Welcome to Theocast. This is John, and we're excited to bring you a new update about the future of Theocast.

And I, to be honest with you, I've never been more excited about what we have to offer and the future of the different material and content.

And one of the reasons that I'm excited about being on the podcast today is I get to introduce you to a new host,

one of our new hosts. We have two new hosts, and you get to meet one of them today.

You know, Theocast was originally started by four pastors, and we've been very passionate about

trying to continue it in that way. And so today I get to bring to you another pastor who hails to you from none other than

North Carolina. So, Justin, welcome to the team. Hey, John, good to be a part of the team, man.

Yeah, and greetings from Asheville, North Carolina. So, Justin, tell us a little bit about you and your

church, your city, where you're from? Sure, man.

Yeah, so I am the lead pastor of Covenant Baptist Church in Asheville, North Carolina.

Our church meets on the south side of the city.

Asheville, as many may know, is a kind of small, hipster city in the western part of North Carolina.

As we say, sometimes the hipster meter reads

about an 11 over here. But it's a beautiful place to live. The sister city to Nashville?

I mean, it could be a sister city. It's a lot like Portland, Oregon, actually. It's like Portland

got dropped off in the mountains of North Carolina. Now's not fair. It's a beautiful area to live.

The food and drink scene is great.

It's a great place to do gospel ministry.

And so, yeah, our church is coming up on four years old.

And, yeah, we're encouraged by what the Lord has been doing in building a culture that's honestly been driven by the kind of Christ-centered theology

that we're going to be talking about here.

Amen.

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