Episode 2006, "Once & Future Church" w/ Dr. Merv Thompson & Dr. Dave Johnson

Pastor Mike Drop

Lutheran Church of Hope

Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 775 Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2020

⏱️ 36 minutes

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Pastors Dave & Merv—the Yoda & Obi Wan of Lutheran Church of Hope (we won't say which is which!)—share their immense expertise on the state of the changing church. From their years in the trenches, growing congregations and expanding new ministries, to recent research on church growth and attendance, these two have seen it all.

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0:00.0	Well, welcome aboard everybody.
0:12.1	Welcome to the Pastor Mike Drop podcast.
0:14.2	I'm really, really excited about today's show.
0:16.3	Co-host Emily is with me, and we have two special guests, Murph Thompson and Dave Johnson.
0:21.2	Welcome aboard, guys.
0:22.3	Thank you.
0:23.2	Really glad you're here.
0:23.9	Dave and Murv are on our staff here at Hope, part-time.
0:27.6	They're retired from full-time ordained ministry, but we are so blessed to have them here
0:31.5	serving in a mentor role for so many of us as church leaders.
0:35.8	I'm really, really glad you guys are here today because I want to
0:38.4	get into the topic of the once and future church. We want to talk about where you've been, what you've
0:44.7	seen, and there aren't in the entire Lutheran church. I mean, we're talking about a long, long
0:49.9	history, we're talking about millions and millions of people. We're talking about all sorts of
0:56.1	tradition. In the history of the Lutheran Church, there aren't two people better suited to talk
1:02.4	about this topic than Merv and Dave, because you are both well-known in Lutheran circles as
1:08.9	innovators. You pioneered some things that nobody else had the
1:12.5	courage to try or maybe had the idea or the innovation to try. And so I want to ask you about
1:19.4	those things and Emily's along to join into. Hello, Emily. How are you today? Hello, I'm great.
1:24.0	It's good to see you. Merv, tell us just a little bit. We have a little getting to know you part here.
1:29.3	So where'd you grow up and what was that like?
1:32.4	Well, shocking to many people here at Hope, I was born in Iowa.
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