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Leadership and Ministry Retired Clergy with Paul Stallsworth and Phil Thraikil

Release Date: 10/05/2023

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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....

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...

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Thanks for joining us for the Beliefs Matter Podcast! In this episode, Rev. Dr. Maxie Dunnam pulls up a chair with retired clergy Paul Stallsworth and Phil Thrailkil to discuss leadership in the church, and what retired clergy have to say to the church today and the next generation of ministry leaders.

Paul Stallsworth was born and bred a Methodist on the high plains of southwestern Kansas. He graduated from Garden City High School (1968), Kansas State University (1972), and Duke Divinity School (1976). He married Marsha Lemke in 1971; and they received four children: Ryan, Paige (who “crossed the Jordan” at 21 because of cancer), Matthew, and Peter. A member of the North Carolina Conference of The United Methodist Church, he served: First United Methodist Church in Elizabeth City as the associate pastor, Cumberland United Methodist Church in Cumberland, The Center on Religion and Society and The Institute on Religion and Public Life (both in NYC, both with Rev. Richard John Neuhaus), Creswell United Methodist Charge in Washington County, Rose Hill United Methodist Church in Rose Hill, St. Peter’s United Methodist Church in Morehead City, and Whiteville United Methodist Church in Whiteville. In retirement, he continues the president and editor of Lifewatch, which witnesses to the truth about Christ and His Church, life and abortion, and marriage and sexuality. He currently lives with Marsha in Wilson, NC.

Phil Thrailkill is a retired United Methodist pastor in Greer, SC. He served as the chair of The Mission Society, now TMS Global, for five years, and has been involved in missions in Fiji, Kazakhstan, and Africa. His most recent book, published in Oct. 2022 by Wipf & Stock is "Following Jesus: Discipleship in the Gospel of Luke and Beyond." He also followed Dr. Billy Abraham as the theologian at the Confessing Movement with the United Methodist Church. He is currently researching a book on the healing miracles in Luke's Gospel.

Dr. Dunnam has a website with a plethora of writings and resources at maxiedunnam.com.

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