Antioch Worship Leadership Podcast

Scott Huebl and Linda Naranjo-Huebl have been leading worship together since their teenage years in the Jesus People movement of the 1970’s. They came to Grand Rapids from their home in Denver at the turn of the millennium, and have continued leading worship at Madison Church’s Square, Ford, and North campuses. As a couple, they … Continue reading Episode 9: A Lifetime of Leading Worship Together: Scott Huebl and Linda Naranjo-Huebl

Every church has its own story, and our story at Madison Church starts in 1915.  We celebrated our centennial in 2015, and our present Senior Pastor, Pastor David Beelen (known as “Pastor Dave” to most in the church), has been leading this church for nearly one-third of Madison’s existence.  Before leaving on sabbatical, I had … Continue reading Episode 8: An Interview with Pastor David Beelen – “The History of Worship at Madison Church Over the Past 100 Years.”

The Antioch cast returns to talk about the unique challenges of leading a multi-ethnic congregation in the post-election season of 2016. Any group of people are sure to have a few differences, but in multi-ethnic churches, these differences of opinions sometimes run along racial or ethnic lines. This is a unique challenge as a leader in … Continue reading Episode 7: Leading Your Church in Divisive Times

Dr. John Lee is a professor of Psychology at Michigan State University, therapist, and frequent lecturer and consultant on matters of race, ethnicity and Christian faith. In the second-part of this two-part interview, Dr. Lee concludes his discussion of the historical development of race-theory in the United States, illuminating how the western church both shaped … Continue reading Episodes 6: The History of Racial Categories in the Western Church: An Interview with John Lee, PhD. – Part 2

Dr. John Lee is a professor of Psychology at Michigan State University, therapist, and frequent lecturer and consultant on matters of race, ethnicity and Christian faith.   In this two-part interview, Dr. Lee discusses the historical development of race-theory in the United States, illuminating how the western church both shaped and was shaped by these ideas. … Continue reading Episodes 5: The History of Racial Categories in the Western Church: An Interview with John Lee, PhD. – Part 1

Sandra Maria Van Opstal is the author of numerous books, including The New Worship: Glorifying God in a Diverse World, which received Christianity Today’s 2017 Book of the Year Award of Merit for Church/Pastoral Leadership.  She is a second-generation Latina, and the pastor at Grace and Peace Community in Chicago.   Sandra is sought-after as a … Continue reading Episode 4: The New Worship: An Interview with Sandra Maria Van Opstal

Recorded live at a group discussion for the Antioch Worship Leadership Trainings at Madison Church, Shelli Fynewever and Eric Nykamp talk about the notion of creating a culturally-hospitable worship environment.  As a part of this panel discussion, Shelly and Eric  introduce the work of the pastor and activist Sandra Maria Van Opstal and the humor of … Continue reading Episode 3: Hospitality in Worship (an introduction to Sandra Maria Van Opstal)

Members of the Antioch Podcast team gather around the microphones to share stories of their experiences leading worship outside of the worship tradition in which they were raised.  This early episode of the podcast may exhibit some of the quirks of our early attempts at podcasting and not be of the quality that later episodes … Continue reading Episode 2: Stories of Entering Another Church’s Worship Traditions

In this inaugural episode, the members of the Antioch team (Laura Pritchard, Attah Obande and Eric Nykamp) talk about the reason for making this podcast, as well as a bit of their personal backstories about how they each came to lead worship in the multi-ethnic congregations of Madison Church.  This episode was recorded to help answer … Continue reading Episode 1: What Is the Antioch Worship Leadership Podcast?