Intro to Stories from The Austin Stone

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Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Documentary, Religion & Spirituality, Christianity, Mental Health

4.2 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2025

⏱️ 47 minutes

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In this episode, Johnna & Jay introduce a new four-part series investigating The Austin Stone Church in Austin, Texas. Joined by Board member Emily, they discuss the church’s influential role in evangelical culture, its connections to Acts 29 and the SBC, and a troubling pattern of abuse, cover-ups, and systemic harm within its leadership and programs. The episode highlights the church’s public image versus its internal realities, and previews the survivor stories that will follow in the ...

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0:50.1	All right, welcome back, everyone. This is a special at the bus stop. Thank you for checking us out and listening to us.
0:57.2	Today, we are going to be doing an intro story about a specific church that we're going to have four episodes come out related to this church.
1:06.6	The church we're talking about is the Austin Stone, which is, I guess you could classify it as a megachurch,
1:13.3	multiple campus church. And Austin, if you're from Austin, you've probably heard of the church.
1:19.2	If you know are affiliated with the SBC in any way, you've probably heard of Austin Stone.
1:23.7	It has a big name. It's had big scandals. And it continues to be a powerhouse in the city of
1:31.7	Austin. So today we're just going to do an overview. We've invited our SBC expert who is a woman,
1:38.8	which really makes the SBC excited. Emily, who's also on our board. but she's going to come in. We asked her to jump on
1:46.7	to talk a little bit about, have this conversation with us, and then we're also going to preview
1:51.3	what we're going to be sharing over the next few weeks with the Austin Stone stories.
1:57.4	So, Emily, thank you for joining us on the podcast.
2:01.6	Jana, nice to see you.
2:03.6	Good to see you.
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