Beliefs Matter

Welcome to Beliefs Matter, a podcast from the Confessing Movement where our passion is to help persons encounter God’s radical grace and to confess Jesus as God’s son, Savior and Lord. Beliefs Do Matter, Beliefs shape personal faith which often inspires movements of God to impact our world. Each episode we’ll pull up a chair and hear insights from leaders in Christian orthodoxy and the Wesleyan faith and practice with host Rev. Dr. Maxie Dunnam.

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Episodes

Friday Jun 10, 2022

Join Maxie Dunnam as he has a conversation with Rev. Jessica LaGrone and Bishop Mike Lowry about Holy Communion and the sacramental life.  Jessica is the Dean of the Chapel at Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky and Mike Lowry is Bishop Emeritus of the Global Methodist Church.
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Friday May 20, 2022

Join Maxie Dunnam as he has a conversation with Rev. Leah Hidde-Gregory  and Rev. Jessica LaGrone about women leading us in ministry. Leah is Executive Director of the Smith Center for Evangelism, Mission and Church Growth for the Central Texas Conference and Jessica is the Dean of the Chapel at Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky. 
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Friday May 06, 2022

Join Maxie Dunnam as he has a conversation with Simon Mafunda and Keith Boyette about why the Global Methodist Church matters.  Simon is the African Coordinator for the Wesleyan Covenant Association and Lay Leader for the .   Keith serves as the Transitional Connectional Coordinating Officer for the Global Methodist Church.
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Friday Apr 22, 2022

Join Maxie Dunnam as he has a conversation with Rev. Greg Stover and Rev. Stephen Sparks about why sharing our faith matters. Greg is a Retired UM Elder and Director of the Global Wesleyan House of Study at United Theological Seminary and Stephen is lead pastor of Maples Memorial UMC in Mississippi.  Both Greg and Stephen serve on the Board of Directors of the Confessing Movement.

Friday Apr 08, 2022

Why does scripture matter?  Join Maxie Dunnam as he has a passionate conversation with Rev. Charles Kyker, lead pastor of Christ Church in North Carolina, and with Rev. Steven Taylor, lead pastor of Panama UMC in New York.  Both Charles and Steve serve on the Board of Directors of the Confessing Movement and share their hearts for scripture in today's episode.

Friday Mar 25, 2022

Join Maxie Dunnam for Part 2 of his discussion on Wesleyan Distinctives as he pulls up a chair with Andrew Thompson, pastor of First United Methodist Church in Springdale, Arkansas, and Kevin Watson, seminary professor and associate pastor for First UMC, Waco, Texas.  What are the distinctive aspects of the Wesleyan way?  What we believe matters.  Thanks for joining us!
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Friday Mar 11, 2022

Join Maxie Dunnam as he pulls up a chair with Andrew Thompson, pastor of First United Methodist Church in Springdale, Arkansas, and Kevin Watson, seminary professor and associate pastor for First UMC, Waco, Texas.  What are the distinctive aspects of the Wesleyan way?  What we believe matters.  Thanks for joining us!
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Friday Feb 18, 2022

Join Rev. Dr. Maxie Dunnam as he discusses church multiplication with two multi-site pastors from different parts of the United States.  Rev. Rurel Ausley is lead pastor of Crosspoint UMC in Florida and Rev. Steve Cordle is lead pastor of Crossroads UMC in Pennsylvania.  
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Friday Feb 04, 2022

Join Maxie Dunnam as he shares his heart with us about why prayer matters. Maxie is minister-at-large of Christ United Methodist Church in Memphis, Tennessee.  During more than sixty years of ministry, he has served as pastor of rural, suburban and urban congregations. Apart from pastoral assignments, he has served as world editor of the Upper Room and president of Asbury Theological Seminary.  He also serves as the president of the Confessing Movement.

Friday Jan 21, 2022

Beliefs DO matter, especially the belief that the Great Commission is Jesus' command for all His followers.  Join Rev. Dr. Maxie Dunnam as he has an inspiring conversation with Dr. Kimberly Reisman, Executive Director of World Methodist Evangelism, and Rev. Dr. Jack Jackson, E. Stanley Jones Associate Professor of Evangelism, Mission, and Global Methodism at Claremont School of Theology.  You heart will be warmed by the engaging conversation and the passion our guests have for a lost and hurting world.  Thanks for joining us!

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