873: Pastoring a Mega-Church through COVID and Politics: Dr. Darren Whitehead

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🗓️ 7 June 2021

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Darren was a teaching pastor at Willow Creek, then decided to plant a church in Franklin, TN, which ended up growing into another Mega Church. In this episode, we talk about his interesting and unpredictable journey, what it’s like pastoring mega churches and planting churches, and how he navigated the very difficult year of 2020.

Originally from Australia, Darren has lived in the United States for over 20 years. He earned his Masters in Ministry from Wesley Seminary and his Doctorate from Capital Seminary and Graduate School, with his dissertation focus on Millennials and the future of the Western church. He recently released his second book, Holy Roar: 7 Words That Will Change The Way You Worship, co-authored with worship leader Chris Tomlin.

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0:00.0	All right, welcome back to another episode of Theology in the ROM.
0:02.8	I'm super excited about this episode because I have on the show my friend Dr.
0:08.3	Darren Whitehead.
0:09.2	Darren is a pastor of a church, a large church in Franklin, Tennessee.
0:14.0	We talk all about the church, so you'll hear more details about that.
0:17.2	And I met Darren several years ago through a mutual friend.
0:21.6	And I have also, he's good friends with John Tyson.
0:24.2	A lot of you guys know John Tyson.
0:25.5	They both came over from Australia 20 plus years ago and have created
0:29.7	a lot of a lot of havoc on us Americans here.
0:33.6	In a good way, Darren is just a wonderful guy and has a lot of
0:39.6	quote unquote success in ministry in evangelicalism.
0:44.1	And it's really helpful to hear him talk about, you know,
0:49.3	the different positions he's had.
0:50.5	He's had some really high level positions in the evangelical church and
0:53.7	and yet he has maintained a solid robust humble faith in Jesus.
0:58.4	He's incredibly talented and gifted.
1:00.1	And yet you wouldn't know it if you hung out with them
1:02.8	because it's all a show.
1:03.8	No, just kidding.
1:04.6	You wouldn't know it because he's just such a down-to-earth,
1:06.8	normal dude that just loves Jesus.
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