S9 Ep982: The Beauty of the Greek Orthodox Church: Christian Gonzalez
Theology in the Raw
Theology in the Raw
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🗓️ 20 June 2022
⏱️ 90 minutes
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Summary
Christian serves as the Young Adult Ministries Coordinator for the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. A graduate of Wheaton College, Azusa Pacific University, & Luther Seminary, Christian is a Licensed Associate Marriage & Family Therapist in Arizona committed to the upbuilding of the Church as a family that facilitates the formation of youth & young adults into the image of Chris. I wanted to have Christian on the show primarily to get to know the Greek Orthodox church. So, I gave Christian an hour to convert me, and, well, you’ll have to see if he succeeded.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, friends. Welcome back to another episode of Theology in the Raw. If you missed the exiles of |
| 0:04.3 | Abel on conference, the video version of that conference is for sale. You can go to TheologyNorah.com |
| 0:09.7 | to check it out. You can purchase one of the sessions, two of the sessions, three or all four |
| 0:14.8 | of the different sessions of that conference. We talk about race and racism, sexuality, gender, |
| 0:19.3 | different Christian views of hell and Christianity, unity of the church and politics. TheologyNorah.com, |
| 0:25.2 | all information is there. Okay, so I'm recording this introduction before my interview, |
| 0:30.9 | which usually I record the introduction after, but I'm going to have on somebody who I've never |
| 0:35.2 | met. I've only met him over email. Christian Gonzalez is the young adult minister, young adult |
| 0:42.2 | ministries coordinator for the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America. He's a graduate of Wheaton |
| 0:47.9 | College, a zoo-specific university and Luther seminary. He is also a licensed associate |
| 0:54.7 | marriage and family therapist in Arizona, committed to the upbuilding of the church as a family |
| 0:59.8 | that facilitates the formation of youth and young adults into the image of Christ. I primarily |
| 1:05.2 | wanted to have Christian on. We connected through a friend of a friend and he grew up evangelical, |
| 1:11.6 | went to evangelical schools, and now is a member of the Greek Orthodox Church in America. And I'm |
| 1:17.5 | like, well, that's fascinating. I want to hear all about that. So I think, I'm going to call him here |
| 1:22.8 | in just a couple of minutes. I think I'm just going to say, hey, Christian, okay, do your best to |
| 1:27.4 | convert me to the Greek Orthodox Church. I'm just, I don't know. I'm fascinated at somebody who |
| 1:32.2 | is raised evangelicals now part of the Greek Orthodox Church that wasn't his original heritage. |
| 1:36.4 | I'm curious why? Why? Because I feel like I can come across quite a few people who have moved |
| 1:41.1 | from traditional evangelicalism to a more liturgical context. I've got a few friends actually that are |
| 1:47.0 | part of some form of Orthodox Church, the Orthodox Church, and the tiny bit that I've |
| 1:55.1 | dabbled in Orthodox theology. I've been really fascinated, slashed, impressed with it. And sometimes |
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