S2 Ep1017: #1017 - Deconstruction, Progressive Christianity, and Church Planting among the Disenfranchised: Tony Scarcello
Theology in the Raw
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🗓️ 17 October 2022
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
Tony is a pastor, church planter, author of a killer book on deconstruction called Regenerate, but most of all, Tony is an amazing Christian and a good friend. In this podcast episode, we talk about his story of deconstruction and reconstruction, why he became disenchanted with progressive Christianity, and some of the key values he’s pursuing in his current church plant in Springfield, OR. Oh, and I sort of think out loud (probably too much) about some (probably unrealistic) ideas I have about a radically different ecclesiology.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello, friends. Welcome back to another episode of Theology in Iran. |
| 0:02.9 | My guest today is my good friend Tony Scarcello who is a he's been a pastor for a number of years. |
| 0:08.9 | He spoke at last year's exiles and Babylon conference. |
| 0:11.9 | He's the author of the book Regenerate following Jesus after deconstruction and he's also working on |
| 0:17.9 | another forthcoming book as we speak. And Tony is currently in the process of planting a church |
| 0:23.9 | in Springfield or again south of Portland. And we talk a lot about church planning |
| 0:29.8 | different church planning philosophies. I think what he is envisioning in this church plan is |
| 0:33.8 | really fantastic. And I'm super excited to see what God does with that church plan. |
| 0:38.8 | Tony is just such a real down-to-earth dude and love talking with them. Super sharp. |
| 0:43.9 | We talk about deconstruction. We talk about progressive Christianity. We talk about church |
| 0:47.9 | planning. We talk about ecclesiology. And there were a few times when I think I got caught up in |
| 0:52.2 | the moment on some rabbit trails. I was pursuing in my own mind. And whatever Preston's sprinkle |
| 0:58.5 | gets carried away with thinking out loud. That's always a complex space to be. So welcome to my |
| 1:05.3 | the madness of my world on the origin of raw. But more importantly, let's welcome back to the show. |
| 1:10.1 | We want to Tony Scarcel. |
| 1:21.7 | Tony, I mean there's so much we could talk about and what I love. |
| 1:25.3 | I miss hanging out with you in person, man. We could literally talk about, I mean pretty much |
| 1:30.4 | everything. We'll go through deep theology, practical stuff, life stuff. And one of the areas |
| 1:35.6 | that I love your perspective on is the whole conversation around deconstruction. And your book |
| 1:44.6 | regenerate documents. Your story of deconstruction, reconstruction. And so would you say you |
| 1:51.6 | deconstructed or on a path to deconstructing or went through like how would you describe your own |
| 1:55.9 | journey in a two minute or less? I don't think I deconstructed as much as you can deconstruct. |
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