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Theology in the Raw

Why the Church Fails When It's on the Wrong Side of Power: Dr. David Fitch

Theology in the Raw

Preston Sprinkle

Religion & Spirituality, Christianity

4.61.4K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2024

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Dr. David Fitch (Ph.D Northwestern University) is the Betty R. Lindner Chair of Evangelical Theology at Northern Seminary and has pastored for 30 years, and has been involved in 8 church plants over the course of his ministry. He is married to Rae Ann and they have one son named Max. He is an ordained pastor in the Christian and Missionary Alliance. He’s coached hockey for the YMCA USA Hockey program for seven years. David teaches, speaks, and writes within the fields of Neo-Anabaptist theology, missiology, culture studies, political theory, and ethics. He writes from time to time on his own page at Missio Alliance, on his own substack, for Christianity Today, Outreach Magazine, ChurchLeaders.com, EthicsDaily, and multiple other sites, magazines and journals. He leads discussion on his facebook page (fitchest) and on twitter at @fitchest. He is co-host of the Theology of Mission podcast. His most recent book is Reckoning with Power: Why the Church Fails When It's on the Wrong Side of Power, which forms the backdrop for our conversion. Donate today to join OneHope and local church leaders in our mission to bring God Word’s to 25,000 children who have never known a hope that surpasses all understanding. onehope.net/TITR Support Theology in the Raw through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/theologyintheraw

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0:00.0

Hey friends, welcome back to another episode of Theology and Ra. My guest today is he won and only Dr. David Fitch, who is the Betty R Lindner chair of the Evangelical Theology at Northern Seminary. He got his PhD from Northwestern University.

0:13.7

He's written several books, include the one that we talked about on this podcast

0:18.5

called Reckoning with Power, Why the Church Fails when it's on the wrong side of power.

0:26.3

I love me some David Fitch because he is a provocative thinker and he is going to say some

0:31.7

things that are going to challenge your thinking.

0:33.2

You might say some things that make you angry and that is okay.

0:37.1

I just love the way he isn't afraid to push certain paradigms.

0:41.2

So anyway, without further ado,

0:42.8

please welcome the show for the first time,

0:45.5

the one only, Dr. David Finch. All right this podcast is long overdue fitch. I have can I call you

1:01.7

fitch or do I have it has to call you Dr. Fitch or Fitch?

1:04.0

Please call me Fitch.

1:07.0

My wife calls me Dave.

1:09.0

She's the only person other than my mother.

1:12.0

My mother doesn't even call me Dave, so please call me.

1:14.6

It's such a rock star name, Fitch.

1:17.0

Well then it doesn't fit at all, but it is my name.

1:22.0

We got the black leather jay. You got a little bit of Bono going on here.

1:24.8

I don't know.

1:26.2

I think it fits.

1:27.4

I have known about you for years.

1:30.1

So I mean, at first on social media,

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