All Episodes
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Episode 155: How Your Church Can Be A Good Neighbor with Nicholas Tangen
Highlighting the significance of place and the church's rootedness in the community.
Episode 154: The Blessings and Burdens of Being A Pastor
In this solo episode, Dennis shares thoughts on a topic that has been resonating with many of us in the ministry: the Great Pastor Resignation. Dennis reads his respon...
Episode 153: Lay-Led Church Planting with Laura Cottington
In this episode, we hear from Laura Cottington, a lay leader and co-founder of Saint Michael Community Church in Saint Michael, Minnesota. She discusses the challenges...
Episode 152: General Assembly Discussion with Loren Richmond Jr.
This is a joint episode with Loren Richmond Jr. host of the Future Christian podcast.In this special episode recorded live from the General Assembly of the Christian C...
Episode 151: The Present and Future United Methodist Church with Ben Gosden
In this episode of Church and Main, we discuss the schism within the United Methodist Church regarding homosexuality. Lead pastor Ben Gosden shares insights on the mes...
Episode 150: The Christian Mind with David Watson
Hey there! In this podcast episode, I'm gonna talk about two meetings I attended in my denomination, the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), where we discussed the...
Episode 149: Pride Month, DEI, Race Relations and Women Pastors with Loren Richmond Jr.
In this episode, I chat with Loren Richmond Jr. host of the Future Christian Podcast about some of the major news taking place in June including Sports and Pride Month...
Episode 148: Second Thoughts on the Second Coming with Robert Cornwall
The Second Coming. Armageddon. The End Times. Since its beginning at Pentecost, Christians have long wondered if and when Christ would return as promised in the Bibl...
Episode 147: Happy Pride!
There is a slew of new interviews coming down the pike, but in the meantime, I want to share this episode as LGBTQ Pride Month comes to a close. What does Pride mean?...
Episode 146: The Spirit-Filled Institution with Juan Sarmiento
Mainline Protestant churches haven’t always done a good job of focusing on the role the Holy Spirit plays in the life of our churches and that’s a shame because the Ho...
Episode 145: The Frustrations of a Small Church Pastor
Here is the second of two solo episodes out this week. Filmed last week at the end of a very strange day, Dennis reflects on being the pastor of a small church and wh...
Episode 144: How To Disagree and Still Be Friends
Hello, this is Dennis Sanders. I’ve been on a holding pattern with some potential guests. The interviews should be on the way soon, but in the meantime, I’m sharing t...
Episode 143: Giving Up the Stigma of Mental Illness with Seth Perry
In this episode, we talk with Pastor Seth Perry, the pastor of Elim Lutheran Church in Scandia, MN. During Lent when people give up certain things for the season, Set...
Episode 142: Church and the Crisis of Decline with Andrew Root
If you’re the pastor or leader of a mainline Protestant congregation you have heard about your declining congregation for years if not decades. You probably even lead...
Episode 141: Ralph Yarl and the Erosion of Trust
A teenage African American boy is shot by an elderly man in Kansas City. Ralph Yarl went to the wrong house by mistake and was shot twice by an 84-year-old gentleman. ...
Episode 140: Beyond Colorblindness and Antiracism with George Yancey
Is racism intractable in American society? Or is racism just a thing of the past and we need to “get over” race? Colorblindness and antiracism are the leading ways o...
Episode 139: Why I Am Disciples of Christ with Doug Skinner
Why do you belong to a certain denomination or church? How did you get there?In this episode, I chat with Doug Skinner, a retired pastor in the Christian Church (Dis...
Episode 138: Did Jesus Die for Our Sins?
Due to problems with my podcast recording platform, this is another solo episode using a video from my series At the Intersection (formerly the Weekly Check-in).In thi...
Episode 137: Why We Need 'Thoughts and Prayers'
In this podcast episode, Dennis Sanders, the host of "Church and Main," expresses his frustration with the responses to the recent school shooting in Nashville. He cri...
Episode 136: A Church Grows Again in Odessa with Dawn Darwin Weaks
“We know how to be a Disciple in a town full of Baptists.” That was what the head of the search committee said to Pastor Dawn Darwin Weaks they asked her and her husb...
