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Doctrine and Devotion

Parachurch or Parasite?

Doctrine and Devotion

Joe Thorn & Jimmy Fowler

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.81.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 March 2022

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Joe and Jimmy answer a listener’s email regarding the value of parachurch organizations and their connection to the local church.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to Doctrine and Devotion, the podcast exploring Christian faith and practice

0:18.0

from a Reformed Baptist perspective.

0:19.8

My name is Joe Thorne.

0:20.8

I'm the lead pastor of Redeemer Fellowship in St. Charles, Illinois.

0:23.3

And I'm Jimmy Fowler, executive pastor at Redeemer Fellowship.

0:25.9

And my lead pastor, we mean that I have the most say, the biggest piece of the leadership

0:29.6

pie.

0:30.6

I am the first among all the equals.

0:32.1

I am the Grand Puba, Lord Protector of the leaders, yes, yes, no, it's not what it

0:41.9

means.

0:42.9

No, no, no, we're near that.

0:44.6

We believe in parody, guys, parody means that all the elders have equal authority.

0:48.3

We have more authority than another, not even the staff full paid, full time staff paid

0:53.8

elders.

0:54.8

And we have more authority or say than volunteers, nope, all the same, as a matter of fact,

1:01.8

your your ideas are probably the one that we shoot down the most, yeah, because I have

1:05.5

ideas.

1:06.5

Rest you all just sit around there and say no to stuff.

1:08.1

Oh, yeah, really?

1:09.1

Yeah, that's great.

1:10.1

What's your contribution?

1:11.1

Oh, yeah, it's insane.

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