Africana Manna

We are showing love to our friends from Make It Plain as they launch their second season February 21, 2022. Check them out wherever you get your podcasts!

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Elbert McGowan Jr. joins co-host Cyril Chavis Jr. to talk about the important of ministry in the local community. They discuss the importance of family history, the power of loving the people around you, the significance of being present with people, and more! They look at the life of Rev. E.B. Top, Pastor Elbert's great great grandfather. If you are interested in doing Jesus-centered ministry in your community, then this episode is for you! Tune in!!  Rev. Elbert McGowan Jr. is born and raised in Jackson, MS. He is the Senior Pastor of Redeemer Church in Jackson. He is the founding campus pastor of RUF at Jackson State University. He is married to Dr. Karen McGowan and has two beautiful children.  01:11 Intro of Pastor El  06:55 Intro of E.B. Topp 13:33 Topp's significance to Pastor El 16:07 Having a ministry of presence  19:10 Ways Pastor El resonates with Topp's ministry  24:33 Final inspirations  27:08 Keep up with Pastor El  27:26 Prayer

K.A. Ellis joins co-host Cyril Chavis Jr. to talk about how the kingdom of God is spreading all over the world. They talk about kingdom prayer, Christian resistance against oppressive regimes, suffering for the sake of the kingdom, and much more! We glean from the wisdom of Alonzo and Althea Edmiston, African American Presbyterian missionaries to the Congo. We see how the world and the church needs to return to the simplicity of the New Testament saints. If you want to be a part of what God is doing today in the most unlikely places, tune in!!  Prof. K.A. Ellis is the Director for the Edmiston Center for the Study of the Bible and Ethnicity at Reformed Theological Seminary in ATL. She is also a PhD candidate at the Oxford Center for Mission Studies where she studies Theological Ethics and World Christianity.  01:56 Intro of Prof. Ellis 07:46 Intro of the Edmistons 09:00 Story of Althea's missions  10:20 What is Christian mission? 15:30 Mission agents oppressive regimes 22:15 Why study these people? 23:50 What the persecution looks like 28:45 Hallmarks of NT simplicity  38:55 Neglecting Christian privilege  44:20 The letter of encouragement  50:10 Final inspirations  52:18 Keeping up with K.A. Ellis 53:28 Prayer