Mike Sares - Loving the Scum of the Earth (N51)
Nomad Podcast
Tim Nash
4.7 • 658 Ratings
🗓️ 9 August 2012
⏱️ 37 minutes
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Summary
Mike Sares is a fairly normal, middle-aged, middle class type of guy. But he somehow managed to connect with a group of young artists and skater punks and planted and pastors the Denver based church Scum of the Earth. It's an inspiring story of cross-cultural mission, community and new forms of church.Â
“I have never in my life felt more alive in Christ, more used by him, more in tune with what he wants, more encouraged to take risks for his kingdom than I have since I’ve been doing ministry on the fringe or in the margins.” - Mike Sares
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Nomad, Christian Community, Mission and the Future of the Church. |
| 0:16.1 | Welcome back to Nomad podcast. |
| 0:18.5 | This month, we're in Denver, Colorado. |
| 0:21.5 | Yeah. |
| 0:22.2 | In the United States. |
| 0:23.4 | We are. |
| 0:23.7 | To speak to Mike Sayers from Scum of the Earth. |
| 0:26.2 | We're not actually. |
| 0:27.2 | Oh, no. |
| 0:28.7 | We actually, we flew him over. |
| 0:30.4 | We did. |
| 0:31.0 | Because it makes it a bit more straightforward for us. |
| 0:33.0 | Came all the way over here to do a Nomad Podcast. |
| 0:34.7 | He didn't. |
| 0:35.2 | We've tricked our listeners again. It's a cunning ruse. |
| 0:39.5 | He's over here. I don't know why he's over here, actually. No, he seems to be doing a few dates. |
| 0:43.4 | Sort of talky things. So we thought we'd meet up. You need to meet up with a guy who leads a church called scum of the earth, don't you really? |
| 0:50.1 | Yes. That's basically all we know, but that's enough. Skim of the earth. |
| 0:55.8 | Yeah. |
| 0:57.3 | You either love it or hate that sort of name, don't you? |
| 0:58.9 | Do you love it or hate it? |
| 1:00.9 | I think it would grow on me. |
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