABOUT AUDREY
Audrey Assad is the daughter of a Syrian refugee, an author, speaker, producer, and critically lauded songwriter and musician. She releases music she calls “soundtracks for prayer” on the label Fortunate Fall Records, which she co-owns with her husband.
To get more info about Audrey and hear her new record, visit audreyassad.com
Monday Apr 11, 2016
Tuesday Apr 05, 2016
Tuesday Apr 05, 2016
In this episode Doug Pagitt talks about the history of church movements in the USA and why younger generations are looking for a just and generous expression of Christianity.
Interviewer: Jen Wills Fisher
ABOUT DOUG
Doug Pagitt is a pastor, author, speaker, Ultra-Marathoner, goodness conspirator and possibility evangelist.
To get more info about Doug, visit dougpagitt.com
ABOUT OPEN
OPEN is a collective of Post-Evangelical, Progressive Evangelical, Non-Denominational and Free-Church tradition churches, organizations, leaders and networks seeking to embody an ecosystem for a '"Just and Generous Progressive Evangelical expression of faith in the United States."
To get more info about OPEN, visit theopennetworkus.org
Tuesday Apr 05, 2016
Tuesday Apr 05, 2016
In this episode Doug Pagitt talks about the history of church movements in the USA and why younger generations are looking for a just and generous expression of Christianity. Interviewer: Jen Wills Fisher ABOUT DOUG Doug Pagitt is a pastor, author, speaker, Ultra-Marathoner, goodness conspirator and possibility evangelist. To get more info about Doug, visit dougpagitt.com ABOUT OPEN OPEN is a collective of Post-Evangelical, Progressive Evangelical, Non-Denominational and Free-Church tradition churches, organizations, leaders and networks seeking to embody an ecosystem for a '"Just and Generous Progressive Evangelical expression of faith in the United States." To get more info about OPEN, visit theopennetworkus.org
Monday Apr 04, 2016
Monday Mar 28, 2016
Tuesday Mar 22, 2016
Tuesday Mar 22, 2016
In this special Holy Week episode the Forefront staff met to discuss our faith backgrounds and personal journeys in Holy Week. We also reflected on our last year of wrestling and growth, talking about how the liturgical calendar and the conversation around midrash has shaped us.
Interviewers: Jonathan Williams, Ryan Phipps, Travis Eades, Mira Joyner, Jennifer Fisher, Marlee Walters, and Ben Grace
ABOUT FOREFRONT
Forefront Church is an interdenominational faith community dedicated to cultivating a just and generous expression of the Christian faith in New York and around the world.
To get more info about Forefront, visit our website, forefrontnyc.com
MUSIC
The soundtrack to this episode is "I've Wondered at the Cross", a song written by Ben Grace about Good Friday. You can download it for free this week at Noisetrade.