The Surge Network Podcast

The Leader and the Pursuing God As leaders, we often feel like we need to be pace setters in pursuing God. But, if we’re honest, God can often feel distant, even as we seek to lead others. We search for books, methods, tools and practices to help us pursue God with more intentionality.   But what if we have it backward and God is the one pursuing us? What if our job is not to go find God, but to stop running and hiding? Not to discover the light, but step out of the shadows? Not to earn God's love, but simply receive it?  Jesus reveals a God who comes after us, who is on the prowl, hunting down his world for reconciliation. And the question we're left with is not whether we've been good enough, jumped high enough, or sought hard enough... 

Surge School Intensive - Quarter 1 - Dr. Michael Goheen

Surge School Intensive - Quarter 1 - Dr. Michael Goheen

Lunch - Sept. 2016 - Seeking Refuge: The Church’s Response to the Refugee Crisis with Jim Mullins, Mathew Soerens, Mark Glanville and Adam Estle

Surge School Quarter 1 Intensive with Dr. Michael Goheen

Surge School Quarter 1 Intensive with Dr. Michael Goheen - Day 1a

“Immigration is one of the most complicated issues of our time. Voices on all sides argue strongly for action and change. And Christians find themselves torn between the desire to uphold laws and the call to minister to the vulnerable.” — excerpt taken from Welcoming the Stranger by Matthew Soerens and Jenny Hwang Yang

Chris Gonzalez interviews Mark Glanville during the 2016 Missional Training Center Faculty retreat in Phoenix, Arizona. Glanville talks about the challenges of pastoring in a post-Christian relativistic society.

Leading the Church Through Controversy For this month's Surge Lunch Tyler Johnson - Redemption Church, facilitates a conversation with local pastors Josh Harp - Via Church, Vermon Pierre - Roosevelt Community Church, Riccardo Stewart - Redemption Church Tempe, and Ian Danley - Neighborhood Ministries that addresses the issues of Leading the Church Through Controversy.

Chris Gonzalez interviews Mark Glanville during the 2016 Missional Training Center Faculty retreat in Phoenix, Arizona.