English Ministry Podcast

Ep. 22 - Will Chang

Life in Georgia, transitioning from EM to a particular church, church planting dynamics, and some rapid fire questions.

Ep. 21 - Phil Byun, Pt. 3

Life, and church planting.

Ep. 17 - Young Choi

00:00 - Intro 03:58 - Growing up in Philadelphia 05:26 - How faith became personal 08:24 - Attending Haverford College 16:55 - Choosing Westminster Theological Seminary 19:06 - Christian Counseling Education Foundation (CCEF) 23:48 - How biblical counseling can get "messy" 29:21 - Going into pastoral ministry in the PCA 36:09 - What is the "self-attestation" of Scripture? 41:24 - How Young met his wife 46:37 - Choosing between PCUSA and PCA 55:57 - Transition from leading an EM to church planting 1:01:07 - Having fellow Elders who serve alongside you 1:06:11 - Thoughts on burnout in the church 1:12:29 - Thoughts on church hurt 1:16:08 - Thinking about mental health biblically and faithfully

Ep. 16 - Moses Park

00:00 - Introduction 01:17 - Seminary and early ministry experience 03:16 - Becoming reformed in seminary 06:18 - Introducing KALI (Korean American Leadership Initiative) 10:07 - Aspects of the Korean American experience 17:13 - Moses shares about being the senior pastor of a multi-ethnic church 27:37 - The importance of being missional in the church 35:58 - The importance of the pastor's wife in discerning a call 39:22 - Blessings of raising pastor's kids 43:00 - Discerning future direction and calling

Ep. 15 - Tony Lee

00:00 - Intro 01:58 - 15 years as a youth pastor 07:50 - The GOAT 10:44 - More on being "the youth guy" 19:14 - How we first met 22:11 - Being a pastoral intern in the PCA 26:43 - Becoming a chaplain at the VA 33:13 - How not to encourage singles who are struggling 40:13 - The blessing of "going home" 51:10 - Enneagram 58:41 - Questions, objections about Calvinism 1:07:35 - Taking a break from preaching, and preachers we like 1:16:00 - The PCA General Assembly 1:17:10 - Some good commentaries and books 1:21:35 - Tony's relationship with video games 1:25:50 - Inviting our spouse into things we enjoy 1:37:06 - Tony's famous quotes 1:38:40 - Being on Twitter/X 1:40:30 - The controversy surrounding David French and the PCA GA 1:45:30 - Random musical recs