VOX Mini - Launching a Table-Centered Faith: Communion, Community, and the Future Church

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Society & Culture, Philosophy, Religion & Spirituality

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 10 December 2019

⏱️ 20 minutes

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Summary

How centering communion over preaching can reshape Christian community and church life. In this launch of a brand-new YouTube mini-series collaboration, Mike Erre, Bonnie Lewis, and Tim Stafford dive into listener-submitted questions about the heart of Vox's alternative church structure—focusing on Eucharist, inclusion, and grassroots community rather than institutional models. Broadcasting from Gold Pacific Studios in Newport Beach, this visual/audio crossover marks a new chapter for Voxology.

Key Takeaways: • The Table Over the Stage Model – Why the Vox team chose to center their church around the Eucharist instead of the sermon, and what kind of community that creates. • Open Communion and the Way of Jesus – Unpacking why offering the Lord's Table to everyone, believer or not, reflects the radical inclusivity of Jesus' ministry. • Communion as a Model for Justice and Presence – How table fellowship can transform community into a space of healing, participation, and kingdom embodiment. • Church Without a Stage – The challenges and possibilities of a decentralized, kingdom-rooted faith community that resists institutionalization. • Where Mission Meets Micro-Community – How a "missional imagination" rooted in presence, not platform, can remake the way we do church.

Guest Highlights: • Josh (Listener) – Asks the foundational question that sparked this deep dive: Why design church around communion, and why keep the table open? • Nathan (Listener) – A missionary and seminary grad wrestling with the future of church leadership and alternative ecclesiology.

Resources Mentioned: • Vox Podcast YouTube Channel – Subscribe Here • Vox Patreon – Support Us on Patreon • Vox Website – voxologypodcast.com • Preston Sprinkle – Past episode collab on open communion • 1 Corinthians 11 – Discussed in the context of open vs closed communion

Be sure to catch this whole mini-series by subscribing to our brand new YouTube channel. Join the conversation that moves beyond sermons and into real-life, lived community centered on the radical hospitality of Jesus. Subscribe, leave a review, and follow Voxology Podcast on social media to stay updated.

As always, we encourage and would love discussion as we pursue. Feel free to email in questions to hello@voxpodcast.com, and to engage the conversation on Facebook and Instagram.

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Music in this episode by Timothy John Stafford

Instagram & Twitter: @GoneTimothy

As always, we encourage and would love discussion as we pursue. Feel free to email in questions to hello@voxpodcast.com, and to engage the conversation on Facebook and Instagram.

We're on YouTube (if you're into that kinda thing): VOXOLOGY TV.

Our Merch Store! ETSY

Learn more about the Voxology Podcast

Subscribe on iTunes or Spotify

Support the Voxology Podcast on Patreon

The Voxology Spotify channel can be found here: Voxology Radio

Follow Mike on Twitter: www.twitter.com/mikeerre

Music in this episode by Timothy John Stafford

Instagram & Twitter: @GoneTimothy

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey everybody.
0:13.2	This is Tim Stafford, producer here at the Vox podcast.
0:18.2	I wanted to pop in real quick and give you some context for what it is that
0:23.6	you're about to listen to, what it is that we're doing here in the month of December.
0:30.6	We here at the Vox Podcasts have decided to launch a YouTube channel with some good friends of ours in Orange County.
0:39.4	When Mike and Bonnie and I were down in Orange County for the heated conversation,
0:47.8	we took over some good friends studio space and filmed some mini episodes so what you're listening to
0:57.9	here you can also tune in and watch on our new YouTube channel that we are
1:03.6	launching this month we will have a link in the bio section of Instagram and we'll also share the video on face and give some context to what it is that you're about to listen to and what it is that we are doing here in the month of December.
1:22.6	We have partnered with some good friends to launch a YouTube channel.
1:30.3	When we were all, the three of us, Mike and Bonnie and myself, were down in Orange County
1:34.3	for the heated conversation that Bonnie and Mike partook in.
1:38.3	We also went to some good friends recording studio and took over for the day, and we filmed a handful of many episodes answering listener
1:48.5	questions stuff that you guys have asked and sent in we'll have the link in our
1:56.0	instagram bio and we'll also share it on facebook so you can check that out, subscribe, and see what other
2:03.5	hygings we come up with in the future. Anyway, as always, thank you, thank you, thank you for listening,
2:12.2	for tuning in, and for walking on this journey with us. Hey everybody. Mike here with Tim and Bonnie, and we are actually in the same room, ladies and gentlemen, for the first time ever.
2:36.7	We're coming at you live from Gold Pacific Studios. So a friend of ours has this studio. It's
2:43.1	absolutely amazing. It's on Pacific Coast Highway in Newport Beach. If you're local,
2:48.5	oh my goodness, this place is rocking. But we're're also, the big news is that you can finally see Bonnie's hair.
2:55.6	And we are launching a YouTube channel so you can check us out on YouTube.
3:00.6	And Bonnie is looking magnificent.
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