Along the Road: A Podcast for PC(USA) Leaders
Be inspired, hear the stories of others, and practice the tools of faith and leadership through conversations that nourish, enrich, and aid in the formation of leaders in the church. Mid Council leaders will integrate foundational values with the practice of faith and ministry. Congregational leaders, particularly ruling elders and deacons, will experience practices to connect faith to everyday life. Nourish: Short episodes for ruling elders and deacons. Encounter: Longer episodes for church and mid council leaders.
Along the Road: A Podcast for PC(USA) Leaders
Encounter: So That the Ministry of the Whole People of God May Flourish
Scott Anderson was called to be a pastor in the PCUSA when he sixteen years old at a time when our polity did not allow for the ordination of LGBTQIA+ people. Yet he stayed in the church even when he could not openly claim his authentic self. Scott, the first openly gay person ordained to teaching elder in the PCUSA, shares how his sense of call and advocacy with More Light Presbyterians and the community of support around them sustained him and his ministry as a PCUSA pastor.
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