Many churches have fled inner cities. Grand old church buildings with deep histories sit empty. But Tim Walker and Restored Church are facing these realities head-on in Wilkes-Barre, PA.
I talk with Tim in a wide-ranging conversation that addresses subjects like:
- Their plan to plant a microchurch on every block of Wilkes-Barre
- Their church’s Hub for Movement strategy
- Their decision to do ministry in the poorest part of town
- Ministry in a deeply post-Christian context
- Honoring history, while moving into the future from a legacy church building
Links from this Episode
- Future Church, by Will Mancini and Cory Hartman
- From Megachurch to Multiplication, by Chris Galanos
- Cory Hartman Podcast Interview (Ep 29)
- Frank Wooden Podcast Interview (Ep 81)
- GotQuestions.org
- Restored Church
- [email protected]
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How To Foster Pastoral Collaboration In Your Town, with Tim Walker
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Veronica Beaver | [email protected]
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Phil Vaters | [email protected]
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Shelley Vaters | Shelley@KarlVaters.com
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Karl Vaters produces resources for Helping Small Churches Thrive at KarlVaters.com.
He's the author of five books on church leadership, including his newest, De-Sizing the Church: How Church Growth Became a Science, Then an Obsession, and What's Next. His other books include The Grasshopper Myth and Small Church Essentials.
Karl also hosts a bi-weekly podcast, The Church Lobby: Conversations on Faith & Ministry, featuring in-depth interviews about topics that concern pastors, especially those who minister in a small church context. He has served in small-church ministry for over 40 years, so he speaks and writes from decades of hands-on pastoral experience.
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