TS&TT: Travis Allen | Pastoral Ministry In The 21st Century - Challenges & Blessings

The Sword & The Trowel

Founders Ministries

Education, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

4.9 • 794 Ratings

🗓️ 25 July 2023

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Today on The Sword and The Trowel, Tom Ascol and Graham Gunden talk with Travis Allen, Pastor of Grace Baptist Church in Greeley, Colorado and Professor at IOPT. They discuss Pastoral ministry in the 21st century - both the challenges and the joyful wonder that comes from being in such a role. They address this trend of celebrity pastors, being consumer Christians and more. SHOW NOTES: PRE-ORDER Life In The Body Of Christ: https://press.founders.org/shop/life-in-the-body-of-christ/ 2024 National Founders Conference: Remember Jesus Christ | https://founders.org/conference/ Support Founders Ministries and become a part of the F.A.M: https://press.founders.org/fam/ Founders Church Search: https://church.founders.org Apply at The Institute of Public Theology: https://www.instituteofpublictheology.org Founders Sermon Podcast Stream: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/sermons-by-founders-ministries/id1613963681 Shop the Founders Press Store: https://press.founders.org/ Become a part of the F.A.M. https://press.founders.org/fam/ The Institute of Public Theology: https://www.instituteofpublictheology.org/ Wield The Sword: https://founders.org/wieldthesword/ Follow Founders Ministries: Website: https://founders.org Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/FoundersMin/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/FoundersMin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/foundersministries/ All Founders Ministries resources are copyrighted and any use and distribution must be approved by Founders Ministries.

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0:00.0	Thanks for tuning in to this episode of The Sword and the Trial.
0:02.8	Today, Graham and I have the opportunity and wonderful privilege of hosting Travis Allen in the studio with us.
0:10.0	Travis is a pastor of Grace Baptist Church in Greeley, Colorado.
0:13.6	He's a friend that I've had for several years now.
0:16.1	I'm always delighted whenever I have the opportunity to sit down and talk with him.
0:19.9	He leads the board of
0:21.5	trustees for founders ministries. He teaches for the Institute of Public Theology. He's a former Navy
0:26.2	seal, and he brings all of that seal training to bear on pastoral ministry. So Graham and I talk
0:31.8	with Travis today about being a pastor here in these early decades of the 21st century and the challenges
0:39.7	that we face and the wonder that it is that God would put us in the ministry. So I hope
0:45.3	you enjoy this and you might want to pass it around to other pastor friends of yours or those
0:49.0	that are aspiring to be pastors.
0:59.6	Welcome to the Sword and Trial.
1:02.7	The Sword and Trial is a podcast of Founders Ministries and Founders Exists for the Recovery of the Gospel and the Reformation of local churches.
1:06.6	I'm Tom Askell.
1:07.3	And I'm Graham Gundon.
1:08.2	We're delighted to have with us today in the studio, our good friend Travis Allen, who is a pastor
1:14.0	up in Greeley, Colorado, man, right there in the Rocky Mountains in northern Colorado
1:19.6	at Grace Baptist Church.
1:22.3	And you've been there for about eight years or so.
1:24.4	Yeah, I have.
1:25.1	It came there in the fall of 2014 and been cranking
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