Church Planting and the Global Methodist Church's Beginnings with Paul Lawler
Beliefs Matter with Maxie Dunnam
Thanks for joining us for the Beliefs Matter Podcast! In this episode, Rev. Dr. Maxie Dunnam pulls up a chair with Rev. Paul Lawler to talk about the Global Methodist Church and church multiplication. Paul Lawler is a husband, father, teacher, pastor, and church planter. He began serving as the Senior Pastor of Christ Church Memphis in July of 2022. He is a graduate of Asbury University, and Asbury Theological Seminary. He has led local churches to engage in planting hundreds of new churches on four different continents. Paul and his brother, Dallas businessman,...
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Christian Service with Kevin Dunnam and Evon Horton
Beliefs Matter with Maxie Dunnam
Thanks for joining us for the Beliefs Matter Podcast! In this episode, Rev. Dr. Maxie Dunnam pulls up a chair with his son Kevin Dunnam and Pastor Evon Horton to talk about the Christian service, specifically a food security and distribution ministry in Brownsville, FL called FarmShare. Kevin's journey has been a long winding road, with redemption and grace through the process of healing and wholeness from drugs and alcohol abuse. Kevin, and his wife Monica, live in Pensacola, Florida and he is the son of Maxie and Jerry Dunnam. After a very long and painful recovery process...
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Ministry Calling with Grant Caldwell and William Merriman
Beliefs Matter with Maxie Dunnam
Grant Caldwell is the Discipleship Pastor at Christ Church Memphis. He and his wife Casey make their home in Tennessee. He was born in Clarksville, went to school in Knoxville, and is now a proud Memphian. He and his wife have been married for 8 years, and are parents to one son, Kayden. He's a graduate from both the University of Tennessee and Southern Seminary, and has served on staff at Christ Church Memphis for 7 years in missions, pastoral care, and now as the church’s Discipleship Pastor. In his spare time, he likes to spend time with their dog Knox, read books, and dream...
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Divine Appointments with David Chotka
Beliefs Matter with Maxie Dunnam
Thanks for joining us for the Beliefs Matter Podcast! In this episode, Rev. Dr. Maxie Dunnam pulls up a chair with friend and co-author of Healing Prayer, David Chotka, to talk about divine appointments and the work of the Holy Spirit to bring people together for the Kingdom. Dr. David Chotka is the founder and director of SpiritEquip Ministries. He has served as the chair of Alliance Pray! Team (APT)—the national prayer equipping team of the Alliance Church in Canada—for more than twenty years. He is an author, conference speaker, director of a renewal society, a writer, and a...
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Healing Prayer (Part 2) with David Chotka
Beliefs Matter with Maxie Dunnam
Thanks for joining us for the Beliefs Matter Podcast! In this episode (Part 2 of 2), Rev. Dr. Maxie Dunnam pulls up a chair with friend and co-author of Healing Prayer, David Chotka, to talk about healing prayer. Dr. David Chotka is the founder and director of SpiritEquip Ministries. He has served as the chair of Alliance Pray! Team (APT)—the national prayer equipping team of the Alliance Church in Canada—for more than twenty years. He is an author, conference speaker, director of a renewal society, a writer, and a prayer mobilizer. David has served his Lord as a church...
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Healing Prayer (Part 1) with David Chotka
Beliefs Matter with Maxie Dunnam
Thanks for joining us for the Beliefs Matter Podcast! In this episode (Part 1 of 2), Rev. Dr. Maxie Dunnam pulls up a chair with friend and co-author of Healing Prayer, David Chotka, to talk about healing prayer. Dr. David Chotka is the founder and director of SpiritEquip Ministries. He has served as the chair of Alliance Pray! Team (APT)—the national prayer equipping team of the Alliance Church in Canada—for more than twenty years. He is an author, conference speaker, director of a renewal society, a writer, and a prayer mobilizer. David has served his Lord as a church...
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Christian Education (Christ Methodist Day School) with Bryan Williams
Beliefs Matter with Maxie Dunnam
Thanks for joining us for the Beliefs Matter Podcast! In this episode, Rev. Dr. Maxie Dunnam pulls up a chair with Bryan Williams to talk about Christian Education, and the Methodist Day School at Christ Church Memphis. Dr. Bryan Williams is in his 24th year of education. His background was 7 years of teaching middle school, and 17 years as an administrator in Christian schools. He is currently the Head of School at Christ Methodist Day School in Memphis, TN. He has served in that role for 10 years. Dr. Dunnam has a website with a plethora of writings and resources at . For more...
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Christian Education (Capstone Education Group) with Drew Sippel
Beliefs Matter with Maxie Dunnam
Thanks for joining us for the Beliefs Matter Podcast! In this episode, Rev. Dr. Maxie Dunnam pulls up a chair with Drew Sippel to talk about Christian Education, and the Capstone Education Group in Tennessee, providing children with education and so much more. Drew Sippel is currently the Chief Executive Officer of Capstone Education Group, an organization serving 1,400 children in four schools located in the Binghampton, Parkway Village and Frayser community. Drew founded this organization in 2008, creating a high-quality school option for low-income families. Prior to founding...
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Christian Education (MTR) with David Montague
Beliefs Matter with Maxie Dunnam
Thanks for joining us for the Beliefs Matter Podcast! In this episode, Rev. Dr. Maxie Dunnam pulls up a chair with David Montague to talk about Christian Education, and the Memphis (TN) Teacher Residency. David Montague is the founder and executive director of the Memphis Teacher Residency (MTR) which began in 2009. David is a Pahara Institute 2017 Fellow. Prior to MTR, David served for two years (2005-2007) with Campus Crusade for Christ in East Asia. From 2000-2005, David was the Executive Director of Service Over Self, an urban community development and home repair ministry....
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Missions with Evon Horton
Beliefs Matter with Maxie Dunnam
Thanks for joining us for the Beliefs Matter Podcast! In this episode, Rev. Dr. Maxie Dunnam pulls up a chair with Pastor Evon Horton to talk about the wholeness of the gospel as expressed in outreach ministries, specifically a food security and distribution ministry in Brownsville, FL called FarmShare. Evon has been the pastor of Brownsville assembly since September 2006. He commented, "The moment I stepped into the sanctuary at Brownsville I sensed the Spirit of the Lord in a powerful way." He believes the move of the God at Brownsville is continuing. Not necessarily in the same...
info_outlineThanks for joining us for the Beliefs Matter Podcast! In this episode, Rev. Dr. Maxie Dunnam pulls up a chair with James Loftin from FollowOne International and Nathan Cook from Christ Church Memphis.
James Loftin is founder and president of FollowOne International (est. 2004), a mission that provides coaching and resources to help churches and Christ followers have maximum impact on their communities and the world. Prior to FollowOne, James was dean of the chapel and director of missions at Asbury Theological Seminary (Orlando campus). He also served as the minister of missions in several churches and was a senior corporate consultant with Awake Consulting and Coaching. In addition to serving on the team that started the Orlando Campus of Asbury Seminary, Reverend Loftin helped launch an international school in Asia and two nonprofit ministries in the US that continue to excel: Break Thru Ministries in Mississippi and Service Over Self (SOS) in Tennessee. James holds an undergraduate degree in sociology from Mississippi State University and a master of divinity from Asbury Theological Seminary. He has listened, learned, and served in urban and rural settings in over forty nations. After living in China for five years, James and his wife, Vivien, came to the United States for a two-week vacation in early 2020. Unable to return to Asia due to the pandemic, the Loftins made a home in Georgia. They enjoy exploring nature, trying new foods, and making friends. James’ book, Born to Shine, can be found at the FollowOne website or on Amazon.com.
Nathan Cook is the new Missions Pastor at Christ Church in Memphis. He grew up going to Christ Church as a youth. Through volunteering at SOS, God gave him a vision for urban ministry. For the last 20 years he has been living in the Binghampton neighborhood with his family. He started several house churches in urban neighborhoods and prepared young physicians for missionary service while working at Christ Community Health Services. He also spent several years doing grassroot community development, helping to start an outreach to women trapped in prostitution and addiction. He is a graduate of Asbury Theological Seminary in Wilmore, KY. He is married to Kim, his partner in life and ministry. Together they have three children: Caleb, Grace and Ella.
Dr. Dunnam has a website with a plethora of writings and resources at maxiedunnam.com
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